The latest issue of Toyfare magazine, issue 140, is out in the US and contains an interviews with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and with Aaron Archer and Greg Lombardo.
According to TFW2005.com the issue contains the following information:
Important details of the coverage:
- 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 Falen is the one who turns and is the reason
Transformers split into Autobots and Decepticons.
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