"Revenge" at Arizona AFB, Identity of Chevy Beat Revealed?

Just for kicks I tried upsizing the other plate. I might see if my wife can use photoshop later and do anything clearer. I for one can make nothing out, although I really want it to say "Jumper" so he can be a non-BB repaint for once.

Skids, huh? Not a character I usually care much about, but no disappointment either. For some reason, I really want the Trax to be Skram. We need some G2 references!

if it wasnt for that dumb water mark over the licens plate of the red car i could find out but the watermark makes it blurry its hard to tell bad place for watermark should put watermark on top of the picture

A few people on other boards have guessed "Mirage" for the Trax, and looking at the photos again, it looks like that could almost be it.

If that orange/red car is Mirage, sh*t's going to hit the fan again.

Lol, I swear that was the first thing I thought I saw on it but then I figured it would be ridiculous so I didn't even mention that. If others have that makes me rather..um...concerned? If that's the case I guess Bay just can't use original colors. Maybe theres some kind of random color wheel used. "This guy was blue....*spin the wheel*..he's green now!"

Seriously though, the car fits Skids perfectly, but there's plenty other of minibot types to cast as a little guy. A subcompact doesn't scream "I'm in ur ship blowing up ur controls" to me. It says something more like "I can always find a parking space!".

Here's the zoomed up plate:


Edit: Looking closer again,after waking up a bit more, I do see an "M" (I think), but if it is it's more "grafiti" style than standard plate writing. I'm thinking we can speculate, but it's just shy of seeing enough to really tell.

That being the case, lets start a name pool! I'm totally going with Seaspray, because it wouldn't make any sense at all, therefore it's more likely.

I don't think it's the watermark making it blurry, which makes me wonder why SKIDS is so clear. I thnk it's fake

Just for kicks I tried upsizing the other plate. I might see if my wife can use photoshop

dont see how thats possible unless if photoshop is able to take watermakrs off of a photo thats unlikly

i can barley make the first 2 letter first one is either
m, n, or w and the next is I oy J think i see an L in there somewhere last letter looks y, x or k

kinda looks nightbeat to me or has the words night or beat in it who knows

Well if that one is Skids I think they should honour another under used G1 character and call the Trax Swerve.

Plus if they are the twins I think "Skids and Swerve" sounds good together.

I think the Red one would make a better skids but the beat is good. But what the hell is with the color? That lime green is horrid. Its nice to see that there still is no color continuity in the movies. First Black Ironhide and Green Ratchet now green Skidz and silver Sideswipe. Im still waiting for the purle Hot Rod and White Soundwave.

I saw other pictures that show a red beat next to the green one. There was also the image on TFW of a blue cars wheelwell that had the same general shape and hubcap as the beats. That makes 3. We know there are 3 Arcee-esque motorcycles right? Now I know this is gonna sound a might bit crazy but what if the autobot combiner (if there is one) Is a combo of the Beats and Cycles into a big multicolored mess? Maybe the blue beat is Skids and we are just getting odd information again. (this crackpot theory brought to you by 1 picture of a blue beat-esque wheelwell)

I can't help but think 'Why put the characters name on their numberplate?'

I smell an Admiral Ackbar impression coming on

I loved the movie, but I am getting more than a little frustrated with the random color schemes. Yellowish ratchet, black ironhide, tan starscream, and now white sideswipe and green tracks?!!

Yeah, this little car will suit Skids good enough.

His original alt form was a similar econo hatchback anyway. Some sort of Honda mini hatchback in the past.

Soldier of Shockwave wrote:I saw other pictures that show a red beat next to the green one. There was also the image on TFW of a blue cars wheelwell that had the same general shape and hubcap as the beats. That makes 3. We know there are 3 Arcee-esque motorcycles right? Now I know this is gonna sound a might bit crazy but what if the autobot combiner (if there is one) Is a combo of the Beats and Cycles into a big multicolored mess? Maybe the blue beat is Skids and we are just getting odd information again. (this crackpot theory brought to you by 1 picture of a blue beat-esque wheelwell)

The blue car you saw is the Chevy Volt - already spotted on set. GM says its not a TF, but I smell BS.

SDL wrote:I can't help but think 'Why put the characters name on their numberplate?'

I smell an Admiral Ackbar impression coming on

Maybe Bay have a collection Binaltech/Alternator toys.

OK, I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, and I'm not sure if they will try to explain it in TF2, but Bumbulbee is different.

here is a decent pic of him from the pics given:



And here is a pic from Bumbulbee going into the first TF movie:



Some major differences include:

#1: Hood scope/air intake

#2: Weird verticle grill on the bottom where the fog lights used to be.

#3: The car, overall, looks a tad different, could be the angle or lighting, but it looks kinda different.

As for the other cars, I wish one of them was Cliffjumper, but I doubt it will. Mainly because of Hasbro. They already released a toy as a red repaint of BB, and from what I've seen, as much as they re-use names, they usually tend to leave well enough alone when within the same series. So I doubt Bay would make CJ when Hasbro said "well he'd have to be a red Camaro".

Just my thoughts.

do they really need to explain why bumble be has a diff front bumper, wheels, and hood scoop? its not that serious of a change to have to explain in my opinion

Hmm...although I wouldn't be dissapointed at all (I thought Skids was a cool cat,) I'm hoping for Brawn and Windcharger for minibot goodness. Meh, they can make Skids a minibot too I guess.

I don't buy it.

Why Skids?

No offense, but there are several better choices to use other than Skids.

I wouldn't surprised at all if that's just a temporary/fake name for it just to fool people and so they wouldn't be able to guess the real name.

My 2 cents.

oldskooltf wrote:I don't buy it.

Why Skids?

No offense, but there are several better choices to use other than Skids.

I wouldn't surprised at all if that's just a temporary/fake name for it just to fool people and so they wouldn't be able to guess the real name.

My 2 cents.

what do you mean, why skids?

why not skids? what you guys have to remember is that this is not g1, the characters in this franchise are NOT the same characters from the cartoon, they only share name and in some cases personality and alt modes...in other cases they dont share anything at all...

Its better that Bay chose a character that is less "known" because now we wont hear people bitching about how "skids would never do that in g1." New characters who just happen to share old character names is not a bad thing (i.e. beast wars)

You also mention that there are better choices than skids..better how? You dont know what the script calls for, maybe skids is a better choice then your assuming....

I do agree that the names are probably just there to help the crew distinguish which car has to do what, the plate doesnt even really say skids, it says "SKID5" but i admit thats closenough to call him skids for the time being