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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:10 am

"Transformers 4" is currently filming in downtown Detroit, and a new human sized melee weapon has been spotted on the set. Actor Mark Wahlberg can be seen carry a sword, which appears to be Cybertronian in nature based on it's design and markings. Will this new weapon play a key role in the story? Only time will tell. Check out the images mirrored below courtesy of The Transformers Live Action Movie Blog and Just Jared.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:34 am

First person who suggests it's the Star Saber get it.

by **griftimus prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:47 am

wow... look at that sword.. this is gonna be the worst of the 4.

News Credits: 18 · by **Dominus Prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:54 am

Plz don't tell me that's gonna b the star saber. And if it is, human sized....really?!

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:56 am

I'm hearing Blade of Time. Or whatever Vector Prime called it.

Also, holy ****. Batman is in this movie?!? Best crossover ever!

News Credits: 18 · by **Dominus Prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:02 am

Don't forget the ninja turtles Lol. Another childhood favorite that he'll no doubt ruin too lol

by **vaporretarder** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:02 am

My guess is, that it's not a sword at all, but it's more of a key. (cyber planet key?) something the size of a key to a transformer, would scale down to just about the size of a large sword in human scale. So yeah, you heard it here first, this is TOTALLY a cyber planet key....and it's going to cause some explosions and chasing, and inevitably someone will cry. (I hope I haven't spoiled the movie for anyone, ya know giving away the entire plot like that)

News Credits: 18 · by **Dominus Prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:04 am

Yes indeed lol

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:11 am

dj kid prophet wrote:Plz don't tell me that's gonna b the star saber. And if it is, human sized....really?!

And this is exactly the kind of overreaction I predicted would happen. :roll:

News Credits: 1 · by **Janus Prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:17 am

It´s either a human size sword or a Transformer size key... a key to Vector Sigma, perhaps?

News Credits: 18 · by **Dominus Prime** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:48 am

In response to sabrblade's reply to my comment. My statement is referring to the fact that they do these stories half ass. There is such great mythos, stories, etc in the source material than I've seen in any of the movies so far. Example, revenge of the fallen barely touched on the fallen. It could've been a much better movie if the source material was referenced more. Just saying. Star saber, omega lock key, whatever it may be, I hope they actually have a well put together story instead of putting an object from cybertronian history, down playing it, and Just putting explosions etc around it. Dig deep bay, there's better stories out there. Use them and make them better not lame

by **vaporretarder** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:57 am

dj kid prophet wrote:I hope they actually have a well put together story instead of putting an object from cybertronian history, down playing it, and Just putting explosions etc around it. Dig deep bay, there's better stories out there. Use them and make them better not lame

You're a forever optimist aren't you? haha.

I've wished that each and every movie would START getting better, and I've set myself up for disappointment each time...granted none of the movies outright "sucked", but yeah...they were very "lackluster" for lack of a better word.

by **Jack Hallows** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:59 am

you're all wrong. it's a cocktail sword for an energon martini. blended and splendid.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:33 am

Jack Hallows wrote:you're all wrong. it's a cocktail sword for an energon martini. blended and splendid.

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha.

by **EagleTron** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:25 am

Just seeing that sword gives me flash backs of Lord Megatron being snuk up on and slayed in tf prime. I want that sword to shot energy blast, that would be cool.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:55 am

either the star saber can mass shift like the allspark or its a key. Or its megatrons toothpick

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 12:41 pm

Well, I'll scoff at all the ideas thus far. Doesn't mean that one of them isn't actually correct, I'm just chaffing a bit at the idea of a human scale sword of Cybertronian origin. Granted, it is still a bad-ass looking sword. One idea that I suggested on Frenzy/Rumbles Facebook page when he posted this earlier is that it could be one of "Wheeljacks" (f*** Bay and his last minute name change to Que or whatever the hell it was) human sized weapons that he engineered for Sam and the NEST troops that had been recently rediscovered. That, to me, seems like a more plausible theory and one that doesn't just totally hose the whole continuity (such as it very loosely is) of the movies.

But sadly, this is the Movie-verse and there is going to be some horribly lame explanation of what this thing is.

I want a replica of it regardless of its back-story. That thing is wicked looking!

Like Cyberstrike on Facebook · by **Cyberstrike** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:08 pm

It reminds me of D'Argo's sword from Farscape.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:25 pm

Looks familiar...

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:26 pm

Ah yes, just bland enough that the dozens of role-play toys of it won't be much of an eyesore as they continue to shelfwarm two years from now.

News Credits: 3 · by **megatronis** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:39 pm

Hmmmm...if unicron is in this.that will be the thing that kills him.and marky mark ends up being the hero. ethier that or GASP! I'VE FIGURED IT OUT! HE'S REALY HE-MAN!!! that swords a dead give away..skeletor teams up with the cons..yup....

News Credits: 3 · by **megatronis** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:43 pm

Caelus wrote:Looks familiar...

EXACTLY what i thought. :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 4 · by **zatara1701** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:40 pm

Ok...

Once again I feel compelled to throw my two cents in.

1) My vote is the Star Saber...I say that simply because it's so prevalent in MANY forms in the Transformers mythos. :grin:

2) Regarding human size... Come on people, did everyone forget the CAVERN-SIZED Allspark that became travel sized?? :HEADHURTS:

3) It looks badass regardless... In all honesty thought, even though it's small enough for a human to lug it around, it still seems kinda BIG overall.

Lastly, I want to say this... I KNOW Bay :michaelbay:

has left a bad taste in MANY of the older fans mouths out there, but there are many film adaptations I've seen in my life that have ripped at my VERY SOUL at times... Masters of the Universe, GI Joe (not horrible but subpar), Superman 3 and 4, and anything Marvel that's not made by Marvel comes to mind... But I will be the first to say that thanks to Bay I've gotten some cool toys (funny the coolest movie figs are none movie characters :lol:

) and he has allowed a resurgence of out beloved bots... Sure they'd still be here, but I DOUBT their presence would be as strong... SOOOO I kinda love and hate Bay :michaelbay:

at the same time. :grin:

To all my G1 bros and sis' out there I would say this...Can we PLEASE at least wait till the movie comes out to decide to rip it to pieces?? :BANG_HEAD:

lol

by **RAcast** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:03 pm

It's got a sword grip, so I doubt it's the Key to Vector Sigma. The Star Saber is the logical guess.

Also, it probably mass shifts, why is this a foreign concept to TRANSFORMERS fans? :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:31 pm

RAcast wrote:It's got a sword grip, so I doubt it's the Key to Vector Sigma. The Star Saber is the logical guess.

Also, it probably mass shifts, why is this a foreign concept to TRANSFORMERS fans?

That's an awfully big sword for that small of a hilt.