Autobot Edition Camaro at Comic Con?

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Tony_Bacala, Jul 21, 2009.

  1. Cloud Strife

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    i just squirted a little bit. i didn't realize that GM announced a autobot editon! now it makew me want this car even more........
     
  2. tlam

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    ya this is the real deal from GM. My friend works for a distributing company for GM. He does car shows all over Canada. He was telling me that they were shipping a few of these around for the movie and other shows.
     
  3. tomagnus

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    think I need to start playing the lottery..
     
  4. Nutcrusher

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  5. Fit For natalie

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    Some of the comments at Jalopnik make me go "Wait, they actually know Transformers isn't a male-exclusive interest, right?"
     
  6. TriFlow

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    The autobot symbol should have replaced the camaro lettering on the sides. Now it looks all outta place. Still a nice car though!
     
  7. Silverwynde

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    He'll only cry if you don't take him with you. Offer to take him with and he's fine.

    Now if they could add some transforming action, I'd sell internal organs to get him. :drool: 
     
  8. Spekkio

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    I would bet that Galpin Auto Sports, West Coast Customs, or the like could probably make a Camaro transform...at least a little bit. With the crazy stuff that Mad Mike does on "Pimp My Ride," well...nearly anything is possible.
     
  9. OptimusSpanks

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    Does anyone notice that it says Corvette at the top though for the news link.
     
  10. Fuzz

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    I was just about to say the same thing.
     
  11. Turbocharger

    Turbocharger We should get more letter

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    Yet another car I'll never be able to afford :( 
     
  12. Pikatron

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    Hyundai Genesis and Nissan 370Zs FTW! :D 

    That said, that car doesn't seem too movie accurate. The color is a little off - doesn't ROTF BB have a slightly more orange paint?
     
  13. LatinJEM777

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    A GRAND for some silly emblems stuck on a car that wasn't even in the movie? The Transformers text on the hood doesn't look too good either. PASS.

    You could just use that grand towards buying a kit for the ROTF bumper that we all know WILL come out one way or another.
     
  14. David Hingtgen

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    The "special Autobot edition" has the exact same paint as a normal yellow Camaro--they didn't even attempt to match BB. So it's more than a "little" off. It's as different as can be from BB, yet still be called "yellow". It's plain old gloss bright yellow, like you see on Corvettes and Ferraris. Movie BB is a metallic, pearlescent, deep golden orange-yellow. (specifically, it's PBC 30 Sunrise Yellow)

    Also, a simple glance will show that the hood stripes are all wrong too, for BB. They're just the standard stripes that all the other Camaros get. They're not shaped like BB's.

    Not only does paying $$$ not get you BB's paint color, you don't even get a color that you can't get for absolutely free on any other Camaro, nor do you get BB-style stripes. Again--you can do a much more accurate version for much less, by NOT getting the "official" one.
     
  15. LatinJEM777

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    This.

    Now, if the "package" was the ROTF bumper, then it'd be worth $1000 to upgrade!!! :drool: 
     
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    Unbelievable that an actual automobile co-branded with Transformers being sold to the public. To think there were times when the first Knight Rider series aired and people were getting laughed off the lots looking for one precisely like K.I.T.T. I think the times of G1 being the financial golden child of Transformers history are officially passed.
     
  17. David Hingtgen

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    Yeah, but with KITT, you could at least get the exact same color...
     
  18. Afterburner

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    That yellow doesn't look right.
     
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    Now THAT is cool..
     
  20. David Hingtgen

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    'cuz it's not. It's the standard Chevy yellow any Camaro or Aveo can get for free.