TFW2005 has received official, high resolution images in and out of packaging for Transformers Animated Activators Armor Up Optimus Prime and Battlefield Bumblebee, two previously unannounced and unseen figures. Official images for these figures can be seen by clicking on the thumbnail to the left. More information regarding these figures, including bios, can be seen by clicking on the links below. There is currently no word regarding if and when the figures will be released, although the release of official images is encouraging.
Transformers Animated – Activators – Armor Up Optimus Prime
Transformers Animated – Activators – Battlefield Bumblebee
Gingerchris
Can I have an actual Star Convoy Activator?
thedeadmatrix
Gonna buy since star convoy reference
Lucario Prime
Yes!!
I love these dudes. DAY ONE!
MC.Paddington1
Not again….
So many bb repaints…. animated is based on them….
dark69
nice! love to see new animated!
UTK007
I can't wait to add Star Prime to my Animated Autobot forces!
lollypop
they're still releasing animated activators?
Feralstorm
Same enough for the kids/parents, different enough to screw over completist collectors.
I like that idea, though as I see it the silver isn't random. He's now a CLASSICS 'Bee homage.
ams
I'm not seeing the Star Convoy homage as much as "we need to break up the red and here's a nice place to put some yellow". Bumblebee seems pointless.
I have no love for Animated, but DO love the Activators concept and would like to see it in other lines. My friend's kids (who are just a bit too young for deluxes) are loving Activators.
caitlindevi
my point was that if the repainting is so minor why do it at all…why not just rerelease it in the regular paint job? Or if they want to do a repaintmake it a proper repaint i.e. cliffjumper or at least from the transformers universe.
Hell they could have done a dirty version of bumblebee as Fanzone's car rather than just slapping some random silver on it
Bgrngod
The Nemesis Prime and Ultra Prime repaints that you suggest would have been even more pointless to the kids that are Hasbro's target demographic. With these two figs that were just announced, they at least look mostly like what is recognizable from the cartoon.
caitlindevi
Arg more pointless and irrelevant repaints.
WHy can't hasbo understand that if a repaint has NO relavance to the cartoon or comics no one will buy it?
Then they sit around going 'Well this line can't be that popular. I took a dump in a box an no one wanted to buy it. We should cancel the whole future of this line because of this'
You could have painted the prime black and red and called it nemesis prime, or even white and called it Ultra Prime.
The Bumble bee could have been painted all maner of other colours to match all the bots with similar shapes in the cartoon, but no, you wanted to jump on the name bandwagon with yet ANOTHER BUmblebee
Listen to my words Hasbro…NO MORE POINTLESS REPAINTS. if you want to release the same character then release the same damn character, don't just stick a bit of unneeded paint on it just for the sake of it
Dom
These are both a bit lame, BUT I take a small amount of fanboy hope from it that if we see repaints of these we may see a Voyager Ramjet.
das_hermit
These are very 'meh'.
Activator Grimlock in an Overkill theme would be alright.
SoundFire Prime
I'm sorry, I really am, but in all seriousness, these repaints are just sad. All they did for the "new" Bumblebee was swap his black stripes out with silver stripe, and then the colored Optimus Prime's entire head silver and slap the yellow "Y" on his chest so he'd look like Star Convoy. Other than that, they pretty much look exactly the same as the originals. Again, I'm sorry for being so blunt, but seriously…Oh well, someone's gonna buy them, I guess…just not me. Hey, isn't there supposed to be a white Activators Soundwave coming out, or was that just some rumor?
Paxtin
It does make one wonder what the comparative cost would be between all these random repaints and a deluxe head remold.
megatronkicksas
So getting for star convoy homage.
Ktulu
I just threw some paint on my face guys! This is armor, you can't hurt me!
Man. Think about the money going into the various new redecos – and think about that lack of a new head on Fugitive Waspinator. It stings a bit, doesn't it?
Rev_Pee_Kitty
Boss: "Okay, team, we just got approval for two new repaints on the Activators!"
Team: "WOOO!"
Boss: "Now here's the plan. We're gonna take Prime and do a Star Convoy thing with him, make it a nice homage."
Painter: "Uh, boss?"
Boss: "Yeah?"
Painter: "I sorta promised my kid that our next repaint would be Destro."
Boss: "Destro?"
Painter: "Yeah, she just loved that G.I. Joe movie, y'know? Can we do that?"
Boss: "Hmm.. sure, why not? Star Convoy Destro Animated Activator Prime it is!"
Writer: "Love the length, but can I tweak that a bit?"
Boss: "Knock yourself out. I think we can fit another syllable in there."
Writer: "Great, so what's the other repaint?"
Boss: "I'm thinking Bumblebee."
Team: "WOOOO!"
Boss: "First thing we do, is swap some black for silver, got it? Then . . ."
Team: "Boss?"
Boss: " . . . "
Medic: "I think he just had a stroke."
Painter: "What do we do?"
Writer: "You heard him. Swap black for silver. Get on it!"
Painter: "And?"
Writer: "And nothing. Did you hear any further instructions? Get to work!"
Nachtsider
I lol'd.