Transformers Animated: Show clips and action figures.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-07-29 12:54am

San Diego Comic Con is a gold mine for new Transformers info.

Clips of the coming animated series.

Some Movie and Classics 2.0 figures. Animated figure pics start on page 3.

Holy shit those figures are awesome. And the show looks pretty decent, too.

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-07-29 01:04am

Oh god...

It looks like Ben Ten... Or any of CNs other series in the last four years... That bad "we wish we were anime" look... (Works for B10... but god it didn't for TTs and I don't think it will for Transformers...)

The facial expression just... looks so wrong... >_<

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-07-29 01:16am

It's by the same people who did Ben 10.

And it looks great, what are you talking about. A heck of a lot better than the "blocky budget CG robot" look of the past few cartoons.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2007-07-29 01:19am

I wasn't a fan of the static designs when they first leaked it online, but I have to admit seeing it animated it really looks much better than I expected.

And I'm surprised that they made transforming toys out of them since the designs look too simplistic for actual transformation.

Andrew_Fireborn · Post by **Andrew_Fireborn** » 2007-07-29 01:35am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:It's by the same people who did Ben 10.

And it looks great, what are you talking about. A heck of a lot better than the "blocky budget CG robot" look of the past few cartoons.

I'd gathered...

It's not the action, the style is very condusive to action, and they've seemingly put alot of effort into it...

Specifically, the bit where (I assume) Prime says 'think of it as an upgrade'; Starscream's(?) grin and a couple of other things...

Watched it again, and not quite as bad as the innitial reaction... still, not sure I like the facial expressions... but it may be worth a try. Likely won't be any worse than the CGI/Animated Armada series they've been playing. Then again... I don't watch much on their daytime since they stopped showing Courage regularly.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-07-29 01:55am

Those are some nice looking toys.

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2007-07-29 07:30am

I want that Leader Class Brawl, looks awesome.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2007-07-29 10:05am

Looks like they're taking the "guns are bad, m'kay." approach for the most part. Other then that, look pretty good. Glad to see my favorite Dinobot, Slag is back in action.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2007-07-29 10:14am

I just don't like that little girl.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-07-29 12:52pm

I don't like any of this. Pure crap. Pure unadulterated crap. The toys themselves are horrible. They look like they've been raped by a compactor. The only thing I saw that I liked was the toy for Nightwatch Optimus but even then WTF!?! What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?

Gimme the G-1 and Beast Wars Transformers any day over the current shitstains (except of course the movie too. ).

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-29 01:33pm

Enigma wrote:What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?

Nemesis Prime homage.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-07-29 01:34pm

SAMAS wrote:
Enigma wrote:What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?
Nemesis Prime homage.

*blink* wha?

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-29 01:35pm

Andrew_Fireborn wrote:Oh god...

It looks like Ben Ten... Or any of CNs other series in the last four years... That bad "we wish we were anime" look... (Works for B10... but god it didn't for TTs and I don't think it will for Transformers...)

*shrugs* Transformers has always been roughly half-anime in the first place.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-07-29 01:36pm

Why can't they do a pure CGI transformers show like Beast Wars but with G-1 transformers?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-07-29 01:42pm

Enigma wrote:
SAMAS wrote:
Enigma wrote:What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?
Nemesis Prime homage.
*blink* wha?

Evil Optimus. It's a catch-all name, I think.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-29 01:46pm

Enigma wrote:
SAMAS wrote:
Enigma wrote:What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?
Nemesis Prime homage.
*blink* wha?

Namesis Prime/(anybody named Scourge past G1) is basically the idea of an evil Optimus Prime. The original "Evil Prime" Scourge(Black Convoy) appeared in Robots in Disguise, as the leader of a group of Autobots that were reprogrammed by the Predacons to be bad guys, thus calling themselves the Decepticons. IIRC, RiD Scourge was a dark grey and black repaint of an Generation 2 Optimus Prime toy.

In Transformers: Armada, during the second half of the story, several Autobots were attacked by Nemesis Prime, a creation of Sideways, which was an evil clone of Optimus. This bot had an artifact in it's body called the Doomstone, which basically fed off the pain, despair, and such of those Nemesis Prime killed. The Doomstone was later used in an attempt to destroy the Minicons' Linkage, turning them back into mindless weapons. A Nemesis Prime toy was released as a black, blue, and grey/silver repaint of Armada Prime.

A Nemesis Prime appeared in Transformers: Universe, as an alternate version of Optimus Prime from a universe conquered by Unicron. He was a repaint of Big Convoy from Beast Wars Neo.

A Nemesis Prime, created by Dr. Arkeville in an attempt to take over the Decepticons, was made for Transformers: Alternators. He was, naturally, a black and blue repaint of Alternators Optimus Prime.

In Transformers: Cybertron/Galaxy Force, Scourge(Flame Convoy) is the Evil Prime.

In short, whenever an Optimus Prime toy is released, there's a roughly 50-60% chance that one or both of two repaints will be made:

A white and blue for Ultra Magnus, or a black and teal/tan one for Nemesis Prime.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-29 01:49pm

Enigma wrote:Why can't they do a pure CGI transformers show like Beast Wars but with G-1 transformers?

Because trying to cater to an ever-shrinking and ever-more cynical fanbase is a losing business proposition.

As long as it holds to some of the core features that define "Transfomers", we should at least be willing to give it a shot.

In other words: Try judging Transformers on its own merits, not by how close it resembles Generation 1.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-07-29 03:32pm

Aaron Ash wrote:I want that Leader Class Brawl, looks awesome.

I prefer the original coloring of him, which should be hitting stores soon.

Enigma wrote:What is the explanation for the "AllSpark Power" and the black and blue colour for Optimus?

"Allspark Power" is the name for the continuation of the movie line through late 2007 till the end. Nothing more, nothing less.

The blue Optimus Prime is a leader-class repaint exclusive to UK retailer Argos.

Why can't they do a pure CGI transformers show like Beast Wars but with G-1 transformers?

The last two Transformers shows were CG and they were crap. Animation medium does not equal instant quality show.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-07-29 05:27pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Enigma wrote:Why can't they do a pure CGI transformers show like Beast Wars but with G-1 transformers?
The last two Transformers shows were CG and they were crap. Animation medium does not equal instant quality show.

What were the last two shows?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-07-29 05:30pm

Enigma wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Enigma wrote:Why can't they do a pure CGI transformers show like Beast Wars but with G-1 transformers?
The last two Transformers shows were CG and they were crap. Animation medium does not equal instant quality show.
What were the last two shows?

Energon and Cybertron. CGI robots mixed with drawn anime. Nothing like the greatness that was Beast Wars.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-07-29 06:05pm

Bounty wrote:Energon and Cybertron. CGI robots mixed with drawn anime. Nothing like the greatness that was Beast Wars.

Well I would like another Beast Wars type CGI show but with G-1.

Redleader34 · Post by **Redleader34** » 2007-07-29 06:39pm

Loli transformers? This that I may have to get used to, otherise it seems good. It doesn't seem Animeish, as its art is too blocky and square to be the "LOL JAPAN" type. It will probaly be good, but if the speculatioon is correct, it may be a rescue heroes Transformers mixed in with some Armada style space related plot.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-07-29 07:23pm

That animation style doesn't do a whole lot for me, and the whole "Optimus Prime wielding a SPACE AXE" thing turns me off. Bleh. Oh well; I was never a huge Transformers fan to begin with.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-07-29 07:48pm

The toys look good. I'd like to get my hands on the new Blitzwing.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-07-29 07:54pm

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:Looks like they're taking the "guns are bad, m'kay."

Considering how damn useless guns were in G1 (no one can even hit the broad side of a barn), I'm hoping we'll see more dynamic combat scenes in the new cartoon.