Sabrblade wrote:You guys know what kinda undermines the aim of this toy (and the whole MP line itself) being more show-accurate? The fact that, thanks to
a discovery made by the Wiki, there were episodes of the cartoon that were done by a studio or studios that weren't Toei or AKOM, in which outdated animation models for several season 2 characters (Red Alert included) were used, giving them a slightly different appearance in those episodes from how they looked in other episodes.
Red Alert in particular was colored bright white (like his normal MP-14 toy) in these episodes instead of gray-white (like this new MP-14+ toy), and had a much softer, less detailed looking face and helmet. Here's a comparison of his two designs (along with those of Astrotrain) from one of these episodes and a Toei-produced episode:
More details about the animation model differences of the characters in these episodes compared to those made by Toei and AKOM can be found in the above link.
I didn't know it was a discovery, it was always clear to me from watching the show. Even within TOEI there were different art styles. I think that's part of the beauty of hand-drawn animation VS cg models that look exactly the same in every episode.
Emerje wrote:Seems to be the new direction they're dedicated to. We just got animation accurate Ironhide, Hot Rod, and Shockwave. Makes sense that they'd want to revisit some older figures to make them less toy or real world accurate and more cartoon accurate.
I wonder if they're only interested in doing the cars or if we'll see larger figures like a Soundwave in a different shade of blue and with a light blue and yellow chest window? Or a gray and yellow Grimlock?
Emerje
But Ironhide is also real-world accurate as a car. And Hot Rod & Shockwave don't have real alt-modes.
shajaki wrote:Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only reason we even have "real world accurate" alt modes (ala Wheeljack) is to appease the companies they're licensing from. And since those would sell worse than the proper anime colors, they push them out first because people need their fix.
). I'm in no hurry to buy "cartoon-accurate coloration" versions of a bunch of these guys; I like the ones that were already made.
