Trademark Application for Transformers Last Knight Autobot Sqweeks Toy

If it's a ting better than fixit, I'll be squeaking with joy!

Good.
I'm not a fan of the movies, but this thing is absolutely adorable and is hence one of the few movie toys I'd want (aside from ROTF Bludgeon and Lockdown and the AOE dinobots).

I am expecting maximum cuteness

I can definitely see the return of One-Step Changers. I mean, look at Sqweeks. He looks like a One-Step Changer!

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I can definitely see the return of One-Step Changers. I mean, look at Sqweeks. He looks like a One-Step Changer!

"The return"
When did they go away? Hell, outside Generations all of AOE's line were gimmick-orientated iirc.

Kurona wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I can definitely see the return of One-Step Changers. I mean, look at Sqweeks. He looks like a One-Step Changer!

"The return"
When did they go away? Hell, outside Generations all of AOE's line were gimmick-orientated iirc.

He just means that the one steps will be back for the next film. But yeah ever sicne AOE, they ave been a mainstay on shelves. They are currently one of the main classes of RID.

Personally hoping for more Megatron as always, but that should go without saying since I practically idolize the character and subsequent shrine I made.

Tyrannacon wrote:Personally hoping for more Megatron as always, but that should go without saying since I practically idolize the character and subsequent shrine I made.

Jes my favourite too, I just wished they made a damn movie where he is the main menace and not put on the side as a secondary vilain or only given 10 mins of screentime.

william-james88 wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Personally hoping for more Megatron as always, but that should go without saying since I practically idolize the character and subsequent shrine I made.

Jes my favourite too, I just wished they made a damn movie where he is the main menace and not put on the side as a secondary vilain or only given 10 mins of screentime.

Agreed. I just hope they don't kill him off again only to bring him back again or horribly injure him to the point to make him slim pickings in the next. This is kind of why I used to like Revenge of the Fallen more because the character had more to do than the first movie. Given there was a good story reason why he wasn't that active in the first film.

Well, given the absolute stinker that was the AOE line and having John "Hollow Torso, Limbs Even Moreso" Warden as our main designer, my expectations aren't exactly high. If we get a good toy of Sqweeks though I may have to buy it, he looks adorable.

Delta Magnus wrote:Well, given the absolute stinker that was the AOE line .

That AOE line wasnt bad in the least. Not compare to DOTM. It was better and had some amazing figures like Hound and Evasion Mode Prime. Do you have those? Takara is really proud of their engineering on that line and I really feel it shouldnt be dismissed.

william-james88 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:Well, given the absolute stinker that was the AOE line .

That AOE line wasnt bad in the least. Not compare to DOTM. It was better and had some amazing figures like Hound and Evasion Mode Prime. DO you have those? Takara is really proud of their engineering on that line and I really feel it shouldnt be dismissed.

Sorry, I should have clarified a bit.

I don't have the figures you mentioned because they never got released in my area. All we got outside of TRUs (there aren't any near where I live) were the one-steps, shampoo bottles and the like. That was my main gripe with the line; despite having some great designs to draw from, and being one of the darker films in the series, most of the toys that got released were the simplified toys...and not even any Cyberverse stuff!

As for the "Generations" stuff, there were some figures from the line I actually wanted (notably Evasion Prime, some of the Dinobots, and to a lesser extent Hound) but again, I couldn't get them without paying through the nose. And a lot of the other figures from the line were just terrible- even the best version of AOE's Leader class Prime doesn't hold a candle to the WORST version of ROTF Leader Prime.

There was also the hideous lack of variety on the shelves. Former movie lines had lots of characters, including ones that never even appeared in the movie (including some of my favourites, like Stockade). AOE on the other hand got a redeco of Crosshairs as Tracks, and that was about it. All those KSI Decepticon drone designs they could have adapted, and not one of them got used. Heck, they could have redecoed/retooled past movieverse figures and gone "Hey, this toy is actually that guy!"- DOTM Shockwave wouldn't have needed much retooling to be one of those two-headed 'cons, Movie 2007 Swindle would make a very good car drone etc etc. That combined with the fact that, next to all those Autobots and Dinobots, there were a whopping TWO Decepticons in the Generations line (three if you count the exclusive redeco of Crankcase) and it kinda lost the touch the other movie lines had.

Re: DOTM: I only have two figures from the line (Voyager Optimus Prime and Shockwave, though I have handled Nitro Bumblebee) so I can't really comment, but the ones I do have are fine figures. Not the most accurate for sure, but they look good and have some cool engineering (Prime especially). The plastic isn't the best, but compared to the stuff more modern figures are made of...yeah.

I'm sorry, I was just really disappointed by the AOE line, in all aspects (mainly distribution admittedly).

Delta Magnus wrote:I'm sorry, I was just really disappointed by the AOE line, in all aspects (mainly distribution admittedly).

Dont worry, that makes perfect sense

ANd I agree with your beef with leader Prime. I have a hge beef with the AOE Leaders. They reached a low point in cost cutting and weak designs.

Hasbro distribution has totally stunk for the last little while to be perfectly honest. It is why I order the bulk of my stuff online. Just you pay through the nose in the end either due to the availability, shipping, or scalpers.

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I certainly wouldn't have an issue with the AOE "Generations" Toy line - if I had any - but I really don't all I was ever able to find was some Prototyes, some Power attackers, One Step Changers and that was about it. I couldn't even get the later better Power Attackers either. I got Sludge (or whatever they called him off Amazon)
I have since got some flip & change toys at sale trails and Galvatron at Bootsales though.
I also got some evolution series TRU exclusives and Drift but I never opened them.

I'm pleased with the Leaders I got though. they are a bit small but not bad toys - Grimlock isn't much fun though - to fiddly and kind ugly.

I don't have Hound - He was hard to get and I would actually like the boxed set one if I ever see one - in the mean time I'll likely be buying the enhanced KO anyway.

I will also eventually get an Overscale KO Evasion Optimus too - but I don't have the usual one yet - I kept missing it when it was on sale at TRU.

So AOE toywise was a bit of a non-event really - but then I hardly ever saw any Combiner wars toys either - and other Hasbro toys also disappeared such as the Marvel ones.

It looks like the design leak has not been plugged, as we have a fresh new image for the new Transformers: The Last Knight toyline, in the possible form (treat this as rumour until we know better) of leader of the Autobots Optimus Prime! The design shares some features with the Age of Extinction look, but looks a lot more streamlined in robot mode - check it out mirrored below from a variety of sources, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Dr Va'al wrote:

What? How did they reduce his huge back kibble? And why didn't they do it for AD31?

Seems just as bad as that one AoE Prime..

william-james88 wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Personally hoping for more Megatron as always, but that should go without saying since I practically idolize the character and subsequent shrine I made.

Jes my favourite too, I just wished they made a damn movie where he is the main menace and not put on the side as a secondary vilain or only given 10 mins of screentime.

Wasn't he the main villain in the first movie?

Cyberpath wrote:
What? How did they reduce his huge back kibble? And why didn't they do it for AD31?

It looks like they finally realised the wheels need to fold in at a right angle flat onto his back (which was kinda obvious from the outset).

Still not interested myself, but I'm happy for movie toy collectors that they finally get a better toy for this design.

Any info to got with this to say if it is a Voyager or a Leader Class - as looking at what happened in past lines the start off with a Leader then follow up later with a Voyager.

We could do with a post AOE Voyager Prime that isn't a KO. I think it's to well decorated to be a Deluxe though.

I can't wait to see the premium Deco version they will no doubt make in Japan.

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Oh and I don't personally have a specific "Movie Collection" they all get thrown in together from Rescue Bots to KO, and from Generations to Movie to 3rd party. That said I'd not say Movie toys are my primary Interest - since I don't actually even bother watching the Movies but I don't discount them either. I guess I got kinda relaxed to them as IDW's designs seem so much more exaggerated to me it kinda made the Movie stuff look pretty reasonable to me after that.

Meh! just mostly looks like the previous one

+ i'm happy enough with the AOE Leader Class that i've got

Dr Va'al wrote:It looks like the design leak has not been plugged, as we have a fresh new image for the new Transformers: The Last Knight toyline, in the possible form (treat this as rumour until we know better) of leader of the Autobots Optimus Prime! The design shares some features with the Age of Extinction look, but looks a lot more streamlined in robot mode - check it out mirrored below from a variety of sources, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Wow, that actually looks pretty good! My guess is that it's a remold of the AOE one, but substantially upgraded. It is cool that his shoulder armor plates are actually their own thing, unlike AOE where they were formed by truck kibble.

Looks much better than the previous movie Optimus Prime (Although I don't actually own one), but that sword looks a bit small...

Looks more like Alpha Trion than Optimus Prime. I guess this is part of the movement to make Transformers more relatable to people by humanizing them more.

AoE was the worst. I don't even own it.

Dang it. I wish my Armor Knight Optimus had a tiny backpack

Hmm, looks alright. Need some more convincing, but at least this one looks better backpack wise

This design of Optimus is WAAAAAYYYY better than the Age of Extinction design. Fingers crossed and hope it is a legitimate design for the Last Knight Optimus Prime Leader figure.

itscramtastic wrote:Dang it. I wish my Armor Knight Optimus had a tiny backpack

Yeah, thats what I was thinking, FUCK! I dont want to own several leader Optimus toys using that Western Star Design. And while this one seems "better", we can see the listed paint apps and he will be bare bones with a ton of unpainted grey and blue plastic. Then again, its the same as with the original trilogy. The first leader wasnt screen accurate but it was fine, but then the ROTF leader was super screen accurate and then they kept rereleasing it looking better and better up until this fucking year where they are still releasing that mold and hopefully making it right this time. I wasnt collecting at the time, so I am just buying the latest one and calling it a day. But with this AOE design, I fear I will be stuck in a new version of that cycle where there will be slight improvements each year or so to the same design and I wont know when to put my chips down and get it. I jut dont want to own many of them, and I really like my AD 31, easily the best paint job of the last 5 years.

But this is an exciting time nonetheless. I just adore seeing these early designs and wondering how things transform. Its really fun with movie toys and with RID confirmed as still releasing toys next year aong with generations, there will be a bunch of leaks and products revealed for us to talk about. Looking forward to it.

But damn, he needs mroe paint apps.

william-james88 wrote:But damn, he needs mroe paint apps.

I'm sure we can expect Takara to do something about that.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:But damn, he needs mroe paint apps.

I'm sure we can expect Takara to do something about that.

Yeah but I am sick of paying for imports. TR actually did a pretty good job with paint in comparison, its too bad we seem to be going back into a rut.

This thing looks AWESOME! This looks even better than the Armor Knight Prime to me!

SillySpringer wrote:This thing looks AWESOME! This looks even better than the Armor Knight Prime to me!

Do you own Armour Knight? Thats a toy you just have to own to see how awesome it is. The shinyness just distracts you so much from the back kibble that it all just dissapears.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:This thing looks AWESOME! This looks even better than the Armor Knight Prime to me!

Do you own Armour Knight? Thats a toy you just have to own to see how awesome it is. The shinyness just distracts you so much from the back kibble that it all just dissapears.

I don't own him, but GAWSH I wanted him. I was referring to how awesome the mold is on the new one. Just image this guy with the extra molding and paint of AK OP!

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:This thing looks AWESOME! This looks even better than the Armor Knight Prime to me!

Do you own Armour Knight? Thats a toy you just have to own to see how awesome it is. The shinyness just distracts you so much from the back kibble that it all just dissapears.

I don't own him, but GAWSH I wanted him. I was referring to how awesome the mold is on the new one. Just image this guy with the extra molding and paint of AK OP!

Oh no argument there silly, thats why I was all torn up earlier. I like my AD 31 but you bet yourass I would have preferred getting that deco on a mold that doesnt have that insane backpack.

One thing to take note though, looking at those shoulder pins, this isnt a leader but more like a voyager. There could be a silver lining there since it wouldnt be like replacing AD31 and I could have a prime looking that way that scales with my OS Lockdown.

Can't wait to see this toy in hand...but we're 4 months from Toy Fair 2017.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:This thing looks AWESOME! This looks even better than the Armor Knight Prime to me!

Do you own Armour Knight? Thats a toy you just have to own to see how awesome it is. The shinyness just distracts you so much from the back kibble that it all just dissapears.

I don't own him, but GAWSH I wanted him. I was referring to how awesome the mold is on the new one. Just image this guy with the extra molding and paint of AK OP!

Oh no argument there silly, thats why I was all torn up earlier. I like my AD 31 but you bet yourass I would have preferred getting that deco on a mold that doesnt have that insane backpack.

One thing to take note though, looking at those shoulder pins, this isnt a leader but more like a voyager. There could be a silver lining there since it wouldnt be like replacing AD31 and I could have a prime looking that way that scales with my OS Lockdown.

I actually was going to mention that myself that I think it's a voyager, but then again the peg holes in his hands look a bit too small... It's probably voyager though, which would actually appeal to be more.

Quantum Surge wrote:Can't wait to see this toy in hand...but we're 4 months from Toy Fair 2017.

...and 18 days from election day...

SillySpringer wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:Can't wait to see this toy in hand...but we're 4 months from Toy Fair 2017.

...and 18 days from election day...

? What's that got to do with anything? Did either of the new candidates put in their manifesto that shutting down Toy Fair would be a priority or something?

Kurona wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:Can't wait to see this toy in hand...but we're 4 months from Toy Fair 2017.

...and 18 days from election day...

? What's that got to do with anything? Did either of the new candidates put in their manifesto that shutting down Toy Fair would be a priority or something?

You read too much into what I say.

SillySpringer wrote:

Kurona wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:Can't wait to see this toy in hand...but we're 4 months from Toy Fair 2017.

...and 18 days from election day...

? What's that got to do with anything? Did either of the new candidates put in their manifesto that shutting down Toy Fair would be a priority or something?

You read too much into what I say.

Why shouldn't she? You posted stupid, off-topic stuff that serves no purpose, so, one would assume you had some hidden meaning behind it.

On a similar note, stay on topic please

Looks awesome. Much better than any of the AOE figures. I HATED how inaccurate the shoulder pads were on those things.

SlyTF1 wrote:Looks awesome. Much better than any of the AOE figures. I HATED how inaccurate the shoulder pads were on those things.

Since Hasbro was going by preliminary designs to make the AOE toys, blame ILM for changing the CGI models' designs from the ones they gave Hasbro to base the toys off of.

1984forever wrote:Looks more like Alpha Trion than Optimus Prime. I guess this is part of the movement to make Transformers more relatable to people by humanizing them more.

AoE was the worst. I don't even own it.

You know what would be a better way to make Transformers more relatable to people? Maybe you should let them have actual personalities.
Freakin' Rescue Bots gets that right, and it's meant to be accessible by Preschoolers. And yet the big-money summer blockbuster series either doesn't understand or doesn't care that the Transformers are the main characters in most versions.

And yeah, I walked out of AoE wishing I'd never walked in.

Zeedust wrote:

1984forever wrote:Looks more like Alpha Trion than Optimus Prime. I guess this is part of the movement to make Transformers more relatable to people by humanizing them more.

AoE was the worst. I don't even own it.

You know what would be a better way to make Transformers more relatable to people? Maybe you should let them have actual personalities.
Freakin' Rescue Bots gets that right, and it's meant to be accessible by Preschoolers. And yet the big-money summer blockbuster series either doesn't understand or doesn't care that the Transformers are the main characters in most versions.

And yeah, I walked out of AoE wishing I'd never walked in.

They had personalities.

SlyTF1 wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

1984forever wrote:Looks more like Alpha Trion than Optimus Prime. I guess this is part of the movement to make Transformers more relatable to people by humanizing them more.

AoE was the worst. I don't even own it.

You know what would be a better way to make Transformers more relatable to people? Maybe you should let them have actual personalities.
Freakin' Rescue Bots gets that right, and it's meant to be accessible by Preschoolers. And yet the big-money summer blockbuster series either doesn't understand or doesn't care that the Transformers are the main characters in most versions.

And yeah, I walked out of AoE wishing I'd never walked in.

They had personalities.

What was Arcee's personality? Or Barricade's? Or Brawl's? Blackout's? Scorponok's? Bonecrusher's? Sideswipe's? Sideways's? Any of the Constructicons's? Ravage's? Grindor's? Jolt's? Dino's? Any of the Wreckers's? Any of the Dreads's? Any of the Dinobots's? Shockwave's? Even Soundwave's?

In just the films, I mean, not in any external media.

(I'll ask nothing of the KSI Prototypes as they get a pass for deliberately being personality-less drones)

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

1984forever wrote:Looks more like Alpha Trion than Optimus Prime. I guess this is part of the movement to make Transformers more relatable to people by humanizing them more.

AoE was the worst. I don't even own it.

You know what would be a better way to make Transformers more relatable to people? Maybe you should let them have actual personalities.
Freakin' Rescue Bots gets that right, and it's meant to be accessible by Preschoolers. And yet the big-money summer blockbuster series either doesn't understand or doesn't care that the Transformers are the main characters in most versions.

And yeah, I walked out of AoE wishing I'd never walked in.

They had personalities.

What was Arcee's personality? Or Barricade's? Or Brawl's? Blackout's? Scorponok's? Bonecrusher's? Sideswipe's? Sideways's? Any of the Constructicons's? Ravage's? Grindor's? Jolt's? Dino's? Any of the Wreckers's? Any of the Dreads's? Any of the Dinobots's? Shockwave's? Even Soundwave's?

In just the films, I mean, not in any external media.

(I'll ask nothing of the KSI Prototypes as they get a pass for deliberately being personality-less drones)

The wreckers (dotm) were stereotypical red-necks... I've legitimately got nothing on anyone else

No matter what personality, though, the new toy certainly looks good and captures the look far better than the previous Leader.