RUMOUR: Animated-influenced toys in 2022

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by GreyMandrill, Oct 19, 2020.

  1. SaberPrime

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    If this is Animated Characters in a G1 style... yes please! I'm not a fan of the weird Animated proportions but I love the characters and would love to see them in a less cartoonishly proportioned style.
     
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    Sad as this will sound Hasbro only knows one language and that's money. When they see something that makes them a lot of money they WILL milk it for all it's worth. In this case they notice a lot of demand for G1 from a lot of folks and they took advantage of it. If we want the same for the rest of the eras that came after G1 then we need to do our part. It's how the G1 crowd got what they wanted anyway. Beggars can't be choosers is what I'm saying.
     
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    Personally, I find the helicopter Megatron in Generations to be fairly implausible for one simple reason. Ever since Hasbro started their evergreen initiative for transformers they've been consistent with most alt modes across toys and media (biggest deviations are Soundwave and Shockwave). They've made a push to have G1 Megatron be presented as primarily a tank since combiner wars. Hell, they've released 6 Megatrons in the last 2 years just to reinforce that. The only way I can see it happening is if they come up with a story reason for him to change, especially if it's supposed to be the same G1 Megatron and not an alt universe version

    Hell, I'm under 35 and love the G1 figures. Watched all the episodes of G1 (including the Takara shows) and am currently making my way through Marvel UK. People should learn to speak for themselves and not everyone :lol 
     
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    I hope we get some figures with an Animated influence, if that means we can get a better, less movie-like Lockdown.
     
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    now I doubt we'd get a TFA line in 2022 but I can see the designs from that show being carried over into generations in the modern aesthetic.

    me personally all I need is
    -voyager lockdown (tall deluxe with a lot of accessories)
    -leader/commander lugnut (with realistic bomber mode)
    -leader blackout
    -leader strika
    -tall deluxe oil slick
    -slipstream (wish we had gotten a repaint in siege)
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    There’s this great artist on Instagram called @lekslazer and this is exactly how I’d think generations animated figures would look like
     
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    You wouldve like me to say hey its those shitty fucking designs no thanks?
     
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    for this occasion...HAIL LORD MEGATRON!!!!
     
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    Well we should consider the 3 year cycle in which Hasbro changes things up, they are due. Cyberverse and WFC will be done. Why not do a (slightly) new direction? I say slightly because I think the G1 (Primax) aesthetic is here to stay, I mean even the live action movies are Primax now.

    My guess is we will see WFC missing slots continue to be filled (ER Sideswipe, Blitzwing, Octane, more BW, etc.), but Move onto homaging renditions of ‘A’ and ‘B’ list characters from other universes as well.

    I mean come on I would love to see a black Top-kick pickup with red accents Ironhide or a motorcycle ninja strike Prowl, etc.
     
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    wait guys I just realized.... CORE CLASS SARI, CORE CLASS SARI, CORE CLASS SARI.
     
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    I'm referring to the majority obviously..
     
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    Oh I'm definitely not opposed to it, I'm just saying that G1 Megatron has been a tank now for 6 years, that's the most consistent his alt mode has ever been, and it's across multiple forms of media too. Any design that looks close to G1 Megatron in bot mode has turned into a tank. Now granted, there's a new person in charge of the design team, so it's definitely possible things will change, it just seems like they've made an effort to actually give Megatron a definite alt mode without making him a gun whereas before CW he changed alt mode and overall designs on a yearly basis for the most part
     
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    Give me Headmaster sized humans with Diaclone articulation and exosuits shells for $6.99 or give me death! Well not death, but you get the idea :D 

    A new designer is a good point.
     
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    I'm under 20 and I love the look of the G1 designs, I just also want some stuff from the Transformers I watch when I was a kid as well.
    As long as a new alt-mode for Megs isn't a gun in-universe I'm fine with something new other than a Tank.
     
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    i'd pay core class price for them. Sari would prolly be in-between micromaster and cliffjumper size, plus she's gonna need the extra articulation and detail.
     
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    Come on.
    Be the brutally honest guy you want to be.
     
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    If this indeed happens, hook it directly into my veins. I've wanted a G1-ified Animated Megs since... well, Animated.
     
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    10 times better than the design on your profile photo HAHA
     
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    My son likes Season 3 (although I haven't shown him dark awakening because I like sleeping next to my wife).
     
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    The problem is G1 is THE TRANSFORMERS, and the strategy for the foreseeable future is to continue to build on that until it stops selling. Anything that is not G1 will either be eaten by it or be forgotten.

    Till All are G-One :p . Jokes aside I think this is not a bad thing! It’s how you get RID Magnus vehicle mode, Galaxy Upgrade Optimus, WFC Kingdom, etc.
     
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