SDCC 2014 Transformers Set Revealed: Knights of Unicron Metal Band

I was afraid something like this would happen.

Um... well... ah. Not sure what to think of this.

Ha ha. April Fools was two months ago. This is a bit late.

Alright, well. This is just brilliant!

If I were a wealthy man...
Seriously though, why Jazz? That toy is universally reviled. I'll admit I can't think of a lot of alternatives FOC-wise, but still

I love it!

I hate it!

I must have it!

I can not afforded it.

This is it. This is the pinnacle of Transformers. Nothing will ever be better than Hair Metal Prime.

If only I could afford it.

how they transform with hair on there heads?

I need a WFC Megs, but not with a flaming hair style and a wacky paint job.

I have complex and detailed opinions on this, but for now, I'll just say that this reveal has me on a hair metal listening spree.

Um, its cute...but I wont pay the exorbitant prices for it.

My first thought was "WTF".
My second thought was "strip off most of the crap accessories, and they might look decent"

Nothin's Gonna Stand In My Way...of getting these!


(actually, I'm not arsed about them, but I do appreciate the novelty value. At least it wasn't something ridiculously Mass Market appealing like say a G1 leader in classics style)

Well, that's a huge pile of crap.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:If I were a wealthy man...
Seriously though, why Jazz? That toy is universally reviled.

Maybe they had a truckload of them headed for a landfill in New Mexico and decided to use them for this instead.

GuyIncognito wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:If I were a wealthy man...
Seriously though, why Jazz? That toy is universally reviled.

Maybe they had a truckload of them headed for a landfill in New Mexico and decided to use them for this instead.

Nothing can top the one behind the Video Game Crash of 1983.

Seriously though, we have Prime vs. Megatron, Blaster was unavailable for Soundwave so they went with the next best music geek... I'm guessing.

Nice idea, but that's all it is.

Holy God yes. This is freaking hilarious. If I had the money I would totally buy this and display it proudly. I love this so much.

I'm not sure what to say. It's not something I'd ever want, but I'm kinda pleased it actually exists.

I harness my inner Yoda when I say...


Break me a F$%^&*G give!!!

I would expect something this crazy from Takara Tomy but not from Hasbro. Gosh will these be stinking up Hasbrotoyshop.com. Maybe. What is this abomination going to set people back $99.99? $129.99? Dare I say $149.99?

~reluctantyouth~

I am so excited!...for my wallet. This is an easy pass. Again, I'm sort of grateful for that, though. There's so much other great Transformers stuff to get this year that it's a relief I won't have to add another "must have" SDCC exclusive on top of that.

ALL MY WANT.

I will stalk HTS to pick this up.

One of them should have been based on him.

God this set is amazing. First SDCC set I actually want.

So is this supposed to just represent generic 80s hair bands or someone in particular for each figure?

I bought the little Linkin Park figures for the Linkin Park Soundwave set for the gallery and I'd like to do something similar for this set if I can find some Action Figures or toys that are what these are representing.

Midnight_Fox wrote:ALL MY WANT.

I will stalk HTS to pick this up.

No stalking required. It'll be available for months (or years) to come, and will end up on clearance sooner or later.

What makes me think Seibertron.com's own Rotorstorm came up with this idea?

Ive got the puke if youve got the bucket !!!

Ok, before I give my opinions there's something I need to say, the term "Hair Metal" is derogatory slur created by Rolling Stone magazine and the Alternative music scene to deride and diminish the work that 80's Hard Rock musicians did to bring some joy to the world. I'd ask all of you to please refrain from using the term, instead the terms "Melodic Rock" or the aforementioned "80's Hard Rock" are acceptable. As a fan and a musician I thank you.

Now about the set, oh boy, I'm not sure if I love it or hate it but wow. Clearly Prime has to be based a bit on the Ultimate Warrior as the hair and tassels match some of UW iconic looks. Laserbeak's pain job is based on Eddie Van Halen's red and white "Frankenstein" guitar. The tour booklet cover is based on the picture from Iron Maiden's single "The Trooper." Ratbat appears to once again draw from EVH and his "Yellow jacket" guitar from the very early 80's.

Dead Metal wrote:

One of them should have been based on him.

God this set is amazing. First SDCC set I actually want.

You could use WFC starscream with the cockpit (no pun intended) reflect the double deep V

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ok, before I give my opinions there's something I need to say, the term "Hair Metal" is derogatory slur created by Rolling Stone magazine and the Alternative music scene to deride and diminish the work that 80's Hard Rock musicians did to bring some joy to the world. I'd ask all of you to please refrain from using the term, instead the terms "Melodic Rock" or the aforementioned "80's Hard Rock" are acceptable. As a fan and a musician I thank you.

Yeah, good luck with that, it'll go over as well as trying to eliminate CHUG as a term amongst this fandom despite its actual racist meaning.

Also, the actual statement in Rolling Stone derided the bands as "hair farmers", the public actually came up with the term hair bands due to it.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! I don't want it, but it's still hilarious!

War for Cybertron Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave and Fall of Cybertron Jazz have been repainted, given hair (yes hair), and paired with Transformers: Animated Ratbat and Laserbeak to form the metal band Knights of Unicron!

Hey now, that's mislabeled. That's Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime.

Midnight_Fox wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ok, before I give my opinions there's something I need to say, the term "Hair Metal" is derogatory slur created by Rolling Stone magazine and the Alternative music scene to deride and diminish the work that 80's Hard Rock musicians did to bring some joy to the world. I'd ask all of you to please refrain from using the term, instead the terms "Melodic Rock" or the aforementioned "80's Hard Rock" are acceptable. As a fan and a musician I thank you.

Yeah, good luck with that, it'll go over as well as trying to eliminate CHUG as a term amongst this fandom despite its actual racist meaning.

What? I agree CHUG is a stupid anagram, but how is it racist? I mean it looks like chug, as in chugging drinks at the pup. But I fail to see how that could be racist? Or does it have another meaning besides drinking where you live?

philswitch engage wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

One of them should have been based on him.

God this set is amazing. First SDCC set I actually want.

You could use WFC starscream with the cockpit (no pun intended) reflect the double deep V

lol, if only they did that XD

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ok, before I give my opinions there's something I need to say, the term "Hair Metal" is derogatory slur created by Rolling Stone magazine and the Alternative music scene to deride and diminish the work that 80's Hard Rock musicians did to bring some joy to the world. I'd ask all of you to please refrain from using the term, instead the terms "Melodic Rock" or the aforementioned "80's Hard Rock" are acceptable. As a fan and a musician I thank you.

Wow, never knew that. So this means that every time someone asked me that that awesome music was I was listening to, I was insulting it.


Damn, just realized, this was the perfect opportunity for using Music Label Soundwave, with an SD featuring a joke recording by the band, or generic crowd sounds.

This is the most metal thing ever... and I want it.

Dead Metal wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ok, before I give my opinions there's something I need to say, the term "Hair Metal" is derogatory slur created by Rolling Stone magazine and the Alternative music scene to deride and diminish the work that 80's Hard Rock musicians did to bring some joy to the world. I'd ask all of you to please refrain from using the term, instead the terms "Melodic Rock" or the aforementioned "80's Hard Rock" are acceptable. As a fan and a musician I thank you.

Yeah, good luck with that, it'll go over as well as trying to eliminate CHUG as a term amongst this fandom despite its actual racist meaning.

What? I agree CHUG is a stupid anagram, but how is it racist? I mean it looks like chug, as in chugging drinks at the pup. But I fail to see how that could be racist? Or does it have another meaning besides drinking where you?

It's also used as a derogatory term for Native Americans.

I want this, if only for the novelty value (and because Animated Laserbeak is one of the best accessories ever.)

GuyIncognito wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:ALL MY WANT.

I will stalk HTS to pick this up.

No stalking required. It'll be available for months (or years) to come, and will end up on clearance sooner or later.

It's a little sad that you don't think this is going to sell super fast, because I have no doubt that it will. Who woulda guessed that there would be a large amount of crossover between people who grew up in the 80s and listened to this music, and Transformer fans.

ChrisRiss wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:ALL MY WANT.

I will stalk HTS to pick this up.

No stalking required. It'll be available for months (or years) to come, and will end up on clearance sooner or later.

It's a little sad that you don't think this is going to sell super fast, because I have no doubt that it will. Who woulda guessed that there would be a large amount of crossover between people who grew up in the 80s and listened to this music, and Transformer fans.

I'm with you, I think this'll go really quick. There's a lot of 80's nostalgia out there, doubly so with Transformers. It really seems only the internet TF fans hate it, everyone I've shown it to thinks it's hilariously awesome, TF fan or not.

THIS ISN'T WHAT I MEANT BY ROCK LORDS HASBRO!!!!!!

Mkall!!!

That's FOC Prime... not WFC.




On another note - I have no idea how I should be feeling about this. No. Idea.

Seibertron wrote:So is this supposed to just represent generic 80s hair bands or someone in particular for each figure?

I bought the little Linkin Park figures for the Linkin Park Soundwave set for the gallery and I'd like to do something similar for this set if I can find some Action Figures or toys that are what these are representing.

some of the old Warhammer 40k Slaanesh Noise Marines would be quite similar.

I know everyone's saying Ultimate Warrior for Prime, but the red and silver pattern and the heart symbol make me think of Shawn Michaels.

Goodness help me I kinda want it...
not for $184....
head hurts

I don't know what to feel. One side of me says, "This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen, what were they thinking?", but the other side says, "This is the most ridiculously awesome thing I've ever seen, what was I thinking?".

I'm a very conflicted individual.

Mkall wrote:THIS ISN'T WHAT I MEANT BY ROCK LORDS HASBRO!!!!!!

I legitimately couldn't stop laughing for five minutes straight.

I like that as its the 30th anniversary they are using the unused Rockformers concept from the 80's 90's.

well all I can say is we can't blame fun pub for these exclusives

Once you get over the knee-jerk reaction and see it for what it is, (a fun convention exclusive) the set begins to grow on you... even if it is completely stupid.

It's still more dignified than anything Michael Bay has ever done, at any rate.

My thoughts on this ...

Hopefully we don't look back at this and determine that this is when Transformers officially jumped the shark.

I want it! I need it! I must have this!!
I would actually consider selling a body part to get this. Maybe not one of my own but I'd sacrifice some poor schmuck to get my hands on this set.

I've seen some half-hearted attempts at cool, exclusive sets. I've seen some downright hideous attempts that fail at whatever attempt at coolness they may have been trying for but this... this is over the top. This is the "go big or go home" attempt at outlandish and they nailed it! And I absolutely love this set just for that fact!!

Oh Primus, I've never loved and hated a set so much

WHAT unholy hell is this? I know they got tons of unwanted optimus and jazz figures but must they destroy Megatron and Soundwave as well?