Here're some new updates on this series:
tformers.com/article.php?sid=8005Here're the finer points:
What is the new cartoon about for 2008: [/b]
- 3 part mini movie coning in January
- Production done in the United States
- New style and tone for animated series
- Hasbro is not dumbing down the Transformers line but are focused more on humor and characters
- Very Teen Titans-type feel
- Take place in futue in 22nd century
- Autobots crash in Detroit and stumble on Allspark and are trying to protect it
- Toon produced in-house at CN
- They fight on Eath and Outer Space
- They didnt do toon of movie becuase the animated series was being devloped before Movie
- DVDs for Transformers Animated will be done at some time
- Toon toys will start in March - deluxe, voyager and movie pack
-Not plans for seekers(ThunderCracker, Dirge, Etc.) in Toon, but its being talked about
-David Kaye is doing Optimus Primes voice
- Susan Blue (voice of Arcee) is producing the voice part of the show.
- Weird Al Yankovic is doing a voice
- The Animated Series will have a character named Lockdown who is alot like Boba Fett from Star Wars
Tone of Story [/color]
- This series will be less robots in disguise with a story of them being more in the city setting.
- Episodic storys, but stays in overall season arc.
- Smaller cast on both sides with more character development
- Action driven with doses of humor
- Major focus on personalitiy and abilities
- Familiar and new characters
- Human super-villians and Decepticon villians
- The Transformers are more like superheroes with special powers
- Decepticons will be in the show
- Will be more of a threat and scary because they hide more
- Producer of CN said in the past the same guys always fight and they get nowhere, So Decepticons will be very tough and they will make a real impact
- Stories will be very plot driven
- Artistic style
- Highly styled and fluid animation
- Major focus on personality...animation is very smooth and will "blow your mind" - Eric Sebenhauer
- The transforming sequences will be different all the time. No "tazmainian devil."
Autobots - Optimus Prime has a helmet and visor that comes down
- There will be two different toys, one with the visor and helmet up and one down
- Earth mode Prime, he looks like classics prime. Will have a trailer this time. Goes away like in G1.
- Bumblebee is the younges and most energetic
- Bulkhead is the big green guy. He's strong - said to be like the Thing from Fantastic Four
- Prowl will be a kung-fu type character
- Ratchet - he's the medic - he is the most experienced vetran
- There are connections to the film... they want them to look like the movie for kids, but not exact
- Grimlock will be a T-Rex - Looks like classic character
- There will be two other Dinobots. "3 crazy dudes" - Eric
Decepticons- Cybertronian Megatron looks dark and that he will change his form in the series
- Starscream looks like an X-Wing jet...swept forward wings...voice by Tom Kinney (Sponge Bob) and has 3 split personalities
- Lugnut is a new character which is sorta like the Incredible Hulk
- Very loyal to Megatron, has missles for hands. He's a jet in alternate mode
- Blackarachnia - looks like beast machines version.
- Has a diferent origin story... she starts as one character in the begin and then changes..."A villan you can car foe...."
Human Characters[/b]
- Cept Fanzone is a scientice type guy.
- Sari and Father Issice Sundac
- Sari has a new kind of interaction with Autobots.
- No annoying human side-kick telling TFs what to do
- Autobots are new to earth and they find her to help learn about the earth.
- Human Villians...
- There is a guys name The Archer... looks like robinhood.
- 2nd guy looks big like a gorilla. Some guys has wheels on feet. One looks like a "PinP"
Spaceships - Ark spaceship[/b]
- Looks like G1 version...sort of
- Nemesis ship is back too
- Dark purple with some kind of pointy things sticking out
- Its like 100x bigger than the ark
Show setting - The show is set in Detriot
- In the future
- They dont make cars anymore - now they make robots
- Sumdac tower - looks like upside down spark-plug
The Toys- Animation style allow us to show more personality with each chracter
- Takara and Hasbro designed toys at the same time...they are going very fast on toys designs.
- 90% animation toys accuracy
- New Sculpting style
- No more gimmicks
- Transformation is the gimmick
- Signature weapons and poses
- Range of motion is great
- Showing the toys now...Prime looks a lot like toon
-Trailers for Prime are too expensive to make. The Animated Voyager Prime will have a tailer that becomes his giant axe weapon.
- He has an axe weapon
- Bumblebee looks like a mini-cooper
- Prowl is a motorcycle, gold and black
- Ratchet is a van
- Grimlock is a Voyager Class and looks less like the classic one
- Megatron looks like a vertical-takeoff space fighter with huge gun arm
- Blackarachnia looks very sexy and is very poseable
The Future[/b]
- Working on season 2 of the animated series already
- Desire to create brand new characters. with cameos from G1 favorites
- Toys will have a mat/flat paint like Batman toys
Seems like they took Teen Titans and mashed the Transformers name on it. TFs as Super heroes...
Gold
their more accurate in their dinosaur form. Slag & Grimlock looks wicked on their new makeover with additional articulations ;D
keeping the site active as a place to dump info for easier backtracking.