Will There Be Three TRANSFORMERS Human Alliance Sets For ROTF?

Posted by Tigertrack Feb 25, 2009 at 8:05pm CST 64,263 views

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HASBRO.com- According to HASBRO's official Transformers page which has been updated with pictures, descriptions, and price points or the toys revealed at Toyfair 2009.

A couple of pieces of interest-

#1) Three Human Alliance Sets will be released- we know of Bumblebee, but are unsure of the others. We do know that Aaron Archer has Mikaela on his wishlist, so at this point she is not paired with any Transformer ally.

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE HUMAN ALLIANCE

(Approximate retail price: $29.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: August 2009)
For the first time, the new TRANSFORMERS MOVIE HUMAN ALLIANCE collection allows kids to play with the human characters alongside the TRANSFORMERS. When the TRANSFORMERS are in vehicle mode, the human figures fit inside and can go along for the ride. When the TRANSFORMERS are in robot mode, the human figures can be positioned at different battle stations. Three different characters will be available in 2009 – complete with a 2 1/4-inch human action figure – including BUMBLEBEE and friend Sam Witwicky.

#2) That the Mega Powerbots Devastator has an alt mode of sorts, laying him on his stomach as kind of a vehicle Voltron combined style.

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE MEGA POWER BOTS

(Approximate retail price: $34.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: August 2009)
Taking POWER BOTS to the next level with a second mode for “mega” action! Robots include OPTIMUS PRIME and DEVASTATOR. When the DEVASTATOR POWER BOT figure is face down, he appears to be six different vehicles, but when standing upright, he is the monstrous DECEPTICON, DEVASTATOR.

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Comment by Zeds Feb 25, 2009

Decepticon Spike wrote:I would hope not, but seeing as deluxe went from $8.99 to $14.99 around here, it may be close.

Sign of the times. $US weakness means it buys less on world markets when retailers buy goods to stock shelves which means higher prices for the end consumer.

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Feb 25, 2009

Wait so those crappy human figures are $7? Those bots better be bigger than voyagers for $30.

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Comment by Mr. Autoboto Feb 25, 2009

If Prime is one of them, maybe it will come with a mini Peter Cullen? :-?

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Comment by thedarkjester Feb 26, 2009

The reason that the prices went up is because of the testing that all toys sold in the US must go under for lead paint. Remember that whole lead paint scare about a little over a year ago? A new federal law that went into effect on 2/1/09 mandated that items sold for children, including toys, be tested for lead paint, which in effect drives up costs, and we get to foot the bill. there ya go, your lovely US gov't at work. :sad:

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Comment by Mykltron Feb 26, 2009

Bumblethumper wrote:For the other, maybe Jolt or Sideswipe. It'd be nice if they were all in scale with each other and Alternators.

Fat chance. Ironhide and Prime would have to be much larger, and more expensive.

Bumblethumper wrote:It also says there'll be 24 deluxes and 11 voyagers. That ROTF line is going to be huge.

Yeah, and I'm worried they're churning out so many figures that most will be crap.

Megatron_Wolf wrote:Wait so those crappy human figures are $7? Those bots better be bigger than voyagers for $30.

We've already been told that they're Voyager. Apart from a little person we have to pay for inflation, extra safety control and A REALLY COOL LOOKING COMPLICATED ROBOT.

I don't like having Autobots without a corresponding Decep and vice versa so it'd be a shame if they don't give us some Deceps but I know it'll never happen. Bring back Arkevil!

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Comment by Black Bumblebee Feb 26, 2009

Well, there could be a Decepticon for the movie line... I mean, isn't the female Terminator / Pretender suppose to be in this flick? Maybe she "ejects" from a car in the same way Frenzy did with Barricade.

Hmmm... just a thought... maybe she's Frenzy's brother Rumble! :grin:

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Comment by Diem Feb 26, 2009

Didn't Megan Fox say she didn't want any action figures made of her?

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Comment by Tigertrack Feb 26, 2009

Diem wrote:Didn't Megan Fox say she didn't want any action figures made of her?

Her character is property HASBRO and Paramount. Unless it is in her contract, I would say can make any requests she wants, but ultimately the choice is the people who own her character's likeness.

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Comment by typh0id Feb 26, 2009

Bumblethumper wrote:
I was assuming the human action figures would all be the same size, and if that were the case, they couldn't really include large characters like Optimus, and keep the same price point.

Except your also assuming that they three figures will be perfectly to scale...Hasbro hasn't exactly been known for putting scale as a priority...Bumblebee may very well just be large compared to OP and Ironhide...

thedarkjester wrote:The reason that the prices went up is because of the testing that all toys sold in the US must go under for lead paint. Remember that whole lead paint scare about a little over a year ago? A new federal law that went into effect on 2/1/09 mandated that items sold for children, including toys, be tested for lead paint, which in effect drives up costs, and we get to foot the bill. there ya go, your lovely US gov't at work.

Well it's not the US Government that's using lead-paint on our children's toys...The toys we import from overseas are SUPPOSED to be lead-free...Now that it's turning out that they aren't, a higher level of precaution is needed...

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Comment by GuyIncognito Feb 26, 2009

thedarkjester wrote:The reason that the prices went up is because of the testing that all toys sold in the US must go under for lead paint. Remember that whole lead paint scare about a little over a year ago? A new federal law that went into effect on 2/1/09 mandated that items sold for children, including toys, be tested for lead paint, which in effect drives up costs, and we get to foot the bill. there ya go, your lovely US gov't at work.

Yeah, how dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint. Who cares if kids end up retarded? It far more important for you to save a few bucks on your toys, isn't it? (:|

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Comment by waaaaghlord Feb 26, 2009

Diem wrote:Didn't Megan Fox say she didn't want any action figures made of her?

It's a bit late for that, there were already 2 released in the Movie Scene sets last time around.

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Comment by thedarkjester Feb 26, 2009

GuyIncognito wrote:
thedarkjester wrote:The reason that the prices went up is because of the testing that all toys sold in the US must go under for lead paint. Remember that whole lead paint scare about a little over a year ago? A new federal law that went into effect on 2/1/09 mandated that items sold for children, including toys, be tested for lead paint, which in effect drives up costs, and we get to foot the bill. there ya go, your lovely US gov't at work.

Yeah, how dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint. Who cares if kids end up retarded? It far more important for you to save a few bucks on your toys, isn't it?

No I was just stating the fact that the testing was one reason prices were going up. I'd prefer safer toys than dangerous ones, even though I think someone should bring back Lawn Darts :wink:

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Comment by Bumblethumper Feb 26, 2009

Mykltron wrote:
Bumblethumper wrote:For the other, maybe Jolt or Sideswipe. It'd be nice if they were all in scale with each other and Alternators.

Fat chance. Ironhide and Prime would have to be much larger, and more expensive.

Obviously(I mentioned this in my other post), but when were they confirmed?

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Comment by Decepticon Spike Feb 26, 2009

GuyIncognito wrote:
thedarkjester wrote:The reason that the prices went up is because of the testing that all toys sold in the US must go under for lead paint. Remember that whole lead paint scare about a little over a year ago? A new federal law that went into effect on 2/1/09 mandated that items sold for children, including toys, be tested for lead paint, which in effect drives up costs, and we get to foot the bill. there ya go, your lovely US gov't at work.

Yeah, how dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint. Who cares if kids end up retarded? It far more important for you to save a few bucks on your toys, isn't it?

well , if parents would use common sense, and stop their kids from putting toys in their mouths, trying to eat them, there would be no need for these type of laws.

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Comment by Scaleface Feb 26, 2009

GuyIncognito wrote:Yeah, how dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint. Who cares if kids end up retarded? It far more important for you to save a few bucks on your toys, isn't it?

Actually what you say with sarcasm, I say with conviction. "How dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint." It's none of their slagging business and it's a waste of my cash and the freedom of a toy company to choose how to do it's business. Such safety concerns should be driven by the free markets not a few scared parents and a pushy couple of congressmen.

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Comment by typh0id Feb 26, 2009

Decepticon Spike wrote:well , if parents would use common sense, and stop their kids from putting toys in their mouths, trying to eat them, there would be no need for these type of laws.

Wow...you obviously don't have kids to say something that ignorant...

Simply astounding...

Scaleface wrote:
Actually what you say with sarcasm, I say with conviction. "How dare the US gov't try to protect children from the potential brain damage caused by lead paint." It's none of their slagging business and it's a waste of my cash and the freedom of a toy company to choose how to do it's business. Such safety concerns should be driven by the free markets not a few scared parents and a pushy couple of congressmen.

And just exactly how are parents supposed to know if the toy is damaging to their child in that way? It's not like they come with labels that say "Oh by the way this toy will **** up your kid so consider yourself warned!" I'm pretty goddamn glad there is some sort of agency that's looking out for this stuff... and if the "free markets" you have so much faith in were actually doing their jobs, there wouldn't be a need for government intervention...

Don't get me wrong...At times I think toy safety-laws go a little far...I don't know any kid that ever stabbed himself in the eye with Optimus Primes shoulders...But lead-paint is severely damaging and dangerous (especially for children) and illegal to use on toys in this country...

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Comment by Scaleface Feb 27, 2009

If there was a need for this sort of testing, toy companies can form groups that voluntarely test for such things and label them. I could easily see some sort of "tested lead free" sticker that sme companies could come up with, or a consumers reports type group. Thing is it would be VOLUNTARY. When a person goes to buy a toy they would then decided if lead was a concern and putchase a toy that is "certified lead free" or not. If a parent has a toddler that chews things, he might look for this on the package. If I'm buying a TF for myself, or for a teenage kid who doesn't chew things, I wouldn't care to check for it. Toy companies would weigh the costs of testing and the target selling group for a toy and decide which toys they want to test and which toys have no real demand for it.

It's called freedom of, please respect it. I can't stand when some liberal minded, saftey conscious busy body decids to wipe their jack boots on the freedom of others in the name of "keeping children safe." You have no right to make LEGAL demands on others for your over-extended idea of public safety. I won't be wishy washy about it - I take great offense at the attacks on the free market this sort of law represents.

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Comment by typh0id Feb 27, 2009

Scaleface wrote:If there was a need for this sort of testing, toy companies can form groups that voluntarely test for such things and label them. I could easily see some sort of "tested lead free" sticker that sme companies could come up with, or a consumers reports type group. Thing is it would be VOLUNTARY. When a person goes to buy a toy they would then decided if lead was a concern and putchase a toy that is "certified lead free" or not. If a parent has a toddler that chews things, he might look for this on the package. If I'm buying a TF for myself, or for a teenage kid who doesn't chew things, I wouldn't care to check for it. Toy companies would weigh the costs of testing and the target selling group for a toy and decide which toys they want to test and which toys have no real demand for it.

It's called freedom of, please respect it. I can't stand when some liberal minded, saftey conscious busy body decids to wipe their jack boots on the freedom of others in the name of "keeping children safe." You have no right to make LEGAL demands on others for your over-extended idea of public safety. I won't be wishy washy about it - I take great offense at the attacks on the free market this sort of law represents.

Alright...You've made your point and I understand your perspective...It might be different though if you had kids...

I'm not going to keep fighting about this because it's off-topic anyway...

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Comment by Scaleface Feb 27, 2009

I have NINE nieces and nephews who I love greatly, and I only get them toys appropriate to their age.

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Comment by Tigertrack Feb 27, 2009

Scaleface wrote:I have NINE nieces and nephews who I love greatly, and I only get them toys appropriate to their age.

But what happens if they share, some of the older kids toys, and younger kids. If they are not all lead free tested, then you have problems that you may not have considered having.

I am not sure I see an issue with lead paint standards and testing if it so severely can impair a child, or why anyone else would.

Children are our most precious natural resource. Why would you not do everything within your power, or want everything there to protect them.

I understand we have a government with its nose in everything, passing laws that are practically impossible for so many different areas. I teach. NCLB has just made things even worse for districts who are already money deprived, and trying to teach children the right way, but now we have to teach them how to test, and what will be on the test.

The issue is not the law or the standards, it's the overactive government feeling the need to get into everything, and take away so many private choices, and basically taking the word privacy, and choice out of our vocabulary.

But, in this case, I believe the law is a good one, and is something the government should concern themselves in.

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