New BTS-05 Minions Series Tremor & Frequenzy Images

I want to like these guys, but there are just so many better options when it comes to Frenzy and Rumble. I like the articulation, but the head sculpts look off and those hip are REALLY wide. The G1 toys have better proportions.

Looking at the cassette modes and piledrivers, I REALLY want to like these two, but their robot modes...um...did someone start these with the idea that they'd be female counterparts to Rumble and Frenzy, but then just go for show-model accurate heads instead of more feminine faces? Seeing their expressions and square shoulders on top of what amount to hourglass figures with those wide hips, I can almost hear them saying to each other, "Time to-", "-TRANS-VEST!"

I'm the same. Especially after seeing the alt-modes (little batteries for the piledrivers!) and articulation I like them, but the size 0 waists really turn me off. Eat something you freaks!

If I didn't already have those awesome Perfect Effect figures, I'd go for these two. But my interest in them is 0.

They're so CLOSE to being cool it kinda hurts... the transformations are solid. Ratbat and his transformation look fantastic. But if you're wanting these as an updated Rumble/Frenzy... you want them to have:

- more accurate chest design
- better proportions (esp. hips/waist)

But as is, I DO love the batteries. Heh. And they're close enough to cool that I'll probably get them, even if they stay in cassette mode.

And they shall be Rumble and Frenzy's twin sisters with child-bearing-hips...

I shall call them Frenzi and Rumblina.

Heh hehe he heh. Rumblina.

Getting them mainly because they're tapebots and I love me some tapebots.

But, yeah ... G1 had better proportions.

They look a little too feminine with the wide hips and color choices.

Does anyone have Sonicron? Noticed he was on clearance for $40 which doesnt seem terrible for someone without a Soundwave in their collection.

YAY! The two tiny little pipsqueaks! If only I had the BTS Soundwave (or whatever name they gave him) *awaits for the pic of Edward Elric flipping out over the pipsqueak remark*

I like them. I think if they came with their iconic backpack/guns, the bots would look a bit more acceptable. I wonder if they can hold the G1 guns.

I will definitely pick them up at some stage. I love that they're compatible with G1 Soundwave. I am curious as to how tall they are. Get the impression they're taller than the originals.

I feel like Charlie Brown. BTS is Lucy, and potentially awesome toys are the football.

So close, every time, yet always a disappointment.

I like these guys but there is something off about them. I imagine the QC will be so so but I have them on pre order at BBTS anyway.

i believe it is the Ratbat from this grouping that i was looking forward to
the rest, not so much

WolfDawg wrote:I want to like these guys

I was thinking the same thing when I looked at the pix..

tmk9883 wrote:Does anyone have Sonicron? Noticed he was on clearance for $40 which doesnt seem terrible for someone without a Soundwave in their collection.

It was previously on clearance for $29. I'll bet if you're patient, you can get a better price than $40. I think the price may have gone back up due to the cassette bot release, but I think if you wait it should come back down.

i hate the way those two look, they almost have animated feel to em and in that sense i like them, i hope the g1 figures can use those batteries though- that would make it worth it.

I think the 3rd party company that created these are genious's.
these have got to be the most articulated/poseable 3rd party cassette/robot toys ever.

The genious part,Is having the pile drivers attachments transform into soundwaves batteries/rocket launchers/weapons.

I think it was a nice touch to add tiny cases for the cassettes to squeeze into.

I can understand & forgive some mis-proprtioned body parts. because lets face it,creating 2 inch poseable robots that transforms into flat rectangular tiny 2 inch cassettes is NOT A EASY TASK BY ANY MEANS.

No,I'm not buying these. as I don't own any soundwave toys. the only cassette transformers I like are ravage & other animals that transform into cassettes.

Tidalwavex wrote:I think the 3rd party company that created these are genious's.
these have got to be the most articulated/poseable 3rd party cassette/robot toys ever.

The genious part,Is having the pile drivers attachments transform into soundwaves batteries/rocket launchers/weapons.

I think it was a nice touch to add tiny cases for the cassettes to squeeze into.

I can understand & forgive some mis-proprtioned body parts. because lets face it,creating 2 inch poseable robots that transforms into flat rectangular tiny 2 inch cassettes is NOT A EASY TASK BY ANY MEANS.

No,I'm not buying these. as I don't own any soundwave toys. the only cassette transformers I like are ravage & other animals that transform into cassettes.

Wow, you are generous.

Anyway, I think the prize for most articulate tape still belongs to G1 Ravage and his ilk.

The only way I think these could have been better is if Frenzy's batteries turned into guns, leave Rumble as is. I don't want weapons that can't be stored after seeing these batteries.

Better yet, do these weapons for ALL the G1 cassettes that will store in Soundwave as batteries!!!

Wide hips and a coke bottle figure...Thats how I like my women, not my transformers.

Oh Em Gee...totally picking these up ASAP for my Sonic Ron. They are alot more accurate than the Perfect Effect versions (although those are cool in thier own right) and I have the Ravage re-issue cassette that came with my G1 Hound...now all I need is a decent Lazorbeak.

Rated X wrote:Wide hips and a coke bottle figure...Thats how I like my women, not my transformers.

Re-checking the pics,they look like year 2009 Animated toy line versions of the cassette bots.

Can Sonicron store the batteries like G1 Soundwave anyone?

Oh wow. No.

Just no.

Wide birthin' hips, ahoy!

WOW! speechless about these two, the only good Frenzy and Rumble they are is the G1 and the PE versions, these are......terrible!! I want to like them i really do, but i just cant!

Two great points, Windsweeper. Seeing a comparison shot would be fantastic... as would having their iconic backpack accessories. They should post some new pics to compare with G1, and let us know if they're backwards compatible with the weapons. Guessing they will be.

I'm not sure about these to my Sonicron won't hold cassets and i have United Rumble and Frenzy so i will pass

just to debunk the rumor (i have read this a few times scattered around)...

Sonic Ron IS confirmed to be able to hold cassettes...I don't know where that rumor comes from. my Sonic Ron is currently holding the Ravage that came with classic Hound until I find some more tapes that make me go ZOMG TAKE MAH MONEYZ!

They're kinda neat, but Perfect Effect's are nicer proportioned and compatible with almost all bots. If this had been at the same time or before, it'd be a different story. Seriously, we all saw it coming when PE gave us Shadow Warrior, you could have stepped it up BTS In fact it would have been the same story as the Auto-scout.

Yeah, they'll go nicely with Sonicron, but he didn't wow like other standalones in design (or construction for that matter), so I'm not rabidly looking to expand him.

There was something I didn't like about Perfect Effect's cassettebots... it's on the tip of my tongue. What was it again???

Oh yeah. They don't transform into cassettes.

With rumored pics of Ratbat and Ravage coming from various parties... someone needs to get to work on a snazzy Laserbeak/Buzzsaw.

So close... but so far.

The thing I dont like about the PE versions (besides the afore-mentioned NO TAPE MODE), is the fact that they don't "go" with anything...they look out of place on just about any bot you would stick them on (not to mention Sonic Ron or Soundwave in particulat) due to thier color schemes and alt modes.

Hideously big lazer swords?
Some kind of wierd jet-pack thingamabobs?

Doesnt seem like a lot of forethought went into these. Honestly, my initial impression when I first saw the alt modes for Laser and Buzzer was "Gee, they are trying to make them look like the Jetfire addon parts Prime used in the live-action movie".

I..was...disappoint.

And i was actually teetering on the fence about ordering the Shadow Warriors just to have a Rumble and Frenzy, but then these guys came out and just blew them away.

They're in my PoL now. Hopefully the QC will be good.

I've got Sonicrun and these guys in my POL, but I think I'll hold off until the reissues of Soundblaster and Twincast come out before shipping. It'll be tapariffic!

Sonicron, cassettes, reissue Soundblaster AND Twincast, and four new G1 cassettees???

Sorry, Gauntlet101010, that's too much cassette-awesome to ship in the same package. The universe might implode.