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Yeah. The toys look way better than the movie designs.

Ra88 wrote:Wait, so none of you guys can't figure out the transformation? And you call yourself Transformer fans!?!




Seriously though, the arms are the front of the cab (his shoulders are the wheel casing and his lower arms are the red part of the nose, you can even see part of the headlightsection), his chest is made from the main part of the cab (he still has the same windshield look but now has part of the doors covering them with the mirrors above the doors, oh and don't forget the smokestacks on his back!), and it looks like his legs are completely made of the sleepercab of the truck and the back, much like G1 Prime (with a LOT more folding).

Sure, it's complicated, but no more then the transformations of Alt. Smokescreen and Skids thrown together. I think it's also very easy to make a toy out of it, with the only real problems possibly being the lower legs.

To add to what Ra88 said, it looks like Prime?s back also becomes the trailer hitch, while the upper legs become the back wheels and the lower legs appear to also be part of the nose of the cab along with the arms.

Tramp wrote:

Ra88 wrote:Wait, so none of you guys can't figure out the transformation? And you call yourself Transformer fans!?!




Seriously though, the arms are the front of the cab (his shoulders are the wheel casing and his lower arms are the red part of the nose, you can even see part of the headlightsection), his chest is made from the main part of the cab (he still has the same windshield look but now has part of the doors covering them with the mirrors above the doors, oh and don't forget the smokestacks on his back!), and it looks like his legs are completely made of the sleepercab of the truck and the back, much like G1 Prime (with a LOT more folding).

Sure, it's complicated, but no more then the transformations of Alt. Smokescreen and Skids thrown together. I think it's also very easy to make a toy out of it, with the only real problems possibly being the lower legs.

To add to what Ra88 said, it looks like Prime?s back also becomes the trailer hitch, while the upper legs become the back wheels and the lower legs appear to also be part of the nose of the cab along with the arms.

Yeah, the feet confuse me. They don't seem to be the grill, though. And if they are, he probably has a GF First Aid-esque transformation.

the feet may not be, but it looks like the front fenders are part of the lower legs, on the outside, by the ankle.

wasn't this thread about megs

look familiar anyone?

Ra88 wrote:

Tramp wrote:

Ra88 wrote:Wait, so none of you guys can't figure out the transformation? And you call yourself Transformer fans!?!




Seriously though, the arms are the front of the cab (his shoulders are the wheel casing and his lower arms are the red part of the nose, you can even see part of the headlightsection), his chest is made from the main part of the cab (he still has the same windshield look but now has part of the doors covering them with the mirrors above the doors, oh and don't forget the smokestacks on his back!), and it looks like his legs are completely made of the sleepercab of the truck and the back, much like G1 Prime (with a LOT more folding).

Sure, it's complicated, but no more then the transformations of Alt. Smokescreen and Skids thrown together. I think it's also very easy to make a toy out of it, with the only real problems possibly being the lower legs.

To add to what Ra88 said, it looks like Prime?s back also becomes the trailer hitch, while the upper legs become the back wheels and the lower legs appear to also be part of the nose of the cab along with the arms.

Yeah, the feet confuse me. They don't seem to be the grill, though. And if they are, he probably has a GF First Aid-esque transformation.

I think the grill ends up being somewhere under the feet.

grimlockprime108 wrote:look familiar anyone?

should've stayed with this one.

b'stards

Concept images:





NOT the final design, but pretty close to it. From what I saw in the poster, they definately changed the head to be more streamlined.

Thats much better than some of the other concept pics I've seen. At least he looks like he could transform into a semi. Not sure about the face, looks much better with the classic faceplate on it. BTW should't we switch this to another thread since this one is entitled "movie megs"?

someone thought they could do better on megs...







...and proved it.

and for those who hated Starscream!





or prime

now those designs i can get behind

I really like those versions! Although it's not the greatest version of sterscream, it's still better than the goofy waspinatoresque one that looks like he has a handlebar moustache!

I agree, Starscream may not be great but he's world's better than that piece of crap prototype. Megatron is fantastic. He looks like Megatron, and he's got that overly detailed look that the movie guys love so much.

Devastator wrote:I agree, Starscream may not be great but he's world's better than that piece of crap prototype. Megatron is fantastic. He looks like Megatron, and he's got that overly detailed look that the movie guys love so much.

I dunno, something about that Megatron just screams "I can't move my arms!". Maybe it's the whole blockyness of it, and it's also rather ugly. I want a G1 esque Megatron, but that's just t?? close, and kinda hurts it IMO.

Here's my photoshop of thier movieprime head:


I have no Idea why they are coloring him the way they are. Only thing I changed other than colors was I raised the eyes so he doesn't look quite so fugly.

that's looking better! what about stretching it sideways just a little bit so he doesn't look anorexic.

Yeah....I like the design for the toy version of Blackout/Incinerator. His arms look better in the toy. Prime looks O.K. As for the others, I'm not completely behind them. But hopefully these aren't set in stone.

I think, realistically, Megatron may look alien, yes, but if you were an alien from a mechanical planet, you'd probably be more prone to having less curves and roundness to your body. On earth here, we are made of 95% water, so those molecules would be round, but is that the same for metal? There would be a completely different set of laws of nature and pshysics, and TF is a science fiction sort of thing, so i think they should really play up the science part. And at least he should have some big guns and weapons on his body somewhere. I mean, an alien war machine should have a weapon attached. I saw the pic of prime's arm cannon, and thats cool with me, but the military hardware faction should be armed to the teeth!

I'm not complaining, because i bet the movie itself will kick ass, even if the designs aren't what most of us pictured. They may not be what i had in mind but, the fact is, they didn't ask me to help make it. So i think Bay and co. will do a fantastic job, and if it stinks, mabey someone will try again in about ten years. And besides, i wouldn't want what happened to The Vampire Chronicles movies happen to Transformers(you know, Anne Rice protested Tom Cruise being Lestat, and it turned out to be F***in awesome, and he never returned to do another film, and the second movie was rubbish). Let's hope the movie does well and they can go and improve on the second movie, that is if this one isn't as great as it should be. Not to sound like a hippie, but let's just give all of our positive thoughts to the way of the movie, cause it's hard to make art if people are constantly firing crap at you.

anybody seen the pics of jazz over at tfw2005?

Nope. Anychance of a link?

I?ve seen it. It?s prety interesting. Probalby the closest so far to the original G1 characters of all of the movie designs.

here is the link
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=111306

Okay, That one is cool enough to almost give me my "O" face!

as in

"o.. o.. oo!"?? reference to Office Space by any chance?

Looks a little like snow cat in the face and the hands make me think con for some reason