Amph The Transformers. More than meets the eye!

I didn't watch the International trailer for BumbleBee because I'm already sold on this film. I have alot of faith in Travis Knight to give this film a lot of heart and a well told story with memorable characters. I mean, there's so many shades of The Iron Giant and E.T., that made me want to see this film over Aquaman. And therefore, BumbleBee will actually be a real character with a real story arc. Moreover, it's very doubtful this film with have potty humor and racial stereotypes. Can't wait to see BumbleBee.

 

Technically, only a small handful were ever confirmed as being dead or altered. Most of the other deaths were scripted and story boarded, but never animated. Later toy lines, comics and cartoons would contradict some of these deaths. Or outright established who did live and who did die.

One p for Kup.

The first film indicated that the Autobots names were often code names. Optimus indicates as much when introducing his team. It would be understandable since logically, Jazz and Bumblebee as names wouldn't make sense as they're Earth terminology.

 

I saw Windcharger dead, and that was the first Transformer toy I ever owned, because I remember the diecast were too expensive and the minibots were always so out of the yellow Bumblebee. I usually saw a yellow Cliffjumper or red Bumblebee. The first diecast transformer I owned was Trailbreaker. Which was disappointing because he was rarely featured in the cartoon and I don't recall him in the movie.

 

Yeah, Windcharger was one of my first ones as well. I had decided that because my toy collection was really small in 86, that I would just ignore his death and the conversion of the Insecticons into the Sweeps and Cyclonus. No big loss there, as to the alternate colored Cliffjumper and Bumblebee were just expansions done by Hasbro to make the toyline look bigger than it was.



The red Bumblebee would later be given a name, Volks. Brazilian and Mexican toy companies, Esterla and IGA, used those colors and additional ones for the releases in their markets. The latter toy company's designs wound up being sold in Europe in later years. As to Trailbreaker, he was another one of the story boarded victims. His body was to be seen when the Decepticons retreat from Autobot City. But in a different draft, he was scripted as surviving and staying behind with Blaster and Inferno, in order to cover the escaping Autobot shuttles. This was to explain why the 84 and 85 characters weren't seen much during the middle part of the film, like Soundwave who disappeared after the coronation scene. Actually, a lot of the 85 Autobots didn't make it into the film. Grapple and Beachcomber were the only ones besides the Dinobots, Perceptor and Blaster, to appear. Inferno's one line of dialogue was recorded, but he was never animated into the film.

As to being in the show, Trailbreaker had a number of appearances. He appeared in 31 episodes, out of 65. Having spotlighted episodes, those were fewer as they were mostly during the first 20 episodes. Afterwards, he was mostly to fill out Autobot teams when they had rotated for each episode. His last appearance was "Masquerade". As to price points, I found this interesting commercial from 1984.



An interesting price point.

 

Apologies for the double post. NYCC has just revealed more of wave one and some of wave two of "War For Cybertron: Siege".

Voyager Megatron.



Voyager Starscream.



Voyager Soundwave.



Voyager but can be upgraded to Leader Shockwave.



Deluxe Red Alert.



Deluxe Skytread, aka Flywheels. He does not have individual robot modes like Battletrap.



Deluxe Brunt.



Refraktor, aka Reflector.



Blowpipe.



Aimless.



Decepticon Air Strike Patrol, Storm Cloud and Whisper.



Ravage and Laserbeak. They can fit inside Soundwave.

 

Here's my ticket "stub" to the Fantham Event screening of The Transformers: The Movie.

Not much of a coincident that my seat number is "G1."

 

In some not so good news, for Hasbro.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/18/...ntial-for-layoffs-and-investor-lawsuit-374335

Transformers Legends, "Powered Masters".

Dai Atlas, a repaint and retool of Sky Shadow.




Sonic Bomber, a repaint and retool of Misfire.



Roadfire, a repaint and retool of Twin Twist.



All three will be in a giftset from TakaraTomy Mall. For those who don't know, they're based on the characters from "Transformers Zone", the last G1 cartoon from Japan.

 

For the reboot, please return to the 80s canon. And Frank Walker!!!

 

There isn't going to be a reboot, at least yet. But Frank Welker was involved in the last two films as Megatron/Galvatron.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/11/01/...ight-interview-jointhebuzz-375671#more-375671

Some slight spoilers, so be aware.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/10/26/puma-rs-x-transformers-pack-fully-revealed-374780

Hailee Steinfield's "Back To Life" from the "Bumblebee" film is now available. Video has not been released yet.



"War For Cybertron: Siege" Prowl.



Pteraxadon.



SixGun.

 

So is this a nod at Bumblebee being a reboot? Because I'm pretty sure was shown fighting in WW2 in the previous Bayformers installment.

 

It has to be a reboot of sorts. But, if it's not, no one will really care because Michael Bay didn't care about any of the continuity in his films. Each installment of his films had some kind of retcon going on.

I hope Bumblebee is a great film and launches a new direction for the franchise as (so far) it appears to be very faithful to the source material in terms of the G1 character designs.

 

It's not a reboot. It is a prequel to the Bay films. What the poster's tagline is referring to his how Bumblebee came to be the way he is, when the 2007 film begins.

 

The more the Bumblebee film can distance itself from Michael Bay's films the better off it will be.

 

Transformers' 'Bumblebee' Will Have Preview Screenings in Early December
https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/1...8-screenings-previews-paramount-december-8th/

December 8th at 7 PM

 

Then there should be no Sector Seven and Bumblebee should be speaking. Alas, the only distance from Bay is that Bay's not directing.

 

^ That video was played before the Fanthom events "The Transformers: The Movie." I love how they talk about and appreciate the G1 designs. I also love the little bit of footage of Hailee Steinfeld wearing a "Hot Dog On A Stick" uniform. Such wonderful memories of the times when I was a mallrat. Despite some similarities on certain elements with the Bayformers films, I hope this is an alternate "Star Trek: Kelvin" timeline.

 

I want one!

 

Auto transforming Prime

 

Travis Knight clearly understands what the franchise is meant to be.

 

Which is why I'm really looking forward to Bumblebee. Unlike Bay, Knight was a fan of the franchise and therefore has respect for it and the characters.

And since Stan Bush opened the Bumblebee panel at SDCC, I'm hoping "The Touch" finds it's way into the film. I think there's a very good chance it will because of Knight and the film being set in the 80s.

 

Only G1 figures I own are Battletrap, Flywheels, Runamuck, Punch/Counterpunch, and Submarauder. I loved the post-86 movie gimmicks.

I also have the 2008 25th Anniversary Optimus which is basically the same as the 84 model.

I really enjoyed the 2007 film so I wouldn't mind if it's just a prequel, but a reboot would be nice too. I'm on board for this film regardless.