ROTB Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime Make Cameo Appearances During Yesterday's NFL Game

Special effects looked as good as the movie trailer XD

Those transformations look pretty cool!

Very nice!

The transformation and techno-organic look naturally evoke Beast Machines, but once he was in bot mode, there was just as much BW S1, especially the head and spinal swords, and it all blended together beautifully!

Though unfortunate timing made it look like he was squashing someone walking by in the foreground.

Bumblevivisector wrote:The transformation and techno-organic look naturally evoke Beast Machines, but once he was in bot mode, there was just as much BW S1, especially the head and spinal swords, and it all blended together beautifully!

Though unfortunate timing made it look like he was squashing someone walking by in the foreground.

Wait...he didn't?













...bummer...

The new design for Primal looks really cool. I can't wait to see the SS Leader Class figure for him... Might be a small Leader but idc I just wanna see it lol.

Greetings!

Do you guys know if Earthrise/Kingdom leader class Optimus Prime is still in stock or if listings indicate that it will be re-released? I have been wanting that specific model of Optimus Prime for a while now, and as you can guess I cannot find one. Please, let me know.

rairakku16 wrote:The new design for Primal looks really cool. I can't wait to see the SS Leader Class figure for him... Might be a small Leader but idc I just wanna see it lol.

Same, I really like the Maximal's design in the movie so far, i am looking forward to more.

dinorock12 wrote:Greetings!

Do you guys know if Earthrise/Kingdom leader class Optimus Prime is still in stock or if listings indicate that it will be re-released? I have been wanting that specific model of Optimus Prime for a while now, and as you can guess I cannot find one. Please, let me know.

I would go to our toy forums and ask in the Earthrise or Kingdom toy threads. alternatively, you can also google them with "seibertron" in the search words, and that should help you find a story that can shortcut you to the respective threads.

The trailer looked a bit better in 3d before Avatar 2. Apart from the overly inherrent swagger that notmirage has, makes it look as tho the bots are going to be as bad as they were in the bay films. Skids and mudflap bad.

rairakku16 wrote:The new design for Primal looks really cool. I can't wait to see the SS Leader Class figure for him... Might be a small Leader but idc I just wanna see it lol.

I REALLY like the overall design of Primal, BUT...
he sure could use a touch of color!
Especially in bot-mode.
Where are the blues, light grays, white & red that give him the heroes Visage?
He is cool, just a bit dark & shadow-washedout.
I do love that Decepticons have red eyes,
Autobots: blue,
and Beasts GREEN!
My hope is that they follow the aesthetic with maybe the Terrorcons getting orange & the Preds a bright glowing purple!
They have made mistakes with color pallet choices in the Bayverse,
But my hope is these new artists see these things and know how colors affect people's personalities and the views minds.
For example;
There is no reason why Ironhide (a Dodge pickup) could not have been presented in the company signature color: RED.
It would have easily coincided with his G1 pallet, updating his form.
Also, I have worked in Search & Rescue rigs just like Ratchet that where WHITE & RED.
As for Jazz, Silver was okay. A Porsche would have been better, but at least he looked cool. Although, why wasn't his head black?
Whoops! I've rambled on!
In conclusion... color is exceedingly important to a franchise based on action, children, older collectors childhoods, toys sales and distinguishing one bot bot from another.
Sorry about the rant.

X3ROhour wrote:For example;
There is no reason why Ironhide (a Dodge pickup) could not have been presented in the company signature color: RED.

Ironhide was a GMC Topkick, not a Dodge.

I remember colour being a constant critique of all Live Action Transformers. I'm paraphrasing but one comment I recall said if you took away the colour palette from Prime and BB, these films could be anything. That being the only distinction making them "Transformers".

From a villain fan perspective, they have botched most villain designs and colour palettes. For examples of the former, I point to Devastator (the dog). The latter the near endless sea of silver and beige that make up the entirety of the Decepticon ranks. I never had a problem with the hyper detail of Bayformers. But they should have added some colour to make that detail really distinct.

Yes, the Cybertron sequence in BB was an improvement. But trailers for this film has already shown that instance hasn't been applied further.

The 2007 movie came out before Iron Man 1, at a time when the color red was a pain to film and to animate in photo-realistic CGI. That's why Optimus was blue and Ironhide was black in that movie. Optimus's divisive flame deco is what helped him to have a red torso in robot mode.

It took Iron Man using new CG tech that made red finally workable on the big screen, but by then it was too late. The 2007 movie made Optimus and Ironhide's looks from that movie the definitive look for their movie selves. It took another three movies for Optimus to finally get a redesign, and it was one that double-down on the blue instead of the red. Because Movie Optimus is a blue truck.

The Bumblebee movie changed all that, but its designs would have never been used in 2007 because 2007 was a very different time from 2018 to now. 2007 was a time when Hasbro was all like "We make Transformers for kids, and kids today don't care about designs from the 1980s, so we don't either!" That's why the Classics and Universe 2008 toylines so heavily modernized the designs all the G1 characters in those two toylines. And it's why 2000s-era Hasbro was so reluctant to make Soundwave a tape player again, because "Kids today don't even know what a tape player is!" 2000s-era Hasbro had a very cynical view of the 1980s.

That cynical view may have been right, to be fair. There is a case to be made for Transformers as a franchise leaving the 80's behind. Push the whole narrative forward and don't look back. Catering to nostalgia =/= inhibiting growth etc

Someone has also made a point that there are altmodes EG Soundwave/Blaster, Silverbolt etc that need to be modernised, permanently. Not just in a "make them a new version of their original thing". Because that too, will eventually be dated.

That said, ramble over and back on topic. Colour theory is a thing. Considering the source material of these Live Action films. There is no reason to stick to earth tones anymore in the 2020's.

Paramount in teaming up with the Taronga Zoo in Sydney for a Transformers Rise of the Beasts campaign. The zoo posted about it on their Facebook page. For locals, you can find the info below. For everyone else, this promotion gives us clear images of some of the characters. We sew even more new images in the promotional map oferred at the oark thanks to pics from TF fan Scott. Enjoy!

It’s Transformers Zoo Month Visit the Zoo throughout January to receive a special Transformers kid’s map limited-edition hat, temporary tattoo and Beast Heroes sticker. Follow the BEAST POWER trail to crack the Cybertronian Code for your chance to win an overnight stay at the Wildlife Retreat at Taronga or Zoofari Lodge. Optimus Prime & Bumblebee have come to Taronga to harness the power of The Beasts. Discover how you can use your power to help protect The Beasts, and find out what else is happening at the Zoo this month here: http://www.taronga.org.au/Sydney-zoo/wh ... ansformers Adventure awaits!

face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

griftimus prime wrote:face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

Well the animal modes weren't for hiding in the Beast Wars cartoon anyway (after all, it's not like Scorpoknok, Tarantulas and Black Arachnia shrank down when they transformed.)

griftimus prime wrote:face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

When did animal forms ever make sense?

Love that we have a better look at Cheetor's cg model now, I think he looks fantastic. He looks completely robotic, but also maintains a certain organic smoothness. Hope we get better looks at Airazor and Rhinox soon.

feeling Beast Machines influence in the mix between robotic and organic. Very, very nice balance.

This seems a very fun tie-in promotion!

The designs look better by each render!

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

When did animal forms ever make sense?

Ironically, Kingdom. When Arcee makes a comment about “some are having a better time getting over this terrain than others”

I thought it was one of the few good things to come out of the Netflix series

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

When did animal forms ever make sense?

Ironically, Kingdom. When Arcee makes a comment about “some are having a better time getting over this terrain than others”

I thought it was one of the few good things to come out of the Netflix series

He meant scale-wise.

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:face plate on prime looks better here. why are the animal forms so huge? makes no sense

When did animal forms ever make sense?

Ironically, Kingdom. When Arcee makes a comment about “some are having a better time getting over this terrain than others”

I thought it was one of the few good things to come out of the Netflix series

He meant scale-wise.

Yeah, but it's ok, I like Flashwave's answer a lot.

We have info on two books for young readers relating to Transformers Rise of the Beasts. One is called Mission at the Museum and deals with the humans in Brooklyn and the other is The Search is On which deals with the Autobots and Maximals trying to get an artifact (the Transwarp key) in Peru. You can read all the details below. Both books come from Simon and Schuster. Please remember that, as we saw with the tie in books for Bumblebee, these books are based on older film outlines which may not be the same in the final film.

Mission at the Museum: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/ ... 1665921886

The Autobots and their human friend Noah team up to save the day in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read!

A researcher at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration is running tests on an ancient falcon statue when it crumbles, revealing an ancient artifact hidden inside. Noah and the Transformers bots go on a brave mission to keep the artifact safe, but Scourge and his sweeps have other ideas.

Combining the heart of Bumblebee with the action and spectacle that first captured moviegoers around the world in the original 2007 Transformers film, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a new 90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals and Terrorcons factions to the Autobots’ battle on Earth. This is the first of three new installments of the Transformers universe.

The Search is On: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/ ... 1665922531

The new Transformers movie, Rise of the Beasts, roars into theaters June 9, 2023, starring Anthony Ramos, Ron Perlman, Peter Cullen, and Dominique Fishback!

Rival factions of Transformers bots race against each other in this action-packed 8x8 storybook.

The Transformers bots travel to Peru to find a very powerful and ancient artifact. Can the Autobots find it before Scourge and keep the Decepticons from using it to take control of Earth?

Combining the heart of Bumblebee with the action and spectacle that first captured moviegoers around the world in the original 2007 Transformers film, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a new 90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals and Terrorcons factions to the Autobots’ battle on Earth. This is the first of three new installments of the Transformers universe.

Wasn't expecting the Sweeps to be in this.

william-james88 wrote:Please remember that, as we saw with the tie in books for Bumblebee, these books are based on older film outlines which may not be the same in the final film.

Reminds me of the DotM storybook that spoiled how we were finally going to have the satisfaction of seeing Herp and Derp die on the big screen!




...sigh.

When fandom's rage costs fandom its catharsis.

Sweeps? I'm a little worried...

So… are the Decepticons going to be in this movie or not? I wouldn’t mind if they weren’t, but any news around their involvement is hazy at best (or information based on older versions of the film.)

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Sweeps? I'm a little worried...

I wouldn't as they could easily be referring to Scourges little gang and the name was dropped in a later version of the script.

ZeroWolf wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Sweeps? I'm a little worried...

I wouldn't as they could easily be referring to Scourges little gang and the name was dropped in a later version of the script.

Good, because the Terrorcons have nothing in common with the sweeps except the name of their leader. But then again, Terrorcons isn't such a fitting name either. Kind of cringe, really. I was hoping before the robot mode photos leaked that they would be animal-like in robot mode to fit with the beast theme (like a dragonlike scourge and obviously birdlike nightbird), so I have to say I'm kind of disappointed by these- knock off deceptions.

A thought just crossed my mind. The filmmakers might have gone with the bad guys in this movie being Terrorcons instead of Predacons just so that the use of "Terrorize" could make sense with the name of those who use it, reflecting the synergy between "Maximal" and "Maximize" that was always missing between "Predacon" and "Terrorize".

Sabrblade wrote:A thought just crossed my mind. The filmmakers might have gone with the bad guys in this movie being Terrorcons instead of Predacons just so that the use of "Terrorize" could make sense with the name of those who use it, reflecting the synergy between "Maximal" and "Maximize" that was always missing between "Predacon" and "Terrorize".

Oh I love this. It almost seems obvious now, and I’m gonna go ahead and anticipate this line in the movie. Definitely Scourge saying this as the final battle begins and the “characters on both sides begin battle by running towards each other across a massive field” scene happens.

Watch the after credits scene be BW Megatron investigating the scene of the last battle, murmuring to himself that he likes the 'terroize' phrase

All jokes aside, I am expecting an after credits stinger of that type to set up the stand alone beast wars movie (assuming it hasn't been cleared off the internal slate)

Makes sense but I woul've prefered the Predacons to be called terrorcons other than this new team.

New beast renders look good, beast excitement over here!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

X3ROhour wrote:For example;
There is no reason why Ironhide (a Dodge pickup) could not have been presented in the company signature color: RED.

Ironhide was a GMC Topkick, not a Dodge.

Oops!
But it still is available in red, right?

X3ROhour wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

X3ROhour wrote:For example;
There is no reason why Ironhide (a Dodge pickup) could not have been presented in the company signature color: RED.

Ironhide was a GMC Topkick, not a Dodge.

Oops!
But it still is available in red, right?

Very selectively, but the default color was black. and i think he looked much better in black anyways.

And on a technical side, at the time, red was a terrible color to film, so they used it as little as possible, hence the whole Prime with flames motif to provide some red while minimizing it

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

X3ROhour wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

X3ROhour wrote:For example;
There is no reason why Ironhide (a Dodge pickup) could not have been presented in the company signature color: RED.

Ironhide was a GMC Topkick, not a Dodge.

Oops!
But it still is available in red, right?

Very selectively, but the default color was black. and i think he looked much better in black anyways.

And on a technical side, at the time, red was a terrible color to film, so they used it as little as possible, hence the whole Prime with flames motif to provide some red while minimizing it

Also, we saw what he would look like in red and I personally preffer black for that character model.



Another point, him being black makes it a much bigger seperation from the G1 character, and G1 as a whole. He basically becomes a new character with just an homage to the G1 character. Bayformers becomes not really a take on G1 but a take on the Transformers brand in general (unlike Cyberverse or the IDW comics, or WFC, which feel more like a reimagining of G1 specifically)

We have more promotional images from the Taronga zoo featuring a really clear look at the maximals in beast mode. Some are even on giant panels made for selfies to be shared across the internet, making it slightly odd that these images are not more widely released to the public as this does feel like a full blown marketing campaign. Another interesting point is that in terms of deco, the image of Airazor looks a lot more like the Studio Series toy than the initial toy we had seen. That CG image of Airazor could very well be one of the assets Hasbro was given when working on the Studio Series toy. It's still to be seen, if this is the same look the character will have in the film itself. These images come from firebreaker_customs on Instagram.



















Studio Series Airazor



Rise of the Beasts Airazor

I think I prefer the RotB Airazor to the SS one. The wings/shoulders look better as does the coloring.

These beast modes look so good!

Below you will see some new Rise of the Beasts art. They are character models of Scourge, Optimus Prime+Primal, Arcee and Bumblebee. Some come from apparel which Amazon listed too early (the listings have since been removed) and we also have two children's book covers (found here). This gives us the best look yet at Arcee and Scourge, though these may not be3 the final designs we see in the film.

So Arcee is confirmed a bike in ROTB. I thought she was going to be a classic car. But then I noticed that I got ROTB and the newest cartoon mixed-up.

Arcee has TransTech Cheetor feet.

That Arcee is phenomenal. I love the speedskater vibe.

Sabrblade wrote:Arcee has TransTech Cheetor feet.

Every design to use this as a starting point or a reference has been great

Too bad the core toy gave her inaccurate feet.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Too bad the core toy gave her inaccurate feet.

Looks like she has 2 different foot configurations. We clearly saw her in the trailer with the wheels both on her back and as her feet

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Too bad the core toy gave her inaccurate feet.

Looks like she has 2 different foot configurations. We clearly saw her in the trailer with the wheels both on her back and as her feet

It would be great if the toy allow this as well.