Transformers: Age of Extinction IMAX Poster

The poster looks pretty neat. Hope one of my friends at AMC can snag one for me.

oh my god its a transformer poster with an actual transformer on it, thought those were only a myth

Nice to finally get a good look at Lockdown, though it seems weird how humanoid he is, like he could be done with a physical costume. Not that it's a bad thing, just different compared to the typical Movie bot.

It is because he is a huge guy transforming into a sport car... Without mass shifting! And we can see that his body was designed with that thing in mind.

They seem to be making a fair amount of effort at making this movie stand apart from the prior 3 installments. The text in the poster is unlike the previous movie posters. I'm almost inclined to believe that this movie might actually BE different from the first three. "Almost" being the operative word there. I'm still extremely cynical about it and stand by my belief that they should have stopped at DotM. Obviously they have learned nothing from history. The Freddy movies turned to crap after #3 and even die-hard Star Wars fans like myself tore the prequel movies to shreds (and speaking of "Die Hard", that's another franchise that should have stopped at number 3). To date, only the Harry Potter Movies have had a successful run with all of their follow-ups being decent. Even the Trek movies had some serious bombs in the line-up. Paramount should know better than to even attempt what they are thinking of doing with having a run of six Transformers movies. The ONLY person on the face of this or any other world that could pull off such a run would be James Cameron and he's smart enough to not even involve himself with such a commercial property. All we can expect from these next 3 films is the night and day difference between the first Punisher movie (not the Lundgren version, that one doesn't count) and the follow up to it which was nothing but a crap fest with even more gunfire and explosions than any 3 Bay films combined and less substance than any 6 put together. This is going to be the idiot-fan's version of the Transformers from here on out. (Not that the first 3 were any kind of freaking prize for us)

You must be fun at parties.

I'm very excited about the fourth movie, DOTM is one of my fav's (judge me if you must, The Dark Knight Rises and The Restless is also in my top 10 fav movies)

Love the poster, so cool that he's just walking like a boss in the trailer.

T-Macksimus wrote:They seem to be making a fair amount of effort at making this movie stand apart from the prior 3 installments. The text in the poster is unlike the previous movie posters. I'm almost inclined to believe that this movie might actually BE different from the first three. "Almost" being the operative word there. I'm still extremely cynical about it and stand by my belief that they should have stopped at DotM. Obviously they have learned nothing from history. The Freddy movies turned to crap after #3 and even die-hard Star Wars fans like myself tore the prequel movies to shreds (and speaking of "Die Hard", that's another franchise that should have stopped at number 3). To date, only the Harry Potter Movies have had a successful run with all of their follow-ups being decent. Even the Trek movies had some serious bombs in the line-up. Paramount should know better than to even attempt what they are thinking of doing with having a run of six Transformers movies. The ONLY person on the face of this or any other world that could pull off such a run would be James Cameron and he's smart enough to not even involve himself with such a commercial property. All we can expect from these next 3 films is the night and day difference between the first Punisher movie (not the Lundgren version, that one doesn't count) and the follow up to it which was nothing but a crap fest with even more gunfire and explosions than any 3 Bay films combined and less substance than any 6 put together. This is going to be the idiot-fan's version of the Transformers from here on out. (Not that the first 3 were any kind of freaking prize for us)

They don't even have Michael Bay's name on the poster above the title, like he has on EVERY other movie made by him.

noctorro wrote:You must be fun at parties.

I'm very excited about the fourth movie, DOTM is one of my fav's (judge me if you must, The Dark Knight Rises and The Restless is also in my top 10 fav movies)

Love the poster, so cool that he's just walking like a boss in the trailer.

DOTM is my #1 favorite movie, period. Just like ROTF before it.

Nice clean shot, the whole movie needs to look like this as much as possible. Lockdown still looks pretty complicated such that you can't really see much of a face.
And since we're naming fav movies, Transformers: The Movie is def my fav.

Megatron Wolf wrote:oh my god its a transformer poster with an actual transformer on it, thought those were only a myth

Where were you when we saw this one:

El Duque wrote:

It looks like he is wearing a helmet. You can see it in the teaser trailer and on one of his toys. (I forget the name of the toy)

^ Most of Lockdown's toys have a helmet, and imply it has some kind of tactical visor thing. I think the only toys with a proper face are the Kreon (who has a flip-down visor) and one of those super-deformed sideline things.

... which makes me think Lockdown's identity is supposed to be hidden. Which is really weird since he's basically a new character and not someone the average viewer would recognize.

I had my mouth open wide when I saw this trailer, and after, I started freaking out! It's Gianna be awesome! Can't wait for it to come out!

Firearm manufacturer Salient Arms International has a photo on their Facebook page from Transformers: Age of Extinction, which features their Salient Arms International 1911. The description of the weapon boasts that it is 100% hand built and fit. Salient says that each part is ordered and fabricated precisely, so that weapon is completely solid.

The High Capacity 1911 is featured as a 9mm, and in two different lengths (Government and Commander. It has a 21+1 round capacity, and is available in .40, .45, and .38 super. They are open for orders now.

While they don't have a webpage, you can check out Salient Arms International's Facebook page, email them at sales@salientarmsinternational, or even call them at 805-983-1200, if you're interested in purchasing from them.

Are you guys seriously helping to advertise guns on a website about a children's product?

I'm gobsmacked beyond rationalizing this one.

Sodan-1 wrote:Are you guys seriously helping to advertise guns on a website about a children's product?

I'm gobsmacked beyond rationalizing this one.

It's news regardless its a new screenshot of the movie we never saw before.


I guess seibertron forgot about that though.


plus you say this about a movie that has robots torn too pieces (say hi to Grindor/not Blackout)

Sodan-1 wrote:Are you guys seriously helping to advertise guns on a website about a children's product?

I'm gobsmacked beyond rationalizing this one.

Agreed, the way the post is written sounds like an advert for their product.

It's a news story about the upcoming Transformers movie and like one had previously mentioned it does show a screencap from movie. I don't see anything inappropriate about the post but understand it is a hot topic. Either way I think you should give seibertron.com the benefit of the doubt.

Is this gun the simplified version for children's use? Or will be released in generations line?

You know I don't care that it's a gun, I just find it dumb this is a news story to an extent, it'd be like:

"Hey Here's a photo From the IKEA website that's cropped picture of Marky Mark sitting on a couch. We can't contain the excitement for Age of Extinction"

Just to give you guys an idea, we write about things relating to the upcoming movie. This manufacturer was proud that their product was featured in AofE, and that's cool for them. We shared it because it's an interesting fact that it isn't just a prop weapon. The movie picture wasn't the feature of the article because, while we haven't seen it before, is it really that exciting as a stand-alone shot from the movie? My point was certainly not to create a gun advert. However, that was the information afforded to me by the gun manufacturer's FB page, and that's the info I had to go off of.

Now, please. The Transformers franchise is about giant Transforming robots shooting each other. Let's not turn this thread into pro or anti gun. It will get locked if that happens.

No one wants this to spiral into an actual gun debate; the rhetoric for every side of that argument has already been spelled out on thousands of other webpages, so no point in repeating here.

It's just that even Transfans interested in buying from this company would surely find this article more relevant if it included contact info for ordering a North American release of Masterpiece Megatron, and the fact that that will never, ever happen makes this news ironic no matter what your views are on actual firearm laws or Hasbro's company policy.

Just pointing out the realistic-toy-elephant in the room (well, strictly Takara's room), because someone had to. That's all that irks me about this; since my toy collecting eats up all the funds I'd need to collect firearms, whether or not any TF fansite has an email and phone# through which to order guns is irrelevant to me personally.

ScoutBumblebee wrote:
Now, please. The Transformers franchise is about giant Transforming robots shooting each other. Let's not turn this thread into pro or anti gun. It will get locked if that happens.

Obviously the second amendment is more important to you than the first...

jasonwilty wrote:

ScoutBumblebee wrote:
Now, please. The Transformers franchise is about giant Transforming robots shooting each other. Let's not turn this thread into pro or anti gun. It will get locked if that happens.

Obviously the second amendment is more important to you than the first...

*ahem*

the rhetoric for every side of that argument has already been spelled out on thousands of other webpages, so no point in repeating here.

Though, to Seib or any mods reading this, my google-ad thing at the bottom of this thread keeps bringing up stuff about "qualifying for concealed carry" and "firearm accuracy mistakes", and I don't know if there's any way to turn that off (I've got Firefox). If everyone else is getting that too, it's going to keep provoking readers, so no matter how civil anyone wants to be, this thread's going downhill fast. While I agree this technically meets news criteria, I'm starting to doubt there was ever a good way to present it as such.

okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

Well as far as I know from looking at the website, they're an upstart trying to use the TF4 market synergy to increase their market sales, and i'm not particularly sure if there's any "this (insert here) is officially licensed by the transformers brand" kinda thing.

I could understand this operating the other way around, Salient advertising on their page 'Hey, we get featured in new movie Age of Extinction' Sure that makes sense, because salient 'customers'(?) have a right to know about the whereabouts and achievements of the products...but does any TF fan give 2 hoots about or even know this company?

Seriously....this is kinda pushing it for Transformers news. I'm a Transformers fan, it's all I need from this site. I've seen this argument go around on a few news choices...but this one really seems to be pushing it on what a TF fan site needs to peddle.

And I'm not talking about guns, kids and laws. I'm talking about sheer relevance and the dangers of this site loosing it's focus. A good chunk of our users already have to use a shady hidden corner of the forums to view certain TF related toys and releases, but hey, turn on seibertron.com and learn about some small companies gun. Cool.

I apologise for being a dick, but it's a point that's bugged me just a bit. The 'no front page rule' on certain products makes sense, I've always respected it. But this site is for TF related stuff, not anything with official endorsement stamps. I don't need to know about one more gun being handled by actors in a film. They all look the same (the guns and the actors) This can't possibly have relevance, can it?

Again, sorry. I couldn't think of any politer way to put this. But it does bother me. I'm not out for an argument, and neither do I intend to bash the news crew. But yeah...

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

hinomars19 wrote:I could understand this operating the other way around, Salient advertising on their page 'Hey, we get featured in new movie Age of Extinction' Sure that makes sense, because salient 'customers'(?) have a right to know about the whereabouts and achievements of the products...but does any TF fan give 2 hoots about or even know this company?

Seriously....this is kinda pushing it for Transformers news. I'm a Transformers fan, it's all I need from this site. I've seen this argument go around on a few news choices...but this one really seems to be pushing it on what a TF fan site needs to peddle.

And I'm not talking about guns, kids and laws. I'm talking about sheer relevance and the dangers of this site loosing it's focus. A good chunk of our users already have to use a shady hidden corner of the forums to view certain TF related toys and releases, but hey, turn on seibertron.com and learn about some small companies gun. Cool.

I apologise for being a dick, but it's a point that's bugged me just a bit. The 'no front page rule' on certain products makes sense, I've always respected it. But this site is for TF related stuff, not anything with official endorsement stamps. I don't need to know about one more gun being handled by actors in a film. They all look the same (the guns and the actors) This can't possibly have relevance, can it?

Again, sorry. I couldn't think of any politer way to put this. But it does bother me. I'm not out for an argument, and neither do I intend to bash the news crew. But yeah...

I already addressed this in my previous response, but to reiterate. The news is the image, not the guns, but since the image came from their Facebook page were somewhat obligated to mention them and what they do. It's no different than when Chevy releases images and video of their featured vehicles from the movie. Do we pass because the content came from Chevy and all they really want is to promote their vehicles, or do we go ahead and post it because it movie news? We both know the answer, we post it. Not to mention an automobile is with most dangerous piece of equipment most people will ever own

For those of you with the desire to turn this into a silly debate, you're making a very poor argument. Guns are part of Transformers and have been since day #1.

If I had my way, no U.S. citizen would have private ownership of guns. But we live in America and people have the right to bear arms and many of you feel very strongly against my opinion. Those people are also entitled to their views and under current laws they are entitled to the ownership of guns if they so desire. The only reason I bring this point up is because I have some very liberal views about gun ownership which seem to coincide with the views that some of you are sharing in this topic. However, common sense about guns, Transformers, and the Transformers marketing machine at hand seem to show that some of you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

If a gun company has their guns in the upcoming movie, they're just part of the same marketing machine that Mountain Dew, X-Box, General Motors, Western Star and so many others have been. We are not here to play politics with news stories about the world of Transformers here on Seibertron.com.

Again, for those of you wanting to argue that this is a website about a children's toy brand, I leave you with this image that says all that needs to be said about guns and Transformers.










Comparing G1 Megatron to his Real-Life Counterpart

El Duque wrote:

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

Ummm...the screenshot is NOT the point of the article. You have written specs about the gun, and the thread isn't titled 'new still from Age of Extinction' The screen cap is part and course of the article...not the point of it.

hinomars19 wrote:

El Duque wrote:

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

Ummm...the screenshot is NOT the point of the article. You have written specs about the gun, and the thread isn't titled 'new still from Age of Extinction' The screen cap is part and course of the article...not the point of it.

The point of the article is that a gun company is promoting their products in the upcoming Transformers 4 Age of Extinction. As El Duque mentioned, we would do the same for General Motors or any other tie-in company. There's nothing wrong with this. If you have an issue with it, you're upset with the wrong people. Your attention should be focused on Hasbro, Paramount, and/or Michael Bay for allowing this to happen. Don't shoot the messenger!

hinomars19 wrote:

El Duque wrote:

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

Ummm...the screenshot is NOT the point of the article. You have written specs about the gun, and the thread isn't titled 'new still from Age of Extinction' The screen cap is part and course of the article...not the point of it.

The specs correspond with the gun in..............................the screenshot. Which are really just a mirror of the info from the image's caption on their Facebook page. If Salient had just posted a text message that their firearms would appear in Transformers: Age of Extinction without the benefit of the image this would not have appeared as news. Again, this really just goes back to giving the source of the image their due credit. However, if you disagree with the way the news was presented you are entitled to your opinion.

El Duque wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

El Duque wrote:

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

Ummm...the screenshot is NOT the point of the article. You have written specs about the gun, and the thread isn't titled 'new still from Age of Extinction' The screen cap is part and course of the article...not the point of it.

The specs correspond with the gun in..............................the screenshot. Which are really just a mirror of the info from the image's caption on their Facebook page. If Salient had just posted a text message that their firearms would appear in Transformers: Age of Extinction without the benefit of the image this would not have appeared as news. Again, this really just goes back to giving the source of the image their due credit. However, if you disagree with the way the news was presented you are entitled to your opinion.

I'm not looking for an 'opinion entitlement' discussion. I'd like to think the opinions of the people who love and use this site everyday can't be bounced off so easily, to be fair.

I respect you have your ways, and I respect those ways are somewhat tied to pleasing a lot of people when it comes to sponsors, ads and the use of outside source material. But it seems odd to me that people questioning the relevance of this thread are being cut short quite so easily. It's flimsy at best, I don't think that's hard to see. I'd rather the news crew's response be along the lines of 'sorry guys, but this needs to be done. We get it seems pointless to most of you, but it's done because it needs to be.'
Again, my opinion. And I'm not looking to stir trouble. If anything quite the opposite.

And I sincerely hope I don't see an ad for any of Mark Walhberg's clothes or furniture here any time soon. God help us if he uses the can during the film There, I'll end on some humour out of good faith.
(And also I'd like to say the recent interview with Sarah stone is currently nursing tumbleweeds whilst this thread literally bursts at the seams...so kudos to salient, mission accomplished.)

hinomars19 wrote: And I sincerely hope I don't see an ad for any of Mark Walhberg's clothes or furniture here any time soon. God help us if he uses the can during the film There, I'll end on some humour out of good faith.

I'd like to see more on the wardrobe and makeup, actually. Or just more pictures of Wahlberg. Either way. My preferred type of guns.

(And also I'd like to say the recent interview with Sarah stone is currently nursing tumbleweeds whilst this thread literally bursts at the seams...so kudos to salient, mission accomplished.)

Sadfaic.

hinomars19 wrote:

El Duque wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

El Duque wrote:

craggy wrote:okay, being nice and avoiding the pro/anti- gun issue. because really... Murica.

how about some news articles on the clothes Mark Wahlberg is wearing in the trailer? are none of the buildings we've seen in any of the films for sale? maybe advertise them?

is this product being marketed as a Transformers 4 tie-in? because otherwise I don't see why it'd be newsworthy on a Transformers toys fansite focussing only on Hasbro's Transformers brand.

You guys are missing the point. It's news because this is a brand new still from Transformers: Age of Extinction, it just happens to come from a fire arms manufacturer. We took the image from their Facebook page, when you take content from someone it's good form to give them a shout out. We're not interested in the guns at all (unless one of them transformers), but if they can provide info about the movie we will certainly take it. If this image had came from any other source, like say an MTV Geek! article, none of you would have batted an eye even though the content of the image would be the same. Someone in an action is having a gun pointed at them, but because the image came from the gun's manufacturer it becomes an issue? That's nonsense. Having your products featured in what is sure to be a blockbuster is a big deal, Salient Arms should be excited.

If the company behind Wahlberg's wardrobe or a realtor with a building seen in the trailer started posting production stills or releasing info we would absolutely report it.

Ummm...the screenshot is NOT the point of the article. You have written specs about the gun, and the thread isn't titled 'new still from Age of Extinction' The screen cap is part and course of the article...not the point of it.

The specs correspond with the gun in..............................the screenshot. Which are really just a mirror of the info from the image's caption on their Facebook page. If Salient had just posted a text message that their firearms would appear in Transformers: Age of Extinction without the benefit of the image this would not have appeared as news. Again, this really just goes back to giving the source of the image their due credit. However, if you disagree with the way the news was presented you are entitled to your opinion.

I'm not looking for an 'opinion entitlement' discussion. I'd like to think the opinions of the people who love and use this site everyday can't be bounced off so easily, to be fair.

I respect you have your ways, and I respect those ways are somewhat tied to pleasing a lot of people when it comes to sponsors, ads and the use of outside source material. But it seems odd to me that people questioning the relevance of this thread are being cut short quite so easily. It's flimsy at best, I don't think that's hard to see. I'd rather the news crew's response be along the lines of 'sorry guys, but this needs to be done. We get it seems pointless to most of you, but it's done because it needs to be.'
Again, my opinion. And I'm not looking to stir trouble. If anything quite the opposite.

And I sincerely hope I don't see an ad for any of Mark Walhberg's clothes or furniture here any time soon. God help us if he uses the can during the film There, I'll end on some humour out of good faith.
(And also I'd like to say the recent interview with Sarah stone is currently nursing tumbleweeds whilst this thread literally bursts at the seams...so kudos to salient, mission accomplished.)

It's all good. Sorry if I came across as being defensive, I'm just protective of my News Staff. Come on, you know you want to see some news about Mark's TF:AOE underwear!

I agree the Sarah Stone interview is much bigger news than this. Va'al does an amazing job setting these things up and conducting them. But that just the nature of the beast, anything movie related typically gets a ton of activity.

El Duque wrote:It's all good. Sorry if I came across as being defensive, I'm just protective of my News Staff. Come on, you know you want to see some news about Mark's TF:AOE underwear!

I agree the Sarah Stone interview is much bigger news than this. Va'al does an amazing job setting these things up and conducting them. But that just the nature of the beast, anything movie related typically gets a ton of activity.

Wish granted. Twice.

Va'al wrote:

El Duque wrote:It's all good. Sorry if I came across as being defensive, I'm just protective of my News Staff. Come on, you know you want to see some news about Mark's TF:AOE underwear!

I agree the Sarah Stone interview is much bigger news than this. Va'al does an amazing job setting these things up and conducting them. But that just the nature of the beast, anything movie related typically gets a ton of activity.

Wish granted. Twice.

Damnit Va'al.

Wow, looks like everyone's... up in arms... about this topic!

Seriously tho... It's in the movie, the newsies give facts about it, and if someone wants one because... you know, it's in the movie... there's info on how to get one. People collect all sorts of movie-related stuff. I don't see what all the fuss is over. I know *I* learned something about the movie I didn't know before. It's little facts like this I dig, so kudos to the Seibertron crew for standing by their newsies!

I certainly didn't want to get into a discussion about the political or constitutional correctness of gun laws or any of that stuff; that's a wider issue that I know very little about. This just struck me as morally wrong. I'm not so naive to forget that the whole of the Transformers fiction tells the story of a war fought with various deadly weaponry, but the story has always been about the characters. (It might be about selling those characters, but they've never actually tried to sell something that can do another human being harm.) When the news article goes into the technical specifications of a handgun and provides details of how you can get your own, that's just crossing a line to me.

Salient Arms are proud that they got their wears into the movie? That's good for them. But is that rather boring screenshot really worth justifying a gun advertisement on the front page of Seibertron.com? And I'm sorry, but when you look at the article, that's essentially what it is. You want to give Salient credit for where the image came from? Again, that's fine. But I don't see why we needed the whole nine yards on their new 9mm.

And frankly, the fact that some of our concerns are getting fobbed off as silly is really troubling.

Guys...guys... Kids nowaday can't even transform leader ROTF Optimus Prime, do you think they would know how to load and remove the safe lock of a gun??

ZackRoyer wrote:Guys...guys... Kids nowaday can't even transform leader ROTF Optimus Prime, do you think they would know how to load and remove the safe lock of a gun??

Wouldn't put it past them.

jasonwilty wrote:

ScoutBumblebee wrote:
Now, please. The Transformers franchise is about giant Transforming robots shooting each other. Let's not turn this thread into pro or anti gun. It will get locked if that happens.

Obviously the second amendment is more important to you than the first...

You can't have freedom unless you protect yourself from tyranny.

1776 is the answer to 1984

it wasn't until I read this topic that I actually realised the picture was a new still from the film. The news article just reads like an advert for the gun.

Okay, so if I'm understanding this right those of you who found the news post questionable are mainly doing so based on it's presentation. What if it had been presented like this:

Headline: New Transformers: Age of Extinction Still Featuring Sophia Myles

Thanks to the Salient Arms Facebook page we finally have an image of Sophia Myles from Transformers: Age of Extinction.We reported that she had been added to the cast last May, but haven't seen much of her since. According to a leaked casting sheet she will be playing a character named Darcy who works with Stanley Tucci's character Joshua. Based on the recently released trailer they appear to be working on reverse engineering Transformers tech for human use. Check out the image mirrored below:

Salient Arms wrote:Salient Arms International 1911 as pictured in a still photo from the movie Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, in theaters June 27th.

This is a 100% hand built/fit weapon. Every part is ordered/fabricated oversized so it is hand fit to the next, as a result, tolerances stay very high.

High Capacity 1911s featured in 9mm and in Government and Commander length. 21+1 round capacity. Please note that it will also be available in .40, .45, and .38 super. Taking orders now!

that would certainly have felt more in keeping with normal reporting on the films, and places the focus on the subject the site is here for, rather than a manufacturer of devices designed to kill people.

More info, even better!

craggy wrote:that would certainly have felt more in keeping with normal reporting on the films, and places the focus on the subject the site is here for, rather than a manufacturer of devices designed to kill people.

lol.... So let me get this straight.... people seem to be toltaly fine with this since 1984.....

Seibertron wrote:










Comparing G1 Megatron to his Real-Life Counterpart

But this picture and its orignal "presentation"...

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people are "up in arms"? Talk about being hypocritical. For those that are truly upset with the supposed advertisment of this hand gun, please explain how Megatron being a Walther P38 hand gun is any different. Advertisement is advertisement. Sticking a Decepticon logo on it doesn't make it any better. And yes, i understand that one is real and the other is a transforming toy. But ultimately the message is still the same.

Read the first post ... it has contact details for a firearms manufacturer, that's what people are upset about.

Burn wrote:Read the first post ... it has contact details for a firearms manufacturer, that's what people are upset about.

No, see a few post above mine. Yes, its part of it but Its in its presentation that people seem to be upset about the most. Re-araging the words and putting the contact info in a different place seems to be more acceptable. (and so we are clear, i didn't mean to come ass a smart ass to you Burn. Just pointing out the hyprocicy when re-aranging some wording all of a sudden makes the same advertisment ok).

Not overly keen on advertising real guns (as in giving contact details and flourish text about one of their products) on a site focussed on toys designed for children, BUT that is the source of the image and it's only right the source be credited.

If you can't see the difference between a picture of Megatron in gun mode and a supposed news article that spends 1 sentence mentioning there's a pic from an upcoming film and 2 paragraphs telling us how great guns are and where to buy them, then only the words of that great philosopher Mr. T can sum up my feelings.