An auction by Taobao seller EasyNet suggests that the name of the recently revealed Movie Scout with a red car vehicle mode is called Detour. Previous reports have suggested that the name of the figure was Dead End. No confirmation has been made regarding the name of the figure, so any name is speculation at this point.
airfox
Don't know why, but that quote reminded me of Armada "Ultra Magnus".
Exactly. People. The protos and testshots sellers always used Starscream.
-airfox
GenZhao
damn he sold out
Nevermore
That's more a case of ignorant fans than sellers having 1337 contacts.
As I said before, Hasbro displayed blue Starscream at SDCC 2007 and identified him as "Starscream". Doesn't take a leap really.
Baltan
Transformers: ROTF Scout Class Flyface McLipschitz. You heard it here first!
Peaugh
Well, the seller I got him from is usually correct, and he says Dead End. Ultimately it's not that big of a deal, I think the figure stands or falls on it's own merits. Since the character's likely not even appearing in the film anyway, who cares if it's Dead End or Detour or Flyface McLipschitz?
Railguard
This guy I might just get, still want to see it in person though.
0R10N P4X
Well, people couldn't get Starscream right the first time around.
"He's blue! He's blue! Thundacracka! Thundacracka!"
Detour
I'd prefer Dead End for two obvious reasons (1: Detour's my username and 2: I love Dead End and it'd be great to see him in movie designs).
One thing I have to point out, while Micromaster Detour is a Corvette Indy sportscar, Detour/Dead End/Laserbeak/Swerve (why the hell not? We've had tons of generic red sportscar TFs named Swerve in recent years!) is a Peugeot 9009 concept car: Peugeot 9009 – Google Image Search
There's also the possibility that the Chinese auctioneer picked the name based on the altmode similarities, rather than through official confirmation of the name.
Yeah, because identifying Animated Skywarp or Universe Cyclonus is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch a challenge.
Ghostofmegatron
Dettor, Dead End, they both sound like great names.
saberconvoy
Detour
ok now im confused. how can you get detour from a Transformer that has Lazerbeak like head.
Nevermore
… you don't need to get a name "licensed". You just need to be able to trademark it.
The last "Dead End" toy by Hasbro was… Universe Unicron's Mini-Con companion just a few months ago.
Autovolt 127
i kidna like dead end but if it's detour it detour…we won'yt know until packaged samples come out.
Rhinox555
Ah, i assumed it would be Yizhi.
Rhinox555
That alt mode is a Chevrolet, backing up the possibility even more. (As we all know how much Hasbro loves promoting them Chevys)
Also, taking a look at G1 Detour's bot mode, they appear to have similiar chests.
0R10N P4X
Not speculation, Peaugh got the info straight from the seller, and that seller is not Yizhi.
Rhinox555
Mind you that Yizhi only referred to it as Dead End because fans were already referring to it as Dead End out of speculation.
He is also still convinced that Universe Ravage's name is "dog".
If the figure isn't Detour though, i'll definately repaint it into Detour.
Starscreamer95
Maybe Hasbro cant get the name lisenced?
konichan
Upper Middle Class Gated Community!
Nevermore
Dude, congratulations. You just scored a full bingo.
0R10N P4X
You tell me! Ok, probably after. You win.