Potential Transformers RID Dinobot Grimlock Prototype in Age of Extintion BluRay Special Features
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 8:39AM CDT
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Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:00am CDT
And hot on the heels of the Rifftrax live Broderick-zilla show, he has a bit of Cruellock/Doomlock in his design!
Posted by Lockdownhunter on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:00am CDT
Posted by Lockdownhunter on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:04am CDT
Posted by Madeus Prime on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:30am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:42am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 1st, 2014 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by Rated X on October 1st, 2014 @ 11:20am CDT
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on October 1st, 2014 @ 11:25am CDT
Grimlock being in the new RID series is nothing but old news.
Posted by ScottyP on October 1st, 2014 @ 11:29am CDT
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Grimlock? Again? Can we focus on something more than just Dinobots? The Monsterbots haven't been used yet.
Grimlock being in the new RID series is nothing but old news.
I think he's green, if that helps. More Dinobots is always cool though. They've been ignored for decades, I'm totally fine with a few years of saturation.
Posted by Hammer on October 1st, 2014 @ 11:38am CDT
Grimlock's in AoE for what, 4 minutes? and we get a million T Rex's flooding stores in one way or another. Now there's a series that features him? Oh boy

Posted by griftimus prime on October 1st, 2014 @ 12:17pm CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on October 1st, 2014 @ 12:18pm CDT
Posted by noctorro on October 1st, 2014 @ 12:20pm CDT
Haven't seen that much about the new RID 2 series.
It's set for the start of 2015?
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on October 1st, 2014 @ 12:42pm CDT
noctorro wrote:Looks cool, Godzilla influence makes him different than the movie/animated/classics.
Haven't seen that much about the new RID 2 series.
It's set for the start of 2015?
Could be wrong but I think it's set to start in April or May of 2015. Like this design, but am def hoping for more representations of other Dinobots as well. Having fun with the AOE ones in the mean time.

Posted by ZeroWolf on October 1st, 2014 @ 12:51pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 1st, 2014 @ 1:17pm CDT
For all we know, this green Dinobot could be a whole new character.
Posted by ScottyP on October 1st, 2014 @ 1:35pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:We don't know for 100% certainty that this is Grimlock. There's been no confirmation, it's only a guess.
For all we know, this green Dinobot could be a whole new character.
This is a fact.
That said, if it is indeed Grimlock, it's pretty clever to make him green given the name of the series


Posted by Shuttershock on October 1st, 2014 @ 2:51pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 1st, 2014 @ 3:11pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:That said, if it is indeed Grimlock, it's pretty clever to make him green given the name of the series![]()
I refuse to acknowledge that as "Grimlock", only as "Build Hurricane"

Posted by Peridot on October 1st, 2014 @ 3:37pm CDT

It's mostly the proportions (HUEG CHIN), but still.
Posted by Dead Metal on October 1st, 2014 @ 3:42pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on October 1st, 2014 @ 4:06pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:Where are we getting the "green" Dinobot part from now? This is clearly just a prototype cast in resin.
There's production or some teaser footage somewhere showing a green T-Rex. I'll go hunt for it.
edit: found it, not sure this got news'd here on Seibertron :/ http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/07 ... mlock-rid/
Posted by Va'al on October 1st, 2014 @ 4:54pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Where are we getting the "green" Dinobot part from now? This is clearly just a prototype cast in resin.
There's production or some teaser footage somewhere showing a green T-Rex. I'll go hunt for it.
edit: found it, not sure this got news'd here on Seibertron :/ http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/07 ... mlock-rid/
Somehow, it did not. This is all we have from those days:
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... iew/30903/
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ise/30905/
Posted by Dead Metal on October 1st, 2014 @ 5:31pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Where are we getting the "green" Dinobot part from now? This is clearly just a prototype cast in resin.
There's production or some teaser footage somewhere showing a green T-Rex. I'll go hunt for it.
edit: found it, not sure this got news'd here on Seibertron :/ http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/07 ... mlock-rid/
Ah OK, never seen that.
That said, that mug shot does look real close to this, so yeah, that's likely who this guy is.
Posted by Zeedust on October 1st, 2014 @ 6:17pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ScottyP wrote:That said, if it is indeed Grimlock, it's pretty clever to make him green given the name of the series![]()
I refuse to acknowledge that as "Grimlock", only as "Build Hurricane"
I just roll with it because I'm already acknowledging both Inferno the ant and Inferno the fire truck, may as well do the same for Grimlock. That said, this one is still "the other Grimlock".
Hammer wrote:Fantastic
Grimlock's in AoE for what, 4 minutes? and we get a million T Rex's flooding stores in one way or another. Now there's a series that features him? Oh boy
He'll probably get actual screentime and characterization in the show, and the RID v2 toyline looks like it's rather scaled-down from what they're pouring out for AoE, so it might not be as bad as you expect.
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Grimlock? Again? Can we focus on something more than just Dinobots? The Monsterbots haven't been used yet.
I wouldn't mind Rhinox getting reimagined for a new show, personally.
Posted by Shockwave7 on October 1st, 2014 @ 7:13pm CDT
Like most tformer lines it shows promise, but we can only wait and see how the final product may look...
Posted by kaijuguy19 on October 1st, 2014 @ 8:48pm CDT
I'm looking forward to see what the NYCC has to show us.

Posted by Noideaforaname on October 1st, 2014 @ 9:19pm CDT
I kinda like the "bulky" look. Assuming that is what it is and not some odd illusion caused by the shadows and striped shirt...
Quick, someone do a quick color digibash!
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I refuse to acknowledge that as "Grimlock", only as "Build Hurricane"
Build HurriCrane!
"But it's an exca--"
HURRICRANE!
Posted by Sabrblade on October 2nd, 2014 @ 8:49am CDT
That's it. Though, their calling it Grimlock is likewise a guess on their part.ScottyP wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Where are we getting the "green" Dinobot part from now? This is clearly just a prototype cast in resin.
There's production or some teaser footage somewhere showing a green T-Rex. I'll go hunt for it.
edit: found it, not sure this got news'd here on Seibertron :/ http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/07 ... mlock-rid/
The thing that really gets me is the fact that this guy will be a part of Bumblebee's team, so whoever he is, he'll be serving under Bumblebee's command, which is hard for me to see one like Grimlock willfully doing.
Posted by ScottyP on October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:46am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The thing that really gets me is the fact that this guy will be a part of Bumblebee's team, so whoever he is, he'll be serving under Bumblebee's command, which is hard for me to see one like Grimlock willfully doing.
Well, if that part of the plot doesn't just write itself, I don't know what else does!

Posted by Flashwave on October 4th, 2014 @ 1:43am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ScottyP wrote:That said, if it is indeed Grimlock, it's pretty clever to make him green given the name of the series![]()
I refuse to acknowledge that as "Grimlock", only as "Build Hurricane"
I refuse to acknowledge anything with tractor treads as "Hurricane"

Posted by Va'al on October 8th, 2014 @ 5:33am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 8th, 2014 @ 7:39am CDT

Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2014 @ 7:59am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:You know who the wolf Con is reminding me of (at least face-wise)? This guy:
Megatron?

By the by, that "Wolf-Con" may be connected to that wolf-like insignia we saw on a slide for a Hasbro presentation.
Posted by VioMeTriX on October 8th, 2014 @ 8:19am CDT
this is Hasbro telling us our kids are too stupid for real transformers? kids today can do things now that most adults couldn't do 20 yrs ago and even today, so don't treat the kids like they are stupid
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2014 @ 8:29am CDT
VioMeTriX wrote:YAY!!! more non-transforming transformers.... what the **** is this line coming to? soon we wont be able to call them transformers, just robots...
this is Hasbro telling us our kids are too stupid for real transformers? kids today can do things now that most adults couldn't do 20 yrs ago and even today, so don't treat the kids like they are stupid
Dear, those are prototypes what you normally call the "shampoo bottles", they're not the main line figures. I'm still surprised they're keeping the Titan lines alive...
Posted by griftimus prime on October 8th, 2014 @ 9:23am CDT
Posted by Shockwave7 on October 8th, 2014 @ 10:23am CDT
Still won't buy them. Stick it, Bay. Your 'reboot' was more like a rePOOP. What does it say about you as a writer/director/producer, when CHILDREN's shows have better writing and stories than your movies?
And I found the Classics Prime/Evasion Prime G1 2-pack at TRU. What a disappointment. Not in the evasion figure itself, it's a fine mold (it's the ONLY movie4 toy I have), but I was told there was going to be a face mask head-sculpt for Evasion Prime - which would have made it worth buying again. But it was just the normal face movie sculpt with shinier paint. That's just LAZY. It had chrome covered bits (they both did), but without a face plate sculpt... well why did they say there was going to be one in the first place if they didn't mean it?
Posted by Optimizzy on October 8th, 2014 @ 10:29am CDT
The simple one steps are alright, but this stuff and those sparkler AoE toys just take up shelf space.
Posted by Shuttershock on October 8th, 2014 @ 10:38am CDT

Posted by GuyIncognito on October 8th, 2014 @ 10:38am CDT
Posted by dreadwing95 on October 8th, 2014 @ 11:47am CDT
Posted by gothsaurus on October 8th, 2014 @ 12:20pm CDT

I hope the more high-end versions of the character has better proportions. I don't think anything bothers me more. (Thinking especially of figures with misplaced waists, too short legs, etc.)
Posted by Shuttershock on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:02pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:I hate non-transforming TFs too, but I'm pretty sure Hasbro (and their licensees) have been making non-transforming TF toys since the 80's, and it hasn't ruined the franchise yet, so I don't see what the big deal is. What about those stupid "drone" figures that were unpainted and had no articulation? Collectors still buy those on eBay. Or go check out the prices on MISB Action Masters. I bet you in 20 years, collectors will be paying top-dollar for these Titan figures.
I agree with your sentiment that non-Transforming toys have been around for a long time (Action Masters, Pretender shells, etc). However, I see those more as the best that could be done or as playing with gimmicks. Also, they (aside from some AMs) were all original characters, not simplified versions of ones that already had toys that did transform.
Again, not trying to start anything, just a conversation about why people are reacting the way they do at all these Titans. Personally, I think it's because, aside from one-step-changers and that deluxe BB, this is all we've seen of the RID line, and it's not very impressing to lead with simplified versions instead of the main line. That, and we've seen these types become shelf warmers twice now (Prime and AOE), and have no reason to think it won't keep happening.
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:05pm CDT




Posted by Megatron Wolf on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:05pm CDT
Posted by GuyIncognito on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:27pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:31pm CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:Can we just keep this thread as a thread about this one figure? Do we really need to combine all discussions of the entire RID line into one thread? That's really annoying.
I cannot guarantee that, right now. From a posting news point of view, this is much easier - from a reading point, I agree that it can be very disruptive. The staff are discussing better ways of finding a compromise, and will take on any suggestions sent to forums@seibertron.com!

Posted by Sabrblade on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:41pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm still surprised they're keeping the Titan lines alive...
IIRC, it's because the Titan Heroes/Guardians/etc. are actually a success over in parts of the world like China and such. So as long as there's some markets for these to profit off of, Hasbro's gonna keep making them.Megatron Wolf wrote:why is habro keeping this subline? Its clogging shelves now and thats not going to change at all when RiD comes out. Im sure hasbro thinks they're saving money by making nontransforming figures but in the long run their just hurting themselves.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2014 @ 1:43pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm still surprised they're keeping the Titan lines alive...IIRC, it's because the Titan Heroes/Guardians/etc. are actually a success over in parts of the world like China and such. So as long as there's some markets for these to profit off of, Hasbro's gonna keep making them.Megatron Wolf wrote:why is habro keeping this subline? Its clogging shelves now and thats not going to change at all when RiD comes out. Im sure hasbro thinks they're saving money by making nontransforming figures but in the long run their just hurting themselves.
If that's the case I don't really see it here. Hopefully with the recent price cuts they'll start moving a bit.