Crossover TFs at SDCC (SW & Marvel)

Doesn't appear to be anything not already revealed previously with the Marvel TFs, but some first images of figures is still a good thing. There are a few new SWTFs though, most are recolours or repacked older figures.
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...sovers-165448/

Marvel TFs.
Grey Hulk (recolour)
Black Spiderman (recolour)
Wolverine

Star Wars TFs.
Anakin Skywalker/Ep2 Jedi Starfighter (yellow recolour)
?Clone Trooper/Clone Ep3 starfigher (new) (has the wrong product tag though)
Emperor Palpatine/Emperor Shuttle (black recolour) (not even a new character)
General Grevious/Starfighter (new)

Any fiction as to how the Marvel characters got to be tfs? Something to tie in with the marvel tf comics?

This is on the back of Venom's box -

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Based on prototypes stolen from his nemesis MR. FANTASTIC, DOCTOR DOOM builds a series of mechanized war-suits for the use of the world's worst Super Villains

Obsessed with the destruction of SPIDER-MAN, VENOM welcomes any advantage. This powerful war suit allows him to cruise the city streets in secrecy, searching for his quarry. It's got the speed to pursue any target, or outrun any hero that might give chase. When it comes time to fight, his mech mode spews out volleys of powerful missiles capable of blasting other war suits to pieces.

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I've never read Marvel TF comics but i'm guessing that's no tie-in :p

they were affected by the allspark.... (sorry, just jokin)

sorry Kurdy ive come up with one

"Mr Fantatstic had watched the transformers with fascination, one day he met WheelJack and they traded ideas, thus he created prototype transformers of his own, in time they would be stolen by Dr Doom!!!"

:) Official now

Whatever the storyline Joe Quesada will eventually come to the conclusion that the war suits are holding the characters back from new and interesting storylines and will introduce some half-arsed storyline which sees Mephisto re-writing the time line so the war suits never happened.

The power of retcon! :p At least they're trying to give them some form of fiction for the toys.

And a yellow Ep2 Anakin Jedi Starfighter?! Blarg! Give me his Clone Wars Delta Class Starfighter damnit (the one he customised and coloured like his pod racer)!!

Um, the crossover TFs arent available yet in retail here are they? SWTF has no appeal to me but these somehow do...

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Originally Posted by liegeprime

Um, the crossover TFs arent available yet in retail here are they? SWTF has no appeal to me but these somehow do...

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I've seen the first 4 Marvel ones at Uncle Pete's Castle Hill...

What the?! I was there last night and I didn't see 'em! (o_O)

They're in the action figure section (eg. Spidey/Indy/Batman) :)

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Originally Posted by Burn

Whatever the storyline Joe Quesada will eventually come to the conclusion that the war suits are holding the characters back from new and interesting storylines and will introduce some half-arsed storyline which sees Mephisto re-writing the time line so the war suits never happened.

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now when has that ever happened:D

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Originally Posted by Burn

Whatever the storyline Joe Quesada will eventually come to the conclusion that the war suits are holding the characters back from new and interesting storylines and will introduce some half-arsed storyline which sees Mephisto re-writing the time line so the war suits never happened.

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:D

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Originally Posted by Pulse

They're in the action figure section (eg. Spidey/Indy/Batman)

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Ah I see, just as Star Wars Transformers are always shelved with Star Wars toys instead of Transformers. :/

It's nice to see that Hasbro's at least attempting to make a back-story for these toys, even if it's not in-canon with the rest of the standard Marvelverse(s).

I am remotely tempted by the black Palpatine repaint. At least the robot mode will bear some resemblance to the character, and a black shuttle might be cooler too, if not strictly accurate. I have a rule with SWTFs - I only get those from the original trilogy. Palpatine is they only one I've missed so far, because the grey version was shite.

Getting a bit sick of all the marginal characters being used for making SWTF - we've had about 6 or 7 different mould and paint variations on stormtroopers/clone troopers, but we still don't have a Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2 or Yoda! Surely we could have a Leia/Speeder Bike? Admittedly, I'm unsure what they could use for Yoda and the droids though - there weren't really any vehicles associated with them.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j..._Tober/158.jpg

http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/index.p...ze=800&start=0

Thx FFN.

The plane mode colours are awful... and yet this could still be better than Hasbro's Powerglide...!

The index link for that image above of the MTF Captain America is:
http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/index.p...ze=800&start=0

Scroll through the first few images to see:
- Red Venom (recol)
- Silver Ironman (recol)
- Thor (new) (edit by griffin - called it Captain America by mistake)

And here for a few more photos of the MTFs in the Hasbro display from that same website:
http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/index.p...ze=800&start=0

I think that last one is supposed to be "Thor".. at least that's what i read somewhere else today (i forget where). I'm not familiar with the character though... if that toy is actually Captain America, consider me disappointed!

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Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat

I think that last one is supposed to be "Thor"...

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That's the first thought that popped into my mind too! :)

His bot-mode looks sweet! but his alt-mode colours are all over the place... :rolleyes:

The image above is definitely (100%) THOR with the hammer...
why would Captain America have a hammer, it should be a round shield

http://scifipedia.scifi.com/images/t...0px-Thor-2.jpg VS http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/images/captainamerica.jpg

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Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat

I think that last one is supposed to be "Thor".. at least that's what i read somewhere else today (i forget where). I'm not familiar with the character though... if that toy is actually Captain America, consider me disappointed!

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Damn it. You'd be right on that. I was thinking Captain America from the name being used on the bio of one of the first wave toys, and typed that in without thinking.
Sorry about the confusion. I'll fix up the post and make a note of it.

liking Thor, alt mode colours are horrible, but since it'll be repainted 5 times it could come out well

Now this is Captain America!

http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/generat...scaled_600.jpg

http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/generat...scaled_600.jpg

I want Thor. Though I'm not all that much of a comic-person, I do like these. Plus, it's not like there's going to be any other toys of vehicles turning into Norse gods.

The Humvee is so appropriate...

Red Venom is Carnage.

Link for the Capt America image above:
http://i.marvelousnews.com/g/index.p...ze=600&start=0

Red Venom as Carnage is lazy... I can see how they've tried to make Venom's robot mode bulky to match Venom's form. Ditto the choice of a muscle car. But Carnage is far lankier and slick looking compared to Venom and the muscle car/bulky robot doesn't seem to suit him as well. Being substantially larger than Spiderman he's probably not deserving of being a repaint of motorbike TF Spiderman... maybe just a regular sports car? *shruggles*

http://ui30.gamespot.com/1469/vencarnspi_2.jpg

I wonder if the silver repaint of Iron Man will be War Machine. The grey Hulk variant is clever (not that I'd get it - I'm not really a Hulk fan, but I can appreciate it).

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Getting a bit sick of all the marginal characters being used for making SWTF - we've had about 6 or 7 different mould and paint variations on stormtroopers/clone troopers, but we still don't have a Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2 or Yoda! Surely we could have a Leia/Speeder Bike? Admittedly, I'm unsure what they could use for Yoda and the droids though - there weren't really any vehicles associated with them.

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Leia Organa/Tantive IV
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/st...iveIVFinal.jpg
Artoo Detoo/Escape Pod
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/st...capePod_bg.jpg
See Threepio/J-Type Naboo Star Skiff
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/st...iff2-chron.jpg
:)

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

I want Thor. Though I'm not all that much of a comic-person, I do like these. Plus, it's not like there's going to be any other toys of vehicles turning into Norse gods.

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Unless they do a TF Loki. :) Hercules is also another Marvel Comic god they could do. If they ever did do a series of TFs crossed over with Norse gods - then I'd really like to see TF versions of Verðandi, Urðu and Skuld as a gestalt team with the merged gestalt robot called Yggdrasil. :D
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1282/53346507fq3.jpg
"Mellow mellow!"

Thor's one of my favourite characters ever but geez, i'm not feelin that at all. Captain America looks great though.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Red Venom as Carnage is lazy... I can see how they've tried to make Venom's robot mode bulky to match Venom's form. Ditto the choice of a muscle car. But Carnage is far lankier and slick looking compared to Venom and the muscle car/bulky robot doesn't seem to suit him as well. Being substantially larger than Spiderman he's probably not deserving of being a repaint of motorbike TF Spiderman... maybe just a regular sports car? *shruggles*

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Agreed.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

If they ever did do a series of TFs crossed over with Norse gods - then I'd really like to see TF versions of Verðandi, Urðu and Skuld as a gestalt team with the merged gestalt robot called Yggdrasil. :D

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A giant robot tree? I don't think it's been done but I'd pay to see it.

I love the robot modes of Captain America and Thor, but I think they sacrifice their vehicle modes for it. Thor has to have one of the worst colour schemes I have seen in a long time in vehicle mode. Sure it looks great in Robot mode, it is a good representation of the character. It is just a shame they couldn't hide it better in the vehicle mode.

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Originally Posted by TheDirtyDigger

A giant robot tree? I don't think it's been done but I'd pay to see it.

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http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/tr...lPlantMode.jpg
How would you like to pay me? :p

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/tr...lPlantMode.jpg
How would you like to pay me? :p

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Uhhh...we never agreed on a price. Deal's off.:o


I did like this quote...."The fandom somehow failed to clamor for this one"

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Leia Organa/Tantive IV
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/st...iveIVFinal.jpg
Artoo Detoo/Escape Pod
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/st...capePod_bg.jpg
See Threepio/J-Type Naboo Star Skiff
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/st...iff2-chron.jpg
:)

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I'd go for the Tantive IV, though I still prefer the speeder bike just as there is a more 'active' connection.

On the face, the escape pod/R2-D2 is obvious, and it did cross my mind, but the fact that it is something of a 'passive' (in the sense that it is not particularly piloted or controlled by Artoo and few or no others) vehicle led me to discount it. However, there aren't really any others, so I can happily pay that one.

Never thought of the Star Skiff for Threepio, though I probably didn't consider it since it comes from *that* trilogy, not the real one. :D

Leia as Tantive IV would be easier to execute without making her a shellformer as the colours are more similar to match. Bikes are always difficult and configuring a primarily brown speeder bike into a mostly green-camouflage robot wouldn't be easy. :/ They could do Leia as both the Tantive IV and the Speeder Bike (after all we have Luke as an X-Wing and Snowspeeder). :)

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

They could do Leia as both the Tantive IV and the Speeder Bike

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They could even retool it half a dozen times like they did with the Jedi Starfighter.
You could have Leia, Luke, Imperial Scout Trooper, and if you stretch it Wicket the Ewok