ROTF: Huge Autobots Spoiler!!!
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 9:15am CDT
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**SPOILER**
Two Autobots will make a combination in the movie that is more prone to the new cartoons like Armada, and Cybertron, rather than what we would consider original gestalt combining. And it's not the 'twins'.
To be more specific the rumor is that Optimus Prime and Jetfire will combine. This information comes from a HASBRO 2009 brand preview.
You can see the original thread, with the poster's report here.
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Posted by woosh on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:19am CDT
And i hope that Jetfire will have a robot mode and a GOOD alt.
the idea of combining is kinda cheesy. i dont see it in the movie...
Posted by Counterpunch on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:21am CDT
1. We're all buying Leader Optimus Prime...again.
2. Somewhere, someone is going to yell out 'Japan is in danger!!!' when those two combine. (It will be me.)
Posted by King Henrik on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:26am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:30am CDT
King Henrik wrote:i'm starting to think too much info is being leaked and it's all part of bay's misinformation campaign. there are too many "oh trust me this is a legit source" going on and i don't believe it. also in terms of combiners, other than the original gestalts, the idea of combing is cheesy. I say it's ok for the originals, because the idea of a bunch of robots combining into a giant hulking mass capable of only mindless destruction is a cool idea. They sacrifice speed, numbers, and for the most part intelligence for pure power. that makes sense because it is a big trade off. any other combiners in the transformers mythos didn't have such consequences other than the loss of numbers and it's no where near as interesting.
Why wouldn't two robots combine to make the combination more powerful than the individual? Especially if they can switch spots, like the Landcross figures.
It's kind of cool.
Still I hope we do not get any yelling out of attacks, and stock footage combinations, and it should go okay.
If true that is.
I also thought this was too convenient to let off the hook as not being misinformation.
Posted by Solrac333 on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:45am CDT
Posted by powersteamracing on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:46am CDT
I agree that the only senseable combinations are combiners, and not just one TF wearing the other as armor.
Can anyone say "Go Go PowerRangers?"
If this happens I give up on the movie line. The toys are becoming ridiculous as it is already for the movie, and there is no way I would buy another Prime just because he combines with Jet Fire.
I say make Jet Fire double cross the autobots, or IF he has to combine with Prime, make him double cross the autobots, then go to the decpticons, and say to them "since I combined with prime, I have all his data/specs, let's build Nemesis prime! Then I'd be happy

Posted by King Henrik on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:47am CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:King Henrik wrote:i'm starting to think too much info is being leaked and it's all part of bay's misinformation campaign. there are too many "oh trust me this is a legit source" going on and i don't believe it. also in terms of combiners, other than the original gestalts, the idea of combing is cheesy. I say it's ok for the originals, because the idea of a bunch of robots combining into a giant hulking mass capable of only mindless destruction is a cool idea. They sacrifice speed, numbers, and for the most part intelligence for pure power. that makes sense because it is a big trade off. any other combiners in the transformers mythos didn't have such consequences other than the loss of numbers and it's no where near as interesting.
Why wouldn't two robots combine to make the combination more powerful than the individual? Especially if they can switch spots, like the Landcross figures.
It's kind of cool.
Still I hope we do not get any yelling out of attacks, and stock footage combinations, and it should go okay.
If true that is.
I also thought this was too convenient to let off the hook as not being misinformation.
no what i meant was i like the original idea of the gestalts because there's consequence to it. Specifically the constructicons give up their individuality, speed, intelligence and numbers to make this simple minded destructive force called devastator. things like the armada and energon combiners just combined and they were just a more powerful version of the character without any real loss. i like the idea that there is a sacrifice in combining, that's what makes it interesting. I'll admit i've never seen landcross in the animation, so i can't really comment on him but i do know of the figure.
Posted by JaZzTaStIc on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:50am CDT
Posted by Energon on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:58am CDT
Posted by King Henrik on September 23rd, 2008 @ 9:58am CDT
JaZzTaStIc wrote:i throught jetfire was goin to be a con in the new film?!?!?!
he probably starts out as one and switches, if anything just like the original. but i still smell misinformation.
Posted by Autobot Firestorm on September 23rd, 2008 @ 10:16am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:This means 2 things.
1. We're all buying Leader Optimus Prime...again.
2. Somewhere, someone is going to yell out 'Japan is in danger!!!' when those two combine. (It will be me.)
Remember...Orci said that Hasbro made it clear that they didn't want people to have to go out and buy duplicate toys? From an engineering perspective - my guess is that Jetfire will be designed to combine with current Prime.....perhaps at point where Prime's legs attach to his torso? Just a thought.
Posted by Iron Prime on September 23rd, 2008 @ 10:37am CDT
Posted by bossbot on September 23rd, 2008 @ 11:38am CDT
gestalts (devastator!) would be awesome.
The twins turning into an icecreamtruck, arcee splitting into 3 motorcycles.... a little out there but it could work
but for cybertron's sake : HANDS OF PRIME
Posted by Hard Hacker on September 23rd, 2008 @ 11:41am CDT
Prime dies... again.
Though I imagine a combinination would be interesting to see. A combining Prime is nothing new after all.
It might be dificult for the toys in terms of engineering though, what with the complex transformations that comes standard with the Movieverse. So it could be very good, or very bad.
We shall see.
Posted by Rocketeer on September 23rd, 2008 @ 11:42am CDT
Prime and JETFIRE???
Sure, I guess Jetfire could be the one who develops the technology, what with being a scientist and all that.
But I don't see Bay as making *any* of the bots be brilliant scientists.
If ya know what I'm sayin'.
If Prime *does* combine with someone, I hope it's Ultra Magnus.
Yes, I know we haven't heard anything about Ultra Magnus being in the movie.
AND THAT'S WHY HE WILL BE!
Posted by Kryptikore on September 23rd, 2008 @ 11:59am CDT
Posted by Autobot Firestorm on September 23rd, 2008 @ 1:58pm CDT
Posted by rwalsh17 on September 23rd, 2008 @ 2:02pm CDT
Look at the voyager Blackout and deluxe Skorponok figures from the first movie line - Scorponok could 'combine' with Blackout in alt mode for a 'pincher-spinning-helicopter-type-thing' that wasn't in the film at all. If the action figures of Prime and Jetfire combine into a super robot, it might be a toy gimmick and little more.
On the other hand, anything is possible considering Hasbro's insatiable thirst for our money...
Posted by PettitB on September 23rd, 2008 @ 2:27pm CDT
I Hated The 'Unicron Trilogy'
WHy Bay? Why?

Posted by Skullgrin140 on September 23rd, 2008 @ 2:38pm CDT