Are you going to collect TF:PRime toys?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm interested in a couple. Arcee is a must-have for Odieverse Chromia, Skyquake is probably bought, and if/when we get a G1esque Starscream redeco I'll nab that. Bulkhead, Cliffjumper and Knockout look interesting but I'll wait on reviews.

[Decepticon]

I don't care much for the series itself but the toys look good.

[Sharky]

Movie toys please leave and never come back. PRIME toys yes please

I have managed to pick up the SDCC Excl Prime Figure. its in a safe spot until i move but these figures interest me so much more then the movie figures i guess it is a case of same old same old with the movie figures seriously how many primes and bees can one have before they get old hat...

the prime figures will be a fresh injection like animated was in the midst of movieverse.

so i will pick these up when i can

[UltraMarginal]

Like Hursti, it's a big HELL YEA from me.

I am really digging the series and after seeing the voyager toys that we have seen so far, they look really promising. I will generally be picking my favorite version of each character though and not all of everything.

I say bring it, but only after my wallet recovers from the last couple months.

[Hursticon]

Hursti how do you rate it compare to other series, e.g. your lifetime favorite BWs?

Personally, I'd rate it a 3rd place when it comes to my 'All-time Favourite' TF Cartoons, with my list looking like this:

1. Beast Wars
2. Generation 1
3. TF: Prime

Now, the only reason why I rank G1 over it is purely because G1 started my infatuation with Transformers and Beast Wars is #1 because of bias ; but to be frank, G1 narratively is at the bottom of the pile really.

I can quite honestly say that TF: Prime's writing is just slightly under par with that of Beast Wars at the moment, which is saying something for a series in it's 1st season to be narratively as engaging as the franchises best written televised medium: Beast Wars.

To properly get a feeling for TF: Prime you have to look past the 5 part Pilot (Which isn't really bad anyway ) and You absolutely must see it in HD to get a full grasp as to how stunning the Animation actually is; Youtube does nothing for it visually and the 5 part Pilot is simply a taste test.
Trust me when I say that after having just watched the 1st of a 3 parter that brings the show to it's 1st season's end, I can honestly say I haven't been this pumped for a Cartoon in over a decade.

The writing and what transpires in the series is very much geared for adult enjoyment, without being the depressive show that Beast Machines tended to be , and it's so refreshing after the movies too for the fact that it does things the movies could never do and doesn't make the many mistakes the movies did either.
Points in case; Prime is not a Homicidal Maniac (Though I do love that Energon Lust of Movieverse Prime ), Arcee is a thoroughly strong character (Both in personality and fighting prowess ) being the favourite amongst many of the show's fans and doesn't die in three 5ths of a second , as well as Bumblebee not being front and center of the whole bloody show.

So basically, if I had to put the show in a list of 'Best to worst Transformers Cartoons based on writing', it'd look like this:

1. Beast Wars (Best to date)
2. TF: Prime (Very entertaining, well rounded)
3. Beast Machines (Quite good really, if not a little depressing)
4. TF: Animated - (Way too Hanna/Barbera until the 3rd Season)
5. Unicron Trilogy (Poorly ported from it's Japanese Telling)
6. RID (Next!)
7. G1 (It has great moments but not consistently enough)

That's why I damn want the figures for TF: Prime.

[GoktimusPrime]

and You absolutely must see it in HD to get a full grasp as to how stunning the Animation actually is; Youtube does nothing for it visually and the 5 part Pilot is simply a taste test.

Yeah but if a story is well written, it should be enjoyable even with poor visual quality. For example, I first saw Beast Wars Seasons 2 and 3 on crappy NTSC VHS taped off US TV (because I couldn't wait for it to air here ). The video quality was pretty shoddy, but I absolutely loved the story! Then later one when it did finally come out in Australia, I was able to watch it on TV and PAL VHS - then I was able to appreciate the marvel of the animation quality, although even in grainy NTSC the improved graphic quality and visual effects was noticeable.

TF Prime would be a whole lot better if Miko and Raf didn't exist though... those twerps are so freakin' annoying. Jack I don't mind, but those other two kids are just stupid. Especially Miko. (-_-)

[Hursticon]

Yeah but if a story is well written, it should be enjoyable even with poor visual quality.

Yeah, I agree but my point was that the best way to watch the show is in HD because on Youtube and SD you don't get to see the full spectrum of the visuals; be it from the subtle nuances of the animators efforts with the characters emotional expressive facial animation, to the epic battle scenes and stunning environments.

Even though Beast wars, in comparison, is dated now what it did right was animate on a full spectrum, which, even with dodgy viewing (VHS Cassettes were annoyingly often eaten by my Akai VHS Machine ) was very much essential to conveying the feeling of a moment within an episode's story.

Sure, story is a major factor and this show, like Beast Wars, does that well but it alone wont carry a show and TF: Prime, I feel, is best enjoyed when one can appreciate all of it's facets.

[Paulbot]

So to draw this back on topic to the toys. I sure will buy them. I was sold when I saw the deluxe Bumblebee (which looks better than any Movie version IMHO).

But it's not even a question I'd think to ask. As long as Hasbro keep making new TF toys each year I'll keep buying them. Never all of them but sometimes a lot and sometimes (Transmetals 2, Armada, DOTM) only just a few. So far I've liked what I've seen to think it will be many.

[Hursticon]

I personally can't wait for the Voyager Prime and Bulkhead figures; Prime looked just amazing and I was astounded that the engineers managed to make Bulkhead's chest/torso pretty accurately reflect the on-screen model, I really want to know how they've achieved that.

With what has been revealed thus far, with a number of early test-shots and prototypes, I really can't wait to see what they haven't shown us yet; Namely a Voyager Megatron!


P.S. All Soundwaves are to be bought on sight, at least in my case anyway.

[Quickstrike]

There's a few Prime guys that are going to do double duty on my shelves as "Classics" characters. Ratchet, Knock-out and Bulkhead for sure.