New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot

Posted by El Duque Feb 20, 2011 at 1:35pm CST 69,632 views

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For those of you that were unaware today was this year's Daytona 500, which featured a heavy Transformers: Dark of the Moon presence. Director Michael Bay, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Carly) and Josh Duhamel (Lennox) were on hand to serve as Grand Marshals, the Wreckers made their first official appearance as pace cars, and new a TV spot aired! We get a look at Bumblebee's MechTech (similar to what we've previously seen in the game trailer), the Wreckers in action, and more. Check out the embedded video below!

Stayed tuned to Seibertron.com for continued Daytona 500 coverage!

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Comment by ShardFenix Feb 20, 2011

While I still don't know if I like the look of the MechTech weapons...the fact that they are included in the movie makes them a lot less of a WTF idea...

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Comment by chrisc4 Feb 20, 2011

mech tech lives! i believe they pulled it off in the movie without making look too cheesy and lame :APPLAUSE:

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Comment by BATTOUSAIXD Feb 20, 2011

Awesome! Glad we got to see Starscream, and Bumblebee's mechtech, which actually looks kind of cool. I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...

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Comment by Daken3687 Feb 20, 2011

is there a picture of the red nascar wrecker?i have not seen anything from that guy no toy picture, no on set picture

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Comment by Twitchythe3rd Feb 20, 2011

Daken3687 wrote:is there a picture of the red nascar wrecker?i have not seen anything from that guy no toy picture, no on set picture

You get a brief glimpse of him in vehicle-attack mode in the new teaser trailer. Haven't seen any robot mode pictures yet.

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Comment by Noideaforaname Feb 20, 2011

@Daken3687:

BATTOUSAI XD wrote:I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...

We got to keep in mind that Megatron's new ID is probably supposed to be a secret.

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Comment by El Duque Feb 20, 2011

I have a feeling the Wreckers are going to be very popular. The only pic of Leadfoot (aka the red one) in bot mode are from Toy Fair as a Cyberverse figure. I'm not sure if we got a pic of him, I know one is available on TFCC's members only page. It looks like he has a beard!

edit: apparently we did get a pic

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Comment by Swiftknife24 Feb 20, 2011

Fantastic! Who was speaking at the beginning? Simmons? John Malkovich?

Loved the quick teases of the Wreckers! (Only natural to include them for the 500!)

"Wreck and rule!"

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Comment by Pr1meSuspect Feb 20, 2011

Most of this tv spot is left over clips form the Super Bowl trailer with some new bits, bumblebee in stealth mode and leadfoot driving around; but what MADE this trailer was Simmons voice over in the background. That single line gave me goosebumps and got me looking forward to the movie 5 times more than the Super Bowl trailer (which got me heavily excited anyways)

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Comment by Anonymous Feb 20, 2011

at first i thought it was a rerun of the sb one but then i saw staarscream then sam telling carly shell be ok
and then i was totally zoned
bumblebee looked beast
amazing =P~

then optimus with big gun all so beautiful
awsome
totally awsome

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Comment by amtm Feb 20, 2011

5150 Cruiser wrote:
icenemesis wrote:Did any one else notice bee's roof turning into his mechtech weapon?

I mentioned that in my above post. He transformed simular to how he did in the DOTM video game trailer.

Not to mention his Speed Stars Stealth Force weapon mode. Gives those toys a little more legitimacy, though they really need to make them transformable into robots for me to care.

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Comment by Autobot Megatron Feb 20, 2011

I love The Wreckers, but really, how could you not love NASCAR cars decked out in tons of guns and armour? Bumblebee's Mechtech mode isn't as bad as I expected from what I've saw of the toys, surprisingly. Truthfully though, Rosie seems to get less attractive every time I see her, which isn't making me too happy. I'd rather have bots then humans, but I'd prefer a female lead I found attractive.

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Comment by Autobot Megatron Feb 20, 2011

I just saw the tail end of a commercial walking into the room. It was the same one, right?

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Comment by Autobot032 Feb 20, 2011

Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<

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Comment by jaws Feb 20, 2011

Best timing goes to FOX Sports--Michael, Rosie, and Josh with the Wreckers as a backdrop give the command to start engines and the next thng we saw was this trailer. Really surprised that BB is going to have the speed stars stealth force weapons mode with the huge mechtech cannon on the roof. Who would have thought that toy was actually a DOTM spoiler? Now I have to buy that vehicle. I want Wreckers and voyager OP too really bad now! Wonder if the thing with all the tenticles is Soundwave?

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Comment by Autobot Megatron Feb 20, 2011

The rookie won. Who knew?

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Comment by Twitchythe3rd Feb 20, 2011

Autobot Megatron wrote:The rookie won. Who knew?

No kidding. Great way to kick off the 2011 season.

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Comment by f-primus-unicron Feb 20, 2011

am i the only one who thinks bumblebee "mechtech" mode looks like the speedstars/rpm?
http://static.letsbuyit.com/filer/image ... 61010.jpeg

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Comment by Starscream217 Feb 20, 2011

STARSCREAM! HELL YEAH!

that was awesome :shock:

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Comment by BATTOUSAIXD Feb 20, 2011

Noideaforaname wrote:
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...

We got to keep in mind that Megatron's new ID is probably supposed to be a secret.

Yeah I guess it probably is supposed to be secret, but you would think whoever is in charge of deciding on which transformers get shown would have figured out that everyone already knows who Megatron is and what his alt mode is. The same thing happened the last movie. I really don't see the point of hiding him , because I assume he is a secondary villian this time around anyways. They could at least give us some concept images :-(