Transformers Thread

I havent gotten leader prime yet but Im planning on it. looks very cool.

I was thinking the same thing, I thought C. prime was THE transformer to own, he falls somewhere between awesome and crumbelievable, its just a shame one of the wing tips is super loose and looks retarded in alt mode because of it. but still, crumbelievable

http://pingmag.jp/2007/06/29/transformers/

A interview with a Takara Tf designer.
Surprisingly, he’s an Australian duded and was repsonisble for the design of classics of mirage , and classics bumblbee’s transformation sequences.

one of the greatest customs ever, shame that hasbro went with that flat, wacky unattractive color scheme for megatron.

just picked up movie deluxe bonecrusher today. its pretty cool, I like it more than barricade. I was thinking of getting starscream too but they way the shoulders are attached just turns me off completely, theyre not even attached to the torso!

Yikes, I’m sorry if I said too much. I hope it can be reopened once it does hit Stateside.

Leader Class Prime is an awesome toy. I was almost tempted to buy another one and paint it to mimmic his G1-coloring style.

Pics of the upcoming TF: Encore figures:

http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid=193547

Im not sure if I want to pick them up, considering I already have all four figures. Packaging looks nice though.

Elements of recent Hollywood movies that I saw:

  1. Epic scope (they always make the big budgeted movies like this), with its landscape and everything - check

  2. Epic music, which means Hans Zimmer (or someone who can generate a similar tune) will be hired - check

  3. Pro democracy stance (theme), which will put emphasis on the individual’s right to make a choice (often gray in nature, as opposed to the black and white nature of morality based on some mainstream religions). This will, in a way, pseudo-intellectualize the film. - check

  4. Exaggerate number three further but putting in contemporary themes like incorporating concepts from the war on terror, etc. - check

  5. Incorporate humor, even if we’re unsure if it will blend with the epic scope of the movie, since humor is always entertaining (cough Pirates cough Caribbean cough) - check

In case of Michael Bay’s rendition:

  1. There will be an pre-apocalyptic scenario, and expect some asteroids - check.

  2. Heck, maybe expect an Armageddon-ish music as well - check

  3. To make things more thrilling, expect to see some governmet officials getting to upbeat on the pre-apocalyptic scenario to make the apocalyptic scenario worldwide in scope - check.

  4. Expect the film to be instantly zoomed in from its epic scope once the focus becomes two lovers who are seemed to be too coerced to play a key role in the grander scope of things. - check.

The verdict:
It doesn’t matter how much the movie follows all-the-known rules when you see Starscream transform in mid air and beat the hell ***************. LOL! You know the movie is going to rock and you’re going to buy the Leader Class Optimus Prime figure. LOL!

Edit: Can’t put spoiler tags.

Also saw leader class prime and megs…must hold onto money!!! Moving in a month!!!

Agent Guile - Spoilers and movie discussion in the movie thread. Should be on the next page, if not, just search it.

^It got closed by Javi, he said that non-US folk like AG and I should wait for the Stateside opening (and maybe the movie thread will be reopened).

This is from the '86 movie. A lot of ā€˜what the fuck’ moments:

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I honestly think the last hour of this movie was done by Koreans.

I am going to remind you bitches - NO SPOILERS UNTIL TOMORROW!

I don’t know if the new TF animated series has been discussed but some things have been confirmed, others hinted at. A voice cast is already out

Bumblebee - Bumper Robinson (apparently in a Chris Rock-esque performance)
Bulkhead - Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick from Spongebob)
Prowl - Jeff Bennett
Ultra Magnus - also Jeff Bennett
Arcee - Susan Blu (also the voice director, she was also Arcee in G1)
Blackarachnia - Cree Summer
Jazz - Phil Lamarr (for those of you who were asking)
Corey Burton - Shockwave (he was G1 Shockwave too)
Tom Kenny - A Constructicon (Tom Kenny is Spongebob, among many other roles)
A garbage truck (Junkion?) - ā€œWeird Alā€ Yankovic
Lugnut (David Kaye)
Starscream (Tom Kenney)
Ratchet (Corey Burton)
Prime (David Kaye)

Yeah for Corey Burton who originally voiced Shockwave, hopefully it’s comic shockwave though. David Kaye is good, he voiced Megatron in BW, as well as Kim in the Fatal Fury anime. We got Green Lantern voicing Jazz, aw hells yeah! Then Ultra Magnus/Prowl is a voice actor from Gargoyles who voiced Brooklyn, Owen Burnett and the Magus.

^Well, the voice cast sounds nice at least. Too bad everything else looks like a train wreck, but I guess we’ll see how it all plays out.

Can we actually just say no spoilers in this thread at all? Japan doesn’t get the movie until August. :sad:

@Az

How does that work (or perhaps, ā€œwhyā€ would be a better keyword)? That’s weird, especially since the rest of Asia got it a week ahead of the States. :B

I dunno. Japan’s usually behind America on a lot of movies. If it’s something really big, they might get it at the same time. We actually got Spider-Man 3 a few days before America. But we didn’t get 300 until the beginning of June.

Also Arcee seems to do a voice of someone for every Transformers series. IIRC she was Transmutate in Beast Wars too.

I just saw it…me and my buisness partner JULIO were cruiseing threw ATLANTIC STATION and some girl from DUBAI gave us a free pass to the early screening with 95.5 THE BEAT ( a local radio station) …before the movie the radio personalties had trivia… i awnsered one question correct and got a 95.5 THE BEAT shirt (lame)…but the movie was freaking incredible…the best action iver ever seen in a movie…it doesnt surpass the DARTH MAUL fight scene but it does deliver big time and rivals it since its alot of CDG…the movie rocked!!!

My only gripes is not haveing the orginal MEGATRON voice…the pluses…FUCKING STARSCREAM!!! he rocked…andy DECEPTICON that is a jet is my hero

I just saw the movie…I ain’t gonna spoil anything…but…it was TOTAL GREATNESS.

Argh…one…more…month. :sad:

I should pull a 1987 and go to the movie with a Transformer toy in hand.