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A new trailer for the Netflix series...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UksT5I1lvJM
And screencaps from the trailer at tfw.
That trailer looks good! I'm looking forward to this.
Nice to see Elita isn't another limb bot.
This trilogy could blow me away more than the Prime Wars trilogy.
Just a warning for those looking at buying the Netflix toys - get a good look at the toys to make sure they are the correct ones, as it is easy to just quickly grab a full set by focussing more on the names on the box or the toy moulds inside the box, and maybe not noticing the deco version at first. We don't really have much "repacking and returning to stores" here in Australia, but in America it is noticed a fair bit, and since the Netflix Deluxe toys are in the same size box as the Seige/Earthrise toys, whole inner trays have been swapped out to get the new one with a different deco (post #955 if that link doesn't send you to the right page). Further on in that topic, it was noted that someone else found the Netflix Voyager boxes with Siege versions of Megatron and Thundercracker swapped into the Megatron and Hotlink boxes (no photo), while another person found a Hotlink box with a TF2 Deluxe Soundwave & a Tiny Changer & POTP Pretender shell (post #979). That last one is pretty obvious to us collectors, but if a store staff member didn't notice or care, it could be a problem if you have a relative or friend grab you something based on the name on the box.
btw, this toyline is officially known as "Trilogy," not "Netflix."
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_for_Cybe...logy_(toyline)
Yeah, I know that the nickname that everyone's been giving it has been "Netflix," but just pointing out that "Netflix" is an unofficial nickname for the line, but the toys are officially called "Trilogy." This is similar to how...
* Some fans refer to the 1998 Japanese Beast Wars toys as "Beast Wars II" (often misread as "Two" instead of "Second"), obviously because the cartoon that those toys appeared in was called "Beast Wars Second."
* Some fans refer to the 1999 Japanese Beast Wars toys (aside from BWM) as "Beast Wars Neo" for the same reason as BWII.
* Almost every Anglophone fan referred to Transformers Car Robot as "Transformers 2000" even though neither the show nor the toyline was called that.
I'm not necessarily bagging out fan terms. After all "gestalt" and "Generation 1" are fan terms (and Generation 1 became an official term in 2000), but just saying that it is officially called "Trilogy." Hence why the review thread for Trilogy Scrapface is called that, and not "Netflix." Carry on. :)
To me it looks like it is called 'Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy', which is going to make things confusing very quick as both Siege and Earthrise toys are under the 'Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy' banner.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Some fans also use the terms 'RID 2001' and 'RID 2015' to differentiate those series from each other, which are pretty well accepted. Calling these 'Trilogy' toys 'Netflix' makes it easier for everyone to quickly get their point across.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
If Hasbro wants us to use their official terms I feel like they need to try harder. :p
I vote we call it 'Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: War for Cybertron Trilogy'.
I was going to correct the lines name, then refreshed and lost it and thought it wasn't worth the bother... then decided it was and came back to others correcting it. So thanks guys, saved me the trouble!!!
As for being an anglophone... Wheres your proof? never have I ever called it, or heard it called Transformers 2000! Get your facts straight!
Hasbro's creative nomenclature strikes again! :D
https://i.ibb.co/NssKMPj/temp.jpg
I am glad to see they dropped the word "battle" from every line name.
they changed it to "war" instead. nice!
Thanks for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by snaketales
Given the prominence of the Netflix logo on that package, its easy to see how people would assume the sublime was Transformers Netflix.
As always though, you?re free to use your imagination and call it whatever you darn well like! Just don?t call it late for dinner! :P
When it comes to developing a taxonomy of fictional transforming robots, most people will still understand you if you refer to the Netflix wave.
Lest they be overdue for supper! :p
https://i.ibb.co/3MR50YR/temp.jpg
It's easy, they're CRID, PRID, and ARID.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
That last suggestion was rather dry. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Zommael
So was the damn line.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Again... this toyline is NOT officially called "Trilogy" by Hasbro.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
You, and whichever fan last updated the WFC page on the tfwiki fan-run site can call it "Trilogy" if you want, but this site will adhere to the official Hasbro series name, which has "Netflix" in the title.
As this was already discussed before on the 26th of June and forgotten/ignored, let's go over it again... because, newsflash... tfwiki is not always right.
And to add to that, to prove that tfwiki is wrong... the official product press release (which I had to copy here, while BWTF is currently offline), says as the series name... and I quote....Quote:
Not according to Hasbro...
E9489 TRA GEN WFC NETFLIX DELUXE
E9490 TRA GEN WFC NETFLIX VOYAGER BATTLE COLLECTION
E9494 TRA GEN WFC NETFLIX LEADER UNBOXING COLLECTION
If that's what they are officially called by Hasbro, that's what they will be officially be called here (unless there is a double up like RID and "generic" Generations).
Besides... look at the Siege and Earthrise packaging - ALL of those toys are "War For Cybertron Trilogy" toys, so we need a sub-line or prefix from the packaging and product listings (Netflix) to distinguish this Mirage, Sideswipe, Chromia, Megatron, etc from the other WFC Trilogy Mirage, Sideswipe, Chromia, Megatron, etc.
(if you label these Netflix toys as Trilogy toys without "Netflix", then you have to label those other toys as Trilogy toys without "Siege" or "Earthrise"... and that just gets really confusing)
"Generations WFC Netflix Wave 1"
Not only is the toyline OFFICIALLY named by Hasbro as "WFC Netflix", and has three size classes that Hasbro has OFFICIALLY used the words "WFC Netflix" in them... it is still tfwiki that is right and Hasbro is wrong?
Even the in individual product names in the press release by Hasbro, doesn't match up what is on the tfwiki page.
The press release notes each toy with the prefix of "Generations War for Cybertron Series-Inspired"... where "Series" is referring to cartoon series, not toy series. Even though the cartoon is using Siege toys in this chapter, these "Series-Inspired" toys are specifically cartoon decos toys.
Look again at the press release. Each toy in each series and sub-series, has that series or sub-series as the prefix right before every toy name.
- Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures
- Generations Selects
- Studio Series
- Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise
- Generations War for Cybertron Series-Inspired
Since we call the "Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise" toys as just "Earthrise", the same should be done to give us, "Netflix" or "Series-Inspired".
This means that tfwiki should be calling the Netflix toys as EITHER just "Netflix" or "Series-Inspired" under the main series heading of "WFC Trilogy"... NOT "WFC Trilogy" (which would make it WFC Trilogy WFC Trilogy as it's official name).
Let's take a quick look at what TakaraTomy offically calls them... it's either "War For Cybertron" or "War For Cybertron Series", which is again, referring to the cartoon "series" like the Hasbro press release. There is no "Trilogy" anywhere in either of the main Japanese listings for the tfwiki to be referring to either.
Remember, tfwiki is run by fans, not Hasbro.
And unless Hasbro has named something in error (the occasional name-swap or typo), this site will always try to stick with official Hasbro naming... and only refer to fan-run sites like tfwiki if the official source can not be referred to at that time.
(feel free to let them know at the tfwiki that they are officially wrong if you like, and show them the proof so that they can fix it)
As a side note - if this had been a situation that had Hasbro recycling a series name (like RID and Cyberverse), this site will differentiate between them if possible, like referring to something like the year of that series... or the size-class or mould if there are multiple (Bumblebee) toys in the same toyline.
We need to make things easier for future visitors and users in the reviews and news sections by planning ahead with what will make senes. It would be like having every WFC Megatron toy just called "WFC Megatron" here... that wouldn't be much help to anyone.
IndeedQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Are we even likely to see Ultra Magnus here? Odd that the other wave 1 toys have been out for a while without a sighting.
Stay tuned, as there will be news on that shortly.
(in case you missed the news posting, Ultra Magnus is being held back for the Christmas sales)
The Netflix WFC cartoon is being released in quite a few countries, in quite a few languanges, and info on the Japanese dub has been revealed, showing that there are a number of voice actors on the project who have done voices for Transformers before.
There is also the trailer for the Japanese version, which has a couple of differences to the scenes shown in the American trailers.Quote:
- Optimus Prime – Tessho Genda – The original G1 Convoy/Optimus Prime voice in Japan.
- Bumblebee – Ryohei Kimura – Well-known for Japanese Transformers fans as Bumblebee’s voice in Transformers Adventures (RID 2015) and the Bumblebee movie.
- Elita 1 – Kikuko Inoue – Veteran and famous voice actress. The original voice of Kasumi Tendo from Ranma 1/2 and Belldandy from Oh! My Goddess. She dubbed Zizza in Transformers Adventure (RID2015).
- Megatron – Houchou Otsuka – Another veteran seiyuu and the memorable voice of Jiraiya in Naruto. He has voiced many Transformers characters in the Japanese G1 shows like Ultra Magnus, Ranger (Masterforce) and Guyhawk (Victory) among others.
- Shockwave – Chafurin – Voice of Cicadacon in Beast Wars and Octopunch in Transformers Adventure.
- Jetfire -Kenji Nomura – Jetfire’s voice in Revenge Of The Fallen is coming back for War For Cybertron.
- Ultra Magnus – Kazuhiko Inoue – The voice of Micronus in Transformers Adventure (RID 2015) now comes as the big and tall Autobot warrior.
- Starscream – Setsuji Satou – He voiced several characters from the live-action movies (like Mohawk) and Transformers adventures.
The "SDCC at home" panel for the makers of the Netflix cartoon talked very briefly about the cartoon (that starts in just 4 days time), which can be seen here on youtube, with a short clip from the show.
For anyone who wants to read a review with some minor spoilers, the owner of TFW was able to watch all 6 episodes in advance to review (other American fansites probably also got an advance look as well, so be careful of spoilers in them if you are wanting to watch this cartoon).
Yeah, Optibotimus has a review of it on his channel also. Spoilers if you choose to click the link: https://youtu.be/oYVGgNvbQocQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
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Originally Posted by griffin
Anyone who's read/watched these able to give a spoiler-free version of their opinions? I am quite anxious about how the quality will be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tha_Phantom
I?d be curious to know if the tv show has given any hints as to Wave 2 Leader unboxing......
I was SO disappointed to see only six episodes, so I?m going to space them out..... but I really want to know the toy so I know whether or not to order it online.
It did. There was basically a cameo appearance for another Siege Leader toy in the last episode. It’s a random enough appearance that it could be considered a spoiler for the toy purposes.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
The second wave of Netflix toys are not due out until October 15th in America (and that would be the month of global release), but someone has already been buying up samples (which would have to be stolen stock), to review on youtube... which is probably monetised, so I won't be posting up links to the actual videos, as it would be sending more money to people chasing up these toys, and create even more competition.
I can show screen shots on an unrelated site though, for Bumblebee and Elita-1. Each shows transformations and comparisons to some other toys.
I?m happy with static images and what has been shown Officially. The monetisation of Youtube content bothers me greatly when they?re using stolen prototypes or marketing samples.... if they?re marketing copies that have been sent out to toy reviewers (as often happens with certain toy lines) that?s very different to someone sneaking one out from the factory, etc.
That lines up with the EDD tags I've been seeing at Kmart nowQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Official images of the second wave Deluxes, in and out of packaging (more images at the link).
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/081901.jpg
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/081902.jpg
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/081903.jpg
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/081904.jpg
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/081905.jpg
Retailers are starting to show pics of the second spoiler pack contents....
3 different releases used to construct a black and teal release.... hmmmm....
And also YouTube Music.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I've got Bumblebee on Pre-Order from Robotkingdom
Some Netflix wave 2 toys have been found in Hong Kong, which is about right as I think October was supposed to be the release month - Soundwave and the Leader Nemesis Prime pack.
I got a shipping notice from RK yesterday for Netlix Bumblebee