A Transformers Thread

The Thrust-i-nator 5000! Another fine product from Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated!

Great. You just lewded Doofenschmirtz.

Wait. You mean you... don't?

Some images of the upcoming Velocitron line.

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"Road" Hauler

I guess it's cool how that Wreckers miniseries was made to signal some of these upcoming releases. Hope we get an Octopunch and Sideways out of this.

It's fitting that the characters are packaged in vehicle mode. Been a while since I've seen that.

Schlub who sounds like Morty Smith: Oh geez, aw man, guys! This-this Siege Jetfire sure is the bee's knees! And it literally cost me one of my kidneys, too! I sure hope I won't have to hem and haw over a new Jetfire any time soon.

(*Suddenly a giant robot does a superhero landing*)

Schlub: Holy Spark! What the frag?!

Mysterious Robot: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Transformers Masterpiece MP-57 Skyfire! I'm a whopping 35cm tall, I come with a rifle, stand, 3 interchangeable faces (one of them inspired by the mask from the G1 toy, screw you Harmony Gold), two big blast effects, Autobot and Decepticon plates (inspired by the classic scene in the “Fire In The Sky” episode) and three mini-figures of Optimus Prime, Wheeljack and Jazz. Those three guys can ride me in jet mode. And I can extend my robot arms and legs while transformed. That's right. I can do a gerwalk mode (screw you again Harmony Gold). And I only cost roughly $296.00. And I'm a Takara Tomy Mall exclusive.

Schlub: ...Aw, geez.

Jerk who's doing a poor Rick Sanchez impression: Wubba Lubba Dub Dub Morty. Wubba Lubba Dub Dub.

Double post because it's time.

Say it with me everyone: Cosmically Powered Starscream! It's the Basics on The Underbase Saga!

Huh. Wonder if we'll ever see the Underbase in a different continuity? Maybe you could say that because the energy it distributes is so pure and overwhelming, it has to be filtered through objects like the All Spark or the Matrix to prevent it from corrupting anyone, and that only a small handful of beings can withstand the full extent of the knowledge it grants.

MP Jetfire's nice, though not "Imma spend 300$ to replace my Fanstoys Phoenix" nice.

Also cant help but notice he's using the same stand as MP Starscream. Wanna bet he's also too tall for his own stand like Starscream is?

Here's a youtube video about the emotions of the Aligned version of Optimus Prime:

It's easy to forget it's all right there. The subtle changes in voice during certain moments were particularly noticeable.

And of course, the many comically serious moments.

And his reaction to Starscream managing to take the Omega Keys speaks for itself.

Emotions, no emotions, to be honest I still won't like TFP Optimus. Stoic exterior aside, he doesn't really have much of a personality to accommodate for his lack of emotion. Come to think of it, the same could apply to Megatron too, but the fact that he's evil and has a design that pushes all the right buttons for me is all of the justification I need.

Now that I think about it, aside from... I dunno, kids (literal children, not people who grew up watching the show and are teens now making their own judgement), I feel like the least amount of people say that TFP is their favorite version of Optimus. Even Bayverse OP has more fans, I think.

Edited by Wafer on Jun 5th 2022 at 5:53:03 AM

Apparently one of the toys announced for "Rise of Beast" is a mask of Optimus Primal that turns into Optimus Primal's robot mode.

Which considering Bayverse' Optimus Prime's famous "Give me your FACE!" leads to some juicy memes

Optimus Prime: "Give me you face!"

Optimus Primal: "Surprise Motherfucker!"

An IDW version of Blurr from the Studio Series mold is coming out later on.

I like it a lot. Head sculpt is much more endearing than the SS one. The big wheels seem to be non-moving, which is a shame, but eh. He looks good. Very glad when the Legacy/WFC line does IDW throwbacks.

Hasbro Pulse revealed Transformers X Gi Joe Bumblebee / A.W.E. Striker

I'm unimpressed? Like the Megatron Hiss Tank, these feel like they got some serious corners cut. Feels like the fandom wished for Gi Joe Transformers Crossover and a monkey's paw closed somewhere.

Yeah I'm with you. Looking at the picture of the toy it honestly looks like a hastily-made digibash.

Bumblebee? I would've thought Hound would be the natural fit for that vehicle. Hells, Beachcomber would've fit better as a military vehicle, and he's a pacifist!

The only thing making it Bumblebee is the head sculpt.

And I figure they just went with Bumblebee for recognition.

Waste of opportunity there.

Yup, literally my thought as well.

Maybe? But if the game plan is to rope non-TF, Joe fans into Transformers and non-Joe, TF fans into G.I. Joe, then it kinda makes sense to go for the big names. I'll bet you guys that the next(?) TF x Joe collab will be Optimus.

Like, what's going to catch the most number of people's attention, a G.I. Joe vehicle that turns into the leader of the Decepticons or a G.I. Joe vehicle that turns into a super-obscure Decepticon that only ever had like one toy in the G1 era?

(Not trying to diss anyone here, just trying to understand that Hasbro wants this line to work because Transformers still has big movies and cartoons and G.I. Joe...doesn't.)

The Hiss Tank Megatron has the same issue in that it makes little sense for Silver G1 Megatron to be the black tank, and he looks like he's wearing a hiss tank as a costume (Not helped by the entire alt mode hanging off his back).

And yeah, the alt mode is literally Beachcomber's. Hound would've worked too in a pinch.

But even that aside, it just... looks like shit? It still has half the alt mode hanging off the back. The hip-wheels clearly get in the way of the arms. His legs are monstrous compared to his tiny noodle arms.

The obvious counter argument is all the other crossover lines who had brand new robots made.

Like, okay, no one gives a shit about Beachcomber or Brawl or whatever these could've been, but not like Jigawatts had a giant fandom before they made him the back to the future crossover figure.

Also this is like a Pulse figure. You might as well pander to TF fans and TF Fans love nothing more than weird obscure favs being made into figure. That's like 90% of the Pulse figures already.

Edited by Ghilz on Jun 8th 2022 at 7:50:03 AM

The X-Men and Jurassic Park crossovers weren't even named characters at all. Those were just moved on the concept of "It's a transformer".

Though I suppose those are bigger properties than GI Joe.

As far a potential Optimus Prime crossover with GI Joe would be, I've seen a third party toy using Rolling Thunder as his alt mode.

Yeah I have it (The version in Optimus' color, with 2 missiles. As there's like 6 variants of it), it's a pretty cool toy. There's also a Megatron as Destro's Dominator.

Edited by Ghilz on Jun 9th 2022 at 12:17:05 PM

Aw slag, that's a good point. How do you keep making these good points? It's almost like a legit superpower by now.

RE: IDW Blurr from Studio Series Blurr:

Holy mother of Primus, that looks really darn good. It's not a new head, either. Blurr also has new shoulders and a new, er, groin piece, that also harkens back to his IDW self.

For some in need of context: this Blurr is going to be a part of the (still-unannounced-even-though-we've-seen-more-than-half-of-them-already, seriously-WTH-Hasbro?) Walmart-exclusive Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection for Transformers Legacy. We're also getting Black Convoy in the same line. (Yes, he looks like a RiD Scourge who forgot the memo that he's supposed to be grey instead of black, but who's to say they're not saving that for a Selects entry?)

Jeez, what a backpack...