The latest Toyfare magazine has some juicy gossip bits about Transformers 2, primarily that Devastator will be up to 120 foot tall and that The Fallen is one of the original 13 Transformers, the one that went bad — playing on the apostles theology.
- Images of ROTF toys for Leader class Optimus Prime, Preview Bumblebee, Preview Soundwave, and the Voyager Class Starscream figure.
– Lorenzo believes the timeframe of ROTF is about one year after Movie #1.
– When asked about the challenge of creating Devastator on screen, Lorenzo mentions that Bay had the challenge in the first movie of having 30 foot robots. In the second movie, Bay has the challenge of having a robot almost four times that. Expect Devastator to be 100 to 120 feet tall in the movie.
– Archer said he couldn’t give away the plot point, but there’s a reason that Soundwave is designed the way he is for the movie. Hasbro had a more basic toy need. So, the two were blended together.
– Toy launch date confirmed as May 30th. A few weeks before, Bumblebee and Soundwave will be released.
– Characters mentioned in the initial wave are “Sideswipe, Sideways, Bulldozer, Voyager and many others”. Promise of more off-screen characters.
– Robot Heroes will have better articulation
– Bumblebee helmet has voice mixer
– Bumblebee converting pulse cannon
– Big ticket deluxe item for the year is still “top-secret“
– Gravity Bots are geared towards younger kids. Convert automatically when you pick them up.
– A Megan Fox Human Alliance figure is on Archer’s “wish list”.
– The Fallen’s origin confirmed: He is one of the original 13 Transformers. Lorenzo said to think of the 13 as “apostles”. The Fallen is the one who turns and is the reason Transformers split into Autobots and Decepticons.
To show the size of Devastator to scale against Optimus (28ft tall) and humans Gauge001 created this:
A short video interview with GM Vice President of Global Design, Ed Welburn showing some quick-zooming fade-in fade-out footage of the stationary Autobots at the Chicago Auto show:
Paramount Pictures has moved the release of Transformers 2 two days earlier, from June 26th 2009 to June 24th. No reason as to why has been given, whether international releases will also change is not clear.
As part of the Transformers 2 Chevy promotion a video showcasing the Chevy Trax, Chevy Beat, Chevy Volt, Corvette Centennial, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Ironhide has been released. It shows the vehicles rolling in formation around the roads of Long Beach and in front of the pyramids in Egypt:
Oh wow, wasn’t expecting this to land on the doorstep today! Here we have it the FULLY combined Devastator. Click the image for a higher resolution more detailed version. From the text that surrounds the image we can see what makes up the constituent parts of this beast, and it’s face is incredibly beast-like:
Right Leg: Dump Truck
Left Arm: Crane
Left Leg: Bulldozer
Torso: Excavator (this is the Terex Rh400 we’ve seen in the trailer)
Right Arm: The name isn’t visible but guessing from the picture I’d say a Loading vehicle (see details further down)
There’s also a ‘Mixer’ in there somewhere and another vehicle forming the rear, with possibly another vehicle on the sheet that has been obscured by the character. The body combines to end up very Gorilla like, with hands that reach the floor and a head that sticks out the front, almost like King Kong.
Right Leg: Dump Truck
Left Leg: Bulldozer
Right Arm: Wheel Loader
Left Arm: Truss Crane [no robot mode on this one],
Right Shoulder: Excavator
Left Shoulder: Articulated Dump Truck
Head: Cement Mixer
The Fallen’s concept builds on the character we’ve seen in the toy galleries. This is much more skinny, evil and alien looking. No flames on this one, maybe he ‘sparks up’ — he looks like he can do a whole lot of damage!
The world’s largest excavator (Terex RH400) which forms the Torso and most likely as its right leg, the world’s largest truck the Caterpillar 797B:
Although as the leg is green it may also be the Hitachi Euclid R280:
To match this, the left leg probably needs to be the world’s largest bulldozer, I originally thought this would be the Komatsu D575 (image) which is the largest production bulldozer but the tracks on that are not triangular like they are in the concept image. This led me to the Acco Custom built bulldozer, the tracks on this perfectly match the left foot:
The name of the right arm is obscured from vision, but given the raised bucket it looks a lot like a Loading vehicle, the largest of which is the Caterpillar 994D. It could be any one of the large Loading vehicles, here is another, the Le Tourneau L-2350:
The left arm, the crane, looks like the Dragline excavator variety — for all that machinery we can see in the concept it needs to be more than just a standard crane. I haven’t managed to find a yellow one:
The head looks like a drill but I cannot find a vehicle to match it.
Collider managed to grab Michael Bay at the Friday 13th premier and have a chat with him about TF2. What’s on the cards? — A darker, more epic, more emotional Transformers 2 with improved technical abilities and IMAX scenes with maybe a third come ~2012.
In summary:
He says they have done 3 scenes in IMAX
He talks about Transformers 2 and what he likes about it – says the robots have a lot more personality and he was able to get emote much more than the first movie
Also says it’s going to be darker and epic in scale – says the human characters go on a ride with the robots
I ask about the running time – says right now it’s 2 hours 20 minutes but he still editing
I ask if he will do a third Transformers movie or does he see himself doing another franchise – says he could see himself doing a third but he wants to take a year off no matter what
TF08 have the scoop on yet another Transformers 2 toy, this time it’s the super-sweet Centennial otherwise known as Sideswipe. This is a deluxe class model, features to note include the autobot logo on his right shoulder and scythe like pointy weapons/shielding above the arms.
This is the alt mode for the redesigned Megatron, a tank mode (as previously seen), which comes via TFW2005. The particular class of this toy is up for debate, some believe it to be a Fast Action Battler whilst others prefer to think it’s a deluxe model.
