Beast Hunters Premiere Event (NSF56K)

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Noobicon, Mar 15, 2013.

  1. Noobicon

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    Hello Guys,

    I attended this event yesterday thanks to winning tickets from a link a member posted on this very site. Me and my son had a blast. I believe member Keldroc also attended. Saw the first two episodes of the upcoming Beast Hunters season. Spoilers are located here Link We also got to take pictures with the cast. They were all super friendly and very accessible. The whole red carpet treatment was in full effect. There was also a Q&A Session in which both me and my son go to ask questions.

    Some questions from the Q&A

    Was Transformers Prime always meant to be a 3 season show? Is this what we can expect from future shows? The answer was essentially that the base goal was to hit 65 episodes, the magic number for syndication (13 weeks of five shows per week repeated four times a year...the perfect afternoon rotation), and that they're technically lucky they got to do even that much. If the show hadn't been popular or the toys hadn't moved, it was entirely possible for the show to be canned after one season, so the production team is grateful they got to tell a complete story over the course of a full 65 episode series. - Credit Keldroc for typing that!


    To follow this question, it was revealed to us also by Orci, that Beast Hunters was not added to the third season until they were very deep into production. I believe his exact words were, "we were asked to put in beasts very late into production and also the two characters we had already come up with, somehow still had to fit in"
    (Ultra Magnus, Shockwave)

    A question by Kevin Michael Richardson (Bulkhead)
    I heard there is an African American autobot that is a Cadillac Escalade on the show. When will we see him?" Laughter by the whole audience

    A question by my son
    How come on the show it seems Megatron is always winning against Optimus?
    Frank Welker answered "Because he's Smarter, Stronger, Faster, more resourceful and pretty darn good looking"!

    Interesting tidbit. Nolan North who voices Smokescreen on the show, saw that my son was carrying a Megatron figure and asked my son to get a Smokescreen figure because he was "cool". My son informed him that he had one already. Surprised Nolan said, "What? You have one already? They're out? I don't even have one! I need to ask the PR people here. I'm still waiting on mine! Now I gotta go ask them for one." Guess it pays to check the Sightings threads here on tfw :) 

    At the end of the even there were tables lined up with gift bags. Each gift bag contained a cyberverse Beast Hunters figure. We were able to get Optimus in one bag, and Trailbreaker in the other. A great experience overall!

    Images from the event. I think Dark Energon tainted my sons eyes in all these images.

    Signage
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    Red Carpet
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    Theater
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    Megatron with Megatron
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    The Stage
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    Big Screens All over the place
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    The Candy, The candybars were everywhere. In Energon Colors!
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    Q&A Session
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    Posters Everywhere!
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    Megatron!
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    Smokescreen
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    Bulkhead
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    Raf
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    Knockout
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  2. ErbFan28

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    Looks like you guys had a good time.
     
  3. Niv3k

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    Looks awesome!
     
  4. UltraAlanMagnus

    UltraAlanMagnus See ya!

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    Heh, Nice!
     
  5. SilverOptimus

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    I made a comment in the wrong thread earlier.

    Noobicon, keep this thread Spoiler-Free ok? :) 

    Other members can ask questions on Noobicon's Spoiler Thread. Understood guys? Cool!
     
  6. Dinodigger97

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    HOLY SHIT! THEY GOT CUPCAKES!!!!


    Seriously though, that looks hella fun.
     
  7. Noobicon

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    Will definitely keep it spoiler free!
     
  8. Stygian360

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    Looks like a great time had by all! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the event and interview.
     
  9. worldruined

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    Adorable! ♥
     
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    Just pointing this out... the new Prime looks weird... :L
     
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    Nice!
     
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    New Prime looks like a boss
     
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    There's just so much wrong with this picture.

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    Movie Megatron with Frank Welker in front? Whatisthisidonteven...

    Thanks for the great pics!
     
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    Optimus looks just prime:D 

    I love his new design MUCH better looking.
     
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    Looks like you had a great time.
     
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    lucky!
     
  18. Autovolt 127

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    I wish i could have went.

    Shame on Hasbro for not giving Nolan his Smokescreen. :p 
     
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    There must be justice!!!!