The official Hasbro China Transformers Weibo account have just uploaded a new Official Transformers Kingdom & Studio Series Stop Motion Video for your viewing pleasure.
The video is a nice mix of some of the recent Kingdom figures like Voyager Cyclonus, Core Optimus Prime and Megatron, Deluxe Arcee, and Studio Series Hot Rod (with fast cameos of Jazz and Kup). We can see a funny talent battle between Cyclonus and Hot Rod and, as you should imagine, nothing ends as expected.
Watch the video here or a YouTube mirror after the jump, as well as some screencaps. Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Board!
Retrosting49
Honestly its a good stop motion its really smooth
FORT MAXie
All I kept seeing what Hot Rod's off-centered chest flames, Cyclone's off-centered paint apps partially painted face, and all those spurs I would be breaking out an Exacto knife to trim that back asap, and what is with Arcee's grey paint it looks sloppy like there were bits on the figure before it was painted…… If prices are going up so will my OCD over what I am buying.
Cyber Silver
By weird I think he's referring to the fact that they randomly scroll by. He just poorly worded it.
AndreyOfDoom
The opposite of Jimmy Hendrix lol
POSSESSED_DIGIT
maybe they’re all left handed, forced to playing upside down…
Phenotype
What’s even more egregious is that they all held the guitar backwards!
Phenotype
They were comments. It was a livestream. Also, maybe don’t call them “weird Chinese characters”? They’re just Chinese characters. There’s nothing weird about them, that’s their language.
Mardroid
Yeah the subject matter was rather silly, but I appreciated the animation.
Robogeek28
Usually I love these things, but this one didn't seem as fun to me.
Ah well…there's always the next one.
grindcore138
Yep, it's the same on BilliBilli, which is China's Niconico equivalent, as well. I don't know how anyone can watch videos/streams like that, particularly for the really popular channels, but I guess enough of those sites' users like barely being able to see what's happening on screen for it to be a feature.
POSSESSED_DIGIT
Hot Rod’s legs were mistransformed for the video, but it’s not anything bad. Aesthetically it looks fine. It invokes the G1 toy like that, and doesn’t hinder anything. I go back and forth with that configuration on my figure all the time
MrByatis
I know some Japanese video streaming sites, like Nico Nico, will have viewer comments scroll past the video in a similar way. I dont know about China but that's what I interpreted it as
BW megatron
Techincally good, but utterly dumb, just like the last one. Well guess these days you cater the social media audience.
Mardroid
Maybe as an advertisement for the most recent product. It is a good looking version of Megatron, and the silver paint looks great.
The video was created by the Chinese branch of Hasbro hence the messages/subtitles, etc in Mandorin (or possibly Cantonese depending on the region).
My understanding was that Arcee was trying to sell the guitar. The two boys failed to showcase it, so she had a go herself and was successful. (I actually preferred the lads music but, anyway.)
BB Shockwave
What was it with all the weird chinese characters starting to swim through the screen? And what was Arcee selling? Her music?
Chopperface
That was fun. I wonder if there’s merit to maybe a future Rodimus using a guitar as a primary weapon. Like an incarnation that plays up the goofy 80’s theme.
Gee Won 1984
I guess South Korea stopped making these?
Mercurius
Why is Megatron the tiny version, rather than the Siege or Earthrise version?
AnonymousDwell
Me: *Sees Kingdom & Studio Series in title, and can't tell right away from thumbnail which bots are in it* Oh sweet maybe they'll stop motion Kingdom Rodimus' transformation so I can finally see how the arms end up in their bot mode orientation!
Hasbro: Studio Series Hot Rod only in this video.
Me:
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xueyue2
Arcee wanted to sell the guitar, in live commerce style.
So asked both Cyclonus and Hot Rod to perform using the guitar, and they both sucked. So in the end Arcee did it herself and sold out soon.