War For Cybertron Toys - First Images

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Originally Posted by kuzzy

does anyone else think that this may be the next cartoon, war for cybertron may be a 3d cartoon? anyone?

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i would love a groundbreaking 3d cartoon to make the SW clone wars cartoon feel ancient and outdated

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Originally Posted by Pipesqueak

I'll be disappointed if it turns out to be a mostly earth-based series. I was looking forward to a series full of interesting cybertronian designs.

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History has shown that more alien/abstract alt modes aren't as popular with the market as more authentic looking alt modes (i.e. "robots in disguise"). If you talk to a lot of people about G1 they tend to remember the early years more fondly than the later ones. Some people started to lose interest in Transformers around 1987 when a lot of them started using Cybertronian/futuristic alt modes (e.g.: Targetmasters & Headmasters). Later on following the immense popularity and success of Beast Wars, quite a few people got turned off by Beast Machines (long before Michael Bay signed on to direct Transformers, many TF fans were accusing BM story editor Bob Skir of "killing my childhood" and making threats against him); one criticism some fans made was that their alt modes didn't look like anything immediately recognisable. Transformers Car Robot came out in Japan around the same time as Beast Machines and was far more popular; and when Hasbro released Car Robot in their markets as Robots In Disguise, the toys were flying off shelves - months before the cartoon ever aired on TV.

Now I'm by no means trying to diminish your opinion or statement in any way - it's perfectly valid and I don't personally disagree with it. I like Cybertronian modes if they're done well as a toy (like Classics Jetfire; even if the jet mode isn't aerodynamically sound; it's a neat toy :)) - but in terms of overall market appeal I'm not sure if a line entirely consisting of abstract fantasy modes would sell as well as those consisting of realistic vehicles. You could get away with it in limited numbers, as we saw with Animated (i.e. Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime and Megatron), but I don't know about a whole line of Transformer with fantasy alt modes.

I could be wrong though. <shrug> :o

i am really not liking that pic of optimus at all, but as always i will have to see it in the the context of the actual show and is there any pics of the robot mode?

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

History has shown that more alien/abstract alt modes aren't as popular with the market as more authentic looking alt modes (i.e. "robots in disguise"). If you talk to a lot of people about G1 they tend to remember the early years more fondly than the later ones. Some people started to lose interest in Transformers around 1987 when a lot of them started using Cybertronian/futuristic alt modes (e.g.: Targetmasters & Headmasters). Later on following the immense popularity and success of Beast Wars, quite a few people got turned off by Beast Machines (long before Michael Bay signed on to direct Transformers, many TF fans were accusing BM story editor Bob Skir of "killing my childhood" and making threats against him); one criticism some fans made was that their alt modes didn't look like anything immediately recognisable. Transformers Car Robot came out in Japan around the same time as Beast Machines and was far more popular; and when Hasbro released Car Robot in their markets as Robots In Disguise, the toys were flying off shelves - months before the cartoon ever aired on TV.

Now I'm by no means trying to diminish your opinion or statement in any way - it's perfectly valid and I don't personally disagree with it. I like Cybertronian modes if they're done well as a toy (like Classics Jetfire; even if the jet mode isn't aerodynamically sound; it's a neat toy :)) - but in terms of overall market appeal I'm not sure if a line entirely consisting of abstract fantasy modes would sell as well as those consisting of realistic vehicles. You could get away with it in limited numbers, as we saw with Animated (i.e. Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime and Megatron), but I don't know about a whole line of Transformer with fantasy alt modes.

I could be wrong though. <shrug> :o

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Truer words have never been spoken. As an old-school G1 fan (grew up with Transformers in the 80's), the series started to loose my interest after season 2 of the TV show when they started using more 'alien' alternate modes instead of recognisable cars, planes, and objects.

It kind of killed the fantasy aspect for me believing that my dad's car could actually be a Transformer.

They did go back to some more realistic alt modes in 1988 but they did take their freedom in stylizing them somewhat like Nightbeat, Siren and the Powermasters.

If the game is a prelude to another series though, the Cybertron modes could work, afterall they might only do 8 or so playable characters. I would get them. I like the look of Prime from the hand drawn shots and one pictureisn't going to put me off of a new toy.

GameInformer reports that the Optimus figure will be part of a limited assortment of figures. Also, rumours are that Bumblebee's figure will be featured in this months Transformers Collectors Club Magazine.

I eagerly await.

so they do say a limited assortment of figures but not a limited amount of figures?

Limited assortment yea. My guess is you can get each of the playable characters. If it was a limited amount of figures, I would be annoyed.

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"In 2010, Hasbro will be introducing a limited assortment of Transformers figures tied to Activision’s War for Cybertron game."

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I hope that they get released to retail. I actually like some of the designs but wouldn't pay for them if they were a limited release through the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine. That would just drive up the price to something comparable with a BotCon toy.