Transformers War for Cybertron Decepticon Fan Vote live NOW

Huh, they got Shrapnel's name back, but lost "Runamuck".

Link to vote? Or do I just type the name here?

I'll vote for #Runamuck

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Link to vote? Or do I just type the name here?

I'll vote for #Runamuck

click on the picture

Wait... "Stowaway aboard the Ark"? Does that mean we're actually moving away from Cybertronian modes? Or is it just a bit of flavor text?

Edit: Annnnnd I should have actually paid attention instead of skimming... Yep, just flavor text

I am definitely going to vote for either Runamok or Needlenose. Mainly because those two don't have a main line release.

Shrapnel or Gnaw will win, gatunteed. Why? Because Hasbro can just put out reprints.

I guess amok would be the proper spelling I mean I think of the classic Trek episode Amok Time I always thought it was spelled that way but never really cared I guess. I love that Shrapnel's name is back that brings me much joy

Can I just have them all in my shopping cart right now? Just one each I'm not trying to be greedy just one each come on.

Whether we just got them recently or not I can't wait to see what they do with them. I mean one Insecticon? What will they all look like with the Siege engineering?! What does that indicate for the future of the line? What do Sharkticons mean for the future of the line??

So exciting!

Ironhidensh wrote:Shrapnel or Gnaw will win, gatunteed. Why? Because Hasbro can just put out reprints.

Insecticons and Sharkticons are like the Stormtroopers of the TF lines. There aren't too many army builders for Autobots.

Well, after some thought, I chose to vote Needlenose. Mostly because if they see later G1 characters start winning (like Primal from the POTP poll), then they may start moving past the first couple of years with the occassional bone tossed to the other years. It's a long shot, but hey, better than nothing

Or I have gone insane? Probably gone insane

I wound up voting Needlenose because I have the Collector's Club versions of Runamok (my other 1st choice), and they are amazing.

Still, I don't know if we REALLY need another jet. Dezarus would be a much better choice for this. But if they're doing Deluxes, Needlenose does have the charisma of character to please.

Ironhidensh wrote:Shrapnel or Gnaw will win, gatunteed. Why? Because Hasbro can just put out reprints.

Except, hasn't every fan vote winner gotten a new design or at least new tooling? Why would they change that now?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Shrapnel or Gnaw will win, gatunteed. Why? Because Hasbro can just put out reprints.

Except, hasn't every fan vote winner gotten a new design or at least new tooling? Why would they change that now?

On the subject of repaints and new designs. Gnaw's kind of the odd one out here in terms of repaint potential. Runamuck could be redone as Runabout, Shrapnel could be made into Chopshop and maybeee Zap Trap if they're feeling really low on ideas and Needlenose would probably generic enough to make into any number of jet Decepticons. The only other characters the Gnaw mould could work as would be as a generic Shrakticon drone or as a new character based on the Scraplets from Prime and Cyberverse.

00Stargrave00 wrote:I mean one Insecticon? What will they all look like with the Siege engineering?! What does that indicate for the future of the line?

This is an interesting comment. I felt engineering beefed up a notch with Titans return, especially with the added possibilities of not having to account for hiding a head. But Siege seems to simply be hanging off the coat tails of these engineering advances. The only toy which actually wowed me so far engineering wise was voyager Optimus Prime, the rest doesnt seem so much better than what we got before in the Generations line. All to say I feel any better engineering for deluxes insecticons would be due to scale, not really the line it falls in. I still feel all legends insecticons are good engineering wise.
Do you feel Siege is better in terms of transformations than previous generations lines?

Oooo that’s tough...that’s tough.

You know that’s so loaded for me I mean every line there’s some new twist or turn, literally or thematically, that I am romantic for...

Siege I really really like. I’m finding better QC with tighter joints for the most part. I love the interplay of the Weaponizers and I love the efforts for uniqueness in scale and there’s fewer gaps and voids than the previous lines they just feel, hmm, sturdier?

And the battle damage and the detailing I feel like I’m getting some aspects of 3rd party and MP releases I’ve always admired.

Sorry to ramble I love questions like that

Went Runamok, because Runabout would then be a given. Cybertronian Battlechargers FTW.

sol magnus wrote:Went Runamok, because Runabout would then be a given. Cybertronian Battlechargers FTW.

So metal it’s die-cast dude.

william-james88 wrote:Do you feel Siege is better in terms of transformations than previous generations lines?

Yes, but in a weird hard to put a finger on it kinda way. Maybe this perception is from a line not focused on gimmicks as part of the transformation. After CW and TR shoe-horning the line gimmick into each figure to the point it spilled over onto PotP, it's a breath of fresh air to have just good solid figures that just transform from a thing to a robot with normal heads and normal weapons. I do feel like Siege learned a lot of tricks and lessons from the PW3 figures though.

I feel like comparing Siege to T30 and back is going to get a little tricky as engineering has changed so much since. The Siege figures have become my default representations of characters on my shelves. Now I have a mix from the very first Gen lines up until Siege and just at a glance you can see just how much things has changed. It's fairly interesting and kind of hard to go back to the older figures.

Ultimately, I got into Transformers for robots that turn into things in interesting and fun ways and look good posed on a shelf and Siege has delivered on that in spades.

In terms of transformations, I do somewhat prefer TR's engineering and designs, but I prefer Siege's implementation of an almost universally accepted gimmick as well as implementing better articulation. If we could get a mix of aesthetics, gimmicks, and articulation, then that would result in the best line IMO

Sentinel_Primal wrote:In terms of transformations, I do somewhat prefer TR's engineering and designs, but I prefer Siege's implementation of an almost universally accepted gimmick as well as implementing better articulation. If we could get a mix of aesthetics, gimmicks, and articulation, then that would result in the best line IMO

I dont really find Siege's gimmick all that hard to get behind, its basically the same one the enregon scouts had. 5 mm weapons and ports. The articulation is a big improvement though, no doubt.

carytheone wrote:At first I was like - why Gnaw and Shrapnel again? Then after reading the thread I was reminded that Siege doesn't have legend class.

Actually I was thinking, since this will be for the 2020 line (follow up to Siege), this was a hint that the Legends Size Class may be returning for the next year.

o.supreme wrote:

carytheone wrote:At first I was like - why Gnaw and Shrapnel again? Then after reading the thread I was reminded that Siege doesn't have legend class.

Actually I was thinking, since this will be for the 2020 line (follow up to Siege), this was a hint that the Legends Size Class may be returning for the next year.

Ah good call. I've been suspect that legends will return for the next leg. I mean how else are they going sell Bumblebees?

If that's the case then I don't need any more sharkticons or bugs.

Emerje wrote:They were released in the Adventures line, but they were at Hasbro's Legends scale since they were CW Blackjack repaints/retools. Plus one was a mail away exclusive that you had to buy a book to order making it extra difficult to get. Hasbro and Takara Tomy both should consider these two and Needlenose as priorities.

Emerje

My apologies, it was late, and my terminology was off, but the point still stands. I have the TAV Runabout, and the special 2 pack Runamuck/Dogfight exclusive (got it without the book).

Basically as some have surmised. Since Schrapnel and Gnaw were available in most markets in the past 2 lines...

Runamuck (the most recent) being exclusive to and Needlenose (the most recent being a TFCC exclusive) are the likely front runners. Hopefully whichever wins gets an all new toy, and not just the one most recently used.

The siege car designs have been lacking for me, do I don't really want to own non cybertronian/non earth mode battle chargers just to have the characters. Gnaw could just be a repaint/battledamage version of the cyber verse figure (so it doesn't need to be reused for any thing else.

Isn't the Cyberverse Gnaw just a slightly bigger Legends class figure? I would hope they'd do something better for Siege.

This poll isn't for Siege. It's for the next line after Siege, called Armageddon.

Sabrblade wrote:This poll isn't for Siege. It's for the next line after Siege, called Armageddon.

The next part in the trilogy--which started with Siege--fine.
Still....do you think think the next line encompassing this three part story is going to be Legends scale?

We need a Needlenose, and I have voted for him.

But hasbro needs to stop putting characters like this in a poll. Stick to making new characters, not making us choose between character that really do need toys (Siege/PotP) or making it a dumb vote to choose between characters that got good toys recently and those that have not had a generations mainline release ever (Armageddon)

I would go for Needlenose depite already owning the TFCC exclusive. I can finally use him as a limb - same goes with Impactor .


But we are also due for both R and R .


What would be nice is if we got a set of insecticons with cohesive colors

CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SOME DECEPTICONS

Somehow the News Item about Ratchet and Bluestreak links to the Fan Vote thread, and not this one:

WFC Siege Discussion Thread.

i personally voted for runamuck, but from what i see so far, needlenose seems to be the most potential winner.

bacem wrote:i personally voted for runamuck, but from what i see so far, needlenose seems to be the most potential winner.

Yeah, I've noticed Needlenose seems to be first, with Runamuck as a relatively close second, which I'm glad about. I'd much rather have either of them than Shrapnel or Gnaw when we got such good figures of them so recently.

That's probably why those two are ahead over gnaw and Skrapnel, it just seems strange that Needlenose ended up on this poll after losing the other.

ZeroWolf wrote:That's probably why those two are ahead over gnaw and Skrapnel, it just seems strange that Needlenose ended up on this poll after losing the other.

Someone over at Hasbro HQ must really want Needlenose to happen.

Mostly leaning towards Runamok or Needlenose. Although I wouldn't mind a bigger Gnaw..

But I'm really leaning towards the site staff fixing the thread links in the newsposts

So voting is now closed, and based on a "find in page" search, it looks like Needlnose might be the winner here. This is in no way official yet but for everyone who voted for Needlenose, like me, we might be in luck.

Where was the source that part 2 of War for Cybertron is called Armageddon?

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Where was the source that part 2 of War for Cybertron is called Armageddon?

Here you go, this was originally posted on the Siege thread:

Jtprime17 wrote:WFC part 2 will be called "Armageddon"!

A decepticon fan vote will take place to see who will get a figure.

From the transformers weibo
https://www.weibo.com/p/100606210585918 ... 0304925441

wfc part 2.jpg

Can you recognize who the four Decepticons are in the picture below? Come and share your guesses! Once we publish the identity of these mysterious characters, you have the opportunity to decide which character will appear in 2020. WFC battles Cybertron product line! [中国赞]

The picture didn't carry over right when quoted, but it was the silhouettes of the vote characters and it was up a day before the official reveal/announcement of the vote, so it should be legit.

Also had a thought, do we think that since Siege had two fan vote characters, after we get the results tomorrow there will also be a second poll with a choice of 4 Autobots?

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Where was the source that part 2 of War for Cybertron is called Armageddon?

Here you go, this was originally posted on the Siege thread:

Jtprime17 wrote:WFC part 2 will be called "Armageddon"!

A decepticon fan vote will take place to see who will get a figure.

From the transformers weibo
https://www.weibo.com/p/100606210585918 ... 0304925441

wfc part 2.jpg

Can you recognize who the four Decepticons are in the picture below? Come and share your guesses! Once we publish the identity of these mysterious characters, you have the opportunity to decide which character will appear in 2020. WFC battles Cybertron product line! [中国赞]

The picture didn't carry over right when quoted, but it was the silhouettes of the vote characters and it was up a day before the official reveal/announcement of the vote, so it should be legit.

Also had a thought, do we think that since Siege had two fan vote characters, after we get the results tomorrow there will also be a second poll with a choice of 4 Autobots?

I doubt there will be another poll. They seem to only be doing one poll per year

Is the video supposed to contain the source for the "Armageddon" rumour?

If the name is Armageddon then it does make sense, as does a vote for a deluxe Decepticon since last line was heavy on Deluxe Autobots. Presumably, the implied continuity story is that the Autobots have lost the Siege and now the 'cons are trampling all over what little territory and forces they have left. Last line was very Autobot-heavy so hopefully we will see reversed roles this time.

Which would mean way less 1984 guys since the 1984 'con lineup is pretty much covered by Siege already. This would also be, again, consistent with the guys we saw in the vote who are all 'goon'-type characters.

Skritz wrote:Last line was very Autobot-heavy so hopefully we will see reversed roles this time.

Was it? Only the Deluxe Class was pretty lopsided in the Autobots' favor, the others were pretty balanced.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Skritz wrote:Last line was very Autobot-heavy so hopefully we will see reversed roles this time.

Was it? Only the Deluxe Class was pretty lopsided in the Autobots' favor, the others were pretty balanced.

Leader class and the Micromasters were tipped towards the Autobots as well.

If I'm not mistaken, the Battlemasters were mostly Autobots too

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Skritz wrote:Last line was very Autobot-heavy so hopefully we will see reversed roles this time.

Was it? Only the Deluxe Class was pretty lopsided in the Autobots' favor, the others were pretty balanced.

Really now?

Battle Masters: 4 vs 3

Micromasters:: 4 Sets vs 3 Sets

Deluxe Class:: 10 vs 4

Voyager Class: 2 vs 4
This one, as established, is kind of an anomaly.

Leader Class: 2 vs 1

Commander Class: A single , Jetfire.

Titan Class: Again, a single which is to say Omega Supreme plus his micromaster buddy.

Even taking the exclusives into account as their own category we get 6 vs 2

Fucking Autobot favouritism. Kids these days just don't appreciate good evil characters.

Burn wrote:**** Autobot favouritism. Kids these days just don't appreciate good evil characters.

If you think that's bad, keep in mind that in Japan if your mecha show isn't called Gundam or Transformers you'll NEVER see a toy of the bad guys. No joke.

Skritz wrote:

Burn wrote:**** Autobot favouritism. Kids these days just don't appreciate good evil characters.

If you think that's bad, keep in mind that in Japan if your mecha show isn't called Gundam or Transformers you'll NEVER see a toy of the bad guys. No joke.

... unless it's a Kamen Rider by title.

Skritz wrote:Presumably, the implied continuity story is that the Autobots have lost the Siege and now the 'cons are trampling all over what little territory and forces they have left. Last line was very Autobot-heavy so hopefully we will see reversed roles this time.

Given that Hasbro's little write-up for this fan vote said that the winner of this vote would stowaway on the Ark, that storyline would make sense.

Also I just now realized I misread and that we find out the poll results in a month, not tomorrow. I read June....

Skritz wrote:

Burn wrote:**** Autobot favouritism. Kids these days just don't appreciate good evil characters.

If you think that's bad, keep in mind that in Japan if your mecha show isn't called Gundam or Transformers you'll NEVER see a toy of the bad guys. No joke.

I live in regional Australia, I'm lucky to see the "latest" toys within 6 months.