Transformers 5: The Last Knight Sqweeks Robot Mode Fully Revealed

MrBlack wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:Black Car > Red Robot how?
I mean, Drift's design always looked like it couldn't possibly transform anyways, but this is just ridiculous.

The car kibble gets flipped inside out. The last toy did it with the shoulder pads by folding the sides to reveal the inside.

Hips aside, the Deluxe AoE toy was pretty fantastic, and it was both faithful to the alt-mode and the animation model. Lots of armor in bot mode, and a great looking car.

Noideaforaname wrote:

william-james88 wrote:The car kibble gets flipped inside out. The last toy did it with the shoulder pads by folding the sides to reveal the inside.

Eh, that's too big of a cheat for my tastes.

Gunmetal wrote: Because the wider movie-going public doesn't see the franchise as a religion.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:the general audience who were asking for Hot Rod to be in the movie don't care about the Marvel Comics. They probably don't even know they exist.

That is the single most asinine comment in this entire thread. And that's hard to do, considering some of the arguments that go on in here. But thank you for reminding me where your head actually is when it comes to Bayverse. I started to think you may be able to have a reasonable conversation with other people. My bad.

Roadbuster wrote:

Z3ROhour wrote:It doesn't even matter much.
Michael Bay will frel it all up anyway.
When is he going to go away?

Thing is he tried to leave after DOTM. Hasbro keeps bringing him back.

Sabrblade wrote:I honestly hope he's given a voice that either adorable and/or witty, but not annoying.

Sabrblade wrote:I honestly hope he's given a voice that either adorable and/or witty, but not annoying.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I honestly hope he's given a voice that either adorable and/or witty, but not annoying.

That's a very hard balance. In any case I assumed they were gonna go all Bumblebee on him and not give him an actual voice; having a similar relationship with the kid as TFP Bee and Raf.

Deadput wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I honestly hope he's given a voice that either adorable and/or witty, but not annoying.

That's a very hard balance. In any case I assumed they were gonna go all Bumblebee on him and not give him an actual voice; having a similar relationship with the kid as TFP Bee and Raf.

If they do that they better give Bee his voice back or make him use the radio a whole lot more like in AOE because we don't need two quiet Transformers especially if the Dinobots return with no voices.

Kurona wrote:Eh, it's not like the Transformers do a whole lot of talking in the movies anyway.

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

Burn wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

Well that description fits SlyTF1!

Kurona wrote:

Burn wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

Well that description fits SlyTF1!

Woaaaah, dude... chill

Burn wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Burn wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

Well that description fits SlyTF1!

Woaaaah, dude... chill

mmmm...no. Sly's bitterness towards those who would speak ill of the movies IS adorable, even though the venom he spews IS ugly.

Kurona wrote:

Burn wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Burn wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

Well that description fits SlyTF1!

Woaaaah, dude... chill

mmmm...no. Sly's bitterness towards those who would speak ill of the movies IS adorable, even though the venom he spews IS ugly.

C'mon, man... I thought personal attacks weren't allowed; and unless he's kicked any puppies recently it's a bit unwarranted

Tyrannacon wrote:Sqweeks is a....it's a.... adorable but ugly all at the same time.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:Sqweeks can't be a new Bayformer, because I can see all of its vehicles parts in robot mode lol.

Deadput wrote:

MR Optimus Prime wrote:Sqweeks can't be a new Bayformer, because I can see all of its vehicles parts in robot mode lol.

What kinda of stupid statement is that?
Most of the designs revealed thus far have vehicle kibble and AOE Transformers did have kibble as well but it was more hidden for example Optimus has visable door handles on his chest.

Blackstreak wrote:It would seem to me since Cybertronians have a techno-scanning ability which allows them to change their alt form, while getting healed of all damage, that more of them would take advantage of it. For example, in RotF, Skids and Mudflap used it to change from a combining ice cream truck into separate vehicles w/ newer bodies. And in AoE, Optimus Prime used it to shed the beat down box semi-cab form and removing all the damage while acquiring a newer form of semi. I don't see why other Cybertronians like Jetfire and Sqweeks wouldn't take advantage of it.

william-james88 wrote:I thought the look of Optimus at the begining of AOE was superficial. Afterall, it was called Evasion Mode in the merchandise, hinting that it was aesthetics. Sure, he was wounded as well, but its not entirely related since he healed himself with the help of Cade for a while and was back to full form (fighting Lockdown and Cemetery Wind) while his look didnt change.

So I think the scanning is just for a different aesthetically looking body but not indicative of the state of a robot's health and it wouldnt heal them either. The best example is Bumblebee in the first movie. he was in hiding so he looked like crap. And when he was no longer in hiding, he took on a nicer look. But the robot was always in as good a shape.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:It was a joke considering every alt mode part is visible instead of some hidden or hard to see

Deadput wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:It was a joke considering every alt mode part is visible instead of some hidden or hard to see

I hate sounding like a broken record repeating this but my sense of humor is almost non existent

Kurona wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I honestly hope he's given a voice that either adorable and/or witty, but not annoying.

That's a very hard balance. In any case I assumed they were gonna go all Bumblebee on him and not give him an actual voice; having a similar relationship with the kid as TFP Bee and Raf.

If they do that they better give Bee his voice back or make him use the radio a whole lot more like in AOE because we don't need two quiet Transformers especially if the Dinobots return with no voices.

Eh, it's not like the Transformers do a whole lot of talking in the movies anyway.

MrBlack wrote:Even setting that aside, Grimlock is at least as big a character as Hot Rod, if not bigger. He was a significant character in the pre-Movie G1 cartoon, and and even bigger player post-movie. He got a Masterpiece toy before Rodimus. He was in the recent High Moon games and Devastation when Hot Rod wasn't. He is in RID (or at least a character based on him is) when Hot Rod isn't.

Sabrblade wrote:That's not our fault, though. We can't be expected to be completely serious all the time with no humor or levity in any of our posts. We're gonna joke around when we feel like it, regardless of whether one can recognize the jokes or not.

Seibertron wrote:
The main six are as follows: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave.

SlyTF1 wrote:Because the general audience who were asking for Hot Rod to be in the movie don't care about the Marvel Comics. They probably don't even know they exist.

william-james88 wrote:Did I miss something, I dont see what doesnt make sense about that comment. The 80s TF movie was super popular amongst kids (its the reason many of us are here on the boards, I am sure) while the Marvel TF comics were not read as much. They were also primarily in the UK right? And the series proved unpopular by the end that the runs were very limited to the point where the most expensive Marvel TF issues are the last ones and not he earliest ones.

So yeah, I am pretty sure that many hot rod fans out there who were hoping to see him in the movies had not read the Marvel UK comics.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:Who the hell do you THINK you are calling someone stupid? You don't like what I wrote? Get off the board.

Deadput wrote:And I'm good where I am I like this board it's a nice board I think I'll stay.

Burn wrote:I really do NOT like being ignored when I'm doing the Moderator thing ...

FYI, posts can be edited if you didn't see my post the first time ...

Seibertron wrote:

MrBlack wrote:Even setting that aside, Grimlock is at least as big a character as Hot Rod, if not bigger. He was a significant character in the pre-Movie G1 cartoon, and and even bigger player post-movie. He got a Masterpiece toy before Rodimus. He was in the recent High Moon games and Devastation when Hot Rod wasn't. He is in RID (or at least a character based on him is) when Hot Rod isn't.

The main six are as follows: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:the general audience who were asking for Hot Rod to be in the movie don't care about the Marvel Comics. They probably don't even know they exist.

That is the single most asinine comment in this entire thread. And that's hard to do, considering some of the arguments that go on in here. But thank you for reminding me where your head actually is when it comes to Bayverse. I started to think you may be able to have a reasonable conversation with other people. My bad.

Did I miss something, I dont see what doesnt make sense about that comment. The 80s TF movie was super popular amongst kids (its the reason many of us are here on the boards, I am sure) while the Marvel TF comics were not read as much. They were also primarily in the UK right? And the series proved unpopular by the end that the runs were very limited to the point where the most expensive Marvel TF issues are the last ones and not he earliest ones.

So yeah, I am pretty sure that many hot rod fans out there who were hoping to see him in the movies had not read the Marvel UK comics.

Rodimus Prime wrote:If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

Saying people dont know about the comics was definitely a bit much, using hyperbole makes it hard to be taken seriously so I can get your reaction.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I knew about the movie, and thus about Hot Rod and how he replaced Optimus, but I didnt know about the comics storylines and that Grimlock became leader of the Autobots. I only knew of that when I researched why the MP came with a crown. I did know that the comics existed though. But oddly enough, I knew of the comics because the the cover artist for issue one is one of my favourite artists, Bill Seinkewizc (and because the final issues are quite expensive). I am from the beast wars generation though so that my facotr into my lack of knowledge or awareness in certain things.

Logan79 wrote:Fixit?^^'''

Moonshot wrote:If I remember correctly, the reason Optimus was made blue, was because they said that red didnt "film well", or didnt look right on a big screen or some lame excuse. But it seems red works fine for any other bot they decide should be red; new Drift, Dino and Hot Rod to name a few.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

Saying people dont know about the comics was definitely a bit much, using hyperbole makes it hard to be taken seriously so I can get your reaction.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I knew about the movie, and thus about Hot Rod and how he replaced Optimus, but I didnt know about the comics storylines and that Grimlock became leader of the Autobots. I only knew of that when I researched why the MP came with a crown. I did know that the comics existed though. But oddly enough, I knew of the comics because the the cover artist for issue one is one of my favourite artists, Bill Seinkewizc (and because the final issues are quite expensive). I am from the beast wars generation though so that my facotr into my lack of knowledge or awareness in certain things.

JazZeke wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

Saying people dont know about the comics was definitely a bit much, using hyperbole makes it hard to be taken seriously so I can get your reaction.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I knew about the movie, and thus about Hot Rod and how he replaced Optimus, but I didnt know about the comics storylines and that Grimlock became leader of the Autobots. I only knew of that when I researched why the MP came with a crown. I did know that the comics existed though. But oddly enough, I knew of the comics because the the cover artist for issue one is one of my favourite artists, Bill Seinkewizc (and because the final issues are quite expensive). I am from the beast wars generation though so that my facotr into my lack of knowledge or awareness in certain things.

I'm from the Beast Wars Generation too, born in '87, and when I found out comics existed as a teenager I started scouring swapmeets for them. The very first issue I found and read was the one where Grimlock fought Trypticon and earned himself leadership of the Autobots. (The second issue, which I got with that one, was the one where Optimus Prime came back as a Powermaster.)

And in this day and age of TFWiki, there really is no excuse for not being at least familiar with the existence all the major continuities.

Kurona wrote:

JazZeke wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

Saying people dont know about the comics was definitely a bit much, using hyperbole makes it hard to be taken seriously so I can get your reaction.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I knew about the movie, and thus about Hot Rod and how he replaced Optimus, but I didnt know about the comics storylines and that Grimlock became leader of the Autobots. I only knew of that when I researched why the MP came with a crown. I did know that the comics existed though. But oddly enough, I knew of the comics because the the cover artist for issue one is one of my favourite artists, Bill Seinkewizc (and because the final issues are quite expensive). I am from the beast wars generation though so that my facotr into my lack of knowledge or awareness in certain things.

I'm from the Beast Wars Generation too, born in '87, and when I found out comics existed as a teenager I started scouring swapmeets for them. The very first issue I found and read was the one where Grimlock fought Trypticon and earned himself leadership of the Autobots. (The second issue, which I got with that one, was the one where Optimus Prime came back as a Powermaster.)

And in this day and age of TFWiki, there really is no excuse for not being at least familiar with the existence all the major continuities.

Unless, of course, you're not a die-hard fan. Which probably at least 90% of the movie-goers aren't.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:the general audience who were asking for Hot Rod to be in the movie don't care about the Marvel Comics. They probably don't even know they exist.

That is the single most asinine comment in this entire thread. And that's hard to do, considering some of the arguments that go on in here. But thank you for reminding me where your head actually is when it comes to Bayverse. I started to think you may be able to have a reasonable conversation with other people. My bad.

Did I miss something, I dont see what doesnt make sense about that comment. The 80s TF movie was super popular amongst kids (its the reason many of us are here on the boards, I am sure) while the Marvel TF comics were not read as much. They were also primarily in the UK right? And the series proved unpopular by the end that the runs were very limited to the point where the most expensive Marvel TF issues are the last ones and not he earliest ones.

So yeah, I am pretty sure that many hot rod fans out there who were hoping to see him in the movies had not read the Marvel UK comics.

As you pointed out, Hot Rod was in the '86 movie, which was very popular with those who were kids at the time. He's a G1 character, even more so than most of the others, as after G1 the name "Hot Rod" was seldom if ever used. Hasbro preferred "Rodimus." In every continuity since, he was "Rodimus." So if a fan wants "Hot Rod" in Bayverse, then they must at least have average knowledge of G1, which means they must know about the comics as well as the cartoon. If a certain fan is someone who was around then, like some of us geezers on these boards, then that fan definitely knows of the comics. So for Sly to say that those who ask for Hot Rod don't even know the comics exist is just ignorant.

Moonshot wrote:If I remember correctly, the reason Optimus was made blue, was because they said that red didnt "film well", or didnt look right on a big screen or some lame excuse. But it seems red works fine for any other bot they decide should be red; new Drift, Dino and Hot Rod to name a few.