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For example, toys at Toyfair (and the leaked Hasbro Database) giving us names, alt-modes and some possible plot spoilers (with the Kreo sets).
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Looking over the toy fair pics, any first impressions of the characters?
Hound - an odd looking (organic) bearded face to this bot... chewing on a bullet in the character art.
His arms look like springy extender arms.
Drift looks very organic too, and is looking like he might be based a lot like the original Drift. (which could annoy fans who have spent the last few years trying to forget that he even existed )
The reason for the pterodactyl having two heads doesn't appear to be explained anywhere at the Toyfair... so maybe it's an important plot element in the movie?
Not a lot of Decepticons (toys or leaked names from the movie) so far.... so maybe all those Kreon Vehicons (9 in just 7 build sets) are a hint at them being the main opposing "cannon fodder" force in TF4?
From the toys, we have 5 Dinobot, 5 Autobots, but only 3 Decepticons. Even if the Dinobots aren't initially on the side of the Autobots in the Movie, there is still a very unbalanced robot cast... suggesting perhaps, a greater "evil" threat by the Humans?
But if that were true, I would have thought we'd get more toys of humans, like in the Kreo sets.
Toys that look to confirm cast characters...
5 Autobots - Optimus (in two forms), Bumblebee (in two forms), Hound, Crosshairs (green, car), Drift (blue, car)
5 Dinobots - Grimlock (T-Rex), Strafe (2 head pterodactyl), Slug (purple triceratops), Scorn (red spinosaur), Slash (blue raptor).
3 Decepticons - Galvatron (grey truck), Lockdown (black car), Stinger (red car)
There's a green ankylosaur in the Kreo sets, so there could be another one... or it could just be an extra that isn't in the movie (as there are five Construct-Bot Dinos that don't have any other toys).