Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online!

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The reliable eBay seller and Seibertron.com friend eToysHunter has provided us with yet another gallery of a prototype of an upcoming Transformers figure. eToysHunter has supplied us with 20 new photos of the upcoming Thundercracker figure from the toyline of this summer's blockbuster Transformers Movie. Thundercracker is a remolded repaint of the Voyager Class Starscream figure. Thundercracker sports a new robotic head which is more in-line with what the Transformers fandom is used to. Click here to view many detailed photos of the all-new Thundercracker figure from eToysHunter.

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Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98867)
Posted by Doctor Paragon on April 26th, 2007 @ 1:51am CDT

Schweet!
I'll have to get two for an emergency head
transplant for Starscream.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98871)
Posted by Khemical Prime on April 26th, 2007 @ 1:56am CDT

And they said nothing good happens after 2am! :grin:

Edit: This is a Voyager right? About the size of CLA Jetfire? If so sweet.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98874)
Posted by Seibertron on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:03am CDT

Yeah and I needed to be in bed about 3 hours ago. I have to get up in 5 ... tomorrow is going to suck. Tonight is the 3rd night in a row that I've been up way past my bed time working on Seibertron.com.

Hanging out at my buddy's place tomorrow night for Thursday Night comedy night on NBC. Will work on the Revoltech and Beast Wars 10th anniversary galleries tomorrow night while watching the comedies with my friends.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98889)
Posted by Anonymous on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:16am CDT

Still can't like it...I can't justify G1 repaints of Movie toys. And I like the movie TF's for the most part...

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98899)
Posted by Satanatron on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:27am CDT

I like the face. It looks more humanoid.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98910)
Posted by the purifyer on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:37am CDT

Now that doesn't look too bad. Better than Starscream that's for sure.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98918)
Posted by Leonardo on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:52am CDT

That's an odd placement for the faction symbol. Does Starscream have it on his tailfins, too?

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (98980)
Posted by Nemesis Cyberplex on April 26th, 2007 @ 4:57am CDT

Anybody else find it a bit odd that Hasbro gave the movie people the go-ahead to make Starscream's head the way they did(I would assume they would have had to, given that it's their IP), only to scrap it for a more traditonal seeker head when his repaints started rolling around?

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99033)
Posted by Bonger on April 26th, 2007 @ 5:40am CDT

I really want to like this line, but...ah don't feel like getting into it right now.

Anywho, thats an awful lot of kibble. Looks better than Starscream though.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99083)
Posted by allisonaxe on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:02am CDT

this head + this body sculpt make up for the suckiness that was cybertron thundercracker.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99109)
Posted by Exulted Unicron on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:22am CDT

I don't know why Hasbro are now using Bayformer molds to create non movie transfomers.

Still, awesomne gallery[/code]

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99119)
Posted by Leonardo on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:26am CDT

Just so the line has some consistency, I suppose.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99125)
Posted by Cybertron Optimus on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:28am CDT

I think he looks like a cross between Armada Thundercracker and
Movie Starscream. The head and colors look Armada Thundercracker's and the body looks like Movie Starscream.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99128)
Posted by Exulted Unicron on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:30am CDT

its that old adage ain;'t it? you can't have one seeker without the others

and you can't have one figure without a ton od repaints and remolds

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99145)
Posted by tentagil on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:37am CDT

I'm apparently the only person who hates that new head, looks hideous to me. The Movie Starscream head may not look like Starscream, but I still think it looks a hell of alot better then that one.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99147)
Posted by Leonardo on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:39am CDT

Rattrap in your avatar reminds me of Starscream.

I'm not fussed about Thundercracker's head. I don't hate it. I don't love it.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99236)
Posted by Skowl on April 26th, 2007 @ 7:25am CDT

Godmodule wrote:Still can't like it...I can't justify G1 repaints of Movie toys. And I like the movie TF's for the most part...

My sentiments exactly. G1 colours just don't work on movie toys. Especially not on the F22 mold, you can say what you want about Movie Starscream, but at least his colour scheme makes sense.

This guy just looks strange, like he doesn't know what generation of transformers he belongs to. He looks like some time-travelling experiment gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99263)
Posted by AbsumZer0 on April 26th, 2007 @ 7:56am CDT

I still think it looks terrible even with the slightly less horrendous face. In jet mode the gaps pretty much ruin the sleek surface of the irl life raptor and his head still pokes out of his bum.

At least this way if Skywarp is released as an exclusive it won't be taken quite so harshly, and the odds are looking good that 'Ambulance Ratchet' will have a slightly more G1 head.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99282)
Posted by Gaijin on April 26th, 2007 @ 8:18am CDT

I am not a robotic technician or a genius of the field (so, correct me if I am wrong), but, wouldn't have the Starscream/Thundercracker being so top heavy make him walk a bit clumsy- like the way the AT-ST walked in Return of the Jedi (even though the AT-ST's legs are reversed)?

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99341)
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on April 26th, 2007 @ 9:10am CDT

its official. thundercracke is better than movie scream.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99496)
Posted by Starscreams bad comedy on April 26th, 2007 @ 11:39am CDT

Meh. I still dont like this design. It still looks like a robotic gorilla, just with a different head on it. Yuck.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99500)
Posted by First Gen on April 26th, 2007 @ 11:45am CDT

Ummm, no.

Thundercracker isn't even in the movie. What next? A repaint of Bumblebee as Cliffjumper?

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99526)
Posted by 1337W422102 on April 26th, 2007 @ 12:10pm CDT

First Gen wrote:What next? A repaint of Bumblebee as Cliffjumper?

Don't tell me that would surprise you.

I like the jet, I like the colours, but I hate that robot form. Man, the chest just pisses me off. And the melted seeker head is an improvement, but it hurts to say that...

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99549)
Posted by Kimmer on April 26th, 2007 @ 12:34pm CDT

they can dress it up any way they want but it's always gonna be a pathetic putrid design.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99564)
Posted by jgilkinson on April 26th, 2007 @ 12:54pm CDT

thats a big buy for him

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99570)
Posted by Exulted Unicron on April 26th, 2007 @ 1:01pm CDT

oh great...more movie crap with more repaints

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99573)
Posted by powerone on April 26th, 2007 @ 1:04pm CDT

Reminds me of Energon Starscream.

Too bad the robot mode isn't as good.

Power on.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99611)
Posted by Thanatos Prime on April 26th, 2007 @ 1:40pm CDT

Hmmm... Does this mean that seekers won't be merely physical clones of each other? I always wanted seekers that were more than just different colors of the same mold.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99661)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on April 26th, 2007 @ 2:21pm CDT

That head would've look great on Screamer in the movie. And i think that Thundercracker should be painted like a blue angle. That way the paint would be from a real jet like starscream. Its a good looking figure though. I like it.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99739)
Posted by Nico on April 26th, 2007 @ 3:20pm CDT

So, he's really an official toy...

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (99772)
Posted by GHUNZ on April 26th, 2007 @ 3:44pm CDT

One great reason to like the FACE is they try to take his Old face and update it making it more alien and robotic, yet it still looks like THUNDERCRACKER I like it, they could have done that with star scream and MEGS for the movie, But NOPE, we got all new CRAP that's not remotely good looking,,,

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100022)
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:48pm CDT

now why couldn't they use that head for starscream
it would make him more recognizable

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100025)
Posted by i_amtrunks on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:51pm CDT

the head is better, but still has a long way to go until I like it.
The light blue is a much nicer colour on the jet mode, but the robot mode is beyond saving, no matter what colour it is painted.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100033)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on April 26th, 2007 @ 6:57pm CDT

I don't know, he's better than StarScream, but he's still not very good.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100038)
Posted by AbsumZer0 on April 26th, 2007 @ 7:00pm CDT

Megatron_Wolf wrote:That head would've look great on Screamer in the movie. And i think that Thundercracker should be painted like a blue angle. That way the paint would be from a real jet like starscream. Its a good looking figure though. I like it.

I don't think the Blue Angels are planning to trade their Hornets in for Raptors any time in the near future, and the Ble Angel deco would probably look just as off. It'd be like painting a Blackbird or Stealth Bomber bright blue and yellow (or red).

In this case I think they might have been better off just going with 2 similar shades of dark blue and using the same pattern as Starscream... of course, I'm imaging this on the real plane as opposed to the mess of a toy.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100124)
Posted by MaikeruSama on April 26th, 2007 @ 8:21pm CDT

I like movie starscream better.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100419)
Posted by NightFall on April 27th, 2007 @ 12:18am CDT

Ewww, ugly mo foe! Please I hope they bare the rest of line, the head has a red hole with teeth, nasty! The alt mode is nice, thoug.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (100441)
Posted by Quaternion on April 27th, 2007 @ 12:32am CDT

I hereby predict that Starscream and Thundercracker will be shelf warmers. I'll buy whichever one goes on sale.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (101200)
Posted by flashmech on April 27th, 2007 @ 2:15pm CDT

I like the looks of this one. He reminds me of Scourge.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (101503)
Posted by Soundwave9507 on April 27th, 2007 @ 7:40pm CDT

not bad for thundercracker's repaint and it look like repaint from Starscream's alt mode as well.. and yeah lot movie toys coming summer.. and if they doing with Skywarp

for sure what think that..

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (102862)
Posted by Predaprince on April 29th, 2007 @ 11:35am CDT

Am I the only one who is reminded of Jetstorm by him?

With this coloring and aterations to the face, if they would change the legs he would be a good figure.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (103194)
Posted by lockepsb on April 29th, 2007 @ 6:28pm CDT

isn't that the same mold for Energon Starscream?

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (103196)
Posted by lockepsb on April 29th, 2007 @ 6:29pm CDT

nope totally different... just saw jet mode and it reminded me of Energon Starscream.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (104270)
Posted by SpacerAM2 on April 30th, 2007 @ 2:09pm CDT

Thundercracker's face is better designed than monkey face Starscream. Yet Thundercracker is not in the movie but this toy will be released anyway. No wonder the new Transformers film will flat out stink.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (110849)
Posted by flashmech on May 5th, 2007 @ 1:47pm CDT

I like Thundercracker's Scourge-like appearance.

Re: Transformers Movie Thundercracker mini-gallery now online! (111898)
Posted by Amelie on May 6th, 2007 @ 1:50pm CDT

A toy so bad that it makes Armada Sideswipe look like Transformer perfection.

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