Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee
Monday, January 25th, 2010 11:04AM CST
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The last time Transformers and Building Blocks had a fully fledged union was Built To Rule, back in 2003 that coincided with the Armada toy line. Unfortunately it did not end so well. Fast forward 7 years, and we look to have another union between building blocks and Transformers, as Takara gives their shot with their Transformers Animated toy line. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are the first two selections to get the Diablock treatment, images courtesy of Red Leader of Kapow Toys.
The two are set for release in June.
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The two are set for release in June.
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Credit(s): Red Leader of Kapow Toys
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Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040246)
Posted by Dead Metal on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:32am CST
Posted by Dead Metal on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:32am CST
Those are definitely not LEGO and they look horrible Bumblebee doesn't even look remotely like the character.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040249)
Posted by Oilspill on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:35am CST
Posted by Oilspill on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:35am CST
Thought for the day: Lego is real-life pixelation.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040252)
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:48am CST
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:48am CST
Oh the humanity. 
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040254)
Posted by 1337W422102 on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:51am CST
Not if done properly by MOCcers who know what they're doing. This is just really crap.
Posted by 1337W422102 on January 25th, 2010 @ 11:51am CST
Oilspill wrote:Thought for the day: Lego is real-life pixelation.
Not if done properly by MOCcers who know what they're doing. This is just really crap.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040259)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:02pm CST
Posted by Lord Onixprime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:02pm CST
at least you can vaguely see the resemblance with prime, but Bumblebee, what in the world? it looks awful. not even close.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040261)
Posted by Seibertron on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:05pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:05pm CST
And my wallet sighed relief.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040262)
Posted by Swiftpaw on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:06pm CST
Posted by Swiftpaw on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:06pm CST
Sad thing is despite only being so-so, they still look better than Build To Rule did.
I don't mind the visible building block look to the bodies, but they really should of just made seperate pieces that look like the heads and maybe the hands so they'd at least be reconizable who they are.
As much as I <3 both transformers and legos, pass here.
I don't mind the visible building block look to the bodies, but they really should of just made seperate pieces that look like the heads and maybe the hands so they'd at least be reconizable who they are.
As much as I <3 both transformers and legos, pass here.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040263)
Posted by Overcracker on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:07pm CST
Posted by Overcracker on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:07pm CST
Did not work with Armada, and fails even harder with Animated. Lego and Transformers just don't go well. You really need a very large amount of pieces with some specialty parts and hinges to pull of a decent representation.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040264)
Posted by Requiem Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:12pm CST
Posted by Requiem Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:12pm CST
Meh,
I get turning Animated to blocks is probably more evil than most, but they could try a little harder on the faces.
I get turning Animated to blocks is probably more evil than most, but they could try a little harder on the faces.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040265)
Posted by Hard Hacker on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:13pm CST
Posted by Hard Hacker on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:13pm CST
Cute attempt guys.
But very no.
But very no.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040268)
Posted by Tigertrack on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:23pm CST
Posted by Tigertrack on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:23pm CST
There was a transforming G1 Prime done a few years back, Japanese market also, much more detailed, just trying to remember who made it...closer in style to the old 'Lokblocks' type of blocks rather than LEGO. These look to be smaller, but by the same company.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040270)
Posted by nemesis-prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:23pm CST
Posted by nemesis-prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:23pm CST
that looks the KO shit no way no how 
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040274)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:33pm CST
That would be Kawada, under the "Diablock" line in 2007, and it was licensed to boot. With that, the news item is slightly incorrect.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:33pm CST
tigertracks 24 wrote:There was a transforming G1 Prime done a few years back, Japanese market also, much more detailed, just trying to remember who made it...closer in style to the old 'Lokblocks' type of blocks rather than LEGO. These look to be smaller, but by the same company.
That would be Kawada, under the "Diablock" line in 2007, and it was licensed to boot. With that, the news item is slightly incorrect.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040281)
Posted by Tigertrack on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:51pm CST
Yes, Diablock. Thanks! I have it at home with my Primes.
Posted by Tigertrack on January 25th, 2010 @ 12:51pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:There was a transforming G1 Prime done a few years back, Japanese market also, much more detailed, just trying to remember who made it...closer in style to the old 'Lokblocks' type of blocks rather than LEGO. These look to be smaller, but by the same company.
That would be Kawada, under the "Diablock" line in 2007, and it was licensed to boot. With that, the news item is slightly incorrect.
Yes, Diablock. Thanks! I have it at home with my Primes.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040284)
Posted by Kibble on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:05pm CST
Posted by Kibble on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:05pm CST
I've seen fan-made lego TFs that looked vastly superior to these...at least I'm pretty sure they weren't official TF releases.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040289)
Posted by Liftgate on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:23pm CST
Posted by Liftgate on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:23pm CST
Yeah, these certainly arn't genuine Legos. If they were actually made by Lego I'm sure they would look ALOT better, they make some pretty sweet looking stuff these days. But am I the only one who thinks Bee in robot mode looks like movie version?
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040294)
Posted by Forgotten on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:29pm CST
Posted by Forgotten on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:29pm CST
uhhhh, NO.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040296)
Posted by Narc on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:31pm CST
Posted by Narc on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:31pm CST
Hell NO!
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040298)
Posted by rpetras on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:41pm CST
Posted by rpetras on January 25th, 2010 @ 1:41pm CST
Lego and Transformers go together like tuna and gum.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040322)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 2:52pm CST
Actually, those are just generic building blocks, not exactly "legos" as Lego has no involvement as far as I can tell. In fact, upon further inspection I see the word "Diablock", which could mean they're new entries for Kawada's line.
On a side note, Lego did request people not to refer to building blocks as "legos" in order to keep their trademark from becoming generic.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 2:52pm CST
rpetras wrote:Lego and Transformers go together like tuna and gum.
Actually, those are just generic building blocks, not exactly "legos" as Lego has no involvement as far as I can tell. In fact, upon further inspection I see the word "Diablock", which could mean they're new entries for Kawada's line.
On a side note, Lego did request people not to refer to building blocks as "legos" in order to keep their trademark from becoming generic.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040326)
Posted by Artakha Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:13pm CST
Posted by Artakha Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:13pm CST
I don`t think these are fo`real...
Why would LEGO support another toy line by making sets like these? Simple; they wouldn`t.
I think these are MegaBloks... MegaBloks is a rip-off toy company, that makes money by copying other toy lines ideas. They, for an example, have copied the LEGO brick, and used their "MegaBloks" to themes as "MegaBloks Halo" and "MegaBloks Marvel".
With other words, these figures suck. Hard. Only MegaBloks would be stupid enough to do such a bommer.
Or at least i hope so...
P.S. I`m a LEGO fan, thereore my knowledge. I especially collect Bionicle...
Why would LEGO support another toy line by making sets like these? Simple; they wouldn`t.
I think these are MegaBloks... MegaBloks is a rip-off toy company, that makes money by copying other toy lines ideas. They, for an example, have copied the LEGO brick, and used their "MegaBloks" to themes as "MegaBloks Halo" and "MegaBloks Marvel".
With other words, these figures suck. Hard. Only MegaBloks would be stupid enough to do such a bommer.
Or at least i hope so...
P.S. I`m a LEGO fan, thereore my knowledge. I especially collect Bionicle...
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040329)
Posted by Megazarak on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:21pm CST
Posted by Megazarak on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:21pm CST
Optimus? Ya, I could see that. Bumblebee? Nope. That doesn't look like him in either mode. Actually, as a drone it doesn't look that bad, but as Bumblebee? It couldn't be farther from the character unless they made him green.
I'm pretty sure this isn't Lego's doing. Maybe it's the same group of people that made this
I'm pretty sure this isn't Lego's doing. Maybe it's the same group of people that made this
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040330)
Posted by Blurrz on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:22pm CST
Posted by Blurrz on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:22pm CST
Changed the topic since everyone seems to be getting so antsy about it this not being Lego.
Nuuuuuu I mean like an entire toy line, not some one time only thing.. I expect an entire toy line out of this from Diablock
MegaBlocks isn't a KO company, they're legit, they have contracts with various companies to produce figures for them. Halo and Marvel are as legit as anything Lego has produced, heck I'd say it's even better. Regardless, this is Diablock, not any of the European/American building block companies.
Sorry guys, guess I wasn't exactly immersed in the building block knowledge like I thought I was. Time to go slit my wrists with lego bricks. Wait I mean MegaBlock bricks.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
That would be Kawada, under the "Diablock" line in 2007, and it was licensed to boot. With that, the news item is slightly incorrect.
Nuuuuuu I mean like an entire toy line, not some one time only thing.. I expect an entire toy line out of this from Diablock
Artakha Prime wrote:I don`t think these are fo`real...
Why would LEGO support another toy line by making sets like these? Simple; they wouldn`t.
I think these are MegaBloks... MegaBloks is a rip-off toy company, that makes money by copying other toy lines ideas. They, for an example, have copied the LEGO brick, and used their "MegaBloks" to themes as "MegaBloks Halo" and "MegaBloks Marvel".
With other words, these figures suck. Hard. Only MegaBloks would be stupid enough to do such a bommer.
MegaBlocks isn't a KO company, they're legit, they have contracts with various companies to produce figures for them. Halo and Marvel are as legit as anything Lego has produced, heck I'd say it's even better. Regardless, this is Diablock, not any of the European/American building block companies.
Sorry guys, guess I wasn't exactly immersed in the building block knowledge like I thought I was. Time to go slit my wrists with lego bricks. Wait I mean MegaBlock bricks.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040334)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:30pm CST
Us? Antsy? Nah
I admit, I can be very antsy...
One final thing: the patent for the original basic Lego brick has expired, thus the design for the most basic of figures and brick are now public domain, meaning any company can use the designs as they see fit.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:30pm CST
Blurrz wrote:Changed the topic since everyone seems to be getting so antsy about it this not being Lego.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
That would be Kawada, under the "Diablock" line in 2007, and it was licensed to boot. With that, the news item is slightly incorrect.
Nuuuuuu I mean like an entire toy line, not some one time only thing.. I expect an entire toy line out of this from DiablockArtakha Prime wrote:I don`t think these are fo`real...
Why would LEGO support another toy line by making sets like these? Simple; they wouldn`t.
I think these are MegaBloks... MegaBloks is a rip-off toy company, that makes money by copying other toy lines ideas. They, for an example, have copied the LEGO brick, and used their "MegaBloks" to themes as "MegaBloks Halo" and "MegaBloks Marvel".
With other words, these figures suck. Hard. Only MegaBloks would be stupid enough to do such a bommer.
MegaBlocks isn't a KO company, they're legit, they have contracts with various companies to produce figures for them. Halo and Marvel are as legit as anything Lego has produced, heck I'd say it's even better. Regardless, this is Diablock, not any of the European/American building block ocmpanies.
Us? Antsy? Nah
I admit, I can be very antsy...One final thing: the patent for the original basic Lego brick has expired, thus the design for the most basic of figures and brick are now public domain, meaning any company can use the designs as they see fit.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040343)
Posted by Ajad_Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:50pm CST
Posted by Ajad_Prime on January 25th, 2010 @ 3:50pm CST
Yeah those are a definite no, Optimus's robot mode seems to work but the vehicle mode fails, as for wait that's supposed to be Bumblebee? Hm I couldn't even tell,
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040363)
Posted by Torneira on January 25th, 2010 @ 5:05pm CST
Doesn't it remind you of Henkei/Universe Deluxe Sunstreaker, at least in robotmode? Look at the legs...
Posted by Torneira on January 25th, 2010 @ 5:05pm CST
Megazarak wrote:Optimus? Ya, I could see that. Bumblebee? Nope. That doesn't look like him in either mode. Actually, as a drone it doesn't look that bad, but as Bumblebee? It couldn't be farther from the character unless they made him green.
I'm pretty sure this isn't Lego's doing. Maybe it's the same group of people that made this
Ajad_Prime wrote:Yeah those are a definite no, Optimus's robot mode seems to work but the vehicle mode fails, as for wait that's supposed to be Bumblebee? Hm I couldn't even tell,
Lord Onixprime wrote:at least you can vaguely see the resemblance with prime, but Bumblebee, what in the world? it looks awful. not even close.
Dead Metal wrote:Those are definitely not LEGO and they look horrible Bumblebee doesn't even look remotely like the character.
Doesn't it remind you of Henkei/Universe Deluxe Sunstreaker, at least in robotmode? Look at the legs...
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040371)
Posted by Autobot032 on January 25th, 2010 @ 5:42pm CST
Posted by Autobot032 on January 25th, 2010 @ 5:42pm CST
This is simply disgusting. There is no reason these should even look the way they do, at least not professionally.
I could see a kid making these out of his Lego bins and parents patting him/her on the back for a job well done, but even with parent pride, they wouldn't try and pawn this off for a buck.
The company(s) behind this should be ashamed of themselves, because this is disgusting and absolutely unprofessional. Anyone who buys this crap is just giving these idiots more ammunition to churn out pure trash, and therefore should be banned from the fandom for it.
Yes, I hate these things that bad. And I hope the designers are reading this: YOU SUCK.
I could see a kid making these out of his Lego bins and parents patting him/her on the back for a job well done, but even with parent pride, they wouldn't try and pawn this off for a buck.
The company(s) behind this should be ashamed of themselves, because this is disgusting and absolutely unprofessional. Anyone who buys this crap is just giving these idiots more ammunition to churn out pure trash, and therefore should be banned from the fandom for it.
Yes, I hate these things that bad. And I hope the designers are reading this: YOU SUCK.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040376)
Posted by Dagon on January 25th, 2010 @ 6:00pm CST
Posted by Dagon on January 25th, 2010 @ 6:00pm CST
Yeah, that is just terrible. Bumblebee's only observable resemblance to any of his incarnations is that he is yellow and possesses wheels. Terrible.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040420)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on January 25th, 2010 @ 8:42pm CST
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on January 25th, 2010 @ 8:42pm CST
If time and funding was set aside over at Lego, their Master Builders could definitely make an amazing OP, and they have so many elements to choose from, they could probably make a fairly accurate movie OP! This crap is shit, definitely looks thrown together.
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040427)
Posted by Name_Violation on January 25th, 2010 @ 8:59pm CST
Posted by Name_Violation on January 25th, 2010 @ 8:59pm CST
I've made better "building block" (REAL LEGO"S DAMN IT) for my lil bro out of spare parts that looked a gazillion times better than this crap. it looks like they built it, smashed it on a wall, then tried to rebuild it with out instructions
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040517)
Posted by UltraPrimal on January 26th, 2010 @ 1:27am CST
Posted by UltraPrimal on January 26th, 2010 @ 1:27am CST
Diablocks? Is that like Diaclone?
Re: Takara Transformers Animated Diablock Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (1040773)
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on January 26th, 2010 @ 10:09pm CST
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on January 26th, 2010 @ 10:09pm CST
That Prime wouldn't be so bad if they made, like, a molded head for him, rather than just pieces.
Either way, they are teh suck.
Either way, they are teh suck.
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