Transformers - Animated

[holygrail4]

Curious to gauge peoples thoughts on the newest incarnation of the Transformers.

I'm a part of some Transformers boards so peoples opinions tend to skewed or too extremely biased. Gotta say, at first I was like "What is this kiddie rubbish?" But after the machina-madness that was the Live action Movie line, it made for a refreshing change. Rather than another TF line that features a different style of gimmick (Armada = MiniCons, Energon = Combining/Translucent weapons, Cybertron = Planet Keys), this time around half the gimmick IS the very style they are done it. Sure there is still firing missiles and lights 'n sounds to reel the kids in, but for some 'mature' collectors, the re-imagination of some iconic characters is just too appealing to pass up.

So can you tell I'm a fan yet? lol I've got most of the line that has been released here (Oz usually lags behind the rest of the world in this department) and whilst there are some minor disappointments, overall I'm pretty impressed with the line as a whole. Even my friends who know nothing about TF's point them out on the shelf cause they look so different.

Penny for your thoughts?

[anna]

I actually like the new show(Its waaaay better then 'beast machines" lol!)

[kylefromdirtnapp]

I don't watch the toon, but I'm with you toy-wise. I love TF's, but I hated the movie figs. Their heads look like bugs. I really like a lot of the Ani's, but I'm running out of room, so I have to be picky. I think I have about 10 of them.

[ludevig]

My son Jack loves the Transformers animated movie and the new movie, i DVR'ed the new episodes but he had no interest in them rather he prefers to watch older episodes on youtube when i pull them up for him.
Mind you some of his favourite toys are Optimus Prime, Ratchet , Bumblebee and one Decepticon he got from McDonalds a while back.
He also likes Megatron. I did buy him a Jazz which is only about 2 1/2 inches tall from Dollar general for $3 and yesterday bought him 2 more to put away for Christmas, Prowl and another one, the other one has see through brightly coloured plastic while Prowl is in classic colours.

[anna]

I agree about the movie the heads were too buglike(thankfully that doesn't make the movie suck but I STILL prefer the 86 version)I have'nt yet bought any of the new ones yet(ditto for the movie though I did get arcee)

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My opinion on the comics, cartoons, movies, and toys.

Comics: I don't collect comics. I don't even like comics.

Cartoons: I only like the Original Transformers show. All other incarnations of Transformers suck, except Transformers Robots In Disguise.

Movies: The cartoon movie called Transformers: The Movie was awesome. The 3 live Transformer movies weren't great, but it was interesting to see cartoon characters turned into live characters.

Toys: I like the Masterpiece line. Suck great accurate detail to the characters. Also great articulation. I hope Takara and Hasbro will make Masterpiece figures of other G1 characters. The R.I.D. line was great too.