I did not film it, but was there. Fillion was discussed, not confirmed. There's a difference. They did not also say that the Bee-speech two parter would end with him speaking, necessarily, as I have also seen erroneously mentioned.

 

Yeah, the article didn't even mention the Starscream clone question. They did say they were toying with the idea right? That got me excited.

 

Wow Shadow where do you get this info? Any toys for the Quints and Dinobots?

 

Which Dinobots? All 5 or only Grimlock and 2 others?

 

nathan filion swet from "CASTLE" he is a funny guy! i hope what ever character he plays will be funny just like Castle!!!!!! cant wait oh

i cant wait for optimus /oriion pax to become a decepticon! and whelljack coming back and the rest my words cant even explain it im in shock!

 

could be

 

I suppose Starscream could team-up with the Combaticons, but he can't build them since their in FOC.

Actually, I think it'd be cool to see a few combiners in season 2: have Starscream team-up with Bruticus, MECH build Devestator, maybe Megs bring in Menasor or Predaking.

 

IF by the inclusion of the Exodus book in the finale is an indication of following a line of history from the books, we could see Bots not autobot or decepticon from Velocitron and Junkion or maybe more planets (as I'm only to the junkion expedition right now). I just dont know why Hasbro puts out Ratchet and Bumblebee, but leaves out the mythos core "A-List" characters like Prowl, Jazz, Hound and Ironhide. Seeing as how even in the books, these are Primes 2nd in command at any given moment. Bulkhead gets a mention in passing, but Arcee is not even in the books. Or the games.
I think its possible to have a larger contingent of Autobots and still maintain the idea of them being on the losing end of the war. Why cant we see a core command group and a hundred or so refugee background characters and "working class" characters. Just land an ARK on earth at the base with refugees, and viola you've added characters AND the drama of protecting them with a now even more rationed supply of energon.

 

The panel was pretty great. They gave us lots of neat info, and almost all of the audience questions were decent. The only time I was embarrassed was when that one guy got his panties in a knot over the exact makeup of the Earth's core.  

My favorite tidbit was the reasoning behind Arcee's color change. Fandom had all these ideas about how they were trying to avoid stereotypes and trying to make girlbot toys more appealing to little boys and whatnot, but the real reason was simply that Jack would look like a loser riding around on a pink bike. So if Miko had been her partner instead, Arcee would probably still be pink...

And the character designer seemed genuinely surprised at the question about Starscream's face-chest. Apparently it IS just a coincidence. Huh.

This would be a good time to post this:



Personally, I see Starscream's physique as more like Anton Ego; the tall skinny pointy villain archetype. But I can see where people get the feminine feel.

Cool, that was you? Kudos for the good question! I wish I had known there was a meetup after the panel.   I bolted after the panel because the 3G connection was such crap down there on the bottom floor.

 

I was trying to make plans to meet up with you on twitter, derr. I wish I knew what you looked like, I was asking random girls at the panel if they were you. XD

 

It will take 5 episodes probably for optimus prime to get his memory back or join the autobots again. I really want to see him playing basketball. That was my favorite moment in G1.

 

Dude..... Awesome news out of the TF: Prime Q&A.
me likey.  

 

Welker would be great, but personally, I'm hoping they somehow recruit Dr. Smoov.  

 

Starscream is sure becoming more & more skinnier as times goes by from G1 till TF Prime series.

 

Season 2 New Characters?

Well, It's good to have Wheeljack be back in Season 2. But I did'nt really like Starscream's looks at the start, he's skinny, feminine and looks like he's wearing high heels. But I got used to it.

Soundwave as a silent character was an excellent idea, he's sneaky and watches over you. Will he have more deployers other than Laserbeak though?

Dreadwing? I hope this is not like what James Avery said that he will be voicing Silverbolt in TF3. But if he really is going to be in the show, man just think how creepy he will be with Tony Todd's voice. 

the backstories will sound interesting, we'll be introduced into a whole universe of Transformers.  

 

I'm hoping that Jetfire will added to the show, because Team Prime really need some air support against Starscream, Dreadwing and the flying Vehicons.