Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
MightyMagnus78 wrote:Nothing Hasbro does surprises me anymore, their ineptitude is legendary!
Burn wrote:Shadowstream wrote:It's quite clear they dun dropped the ball, but did they have to drop it so far and so hard?
It's FunPub. It's their specialty.
REMINATOR wrote:Yup, pretty much what Dead Metal said. If MP3 was meant as a Generation or other alternate Starscream, he'll definitely get lots of love/praise but not as the G1 Starscream/ G1 MP. G1 Screamer never had that samurai looks, neck kibble, or the awful seawee green color scheme in both toy nor toon. The result is a failure as many tranfans don't approve it. It may attract Macross fans but at the end of day it's transfans that provided TTomy the most income. I guess TTomy learned the mistake that's why we get MP11. And til this day, I refuse to buy the MP3 mold. Even if I do end up buy it one day, it will the be U.S. color scheme never that seawee green color and he'll be primary in jet mode.
Delta Magnus wrote:The other thing everybody seems to hate is the colours, for the same reason- "NOT GEEWUN ENUFF!". Myself, I think that Starscream actually looks pretty good in "realistic" jet colours (admittedly, the colour scheme is only used by a particular sub-design of F15, but there's no denying it looks cool). Also, it's such a different, unique approach to Starscream, and I absolutely love it.
Delta Magnus wrote:(...) Quite frankly I'd like to see some non-G1 characters get a Masterpiece version (like the afforementioned Armada Megatron).
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm a geewunner in the way that I grew up with the original show. However, I do understand that every toys would be fugly if they were pixel perfect to the low quality animation we saw on screen. Take the comics or the overly detailed art however, and we get some kick-ass designs.
Still...Delta Magnus wrote:(...) Quite frankly I'd like to see some non-G1 characters get a Masterpiece version (like the afforementioned Armada Megatron).
This.
Oh, this.
Transformers is not just G1. There's lots and lots of other TF universes with outdated toys that could use some premium treatments. If "Masterpiece" is meant for G1 only, then call the line a different name and make premium and kick-ass version of Armada Megatron, Beast Wars Optimus Primal, TF Prime Airachnid... Wait... HasTak are already kinda doing this with the Thrilling 30th Generations line. Still, you know what I mean.
Also, please 3rd party devloppers, do it too and fill some non-G1 voids!
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
Delta Magnus wrote:@Dead Metal:
Eh, I see your point. I will confess to being given a kinda bad experience with the "OMG EVERYTHING MUST BE GEEWUN OR THE WORLD WILL EXPLODE" crowd that left me very quick to see cries of GEEWUN even when there are none. I do apologize if I'm being an arse.
With regards to the Armada Megatron (as you bring up a very salient point) I do think there's a point worth discussing there. With Armada Megs, whilst his design is fairly simple in that it's quite blocky and simple transformation-wise, he does have a lot of detail, especially on the toy- he's got pipes, vents, grills, panel lines, rivets and armour plates up the wazoo (most sadly unpainted) which turn him into an interesting design. If you look at some (although not all) of the G1 models, specifically Ironhide, their bodies are just cuboids with almost no detailing whatsoever- just flat panels. Now obviously it's unfair to pick on a low-budget 80s cartoon for not giving the characters Katsuhiro Otomo levels of detail (although Otomo-designed TFs would be badass) but it's not a great design to follow exactly for a good toy. Now you prbably wouldn't need to do much to an MP Ironhide to make him look good- just add a bit of panelling, the occasional greeble and minimal surface detail, plus more "mech-y" joints (which would be necessary for him to move properly anyway) and he'd be perfect.
As for if they decided to do a "realistic" MP Armada Megatron, the main difference between that and MP-03 is that Starscream was always based on a real aircraft (the F-15 Eagle) whereas Armada Megatron is an entirely fictional H-tank design. I'd certainly like to see a design for him that gives him a realistic tank mode/colour scheme whilst still having a similar robot mode design.
I think to be honest, what they should have done with MP-03 is gone with the original, more G1 accurate design for the main release and then released Kawamori's "Strike Eagle" design as a special edition, or part of a different line. In fact I think an MP subline that does more unique designs of the characters like Classics did would be really cool so long as it didn't replace the main MP line.
So yeah. TLDR: Kawamori's Starscream would have worked better as a special edition or part of a "realistic TFs" subline.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
Delta Magnus wrote:Actually, you changed my mind on the matter and now I understand why people didn't like him.
I still think he looks cool, but I absolutely see your points.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
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