Transformers Info on the upcoming Neo-G1 line...

[Dave McFly]

whoa, holy sh--, er sorry thats friggin sweet, I WANT him SOOO bad

 

[Jochimus]

About 3/4 down this thread are pics of the packaging mock-ups (and yes, those are just placeholder figures):
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?page=213&t=1899011#758288632

Would have liked to have seen more retro-style packaging, but at least they used the old Transformers logo.

 

[1987olds442]

 

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[blind_fury]

Hot Rod Design Concept Drawings from tfw2005...

I hope the TFs look like this in the movie.

 

[blind_fury]

Bad ass!

 

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[Jochimus]

Yup. It's official now. I'll be poor by Valentine's Day.

Optimus is pretty spot-on to what I was hoping for, even sans trailer. Hot Rod looks cool too, even with that funky weird blue weapon thing. Astrotrain's O.K. And by the looks of Starscream, I'll probably be bypassing the Masterpiece Screamer...or at least make a good effort to.

Megatron...hmm. The green and orange are interesting, and the whole alt-mode is Nerf-looking, but that big orange-tipped barrel and the purple seem to suggest that he's gone from being G1 Megatron to Galvatron to being warped back into some kind of Super Megatron. Still, in comparison to the versions of Megatron we've been getting so far, I'd say it could have been worse.

 

[1987olds442]

Yup. It's official now. I'll be poor by Valentine's Day.

I hear you there

Megatron...hmm. The green and orange are interesting, and the whole alt-mode is Nerf-looking, but that big orange-tipped barrel and the purple seem to suggest that he's gone from being G1 Megatron to Galvatron to being warped back into some kind of Super Megatron. Still, in comparison to the versions of Megatron we've been getting so far, I'd say it could have been worse.

I think a little black paint can fix the orange parts

Both Prime and Megatron remind me of their Actionmaster counter parts in their bot modes.

 

[1987olds442]

http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=news&newsid=70BEDAAE-D56F-E112-412B14A6033C14A1

 

[1987olds442]

Lazerbeak over at www.tfw2005.com did a digibash of Megatron which looks really nice

 

[1987olds442]

Classics Bumblebee

 

[Jochimus]

Classics Bumblebee

If the 'Bee is any indicator, I'm definitely going after Jetfire.

 

[Crimson Dynamo]

Classics Bumblebee

He looks f***ing great, he really does.

It's time we let go of the whole VW Beetle issue. If Volkswagon don't want to play ball, then that's their tough luck.
They're missing out on all kinds of advertising opportunities here.
Bumblebee doesn't have to have a VW alt mode to be cool, and the TF fans should realise this.

 

[Oerwinde]

He looks f***ing great, he really does.

It's time we let go of the whole VW Beetle issue. If Volkswagon don't want to play ball, then that's their tough luck.
They're missing out on all kinds of advertising opportunities here.
Bumblebee doesn't have to have a VW alt mode to be cool, and the TF fans should realise this.

Most TF fans have accepted that VW won't let go of their nazi past even though like 99.9% of the world population has no idea of their connection. And I don't even understand their problem, they were one of the few good things the nazi's did. Create a company that made cars that even poor people could afford, nothing wrong with that. Anyway, as I was saying, most TF fans have accepted that VW are going to be jerks and not let BB be a bug, but as long as he's a little compact car we're happy. So bam, this version is a little compact car, so I'm happy. Not happy with movie muscle car BB. This one is a-ok though.

 

[Jochimus]

So bam, this version is a little compact car, so I'm happy. Not happy with movie muscle car BB. This one is a-ok though.

Well, between some of the strange steps Alternators has taken (Grimlock and Ravage as cars, for one) and a lot of rumblings about the movie (Bumblebee 'talking' through the music on his radio, etc.), I already have a feeling that this line is going to be the closest we'll get to proper G1 homages. An in as much as I'd like Hasbro to move beyond dubbed crapime and try to bring something new to the table again, G1 and Beast Wars were the only parts of the TF franchise that had any characters anybody gave a sh** about.

On the plus side, if the movie fails, Hasbro may want to rethink packing in the Classics after next summer.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Damn those look nice

 

[1987olds442]

Classic Grimlock Color guide

 

[Calvin]

What the prices projected to be on these things? God those look fantastic.

 

[1987olds442]

This line is only going to be Deluxe and Mega sizes;

Deluxe sizes are $10 US
Mega sizes are $20 US

 

[Calvin]

I can live with that after that damn 20th anniversary prime being too expensive for me to buy (still).

 

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