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

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.

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.

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!

And Megs harkening back to his Animated alt did my heart good.

Arcee's vehicle mode screams toy-design to me, with its solid blockiness. Her original alt was effectively a futuristic pink Cadillac convertible, so it's about time we had a toy of her that turned into a 20th century one, as close as Has/Tak can approximate legally.

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

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.

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

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

The designs here look very good. The toys that have so far been revealed look rather promising, so I'm betting the toys of the rest of the cast will be just as interesting too.

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

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.

-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.

SpaceEagle wrote:

-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.

If it gives us that alt mode, I am ok with that.

But just to temper expectations, Hasbro was quite clear when they said that as far as toys with traditional transformations (ie. what fans would expect in a generations TF line) only deluxes are planned. So, while that can make for some really nice deluxes, like what we saw with Twitch, it will also result in small faction leaders like the Megatron we also saw. And I gotta say, that deluxe does not do this Megs design justice. It needs a voyager class or even leader class to give us that wonderful presence he has, along with his giant cannon, his beefy alt mode which should move its rotors (they are static on the deluxe toy) and extra steps/complexity to further hide his arms and not rely on a fake chest.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

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

You'll see above why I need more than the Megs we are getting from this line. As for Skullcruncher, while his design is cool, it is closer to his standard look than many of the other designs. We see that with Wheeljack too. So since I already have the TR deluxe and Cyberverse ultra, I don't feel that huge need for another similar skullcruncher. Don,t get me wrong, I will still 100% get a new Skullcruncher toy if it's good and looks good, it's just not as high on my list of demands when seeing these designs.

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.

Soundwave looks amazing. But he usually does.

That Arcee though! That design is astonishing! Love it!

~ Grim

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

Okay, those are new ideas. Frankly, I'm stunned. Love the Soundwave with a little TF:Cybertron homage, but (stealth fighter) but that is going to be a pain to try and replicate.

I've been hoping for ALL new stuff (characters, etc) with new bots and alt modes. I can live with this as a halfway point.

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.

A breakdown of the "Roll Call" video (plus the full video is included if you don't fancy using Facebook video) is below:

- https://youtu.be/1HpXTr81ocQ

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

All the designs look really impressive. I hope for context as for why Soundwave sounds like a brute. Maybe it is a line that belongs to someone else in the scene?

I still don't understand the fetish for giving them "faces" underneath face plates. It makes the existence of the faceplate itself redundant. Will Wheeljack and Soundwave have gross mouths too?

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.