New Roll Call Video Shows Arcee, Soundwave and Wheeljack in Transformers Earthspark

Designs that are...new and interesting?

Love the Soundwave and Arcee designs, especially with Arcee's car being an old-car style that's a treat to see!

Soundwave gives TFP vibes in his design.

william-james88 wrote:I really am a huge TF whore. All I needed was less than a second of arcee and soundwave and I already wanted to have a toy of those designs in my hands.

This, except throw in Skullcruncher and Megatron. helicopter Megatron is my bad boy

Deadput wrote:Designs that are...new and interesting?

I know, right?! What is this madness?!

Did anyone else notice what appeared to be a seeker or some kind of Jet getting hit by prime? It's the 1st 2 seconds.

Soundwave superior, Autobots inferior

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I am 100% on board with Arcee being an old-style car. My mom had a car like that when she was a kid except it was a light blue colour.

Oh GOD, that Arcee!

I must prepare myself for that giant-ass backpack though.

Such is the life of some Arcees, huh? We'll probably get Cyberverse Arcee levels of shellforming, seeing that Elita's toy was quite kibbly.

Honestly the only thing I don't like are the faces. It feels like they're trying to get the same look as the G1 characters where there was little detail in a very human face with just a few lines and blocky noses to show that they were robots, and it doesn't really work in 3d.

please, Lords of Light, (and Hasbro) make sure that the figures are TFP quality or better. Please! I beg of you!

Bumblevivisector wrote:Soundwave being that thin and flat in stealth bomber mode might make a toy challenging to engineer without it being very breakage prone, but I wanna' see 'em try!

If they could pull it off with his Prime incarnation, I think they can do it here.

Soundwave, Arcee, and Elita-1 are the real standouts to me, especially Arcee and Elita-1 getting more rugged vehicle forms than in WFC.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I still don't understand the fetish for giving them "faces" underneath face plates. It makes the existence of the faceplate itself redundant.

First off, it humanizes them for the kids. I know, I know...."we didn't need them back in the day". But you have to remember, the kids of today have not had the social interactions we did when G1 came out. Studies have proven that today younger generation does not have the capacity to read body language, voice inflection (thank you, inventor of the text message...), and expression at the level of Gen X and prior because they simply haven't had the exposures. This is worse for those who were essentially in their formative years during Covid and are now struggling to catch up with their learning. The younger generation's interactions have all been digital. Facebook, Instagram, etc. This is why Millenials and younger generations are having such an issue in the workplace relating to older people. They don't understand body language and associated nuances because they've spent the majority of their lives with their faces in their phones or so focused on themselves (thank you, inventor of the "selfie"...) that interaction has not been a priority.

Putting faces on bots allows the toons to subliminally teach expressions, interactions, and body language to the younger generation- something that Gen X and the previous generations learned by actually going outside and interacting face to face. That may not have been the intent, but it's logical based on the most recent psychological research.

It may not be that complicated, but that's my guess.