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A pair of eBay auctions have given us our first look at the Transformers Hero Mashers Sideswipe and Steeljaw. Based on the new series Robots in Disguise – coming in 2015 to cartoon network – these two along with Bumblebee make up wave 3 of the “basic” sized Hero Mashers. Check out the images of both figures after the break.
Renieloid
YeSS I WILL BUY THESE
MrMunkeepants
not a fan of either of these (or most Mashers, or the new RID aesthetic), but I do hope they do a nice version of RID Grimlock!
Autovolt 127
I was being serious in that guess. :/
That's probably the most flattering comparison i've seen so far.
RodimusZero
I honestly hope it fails and only lasts a season. Feel like this garbage is really off the mark all over the board. Animated was cartoony, sure, but all the designs had really distinctive character, and it felt really fresh. People are right about all the flat pentagon chests. that and the large flat surfaces on legs/shoulders void of any detail whatsoever. I mean, yeah, paint on toys is getting expensive as hell thanks to rising Chinese and Vietnamese labor costs and all, but I feel like these designs are just total copouts… Using a limited color palette is fine and all, but I feel like robots should have more detail. These aren't people in tights after all.
VictoryLeo19
No worries then. Consider the show canceled by the end of 2015.
Next?………
Novaburnhilde
Neat.
I think one of the reasons why I like Sideswipe in this series so much is because he reminds me of Vash the stampede from Trigun.
SPLIT LIP
Shockwave was always based on Evil Spock, but the mad scientist "I exist only to create characters more interesting than me" thing is a grievous mis-use of the character. He's kind of just a stooge who does things for dumb reasons.
GreednGluttony
Pretty cool actually
supernova222
i bought one of the steeljaws, looks like it might be a cool early addition to my future RID shelf
wow, someones out of the loop, they are only showing rescue bots on there, RID is going to be on CN, thta came out like a month ago man.
shockwave2010
When did cartoon network get the transformers cartoon, I thought discovery Channel had a deal with Hasbo for that stuff.
bman29
Nah I gathered that, but I don't put anything past the writers anymore to come up with something like that.
Yeah, I kind of liked what they did with Shockwave. The evil Spock/mad scientist angle, but the route they took with the more beastly TFs being extinct sub-species seemed lame when Dinobots were around and mentioned.
It wasn't like previous series where all types of TFs were running about. I throw that into the group that Autobots can't fly or why we haven't seen any air based Autobots in any of the modern series.
bman29
The nose thing never really bothered me all that much. It was a design choice. They may have tried the designs with them and they didn't look right. TF Prime was just an evolution of the movies and Animated styles blended.
They are aliens, I never expected them to look entirely like humans in appearance.
SPLIT LIP
I think he was being sarcastic, because that doesn't explain Optimus, Bumblebee, and Strongarm also having the same black window chests.
I think it's just repetative design. Also, holy shit do I feel bad for Shockwave. Once the leader of the Decepticons and the Universes' executioner, and now he's been reduced to the guy who makes animal Transformers in the eyes of fans, because animal TFs can't possibly exist without someone's tampering.
Noideaforaname
Yeah, it's going to be real pointless to swap around everyone's parts if all that's changing is the color…
bman29
Its possible. Just not sure of the what looks like all the baddies on this show from previews are all animal/beast based. It would lead credence that Shockwave designed them, if related to Predacons in origins.
I'm curious if they give a time frame of how long (months, years)its been since the previous show ended.
Autovolt 127
Maybe….I hope so. He could be a pretty good character. Maybe he's like a noble character?
Perhaps they were all designed by Shockwave?
Esquilax79
lol Justin Bieberswipe… it does kinda have the hair.
I'd accept more characters looking like Shockwave if they brought noses back.
bman29
I'm keeping an open mind to the new series till I have seen it, but why is Justin Bieberswipe in this? I know Sideswipe just not Bieberswipe.
Also, I hope not all of if not most of the characters are not sporting the Shockwave/window chest look that seems to be repetitive look on these designs. Must be the new nose-less face gimmick.
SPLIT LIP
Since when is Steeljaw Bumblebee?
Bass X0
G1 Steeljaw is. This is not G1.