by Editor » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:46 am
- Motto: ""I'm not even supposed to be here today!""
- Weapon: Shotgun
Honestly, I think that the whole 'commander' bit is completely unrelated.
Personally I look at PE-01 and see an updated cassette warrior, with design aspects based on the original toys with elements for their animated versions. The inclusion of a character to the boxart is no more a random addition to the image as much as the head that Powered Commander crushes in the left panel.
No disrespect to Blurrz, but the whole comparison is simply personal subjection, with little merit. While the Commander artwork showcases a blue cassette (people know my views on the debate to state it again here would be counter-productive to the point I am making) I do not believe that it has anything to do with PE-01. Just as the Shadow Commander isn't holding a 'god sword' but an update based on the Black Convoy's/Scourge's "Sword of Fury", that was part of the Shadow Commander kit.
To go further than that, if you look at the prototype for PE-01, he has a large number of design differences to the Fansproject art, namely look at the lines on the legs, the difference in chest details, and addition of the classic back mounted guns.