Emerje wrote:that head couldn't be further away from my ideal head from the original figure, or even the cartoon that I want. To me the guy needs a square head, preferably with a mask. What Hasbro made would be like giving Brawn ears or Soundwave a mohawk in my eyes.
I think that people fail to realize with UM and PMOP is they were likely designed to have that semi-bendable soft plastic from the start because their transformations really wouldn't work without it. The transformation of the legs rely on the plastic to have a little bit of give otherwise they wouldn't be able to tab in correctly. Knowing the right places to use the right materials is part of toy design and the UM/PMOP mold excels in that.
Railbomb wrote:EDIT (again cause I'm dumb): The front of the legs aren't supposed to interlock on the back of the trailer. Those teeth are for the trailer panels that wrap around the legs. They didn't forget anything.
-Kanrabat- wrote:I noticed that as Transformers fans, we always seem to LOVE nitpicking every single insignificant flaws we can find. I'm guilty of it too.
As if...
We just love to hate.
Yeah yeah, silly excuse to post this but I could'nt keep the awesome to myself.
Please don't hurt me!
-Kanrabat- wrote:#2 is a way too odd UFO to be on the list.
Zeedust wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:#2 is a way too odd UFO to be on the list.
What does UFO even mean in this context?
-Kanrabat- wrote:Zeedust wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:#2 is a way too odd UFO to be on the list.
What does UFO even mean in this context?
Take it, chug it, and see people wondering WTF is this flying thing.
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
Kurona wrote:It pays homage to both the toy head and the cartoon face, melding them together. It's not as if they put in some random facial feature that goes completely against the nature and visual aesthetic of the character.
Emerje wrote:Kurona wrote:It pays homage to both the toy head and the cartoon face, melding them together. It's not as if they put in some random facial feature that goes completely against the nature and visual aesthetic of the character.
You really think this...
...plus this...
...equel this?
Kurona wrote:Well.
Yeah.
Anything on the Generations headsculpt can be sourced back to either the toy or the cartoon.
Emerje wrote:Kurona wrote:Well.
Yeah.
Anything on the Generations headsculpt can be sourced back to either the toy or the cartoon.
Sourced, but not sourced well. Is it really successful if it's missing half the things that made the original sculpt interesting?
Emerje
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Those are NOT retools, but repaints. Even if the "paint" is clear plastics.
Kurona wrote:Was G1 Ultra Magnus really a retool, though? Nothing was changed about the figure itself (other than a new deco), it just came with a new - albeit extremely large and significant - accessory.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Andrius wrote:I'm also particularly fond of the Dark Energon line. I'm not sure if they can be counted as true retools, since the modes are generally the same, but I'm willing to give a pass based on all the translucent bits. (Well, technically Optimus gets a new face sculpt, so that's about as minor a retool as you'll find.)
Those are NOT retools, but repaints. Even if the "paint" is clear plastics.
Andrius wrote:(Well, technically Optimus gets a new face sculpt, so that's about as minor a retool as you'll find.)
Kurona wrote:Was G1 Ultra Magnus really a retool, though? Nothing was changed about the figure itself (other than a new deco), it just came with a new - albeit extremely large and significant - accessory.
Tiby wrote:Looks like a lot of people missed the point of this list: that these were retools before the planned "pretools" in the Combiner Wars and following lines.
Tiby wrote:
Looks like a lot of people missed the point of this list: that these were retools before the planned "pretools" in the Combiner Wars and following lines.
Not everyone here really cares about the distinction, and it's a really minor one as they only differ in timing of the design: before/during vs. after completion . Besides, didn't the Top 5 Pretools get a list already?
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