I loved the movie line and still do. Im still collecting them. Man this layout is lame.

In retrospect, I love this line. IMO the best mainline ever and it won't be topped for some while (probably not until the second movie).

 

Took me a while to start buying, i didn't get any movie toys until late september, and I most definitely didn't pick up every figure. But those I bought I really like. And even of the ones I passed I can see many appealing points.

 

Through often interesting transformations they become realistic vehicles. The robot modes are mostly good in the posing area and best of all are highly detailed. I've often lamented the lack of detailing on TF's but with the movie line this is done really well.

 

 

What I've bought:

 

Leader

- Nightwatch Prime: Really fed up with the red/gray/blue colors for Prime, the (Japanese) Nightwatch Prime was a must buy for me. It's a darn fine mold with a very interesting transformation. There is some problem with posing him because of the weight and some kibble, but the figure looks awesome. Only weird thing is that although he has individual fingers but nothing to hold in them. Would be great if he had either a loose gun or a sword to hold. The automorph was something of a letdown.

- Brawl: bought both the regular and the deep desert version and love them both. Really cool mold with great play and posing features.

 

Voyager

- Ironhide: Aside from a rather monochrome look in robot mode (some silver or steel color details would’ve worked wonders) I absolutely love this. It was my first movie toy and it’s also the first Ironhide toy that doesn’t suck. The large guns in truck mode are a bit of a letdown, but he looks sillier without.

- Ratchet: okay, so I don’t like every movie figure I’ve got :P. Ratchet is my least favourite. It isn’t the green, it isn’t the details (although some paint apps wouldn’t have hurt), it isn’t the alt mode or the differences between the toy and the movie. No, it’s the size. I think the toy is too big for this design. If he’d been smaller (slightly smaller than Ironhide) I think he would’ve been great. As it is, he’s just too big to be good.

- Optimus Prime: my favourite Optimus Prime ever! Great truck mode, love the automorph feature (probably my favourite automorph), the robot mode looks great and I love the posability. I just wish Hasbro would release this mold as someone else then Prime. So many releases and they’re all the same basic colors and all the same character. (I think it would make an amazing Huffer.)

 

Deluxe:

- 08 Bumblebee: Love it. The first ever Bumblebee toy that I like without any reserve.

- Longarm: The screwed on gun is a bit of a shame as is the empty interior of the truck, but the rest is great.

- Wreckage: great mold, nice transform and a robot mode that just looks good posed. Too bad about the head constantly looking down and that moving the arms results in a partial transform

- Landmine: not yet unpacked, but I know he is great.

- Stockade: same.

- Salvage: pre-order (the lower legs are a bit weird, but again a nicely looking figure with plenty of details)

 

I’m still thinking about getting a Cliffjumper and a Payload. The latter I would like to see repainted as Rodimus Prime. Think the mold works great for that character, assuming he’d get another head.

 

 

 

With the movie line almost gone and Animated looking as it does, I probably won't be buying much TF's until the next movie hits.

I’m still thinking about getting a Cliffjumper and a Payload. The latter I would like to see repainted as Rodimus Prime. Think the mold works great for that character, assuming he’d get another head.

 

You'll be highly disappointed if you DO get Payload, I can almost guarantee...

 

As for TF's until the next movie line - what about Classics 2.0 / Universe?

I love my Payload. People complain about his plunger babygot-back... but you know, he's a toy. and if you play with that gimmick a bit, you know play with it, its pretty cool.

 

But this does touch on a problem with the movies toys for adult collectors. They aren't much for display pieces. As much as I have enjoyed all of my movie figures but I am really looking forward to the TFA figures just to lighten up the display area.

 

I think the movie line has satisfied my need for detailed bots, complicated transformations and realistic altmodes.

And now I am ready for some silly fun blot.

One nice thing about the movie toys is that they forced Hasbro to get serious about TF design again. When your alt mode is pre-decided (as well as the look of the robot mode), you have to get creative. And I think they really did -- the best TFs in this line are RiD level complexity, which is cool IMO.

 

But yeah, a whole bunch of Animated toys would be a breath of fresh air. The movie is great and all, but it's so SERIOUS... at least as far as Transformers goes.

:pfx

 

I personally don't care for a lot of complexity with my transformers. The movie line IMO was mid level when compared to the bulk of the alt line which was just fine. After a couple of times through I could transform any number of these movie bots a hell of a lot faster than any of the alts. It was really cool to see Hasbro really have to think outside the box for a change. Even as deluxe/voyager figs they rivaled the overused transformation schemes of the alt line which more or less looked similar in how they transformed. Starscream I think wins for the most unique transformation. The collapse able plane/automorph was brilliant.

 

As collector I'm about done with this line. All that's left is Stockade, Incinerator, and possibly a premium LC Megatron. The war looks kind of one sided as is With LC Prime towering over everyone.

 

After that, I'm good and ready for Animated, and possibly some Universe/Classics 2.0. :clap

While I've been a tacet member for a while this is my first post :clap Be gentle, ladies and gentlemen :tfgrin

 

I'm not a huge fan of the movie aesthetic, but as I look across the room at my movie Autobot posse formation, I'm very happy with most of them, but not overjoyed by the Decepticons. Beside being a new poster, the second strike against me is going to be my need for scale, and I just can't get behind the lack of size in the Decepticons, and so have been most disappointed by them.

 

As for the biggest thematic disappointment, that would have to be Starscream. How does a character go from this long, tall, lithe profile that we were offered with the protoform SS to ape-bird-man SS during a routine re-formatting? Talk about a major transporter accident!

 

Someday, I'll kitbash what F-22 Starscream should have looked like based on the protoform toy, and I'll post it in the kitbash forum. Or someone else will do it first, now that I've put this out there. . .

Sucky Mc.Suckerson.