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ZeroWolf wrote:First off Drift has now crossed over into the movies and the Rid 2015 series so he's no longer IDW exclusive, secondly the blue bot is Chromia, and she was in the G1 cartoon anyway, and as you see here is how her Siege Deluxe Wave 2 toy looks.
ZeroWolf wrote: All these characters are sporting the Siege designs which Hasbro wants to push, so why should they not include Chromia?
ZeroWolf wrote:No one could have predicted what the original IDW would do at the beginning of its run.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:(I mean Transformers that are very alien is not a good idea)
How so? Because aside from the god awful attempt Bayformers made at being visually alien, it has never really been attempted before.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Eye brows, Robot hair and Gestalt scrotum... I don't remember any good designs from Bayformers.
I don't really think Costa had any real idea of what Transformers was though, outside of his run's so prominently featured Bayformers-lite aesthetic. Then again, that was another example of Earth based = Low Point for the series.
There was a Transformers/GI Joe Crossover, set during WW II, that comes closest to the general gist of Transformers as an Alien/Otherworldly race.
I just remember one of the taglines for The Movie being "beyond imagination" and how off the mark Transformers comics have been from that end. Stormbringer had it. LSoTW had it. RiD/OP/MTMTE/LL didn't..
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
ZeroWolf wrote:It was a one off joke because Michael Bay was allowed to finish the script because of the writers strikebut you're right about the facial hair as that's always been with Transformers, but some people still think it silly, I'm fine with it though.
I'm curious though to what extent you would want them to be "Alien" as we can only ever use ourselves as a base for reference. Also due to the nature of the question of life in the universe, it could never be disproved or proved that aliens would act like us in mannerisms. I doubt the new continuity will bother with this though. Looks like first up is a murder mystery that will lead to the opening salvos of the great civil war.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote: All these characters are sporting the Siege designs which Hasbro wants to push, so why should they not include Chromia?
That is neither here nor there. What I am saying is her placement is designed to be evocative of her most prominent role, within IDWverse.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The entire reason she has a new toy, after all.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:You don't see any unknown characters on the cover she shares with Prowl, Windblade et al
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:No one could have predicted what the original IDW would do at the beginning of its run.
Sad, but true.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:All I'm saying is she is there solely because IDWverse put her on the map. They want to keep that association alive.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:If it were a cover just to push the Siege line, Sixgun or Cog would be there instead.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
Nemesis Maximo wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote: All these characters are sporting the Siege designs which Hasbro wants to push, so why should they not include Chromia?
That is neither here nor there. What I am saying is her placement is designed to be evocative of her most prominent role, within IDWverse.
That is entirely here and there. IDW wants to keep the association alive, and they have a brand new toy do it with, it’s a win-win.
Nemesis Maximo wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:You don't see any unknown characters on the cover she shares with Prowl, Windblade et al
Why would they put a bunch of unknowns on the cover of the very first issue of a brand new series that they’re trying to get as many people to read as possible?
Nemesis Maximo wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:No one could have predicted what the original IDW would do at the beginning of its run.
Sad, but true.
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Nemesis Maximo wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:All I'm saying is she is there solely because IDWverse put her on the map. They want to keep that association alive.
She is there because she’s getting a new toy. If it was motivated purely by IDW’s past “association” with the character, why couldn’t they use Nautica, who was much more liked? Or even Arcee, who had the most prominent role of any female character in the IDWverse? I could go on here, there are so many examples of standout characters “associated” with the IDW comics.
Nemesis Maximo wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:If it were a cover just to push the Siege line, Sixgun or Cog would be there instead.
Tying in to what I said earlier, Cog and Six-Gun are not female.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote: with only Chromia's head being her sole recognizable feature. Take that head away and both her IDW design and Generations Thrilling 30 toy become generic fembot bodies recognizably belonging to no one.
Z3ROhour wrote:BY THE GODS,
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE ENDURE THIS INSANITY!!!?
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
I would assume it's withdrawal? If so, the Go-Bots comic is actually good (though folks that don't like Scioli's style should avoid it.)Nemesis Maximo wrote:Z3ROhour wrote:BY THE GODS,
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE ENDURE THIS INSANITY!!!?
Calm your tits bruh, what are you even tripping over?
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