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Cyberpath wrote:From Yuki:G1初期のアニメ決定稿には、何で玩具と微妙にデザインが違うのか?と思う奴が何体もいるが、古い資料を紐解くと、玩具のNGデザインや仮の試作品が元になっている事が多い様だ。この手の奴をリメイクする時のデザイン作業はイロイロと注意が必要だ!
Translated from Japanese by Bing
Animated manuscript in early G1, what toys and subtly different design? Unraveling the old materials are body I think he is, and has been based on toys NG design and prototype of the provisional seems likely. Design work on the remake he hands the Iloilo and need attention!
Yuki's former reference to Blast Off:
More pix of UW02 Menasor: https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/631676608647069696
MemphisR56 wrote:apparently the translation says something along the lines of him working on the design, and saying that it varies wildly in the cartoon from the G1 toy, theorising that the G1 cartoon model might have been based on an early version of the combaticons, he goes on to say that he's taking special care to make sure the hands transform the way they do in the cartoon.
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:The takara version looks so much better than the hasbro versions because they are cartoon accurate. I have the hasbro versions already and the takara aerialbots so I can speak on them from in hand experience. Takara just looks better. Its not so much about who has more paint apps in some cases. Its about who has the proper paint aps. Hasbro seems to like to create paint apps that have no homage value. Why does hasbro drag strip have all that extra damn purple anyways ? Its neither cartoon accurate or vintage toy accurate. Its almost like they wanted to homage Botcon Animated Dragstrip which is just plain stupid. I personally feel sometimes the only reason the crappy Hasbro decos exist is to justify takaras existance. All the figures come from the same mold located in China and they homage the same G1 character so theres no reason why they cant make just one universal G1 accurate deco for worldwide retail. I really doubt kids in the US were sending e-mails to hasbro demanding drag strip have purple stripes and for dead end to have his chest painted red. More paint apps arent better if their sole purpose is to make the figure non-G1 accurate and serve as a advertisement to to promote takara as being the savior of G1. Dont get me wrong, I commend takara for bringing us a proper Groove and Blast Off. But thats something hasbro should have done in the first place.
Hey wait a sec there X, wasnt it you who said people shouldnt kid themselves to finally getting a "G1 Megatron" toy out of the CW Leader class one since it wasnt even the right alt mode? I found that totally valid since it was true. Megatron isn't a gun, so all this G1 deco is more of an homage rather than portraying the actual G1 Megatron.
But here it seems you are taking the opposite stance by saying that these toys should have their G1 paint jobs. Does that mean you are kidding yourself that these are the G1 stunticons? Because they clearly arent. Motormaster doestn even have a trailer, which you know is not an attachment to his body but rather his actual body. And not just that, but Dead End is the wrong car, and Dragstrip is the wrong kind of F1 racing car. He should have 2 sets of wheels in the front and since he doesnt it makes the G1 deco on Takara look super silly since they are painting black to homage wheels. You dont find that a bit lame? I am not kidding myself that Leader Megs isnt G1 Megs so I dont see why you are kidding yourself that these are the G1 stunticons to the point that they need to only have that G1 deco.
They are stunticons for a new era, with slightly different alt modes, so I dont see why the paint apps cant be slightly different too.
steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to like to create paint apps that have no homage value. Why does hasbro drag strip have all that extra damn purple anyways ? Its neither cartoon accurate or vintage toy accurate. Its almost like they wanted to homage Botcon Animated Dragstrip which is just plain stupid.
Why does everything the new toys have need to homage the old ones? Why can't they just be different for the sake of being different? I prefer the Hasbro decos because they're not trying to pander so hard to the g1 purists, they're doing something different and for me it definitely pays off. In my opinion making the new toys so painfully g1 accurate is a bigger compromise than any gimmick ever will be.
Rated X wrote: All the decepticons seem to retain their 1980s alt modes in the CHUG lines with the only exception being scourge. I dont count tank megatron because of the neutering factor.
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote: All the decepticons seem to retain their 1980s alt modes in the CHUG lines with the only exception being scourge. I dont count tank megatron because of the neutering factor.
But do they really? Warpath for instance was not a H Tank in G1 but now he is. Motormaster needed his trailer to transform into a robot and now he is just a cab. These arent the same alt modes. So why would they have the same deco? And I am really surprised you dont find the black on Takara's dragstrip silly. It is to represent something that isnt there, like the white dot on Powerglide representing a screw that isnt there. And I know you found that super silly. I just dont get why you are giving these Stunticons a pass.
Oh and as for my stance, I am not pro neo or anti neo, I just like playing with new transforming toys. I am just interested in good transformations, it could all be new characters forever for all I care, as long as new molds come out.
Rated X wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to like to create paint apps that have no homage value. Why does hasbro drag strip have all that extra damn purple anyways ? Its neither cartoon accurate or vintage toy accurate. Its almost like they wanted to homage Botcon Animated Dragstrip which is just plain stupid.
Why does everything the new toys have need to homage the old ones? Why can't they just be different for the sake of being different? I prefer the Hasbro decos because they're not trying to pander so hard to the g1 purists, they're doing something different and for me it definitely pays off. In my opinion making the new toys so painfully g1 accurate is a bigger compromise than any gimmick ever will be.
Then why bother homaging 1980s characters in the first place ? They might as well just say screw the old characters and do a line of totally new characters like gundam. I hate half ass cartoon accurate decos. Gimmie 100% accurate.
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to like to create paint apps that have no homage value. Why does hasbro drag strip have all that extra damn purple anyways ? Its neither cartoon accurate or vintage toy accurate. Its almost like they wanted to homage Botcon Animated Dragstrip which is just plain stupid.
Why does everything the new toys have need to homage the old ones? Why can't they just be different for the sake of being different? I prefer the Hasbro decos because they're not trying to pander so hard to the g1 purists, they're doing something different and for me it definitely pays off. In my opinion making the new toys so painfully g1 accurate is a bigger compromise than any gimmick ever will be.
Then why bother homaging 1980s characters in the first place ? They might as well just say screw the old characters and do a line of totally new characters like gundam. I hate half ass cartoon accurate decos. Gimmie 100% accurate.
That's exactly what I said, why bother homaging old outdated characters from 30 years ago. Give us some awesome brand new guys, don't get rid of the old ones just give them a break. After all variety is the spice of life, don't let your life become a bland chicken.
william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Rated X wrote: Hasbro seems to like to create paint apps that have no homage value. Why does hasbro drag strip have all that extra damn purple anyways ? Its neither cartoon accurate or vintage toy accurate. Its almost like they wanted to homage Botcon Animated Dragstrip which is just plain stupid.
Why does everything the new toys have need to homage the old ones? Why can't they just be different for the sake of being different? I prefer the Hasbro decos because they're not trying to pander so hard to the g1 purists, they're doing something different and for me it definitely pays off. In my opinion making the new toys so painfully g1 accurate is a bigger compromise than any gimmick ever will be.
Then why bother homaging 1980s characters in the first place ? They might as well just say screw the old characters and do a line of totally new characters like gundam. I hate half ass cartoon accurate decos. Gimmie 100% accurate.
That's exactly what I said, why bother homaging old outdated characters from 30 years ago. Give us some awesome brand new guys, don't get rid of the old ones just give them a break. After all variety is the spice of life, don't let your life become a bland chicken.
What if Marvel said that?
And anyways, arent these technically not the G1 characters exactly but the IDW-like modernized version of G1 characters with the toys serving as double homages?
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
steals_your_goats wrote:william-james88 wrote:What if Marvel said that?
And anyways, arent these technically not the G1 characters exactly but the IDW-like modernized version of G1 characters with the toys serving as double homages?
I get what you're saying but using Marvel is a bad example. EVERYTHING changes in Marvel, which is why I love it. It's never old and stale and that's part of why I love the IDW series. They aren't afraid to change things whether it be character designs, character status or just bringing new guys into the lime light it's always changing.
That's wrong. Neither Straxus nor Jhiaxus were given their original altmodes in their Generations toys. Hasbro changed them.Rated X wrote:What about comic characters in the CHUG line that got their first figure like straxus and jihaxus? Are they not updates even though they are in a line full of updates ? The same goes for MMCs DJD figures. Arent they updates too ? I say yes. Not because they updated a physical toy, but because they updated a concept into a tangible reality. And with all these examples, they did not alter the alt modes so the younger generation or kids can relate to it. They retained comic accuracy in both modes but its still an "update".
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.'
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Alpha Weltall wrote:For the record though, I do want that deluxe Groove and the Space Shuttle Blastoff. However it's not because they're accurate to anything but because I want as many alternate limb bots as I can get. I love mixing the limbs up on my combiners and the more limbs I have, the more I can do.
Rated X wrote: All I ever said is tank megatrons are stupid in my opinion because I grew up in an era where parents didnt raise sissys.
We enjoyed the luxury of having realistic toy guns.
Megatron has since been neutered
and the pro-neo crowd sugarcoats it by calling it an "update". I call it a disgrace.
On drag strip, other than his head and guns, his vintage G1 toy never had any purple. No purple thighs, highlights, etc. And his car mode should have red stripes not purple.
As I said earlier, I believe the hasbro decos exist only as an excuse to justify takaras existance to come and save tbe day for G1 fans willing to pay a sometimes higher price. I say "sometimes" because this is not the place to start an Amiami vs. BBTS price debate. Bottom line is takara costs more through MOST outlets regardless of whos inflating the prices.
When it comes to the term "updates" the whole concept itself is debatable. You have the camp of collectors who believe hasbro is "re-imagining" G1 characters because its some kind of vision of how the old characters would look in a modern era. (Im assuming your in that camp -I refer to it as the "pro-neo" crowd) Then you have the camp Im in that realizes these are kids toys and the reason the alt modes get "updated" is so kids will buy them. Lets face it, this is 2015 and kids wont think a VW bug or a vintage ironhide style van is cool. They wont buy it. It has nothing to do with a vision of being modernized. "Neo" is just a marketing gimmick to sell more toys to kids who wont play with 80s vehicles they cant relate to. And notice how only autobot cars (and microscopes and boomboxes) get the neo treatment. All the decepticons seem to retain their 1980s alt modes in the CHUG lines with the only exception being scourge.
I dont count tank megatron because of the neutering factor.
For me an "update" simply means a plastic version of a G1 character thats not a brick like its 80s predecessor. It has articulation, advanced engineering, and cartoon accuracy that 1980s engineering did not allow a toy to have. Thats what I call an "update".
Wheter or not the alt mode is 1980s or modern is irrelavant.
Third parties are a great example. Unique Toys Soundmixer transforms into an 80s boombox but its still an update because its not a brick and its a totally new mold. Same thing goes for Toyworld Hegemon, Unique Toys Mania King, MMC Hexatron, and Art Feather Bumblebee.
With all these figures, the creators said "screw the neo alt mode, were staying old school"
But that doesnt make those figures any less of an update than hasbros seekers, cyclonus, thunderwing, tankor, or skybyte who also retain their vintage alt modes in their CHUG incarnations. Other than articulation and modern engineering, hasbro chose not to change them.
They only "update" the cars. (and boomboxes, microscopes, and guns lol) So the concept of an "update" having to be modern or neo is total BS.
What about comic characters in the CHUG line that got their first figure like straxus and jihaxus? Are they not updates even though they are in a line full of updates ? The same goes for MMCs DJD figures. Arent they updates too ? I say yes. Not because they updated a physical toy, but because they updated a concept into a tangible reality.
Probably because there was no need, as cybertronic jets don't tend to go out of date.And with all these examples, they did not alter the alt modes so the younger generation or kids can relate to it.
They retained comic accuracy in both modes but its still an "update".
So with my stance on "updates" being thoroughly explained, now hopefully you understand why I cringe on Hasbros addition of purple in drag strips deco just for the sake of being different.
Its one big marketing gimmick. Kids and the pro-neo crowd buy up the hasbro versions. G1 traditionalists like myself cringe. Then takara swoops in and saves the day.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - the real purpose driving the so called "Asian market" takara has created with their cartoon acccurate decos.
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:In conclusion: Everyone has a design in their head they like, and on occasion many, but there is no right to call people out and be rude about what others like and prefer. Like what you like, let others like what they like, and let everyone have their fun
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