Oh god, it just hit me that this movie could apply the sepia filter to things in Peru because Peru = Mexico in movie stereotypes.
I really hope the final result is as balanced as the trailer makes me hope.
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I really hope the final result is as balanced as the trailer makes me hope.
I definitely like how RotB Airazor looks over the Studio Series toy, though that might be because I'm going to headcanon her as TM2 or maybe BM Airazor.
Now RotB Cheetor, something kept bothering me about him, familiar but not Cheetor and I couldn't figure it out until I remembered a tweet about Tasmania Kid imagining himself with a cheetah mode from the first episode and well... https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tasmania_Kid#Beast_Wars_II_cartoon
Just needs some Beige? White? Cream? Whatever color that is, you get the point.
Now RotB Cheetor, something kept bothering me about him, familiar but not Cheetor and I couldn't figure it out until I remembered a tweet about Tasmania Kid imagining himself with a cheetah mode from the first episode and well... https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tasmania_Kid#Beast_Wars_II_cartoon
Just needs some Beige? White? Cream? Whatever color that is, you get the point.
I think it's highly unlikely Hasbro will be making any D&D announcements in the near future.
Except for the fact they have partnership with Paramount to promote the multimillion dollar movie due in a couple months.
Regardless of the mess Wizards of the Coast is making right now, the toy guys still have cartoon and movie toys to try and sell to fans.
Silver Optimus has posted more information on the toyline, mostly from his native country. But it does help “fill in the blanks” on some details. He’s also reporting information regarding a “Beast mode Optimus PRIME”.
Humorously, Hasbro seems to have a Core Deluxe (aka, not Studio Series) Bumblebee on the docket. Should make for a fun comparison with the (IMO) iffy Studio Series release.
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Humorously, Hasbro seems to have a Core Deluxe (aka, not Studio Series) Bumblebee on the docket. Should make for a fun comparison with the (IMO) iffy Studio Series release.
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Toy Line Listings With Gimmicks And Character Names Revealed
In my country, the 2-in-1 masks are marked for February 22nd. Pre-order or release? I’ve had a feeling for a while now that ROTB releases are a lot...
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SS Cheetor. https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/01/24...se-of-the-beasts-studio-series-cheetor-473999
Hasbro's decision to delay announcing this toy by a week paying dividends again I see...
I think the mold looks fun, but in a way he actually transforms even less than the average Cheetor figure, and, well, Hasbro must have had a lot of brown plastic lying around this year. In a way, that's good - again, I will just be looking for toys in this line to use as new characters, so the less this looks like Cheetor the better really, but who knew the movie line's disdain for anything looking the way it's established to look would extend to species of animals at this point. He's a brown panther rather than cheetah.
This guy in particular is *very* transmetal if you put a bit of shiny paint on his alt mode somewhere.
Hasbro's decision to delay announcing this toy by a week paying dividends again I see...
I think the mold looks fun, but in a way he actually transforms even less than the average Cheetor figure, and, well, Hasbro must have had a lot of brown plastic lying around this year. In a way, that's good - again, I will just be looking for toys in this line to use as new characters, so the less this looks like Cheetor the better really, but who knew the movie line's disdain for anything looking the way it's established to look would extend to species of animals at this point. He's a brown panther rather than cheetah.
This guy in particular is *very* transmetal if you put a bit of shiny paint on his alt mode somewhere.
Hm. Much like the Airazor, I vastly prefer the mainline figure to the more movie-accurate Studio Series. This one is very off putting to me in some way that I can't quite put my finger on.
I would say its the robot mode, it just looks, WERID, Beast mode, looks pretty desent
I was never a fan of standing a beast up and putting the head in the chest for "transformation" when it was done on a Deluxe figure.
I'm liking it even less on a Voyager one.
I'm liking it even less on a Voyager one.
That pretty much how most beast formers are from Beast Wars, only a few bots don't do that, unlike vehicles, they intend to make use of the beast mode legs where they can, sure it seems like cheating but if they were real living machines, I'm pretty sure they would use beast mode legs, if the land is very rough, a vehicle mode, wouldn't be ideal for exploring such rough land, while legs would enable them to move more freely across rough land and get up where a vehicle cannot go.
Literally the only significant (i.e. not a happy meal or something) Cheetor toys to do it that I can think of are the Beast Machines toys, and it wasn't exactly beloved at the time.
I think there's enough other transformation here that I don't hate it, but I really didn't like when they made Rippersnapper's transformation "just his robot mode arms" in POTP so I get the objection.
Edit: I guess the TM2 one did as well, so maybe it's a bit more common than I recall. That TM2 toy was also rubbish though.
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Yeah it feels like BM Cheetor with all the cool aspects taken away (nice bold color scheme, stylish curves, awesome swords).
If they repainted both the regular and SS versions of Cheetor as other characters (Nightprowler, Shadow Panther, etc), that would a great way to enjoy all the recent molds as a different character...
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Oh, oh that's nice...
I really like what I see here. Not just in terms of "it's a nice looking new beast Transformer", but the engineering is damn near perfect to be applied to a new iteration of Beast Machines Cheetor as well.
The comparison to the Core Deluxe is more complicated though. I really like the Core Deluxe as a new take on the classic 96 Cheetor design, especially with the inclusion of Transmetal and Beast Machines aesthetics (and key improvements over the Kingdom version, like the blaster, albeit at the expense of a realistic alt mode). But at the same time...ANY time Hasbro wants to acknowledge the Beast Era, it's usually Cheetor or Primal in very 96 inspired forms (or just reruns of the original molds).
The Studio Series iteration is, at least, a fresher take on the CHARACTER, and not just his first toy. I have a few quibbles, but on the whole, I really DO like how the movie has been approaching the Maximal cast. Who knew the revised movie aesthetic would work so well on beasts?
I'm not a fan of how they did his hands, and I'm not a HUGE fan of the colors, but at least they seem on point with the film (which was seemingly going for an aged/Steampunk look to begin with, and I think this release does hit those notes). It makes me wish we were a decade ago when Hasbro was FAR more willing to repaint the crap out of everything we might have gotten this mold in some more dynamic colors (even if an exclusive).
I really like what I see here. Not just in terms of "it's a nice looking new beast Transformer", but the engineering is damn near perfect to be applied to a new iteration of Beast Machines Cheetor as well.
The comparison to the Core Deluxe is more complicated though. I really like the Core Deluxe as a new take on the classic 96 Cheetor design, especially with the inclusion of Transmetal and Beast Machines aesthetics (and key improvements over the Kingdom version, like the blaster, albeit at the expense of a realistic alt mode). But at the same time...ANY time Hasbro wants to acknowledge the Beast Era, it's usually Cheetor or Primal in very 96 inspired forms (or just reruns of the original molds).
The Studio Series iteration is, at least, a fresher take on the CHARACTER, and not just his first toy. I have a few quibbles, but on the whole, I really DO like how the movie has been approaching the Maximal cast. Who knew the revised movie aesthetic would work so well on beasts?
I'm not a fan of how they did his hands, and I'm not a HUGE fan of the colors, but at least they seem on point with the film (which was seemingly going for an aged/Steampunk look to begin with, and I think this release does hit those notes). It makes me wish we were a decade ago when Hasbro was FAR more willing to repaint the crap out of everything we might have gotten this mold in some more dynamic colors (even if an exclusive).