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?