Sherade wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Being into show cars as well, this doesn't sound right. Knowing Toyota (from Import show car experience), this does not sound like anything they would do. Unless you are slapping stickers from Scion Life on your car, I don't think this is a Corporate sponsor. And as far as I know, Toyota only commisions 5-Axis to do their projects. And if you're from 5-Axis, shame on you for even thinking this.
I totally second that.
Of course, I'm 97% biased against imports. Only American owned companies are acceptable.
Wasn't a vast majority of the G1 Autobot car modes based off "import" designs? Porsche, VW, Nissan, and Lamborghini to name a few. There were some American made cars as well but "imports" made up a huge chunk of the cast.
With that having been said, I agree that I just don't think you can build a replica of Barricade as anything other than a Saleen Mustang. I believe it is one of the S281 models. I also don't understand why Scion would commission an xD to be built to look like Barricade. They had nothing to do with the movie nor would this be a good promotion for them. Also, I imagine that using the Transformers license to promote the Scion brand without permission would land them in some serious legal trouble with Dreamworks Pictures and Hasbro.
Even if Scion did want to follow through with a project like that and had legel permission to do so, why would they use a station wagon? The tC with a good body kit would at least stand a chance of looking close to Barricade, but even that is going to look poor compared to a Saleen Mustang. It's like when people put scissor doors on a Honda to give it a Lamborghini look, it just isn't the same.
If Scion is really interested in doing a Transformers project, they would be better off trying to take a Scion xB, which is probably their best selling car anyways, and do Transformers: Animated Soundwave. Animated is going to be coming off the tail end of the movie hype and with Soundwave arguably being one of the most popular and recognizable Transformers characters, he would probably be a better and more feasible choice for Scion than Barricade. If you haven't seen any of the preview molds or production pictures of the new Soundwave, he looks just like an xB so he's already a good fit. Give him some Decepticon symbols and a red, Gibson Flying V guitar, which is Laserbeak's new altmode and you have a pretty nice promotional vehicle.
Scion has used it's likeness for Autobot Skids from the Alternators line. He is a Scion xB with a pretty nice custom flame paint job. I believe Binaltech Asterix Broadblast is also a silver xB. Those would both be a better tie in for Scion as a promotional replica vehicle than Barricade as well.
of course, that would be the most extreme of cases. 
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