Wolfman Jake wrote:Broadside is a great jumping off point on this discussion. What "should" a Classics update of Broadside look like? Would you rather a faithful G1 homage making him a triple changer with jet and aircraft carrier alt modes? Or would you prefer instead a triple changer with update alt modes that make more sense in terms of scale, kind of like how the recent Generations Springer is an armored car instead of a "tank" like vehicle in addition to his helicopter mode? Perhaps Broadside could pick ONE alt mode this time and forgo the triple changer gimmick altogether, giving us a huge aircraft carrier alt mode, or a modest jet alt mode, instead of having to worry about scaling to different alt modes with one another?
Well Broadside should at least have the nautical aspect kept seeing as it's his name. As for scale, it'd probably work best at voyager, outside of Astrotrain I can't think of a deluxe triple changer that used it's budget as well as a voyager triplechanger (Gens springer and blitzwing). Honestly I wouldn't mind an out of scale boat and an out of scale plane/jet. Maybe make his altmodes something more manageable than an aircraft carrier and a tiny fighter jet. Maybe make it alike a smaller military vessel, compared to an Aircraft carrier, and a larger jet like a bomber or A-12 Blackbird. It'd still be out of scale but it wouldn't be as bad as oh a ship that's a couple of miles long, and a jet that's a few yards. Exaggeration.