Scalpel Gallery.

[Lord_Zed]

Just to be different I think that's kinda niffty, not sure If I'll get it though buts its a nice change from the normal TF asthetic. Not as cool as that biplane guy though, he's the clear winner of these scouts!

[GoktimusPrime]

I agree. It's interesting seeing another "appliance" alt mode (we had Frenzy in the first movie who was both a CD player and mobile phone) - and at that size, it makes sense that his robot mode needn't be humanoid. Nobody complained that Frenzy was a tribute to Megabolt Megatron when he was a mobile phone! (okay, granted he was decapitated by a girl )

I still want a proper Dispensor action figure, damnit!

[kup]

Aside from the alt mode chosen, there is nothing clever about this toy. It's not hard to make random things look like bugs and regardless, the engineering of this toy is simplistic even for that.

Kudos on alt mode innovation but bad points in being a transformer.

Basically, there is no challenge of design here when you can make any sort of bug or monster robot by twisting alt mode parts around into an abstract shape that vaguely resembles arms or make a microscope with bug legs and call it a robot mode. Yeah the excuse is that they are 'aliens' but to me smells of 'Hey! They are aliens so we can twist any shape out of the alt mode and call it a robot and save lots on R&D'

[Lord_Zed]

Aside from the alt mode chosen, there is nothing clever about this toy. It's not hard to make random things look like bugs and regardless, the engineering of this toy is simplistic even for that.

Kudos on alt mode innovation but bad points in being a transformer.

Basically, there is no challenge of design here when you can make any sort of bug or monster robot by twisting alt mode parts around into an abstract shape that vaguely resembles arms or make a microscope with bug legs and call it a robot mode. Yeah the excuse is that they are 'aliens' but to me smells of 'Hey! They are aliens so we can twist any shape out of the alt mode and call it a robot and save lots on R&D'

I disagree, this bug clearly has a praying mantis like asthetic, I caught it as soon as I saw it. It is not a microscope with legs, nor is it Armadas lazerbeak camera with wings. If we were to compare him to most of the Real Gear TF's from the previous movie line, this bug would stand up fine. I fail to see how the enginering in this toy is anymore simplistic than say lets make a box that turns into a humanoid, as was the case for several of the Real Gears.

I'm not saying this toy is anything amazing but nor do I think its a travesty either.

[kup]

The legs are inside a shell at the base and the 'body' of the bug mode (thorax and head) are basically the 'body' and 'neck' folded down and twisted a bit. For me the Praying mantis illusion is ruined by the tiny claws.

I respectfully disagree on the merits of this 'bug' mode.

[griffin]

Keep in mind that this is a toy built to resemble something Bay's team had created. It isn't just a case of 'turn a microscope into a bug creature, and be free to make it look weird if you want'. Think FAB Frenzy - it wasn't the best looking toy and was very fiddley, but that's what we ended up with for Hasbro to create a toy replicating that movie character and its alt-mode.
Scalpel's bug mode does a good job resembling the movie character (from pics seen so far), and we just have to wait to see what the alt mode actually looks like in the movie as well.

[GoktimusPrime]

And I would much prefer a simplified toy that can still transform to all modes seen in the movie, like FAB Frenzy, over a more movie-accurate toy that can't, like Constructicon Devastator.

So to me Dr.Scalpel >>> C.Devastator. (-_-)