Video Review of ROTF Boeing Space Shuttle Toy

I was hoping he'd have more substance to his legs than that. They ruin this guy for me.

i wonder if he is going to be in the movie. if so, wouldnt he more the size of devastator if the size comparison to optimus is accurate?

This could have been a cool toy, but why is the "shuttle" just a gray lump of plastic? They couldn't at least paint it white, if not give it a little detail? The little mini-OP has some paint detail, so why not the shuttle?

I also especially like how this guy doesn't show us what he is doing half the time, but oh well, vehicle mode looks great but robot looks lacking.

Slayershoop wrote:Wouldit kill Bay or Hasbro to design something that one: does not have wheels on the feet (15 is plenty thank you) and soemthing that doesn't look like a chicken, movie will probably be good, but some of the figures are garbage

And what, pray tell, are they supposed to look like...HUMANS?????
Where exactly are the wheels supposed to go, up their backsides??

I'll direct this to everyone, what part of ALIEN ROBOTS do people not understand? This is not the 1950's and Robby the Robot has not come down in his cutesy flying disc to zap us with his alien death-ray.
I am so sick and tired of people bitching about how these toys and characters look just because they aren't able to wrap their minds around the concept that Earth is not the center of the galaxy, and Humans are not the ultimate species out there.

You know why Aliens haven't made open contact with this planet? It's not that they don't exist, it's that we aren't worth the trouble because the human race as a whole is dumb as cattle!

Just be happy if you are even able to get toys like these regardless of how they look. There are a lot of people out there who aren't that fortunate and lot's of kids who would love to have even one Legends class figure from this line.

...and the shuttle has no detail because it is on par with the D-21 drone that used to piggyback the SR-71 back in the day. At most, variations of that had 2 colors.

Well for the past 25 years Transformers have traditionally looked like Humans or Humanoid. The mythology demanded that the characters look somewhat human. There are other characters in the mythology that looked more "alien" like the Quintessons for instance.

Go bots, on the other hand, looked like insect alien things.

Now lets relate this to Star Trek vulcans and how they looked like humans.

Now if we were to apply that same argument about aliens to Star Trek, then we can speculate that if Michael Bay directed the new Star Trek , Mr. Spock would probably end up looking like a goblin with long arms and legs.

Must I remind you about the Godzilla movie?

Michael Bay is a marginally-talented director / visionary- infact I think he made these characters look more mediocre than the robots of the 1950s. These characters look too much like 90s Manga Spawn designs. Too exaggerated and extreme . I still look at my Alternator figures and wonder why they couldn't use designs similiar to those for the movie.



I often wonder if Michael Bay directed a Bible-based story - would he give Jesus ninja moves, guns and turn the crucifix into a bazooka? Maybe Jesus would have a "Modern" emo hair cut.


As far as this toy goes.. the upper torso looks decent.. but the lower torso looks like the designers didn't even try. It's unimagineably lame. I agree with earlier posts that its a blessing to us traditional transformer collectors who won't have to dish-out any cash for this new line.

Universe Classics 3.0 in 2010 is where its at!!!

T-Macksimus wrote:

Slayershoop wrote:Wouldit kill Bay or Hasbro to design something that one: does not have wheels on the feet (15 is plenty thank you) and soemthing that doesn't look like a chicken, movie will probably be good, but some of the figures are garbage

And what, pray tell, are they supposed to look like...HUMANS?????
Where exactly are the wheels supposed to go, up their backsides??

I'll direct this to everyone, what part of ALIEN ROBOTS do people not understand? This is not the 1950's and Robby the Robot has not come down in his cutesy flying disc to zap us with his alien death-ray.
I am so sick and tired of people bitching about how these toys and characters look just because they aren't able to wrap their minds around the concept that Earth is not the center of the galaxy, and Humans are not the ultimate species out there.

You know why Aliens haven't made open contact with this planet? It's not that they don't exist, it's that we aren't worth the trouble because the human race as a whole is dumb as cattle!

Just be happy if you are even able to get toys like these regardless of how they look. There are a lot of people out there who aren't that fortunate and lot's of kids who would love to have even one Legends class figure from this line.

...and the shuttle has no detail because it is on par with the D-21 drone that used to piggyback the SR-71 back in the day. At most, variations of that had 2 colors.

metalogan wrote:Well for the past 25 years Transformers have traditionally looked like Humans or Humanoid. The mythology demanded that the characters look somewhat human. There are other characters in the mythology that looked more "alien" like the Quintessons for instance.

Go bots, on the other hand, looked like insect alien things.

Now lets relate this to Star Trek vulcans and how they looked like humans.

Now if we were to apply that same argument about aliens to Star Trek, then we can speculate that if Michael Bay directed the new Star Trek , Mr. Spock would probably end up looking like a goblin with long arms and legs.

Must I remind you about the Godzilla movie?

Michael Bay is a marginally-talented director / visionary- infact I think he made these characters look more mediocre than the robots of the 1950s. These characters look too much like 90s Manga Spawn designs. Too exaggerated and extreme . I still look at my Alternator figures and wonder why they couldn't use designs similiar to those for the movie.



I often wonder if Michael Bay directed a Bible-based story - would he give Jesus ninja moves, guns and turn the crucifix into a bazooka? Maybe Jesus would have a "Modern" emo hair cut.


As far as this toy goes.. the upper torso looks decent.. but the lower torso looks like the designers didn't even try. It's unimagineably lame. I agree with earlier posts that its a blessing to us traditional transformer collectors who won't have to dish-out any cash for this new line.

Universe Classics 3.0 in 2010 is where its at!!!

T-Macksimus wrote:

Slayershoop wrote:Wouldit kill Bay or Hasbro to design something that one: does not have wheels on the feet (15 is plenty thank you) and soemthing that doesn't look like a chicken, movie will probably be good, but some of the figures are garbage

Word. I agree 100 percent. IMO movie toys are garbage. This shuttle thing is horrable all the way around. Hasbro is pawing this mess off on their 25th anniversary of ALL times.
Give me UNIVERSE! Lol. These movie toy designs are awful IMO. I will save a GRIP of money this summer.

I think it's important to remember that transformers is fiction and shouldn't be constrained by making the bots look more alien for the sake of "realism", just make them look cool, it worked for them for 25 years so why mess with the formula now. Besides if they reformat their alt mode to fit in with the indigenous species why not their bot mode?

T-Macksimus wrote:

Slayershoop wrote:Wouldit kill Bay or Hasbro to design something that one: does not have wheels on the feet (15 is plenty thank you) and soemthing that doesn't look like a chicken, movie will probably be good, but some of the figures are garbage

And what, pray tell, are they supposed to look like...HUMANS?????
Where exactly are the wheels supposed to go, up their backsides??

I'll direct this to everyone, what part of ALIEN ROBOTS do people not understand? This is not the 1950's and Robby the Robot has not come down in his cutesy flying disc to zap us with his alien death-ray.
I am so sick and tired of people bitching about how these toys and characters look just because they aren't able to wrap their minds around the concept that Earth is not the center of the galaxy, and Humans are not the ultimate species out there.

You know why Aliens haven't made open contact with this planet? It's not that they don't exist, it's that we aren't worth the trouble because the human race as a whole is dumb as cattle!

Just be happy if you are even able to get toys like these regardless of how they look. There are a lot of people out there who aren't that fortunate and lot's of kids who would love to have even one Legends class figure from this line.

...and the shuttle has no detail because it is on par with the D-21 drone that used to piggyback the SR-71 back in the day. At most, variations of that had 2 colors.

Don't Get me wrong, I'm all for new ideas, I even like the fact that they are usuing real vehicles, but I am also for a bit of nolstalgia, not just the names, but the actual character, traditionally, transformers are humanoid, and to the fact of making them more realisitic, how the hell does anyone know what realisitic is? These are giant transforming robots, Bay and Hasbro have no more any idea then you and me about what they would look like, so I go for a coolness level, and I just happen to find humanoid robots cooler. I'm not saying the whole line is crap, some of the figures look pretty cool, but as for this figure, I'm not getting him.

Agent 007 wrote:neat idea but the thing is a wreck easy pass

Yep, could have been pretty cool but wound up being a big fail. Those pontoon feet are awful.