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News Credits: 5749 · Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:36 pm

Concept designer Robert Simons has updated his website with his concept designs for Transformers: Age of Extinction. The concepts images include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Lockdown, and Lockdown's star ship. As you can see these are considerably different from the designs that made their way onto the screen. Check 'em out below:

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:49 pm

Ah, yes, Lockdown's second-favorite vehicle: the space limo.

But yeah... those concepts of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime look really out of place. Almost reminds me of Prime.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:38 am

i can see why these werent used they look like mechsuits not bayformers, lockdown especially. Bumblebee & the 2nd prime look like they could be in armored core.

Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:53 am

Actually, I like concept Lockdown better than what we have in the movie.

News Credits: 372 · Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:58 am

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This.

A combination of the two head designs.

Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:57 am

i really dig that first image of prime. but not as a transformer. none of these things look like transformers.

Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:43 am

happy these designs didnt make it to the movie, they look awful

and lockdown's chicken legs? naaaaaaah!

Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:54 am

Deathscythetransform wrote:happy these designs didnt make it to the movie, they look awful

and lockdown's chicken legs? naaaaaaah!

Not all of these designs are "aweful." A few could work in the Bayverse.
These seem pretty natural compared to designs in official movie cannon:

Simon's concepts do not look like our conventional Transformers designs but some of the Bayverse designs don't either and I think that's great. Realistically, would sentient alien robots look as human as the conventional Transformers designs? Wouldn't you want something different every now and then? With that in mind, why is it that everyone apparently hate the "chicken legs"? It only makes the designs feel more alien, and befittingly for Decepticons, inhuman.

Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:17 am

Mindmaster wrote:Ah, yes, Lockdown's second-favorite vehicle: the space limo.

But yeah... those concepts of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime look really out of place. Almost reminds me of Prime.

I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.
The bumblebee concept and the second optimus prime are very skeleton-esque and are unfitting for soldiers in an action flick.
Some concepts could work for other characters though.

Reminds me of Ultra Magnus. Redo the head and buff-up the waist and stomach and Whoa-la!

This ^ could be a protoform for Demolisher from TF:Armada/Energon

News Credits: 251 · Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:31 pm

starwarrior1227 wrote:I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.

What? I was making reference to the vehicles' lengths. I wasn't making an opinion at all. :???:

Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:43 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
starwarrior1227 wrote:I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.

What? I was making reference to the vehicles' lengths. I wasn't making an opinion at all.

My bad...

News Credits: 25 · Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:58 am

Wow the Optimus and Bumblebee ones look really odd.

News Credits: 5749 · Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:15 pm

We have more Transformers: Age of Extinction concept art to share, this time from Wesley Burt. You can read is comments on each piece mirrored below by visiting his Facebook page.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:28 pm

Guess Slash might have been intended for the movie after all.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:35 pm

these are most well done

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:43 pm

Why did Hasbro have to go and nix Cyberverse?

The Dinobots are really close to their toys here, with Scorn having one sail, Slug's weapons in dino mode, and Strafe's two heads being identical. Though thankfully Slash's toy didn't go with those crazy cowboy spurs.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:14 pm

I liked more this version of Grimlock (the first image) than the "dragon-thing" of the movie.
Remember me a Jurassic Park Robot. Very, very cool.

How many "Slashs" we have???? :shock:

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:00 pm

Autobot Dash wrote:I liked more this version of Grimlock (the first image) than the "dragon-thing" of the movie.

Doesn't look all that much different here, aside from the lack of Devil horns, since the movie version has a very distinct T-Rex-shaped snout.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:25 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:
Why did Hasbro have to go and nix Cyberverse?

The Dinobots are really close to their toys here, with Scorn having one sail, Slug's weapons in dino mode, and Strafe's two heads being identical. Though thankfully Slash's toy didn't go with those crazy cowboy spurs.

I wonder how One Step Changer Slash and Construct-Bots Scorn look together...

News Credits: 3 · Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:42 pm

Interesting; the initial designs for Grimlock and Scorn's dino-modes were remarkable close in design to their living counterparts (not to mention less spikey). I'm guessing Slash got dropped from the film, because I don't recall any robo-raptors running around during the Dinobots' scenes.

Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:32 pm

if there was an autobot as a Green Lantern...........

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:28 am

starwarrior1227 wrote: why is it that everyone apparently hate the "chicken legs"?

Repressed memmories of Beast Machines Cheetor would be my guess. :grin:

Metro Prime wrote:I wonder how One Step Changer Slash and Cnstruct-Bots Scorn look together...

Like they don't belong on the same shelf, probably. The AoE Construct-Bots are somewhat different aesthetically from the other AoE toys, probably out of necessity.

Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:02 am

LOL @ "Dinbot Ride: Honk Kong"

Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:59 am

MegaDump wrote:LOL @ "Dinbot Ride: Honk Kong"

I keep picturing Optimus Prime using Grimlock's horn as he rides into battle. "HONK HONK!" "ROAR!" "Stupid traffic."

Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:38 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Autobot Dash wrote:I liked more this version of Grimlock (the first image) than the "dragon-thing" of the movie.
Doesn't look all that much different here, aside from the lack of Devil horns, since the movie version has a very distinct T-Rex-shaped snout.

It's true, but they add things in him to show that he is "very dangerous": horns, hundreds of fangs, claws, a bigger mouth, bigger tooth, etc (As a robot Tyrannosaurus was not dangerous enough...) and, in my opinion, is exaggerated... so exaggerated that maybe will make him be ridiculous.
I hope no.