BotCon 2014 Hasbro Brand Team Toy Panel Live!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Mechafire, Jun 21, 2014.

  1. Backpack

    Backpack G1 forever.

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    It was very telling, the silence when they were showing off the AOE stuff during the panel. Arcee, Brainstorm, and Megatron all got great reactions. What I really wanted to see was how the crowd reacted to the new voyager Prime....... but that seemed to have been cut from the video.
     
  2. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    That does not surprise me in the least. It would make sense if they only showed the positive reactions.
     
  3. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    Btw, who is the helicopter silhouette supposed to be? Blades, a new Evac?
     
  4. orangeitis

    orangeitis All orange, all the time. Looks infectious.

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    I'm hoping for Blades or an Earth-mode Vortex. Preferably not both if repaint/remold of each other.
     
  5. pegasusprime

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    my prediction for leader class , jetfire would sell preetty well , the double trouble bad , so hasbro would give up on the leader or made a impresive wanted character on that size to gain again the trust of collector but not a new megatron since then they would over saturate the market with one character
     
  6. Lazerwave

    Lazerwave My Most Prized Treasure

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    I'm watching the Airealbots first appearance right now. I hope they look like those designs.
     
  7. Onslaught24

    Onslaught24 GATTAI Moderator News Staff

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    Bruticus was just outside of the simplified figures announcement. Or at least at the very very beginning. But I didn't say Hasbro's current budget reflects the simplified lines. I honestly don't know what's prompting that directly. But what I was saying is that Bruticus's quality was a reflection of Hasbro's budget back in 2011-2012 and lack of experience with combiners.

    EDIT: Also didn't see that MP Sideswipe was coming to the US. Can't wait to grab him! And I'm glad to see Superion at least has decent elbows. Hoping for wrist articulation. Though I'm not sure I like the looks of that claw looking hand just under his gun...
     
  8. orangeitis

    orangeitis All orange, all the time. Looks infectious.

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    My first thought was that he just had really long fingernails.
     
  9. femmebotfangirl

    femmebotfangirl Banned

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    Bruticus isn't bad for what it is, happy with my Grimlock vs Bruticus set. Hopefully that experience and better budgets will mean better combiners not worse.
     
  10. Hollywood Hoist

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    Both Fun Pub and Hasbro asks there to be no photos and when people break those rules, then it will keep Hasbro from wanting to show us sneak peeks.

    It's a no brainer.

    However if Hasbro is fine with these links being posted then that's news to me.
     
  11. Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh Mostly Harmless

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    wat
     
  12. Bigbot3030

    Bigbot3030 Well-Known Member

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    The original Superion was skinny/lanky. This seems to fit right in. Isn't G1 the gold standard for "everyone"?
     
  13. LegendAntihero

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    It sucked when they wouldn't let us take pictures during the panel
     
  14. peaces

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    i prefer uranos. he looks awesome.
     
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    I'd like to know, too. Vangelus mentioned that it was pretty obvious to most people in the room at the time. Of course, it's hard for us of those who weren't there to see it, since the pictures online are fairly small and not the best in quality.

    I originally thought it looked like Evac, but then I started thinking about the shape (more angled than rounded) and the backpack (doesn't really look like a simple rotor), and I started to see Airachnid. If we get a new Deluxe Airachnid, that would be great.

    But man, there is a ton of hate in this thread, as well as misinformed or just plain dumb people. You're allowed to have an opinion, but dammit, don't be a hater just because you're ignorant. Or just don't be a hater.
     
  16. Cast

    Cast Roll the dice

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