I hope none of you are pissed, but I don't consider the fact that Bumblebee and Shia the Beef (long time since I've mentioned him) are going to be in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen as spoilers. And I also don't consider Bumblebee's new robot mode a spoiler as much as I consider it good news. Coupled with the RotF Optimus Prime figure from a few weeks ago, it looks like Hasbro has convinced Bay to let the 'Formers' robot modes look slightly like their vehicle modes, which not only makes them more identifiable, but is a pleasant nod to the fans, who will be the ones shelling out the millions of dollars to see this thing.
Actually, what I'm actually most impressed with is the fact that Bumblebee comes with a Shia figure which actually fits into his driver's seat. Are there any other Transformers toys with that feature, or is this the first? I'm guessing there had to be, but I have no idea what it would have been. Also, leaving the Beef inside the car while Bumblebee transforms clearly would result in Shia gruesome death by crushing, which is also kind of awesome in its own right. (Via 16bit)
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Templar said:
What scale is Sam there? 1/18th or so?
jammer said:
thank u great post
made think alot
jammer said:
thank u great post
made think alot
Esahn said:
Does the Mickey Transformer count as a transformer that lets a figure fit inside? Because I'm sure It's figure could fit in the cab.
justin from vegas said:
The RotF could be to Transformers as Empire Strikes Back is to Star Wars...
Fixing design problems? More Robots? Soundwave? (the real)Devestator?
I'm on board, hell I might even see your Friday the 13th Bay just as thanks for the outside chance I won't see another peeing Autobot...
Winzerous said:
The Transformers Headmasters / Targetmasters could sit in the drivers seat / pilot seat / whatever.
I was going to say most of the Gen 1 Transformers could but they never came with the people once they hit the states.
Red Frenzy said:
For those who haven't noticed yet Megatron is in the background of the front packaging. His design is similiar to the "tank mode" concept art found not to long ago, just look at the small bit of leg that can barely be seen it looks like treads.
Hachiko said:
I wonder if there'll be a button to make the car version play snippets of "Baby come back", "Sexual healing" and "Who's gonna drive you home"...
CTrees said:
This is for Rob, and anyone else who is imagining Bumblebee transforming with the beef still in the driver's seat: http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF156-Disassemble.gif
Strangeman said:
I think one of the biggest disapointments about Transformer figures when I was a kid (aside from how easy it was to lose their guns, hands, etc.) was the fact that they had these driver seats and nothing to put into them. I know they're fucking robots and don't need to have drivers, but then they don't need to transform back and forth from cars either.
The Star Wars Transformers all have mini-figures, so it's kind of sad that Star Wars Transformers have one-uped the originals, even if the figures are crappy-looking things with their feet joined together. "The Beef" looks like a real actiion figue at least and he "intereacts" with the car, perhaps sexually. For all he knows, Bumblebee's robot penis could be the steering wheel.
LBD "Nytetrayn" said:
Strangeman> The newer Star Wars TFs lack the mini figures, sadly.
Learned of this when I found out the Marvel part of the line lacked them, too. I wanted a little Iron Man to work with the TF one.
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
Captain Flunky said:
I have well founded policy of not having any "Beef products" in my house, but I might get this if that little shit gets horribly mangled if you leave him in the car when it transforms.
pumpkinguts said:
Bumblebee is a goddamn VW Beetle, I won't hear of any of this new fangled shit. Oh yeah Fuck "The Beef"!
pumpkinguts said:
Bumblebee is a goddamn VW Beetle, I won't hear of any of this new fangled shit. Oh yeah Fuck "The Beef"!
pumpkinguts said:
Bumblebee is a goddamn VW Beetle, I won't hear of any of this new fangled shit. Oh yeah Fuck "The Beef"!
Justin from Vegas said:
even if you said it 4 times, your beef is with the former perveyors of hitler's personal vehicles for not wanting their icon car associated with "war toys"...
Strangeman said:
OMFG: New Fan-Fic idea: Tranformers vs. Hitler.
JohnMatrix said:
CTrees: you magnificent bastard! I was just thinking the same thing.
CTrees said:
Oh, no, Strangeman... It could only ever be Transformers having sex with Hitler.
Though for size reasons it'd probably have to be either Mini-cons or Headmasters. Or possibly the tapes the old (read: cool) style Soundwave had. And, now I'm stuck with images of Frenzy and Rumble doubleteaming the Fuhrer. Great, time to drink.
zsasz said:
id only buy this under the circumstances that the shia figure has a voodoo doll curse on it, so that i may rip his head off and prevent him from ruining anything ever again.
feckineejit said:
I really want to see bumblebee transform, throw shia in the air, fumble, crush him and then commit suicide.
zuzubo said:
I don't care for Bay, but you can blame/praise Hasbro for the character designs. They call the shots with the property (like which bots are to appear or dictating release dates). Make no mistake, they might be 90 minutes long, but Bay is still just directing big-ass commercials.
PS -- I'm all for transformers vs. Hitler, as long as it's the Japanese pimp-style Hitler from an earlier post.
Dave Ross said:
Alright, that's it, what the fuck is up with all this hate on Shia Leboufe?
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