Look who’s getting a huge attention is China… It’s not Bumblebee… Nope, not Optimus Prime either. Guess who? The Twins – Skids and Mudflap.
Shanghai General Motors’ sub-brand Chevrolet has just rolled out the “SPARK MYSELF” campaign to promote the new ‘Chevrolet Spark‘ in the People’s Republic of China .
Aimed at China’s youth market, Chevy have created a multifaceted campaign, utilizing various things from: graffiti, urban dance, music, light shows, online elements, TV commercials and even an endorsement deal with the upcoming movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The new model officially launched in the Mainland last week at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show (although it was technically first introduced in Shanghai in April 2010).
Remember the new Trademark Hasbro filed, not too long ago? “Spark Your Summer”… Who knows?
More photos from the event…. After the jump. Images and Info courtesy of Chinasmack.com.
DrLee
And yet they have been seen on set and being filmed….
They are in the movie, but i get the sense that they could end up missing most of the action either through death or other means
KWFlange
Erm….Didn't Bay and everyone else involved with DotM already say the Twins will not be in this movie because everyone hates them and they are almost as terrible as Sam's parents?
Autobot_Wall-E
Wow Skids got a workover
As a result of all of the insanity that erupted after their representation in the last movie I'd imagine Hasbro had ILM work out a different look for the two so they'd be "less offensive" I guess? But I doubt that's the final model for the character, I'd be surprised if it was
FREEWAY
Eh, their personalities grew on me after a while, but this robot mode presented here for the Youth Artist Exhibition looks less like a "hunchback" like the originals did.
KnightHawkke
oh boy.. when it comes to bayformers actual robot designs, the autobots have not been all that unpleasant really. but this time it looks like he must have got nailed in the face by a wrecking ball when Devistator fell or something……>.>
Deceptigtar
More twins please!!!
TheTFReview
I can't wait to see rows of dozens of "SPARKED SKIDS" on the shelfs at Wal-Mart.
dr.b
hmm
I like the piston-fingers, very original. I'm not sure about the head. If the 2 stalks on his head have eyes, like the martians from the "toy Story" It will look dumb imho. If that dark space on the lower part of his face is a cyclops eye, I take back everything I said about Skidz.
Mumbo
Worst freaking Transformer design EVER. Go spark yourself!
Dolza_Khyron
awee hasbro found a new way to repaint skids and mudflap into shelfwarmers!
T-Logicon
yes.
MachSabre
All I know, is if they make a toy of that thing, it's going to probably be a nightmare to Transform, just like Skids and Mudflap were.
Noideaforaname
Not-Skids reminds me of that Camshaft/Swindle movie drone (assuming he's looking down). I like it, especially the big hands.
I wonder what toy that is hanging around Not-Skids. Skids, I'd imagine, but which one? HA/Deluxe, Rotf/DotM?
SPLIT LIP
That robot is nutty. I thought Skids looked weird. (Well, he still does, but that 'Bot's weirder)
chapsy
It's kinda neat how they made the statue out of nothing but car parts.
Kaymac
That lightning deco is kind of cool! Shattered Glass movie Skids maybe? XD
Lance Halberd
It's a tie-in, not a tie-up.
Tie-ups are far sexier.
harrismonkey
I actually kind of like the way it looks. I might even consider it an improvement if it did turn out to be Skids.
BUT- the real issue was their personalities. I really hope we don't see much of them in this movie.
Barricade24
I'm pretty sure that is not skids but a presentation because skids is now black not full green Not to crazy about that bot mode But it may not look like that in the movie.
rich_prime
Don't we love these people who takes things to a little bit early when will this stop