TransFan84 wrote:I'm sitting here looking at Mark Bellomo's Transformers guide, and I remember wanting so many of these Transformers. They looked so cool. I probably would've sold organs to get some of them.
And now? I dunno. I'm a bit sad, because I realize that when I look at them now, they're ugly and crude compared to the Masterpiece line, or even Classics/United/Generations.
I loved them as a kid. I guess I love 'em a little less, now?
What about you guys?
fenrir72 wrote:I assume you already own them right? Or are you basing your conclusion on pics from a book?
fenrir72 wrote:But imho, comparing 1980's engineering to that of 21st century is kind of unfair. I've never expected the originals having intricate transformations plus multiple points of articulations. No sireee. Masterpiece is a class of their own. Hands down.
fenrir72 wrote:Owning MPs IS also based on the nostalgia factor so it works both ways.
fenrir72 wrote:So this all boils down to taste.
fenrir72 wrote:Mkall's case, he most probably owns them buggers.
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
Burn wrote:Modern stuff.. they may look good, but they don't have the memories the originals did.
fenrir72 wrote:And all. I mean all modern TFs, classics especially owe their basic designs from the G1 bricks.
fenrir72 wrote:Beastwars, well Optimus still had the baseball cap/kabuto style head. Same with Megatron, the bullet styled head. Big Convoy had the "truck lights" on his chest. So you might nitpick on the specificity of which among the BW molds had G1 influences so I still stand by my statement. You can even include the use of the G1 names for later iterations of figures released like Silverbolt, Prowl etc.
If you want to be specific with semantics, "all modern TFS (with some exceptions in BW that sported original non vehicular designs), classics especially owe their basic designs from the G1 bricks.
Or better yet, a lot of Japanese influences in their basic designs, engineering, concepts and biographies.
fenrir72 wrote:As much as I respect your opinion xyl360, I respectfully disagree. You believe Beastwars is a standalone/ independent creation/branching apart while I believe otherwise. Lets leave it at that. In the end................TRANSFORMERS ROCKS! Oh yeah!
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.'
SJ21 wrote:I love the vintage stuff. I would love to get the entire US G1 cast, but with the high prices, that is just not a reality for me right now. So my collection is mostly Classics versions.
Cobalt Prime wrote:SJ21 wrote:I love the vintage stuff. I would love to get the entire US G1 cast, but with the high prices, that is just not a reality for me right now. So my collection is mostly Classics versions.
The various reissues took care of the problem for me, and allowed me to swap out my old originals who were a little worse for wear with some nice, fresh, clean replacements with no overly noticeable differences other than a much lower price than vintage.
I've sort of leaned to excuse the "but it's not 30 years old" part as long as the item is essentially identical.
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.'
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