IGN Interview with Transformers Animated Director

No mentions of the uber-cool Decepticons. I can't wait to hear the fans comments about Starscream, Blackarachnia and Blitzwing. Man, Megatron's going to have his hands full watching his back with his new crew.

Screw the negativity, I'm looking forward to this. G1 will always be special to me, but I was SO WRONG about Beast Wars I'll put my skepticism aside. I've had G1, time for the new generation.

why not Prime? every one starts somewhere.

This was posted yesterday by Sephron1335 here: http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... 10863&sid=

Anyway, Youngberg is SO right; it WAS the G1 characters themselves that we loved, more than any one cartoon or comic, so I'm really happy to hear that TF Animated is going to be about the characters, not just action.

I also love the idea that the Cons are a legitimate threat to the Bots. "these Decepticons are war machines." That's awesome.

Yeah, I have a very good feeling about this new show.

Yeah I'm actually looking forward to this now.

I, too, am looking forward to this show. As Matt mentioned, when the first piece of Optimus art was released, there was a backlash. I know I didn't like it. As the second piece was released of the 5 main Autobots, as well as some details of the actual 'toon, my disliking subsided and I had cautious optimism. Now, after BotCon and having read a few interviews with the main staff behind this, I can actually say that I'm looking forward to this. It will be nice to see the Decepticons pose an actual threat for a change. I like that they won't be the sole villains, too. The "robot gang war" line is very accurate to how the G1 cartoon was, and even every subsequent TF toon since. I'm curious to see the Autobots handle other threats. I also like the getting back to the TF's (or at least the Autobots) being "robots in disguise". Very cool!! After all, that IS the whole point of the TF's anyway, right?! Wonder when we'll start seeing more art and learning more details about the 'Cons? I just really want to see the toys now!!

gogleman374 wrote:They have F'ing superpowers now? Did I miss something?

Yeah you missed G1. They had powers then too.

Hound-Holograms
Mirage-Invisibility
Trailbreaker-Force Field
Skywarp- Teleportation
...just to name a few.

Whats the gimmik this time? Its a cartoon network show im sure there will be a gimmik. Evrey TF has had a gimmik since Armada. I just hope its not as lame and stupid as "cyberkey powers". Some one mentioned superpowers. Im guessing that'll be it.

There we go! This is from the Hasbro panel at BotCon.

Takara has really helped out with these designs.
New sculpting style.
No more full line gimmicks!!! WOO HOO! Big round of applause ...
Transformation is the feature.
Signature weapons and poses - attitude and stance.
Range of motion is great!
Allows for the characterization to stand out more.
There are some things they won't be able to do because of joints and stuff.
Accessories will transform?

Here's the where the whole thing is covered...lots of great info here about the new 'toon and the toys.
http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9226

Really looking forward to seeing more!!!

ShGarland_1383 wrote:I can see Screamer and Blackarachnia being back-stabers, but Blitzwing? I'm not gonna complain, because after Classics Astrotrain it'd be a sort of a good idea to do new Blitzwing and Octane figures, wouldn't it? Just my opinion.

To be honest, G1 BlitzWing was always one of my favorite characters. Granted he was always seconded by AstroTrain, but he was just a war machine that realy came into his own during Five Faces of Darkness.

I always wanted to see him return.

I just hope the Decepticons aren't all stupid and goffy like in the past 4 series. I think Armada Megatron said it best "All this way to find out they're incompitent"