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New images of TF Animated Strika and Rodimus

Posted by Dead Metal Nov 12, 2008 at 2:02pm CST 69,900 views
The Transformers Collectors Club have updated their magazine preview section. In this update we can see the new Transformers Animated characters Strika and Rodimus Prime that are rumored to be in Season 3. It also shows us Rodimus Primes weapon of choice a bow and arrow. To see the preview and the images click here.

The Transformers Collectors Club have also posted a PDF version of the last TFCC Magazine, containing the previews of upcoming Universe figures, Transtech Character Profiles, and part 5 of the Club Comic "TRANSCENDENT". To can check out the TFCC Magazine PDF please click here.

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Comment by Omega Charge Nov 12, 2008
Wow, Strika looks very Beast Machines. And Hot Rod/Rodimus looks very cool. Season 3 should be good.
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Comment by GuyIncognito Nov 12, 2008
I'm not a fan of the Robot Heroes figures, but that Laserbeak RH is awesome!
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Comment by Hard Hacker Nov 12, 2008
That's a very interesting colour take on the Rodimus character. It looks good.
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Comment by Scaleface Nov 12, 2008
If you click on it you also seem to get a PDF file of the entire last issue of the TFCC magazine, which includes profiles of Transtech Prowl and Starscream, as well as the ongoing comic featuring Alpha Trion and the club combiners. Not bad.
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Comment by gantzrunner Nov 12, 2008
They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?! The new robot heroes Slag is again misnamed Snarl, just like animated Slag. So what is Snarl's name now?! Maybe they just realized that since Beast Wars "slag" seemed to be used as a curse, and they are afraid to offend someone. Hell, they cut off the least dangerous parts of Optimus ( stacks) when his trailer corners are so much more dangerous :). It doesn't have to make sense.
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Comment by Scaleface Nov 12, 2008
Slag is now called Snarl. Snarl is now called Sludge, Sludge is now called Fred. Fred is now called Barney. Barney is now called Grimlock, Grimlock is called Snarl... no wait, they already moved Snarl... Slag it! I give up figuring out Hasbro.
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Comment by JaAm Nov 12, 2008
It seems pretty obvious to me that Strika is gonna be a Bulkhead Retool, but Rodimus looks like a new mold. Wonder what they'll be like personality-wise?
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Comment by Lapse Of Reason Nov 12, 2008
Maybe the Angry Archer wears a Rodimus Pretender shell.
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Comment by Sledge Nov 12, 2008
gantzrunner wrote:They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?!
Slag is a swear word. Hasbro figured that putting out a toy with a rude name would be a problem. Sadly, this has killed plans for the Bitchmasters line.
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Comment by trence5 Nov 12, 2008
Where? I didn't see any previews of Rodimus in the PDF :? :? :-x .
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Comment by Zek Patterson Nov 12, 2008
Oh wow. Wonderful. THEY'RE IN SPACE!!!! Rodimus looks amazing, and Strika is lookin pretty B.A.! I can't wait for this season to kick off!
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Comment by Megatron Wolf Nov 12, 2008
At least Hot Rod looks like he should. The bow and arrow thing is kinda retarded but at least its better than any thing Bay would do. Now will they call him HotRod like they should or are we stuck with this Rodimus Major crap?
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Comment by Foallen Nov 12, 2008
Neither of those animated pics are doing anything for me, unfortunately. Maybe once we actually see the cartoon or the figures I'll grow to like them, but for now, it's just not doing it for me.

I generally like Rodimus, but I don't like the looks of this one. To me he looks purple and orange where I'd prefer it a bright red and orange. Also the purple and orange just don't mesh here to me (like they do with Galvatron for example). I also don't like the bow and arrows (especially 2 arrows). When I looked at him, he reminded me of some character of Teen Titans cartoon (Speedy?), which wasn't good.

I guess I can live with Strika as seen in that picture, but generally not anywhere near a character I care about.

Oh well, we'll see what they do with it all. I'm open minded enough and content to be wrong if the cartoon or figures come out and they are mind blowing.
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Comment by Keeperofthespark Nov 12, 2008
Look awesome!
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Comment by emeraldbeacon Nov 12, 2008
Megatron_Wolf wrote:At least Hot Rod looks like he should. The bow and arrow thing is kinda retarded but at least its better than any thing Bay would do. Now will they call him HotRod like they should or are we stuck with this Rodimus Major crap?


Given that 'Prime' is little more than the title of a relatively high-ranking officer in the Animated universe, he'll probably be Rodimus Prime (and command a small crew, like Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime, and 'Longarm Prime' do/did).

gantzrunner wrote:They look awesome! On another note: did Hasbro loose the rights to the name Slag or what?! The new robot heroes Slag is again misnamed Snarl, just like animated Slag. So what is Snarl's name now?!


They might take the route they did, the first time they tried the "Universe" line. One of the BW Neo toys, a stegosaurus, was named "Dinobot Striker". So, Striker could be Snarl's new name... although they'd need to be careful not to cause too much confusion between him and Animated Strika.
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Comment by RoboFunk Prime Nov 12, 2008
Finally, it looks like Rodimus Prime is going to be given the spotlight (and backbone) he should have had and always deserved.
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Comment by Oilspill Nov 13, 2008
JaAm wrote:It seems pretty obvious to me that Strika is gonna be a Bulkhead Retool, but Rodimus looks like a new mold. Wonder what they'll be like personality-wise?


Nah, I'd bet money she gets a new mould. Based on the fact that we've seen her animation model and it is completely different from Bulkhead, and this show has so far kept the animation pretty close to the toys.

And also Eric Siebenaler (Animated toy designer guy) said recently that they're doing a Bulkhead repaint and it is going to be called xxx Bulkhead (like Atomic Lugnut). So I doubt they'd do a repaint of Bulkhead if they were going to repaint/retool him again into Strika.

That's my theory anyway.
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Comment by Savage Nov 13, 2008
Strika looks quite reminiscent of her BM self. Pretty cool.

Rodimus looks really good. The Animated style really works with him. First Rodimus in a long time that I might actually like!
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Comment by munkimus prime Nov 13, 2008
Rodimus prime looks nice as does Strika I can't wait for season 3.
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Comment by dj_funk_gut Nov 13, 2008
poor Cy kill and scooter took a harsh shot by alpha trion:(
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