-Kanrabat- wrote:That Optimus Prime above is so obscure, not even 3P have dabbled into it.
Any pictures of the robot mode?
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:That Optimus Prime above is so obscure, not even 3P have dabbled into it.
Any pictures of the robot mode?
Just regular ol' G1 Optimus, same as the cartoon did with Cybertronian forms. But it would make a good basis for a new figure.
Emerje
Rodimus Prime wrote:I think finally I feel safe putting Earthrise Sunstorm on this list.
Well I figured it would be a Selects figure. But I would want it out of the Earthrise seeker mold, not the Siege tetrajet.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I think finally I feel safe putting Earthrise Sunstorm on this list.
That would be an easy Select to make. Maybe it will happen sooner or later. Just not under the Earthrise label.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well I figured it would be a Selects figure. But I would want it out of the Earthrise seeker mold, not the Siege tetrajet.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I think finally I feel safe putting Earthrise Sunstorm on this list.
That would be an easy Select to make. Maybe it will happen sooner or later. Just not under the Earthrise label.
Nemesis Primal wrote:Tetrajet Sunstorm or bust.
Emerje wrote:
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-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:
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AS A ULTRA HARD TO FIND EXCLUSIVE TWO PACK!
Seriously, how do we not have one? They've made obscure G2 Conhead Sandstorm, lesser known Welcoming Committee member Hotlink, and the poster child for "Literally who" in Red Wing (this isn't an insult to Red Wing though, I like him), but no Sunstorm? Surely he's more well known that all of those guys, right?Rodimus Prime wrote:I think finally I feel safe putting Earthrise Sunstorm on this list.
I don't dislike Windblade, but I wish she had a less-Geisha looking head. Just looks a bit weird to meEvil Eye wrote:A Sunstorm would be great, and I feel it's not entirely outside the realms of possibility that we might get one. What probably is, however, is the chance of a Sunstorm decoed up to look like he's aflame with solar power; a friend of mine had the idea for casting him in translucent orange plastic and using some kind of really shiny paint on the inner surfaces (think the POTP Dinobots but much shinier) to really give him that "glowing with heat" look. Bonus points for a plethora of flame effects to put on him.
Speaking of jetformers- One idea I think I've mentioned (apologies if so, my memory is getting bad) before but would love as a toy is a Windblade that turned into a De Havilland Sea Vixen (or a "totally not" version with some minor modifications just in case BAE decided to complain, though it's probably unlikely, given that a long-obsolete fairly obscure British naval fighter manufactured by the sadly defunct De Havilland company is hardly going to fetch a massive licensing fee to reproduce). For those that aren't colossal aircraft nerds like I am, the Sea Vixen looks like this.
Aside from the fact it's just a gorgeous looking plane, and IMO would look really nice in Windblade's colours, it kinda looks a bit like her jet mode if you squint. And on top of that, in robot mode the wings and twin tailbooms could form a really nice pair of luna moth style wings.
Sadly it'll probably never happen because the crossover of people who love the Sea Vixen and people who like Windblade is probably fairly small, and at this rate it seems like a new Windblade of any kind is off the cards (a shame as she's a nice design). Plus, if it were an accurate Sea Vixen it'd be missing her wing turbines, unless they were robot-only details or they pulled a Conehead and gave her an accurate fuselage with fictional wings.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:How about Seekers that aren't just redecos? Individually tailored. But with a faux uniform Bot Mode? Characters like Jetfire and Windblade being different altmodes or sizes. But all Jetformers bearing a distinct, identifying look.
Furthering the idea of Transformers being mass produced by function IE Fliers all look like This.
Evil Eye wrote:I like that, different-mold Seekers sounds like a cool idea. Actually you could invert the idea and have them with very similar jet modes but hugely diverse robot modes. I always liked the idea of the classic trio having Starscream be a fairly normal "heroic" proportioned 'bot, Thundercracker being taller and skinnier and Skywarp being shorter and stockier.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Evil Eye wrote:I like that, different-mold Seekers sounds like a cool idea. Actually you could invert the idea and have them with very similar jet modes but hugely diverse robot modes. I always liked the idea of the classic trio having Starscream be a fairly normal "heroic" proportioned 'bot, Thundercracker being taller and skinnier and Skywarp being shorter and stockier.
Exactly. It keeps the idea of Seekers as variants. But also allows for some individual personality.
Rodimus Prime wrote:I always thought it would have been awesome, and a feat of engineering, if Hasbro had made the 6 released ER voyager seekers into a Titan combiner, like they did with the voyager-sized Constructicons in Combiner Wars.
Starscream the head and chest like Hook, Skywarp and T-cracker the arms, Thrust the waist and crotch like Long Haul, and Dirge and Ramjet the legs.
Or if they wanted to cheat, just make them like OS KO versions of the CW Aerialbot limbs.
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I always thought it would have been awesome, and a feat of engineering, if Hasbro had made the 6 released ER voyager seekers into a Titan combiner, like they did with the voyager-sized Constructicons in Combiner Wars.
Starscream the head and chest like Hook, Skywarp and T-cracker the arms, Thrust the waist and crotch like Long Haul, and Dirge and Ramjet the legs.
Or if they wanted to cheat, just make them like OS KO versions of the CW Aerialbot limbs.
The did have Seekers on the brain when initially designing the CW jets. Starscream/Thundercracker/Skywarp out of Skydive, Thrust/Dirge/Ramjet out of Air Raid as Unite Warriors has shown, PotP Starscream... plus the unused alternate head for Cyclonus!
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