Severa wrote:I am confused...
Are the combiners shown in this thread the retail version or the SDCC?
Thanks in advance!
Bounti76 wrote:Though I had Bruticus as a child, I'm not a HUGE fan...and these versions make me glad I'm not buying them. Most of their Cybertronian modes don't interest me, and what the HELL is Brawl supposed to turn into?? It looks like he just folds up into a hunk of plastic with treads on the sides(!?) and a cannon on top. At least the others transform into passable vehicles, with wheels. He doesn't look like anything other than a big block with a gun on top.
And though I'm also not a geewunner by any stretch of the imagination, I do think they could have hewed a little closer to their original color schemes. Only Swindle and Brawl are recognizable as themselves. The rest look like generic bots, to me, anyway. Normally, this wouldn't bother me (I loved all the live-action movie characters and designs), but since it's supposed to be set on Cybertron before G1, it would seem to me that making the WFC characters look at least vaguely recognizable like their G1 counterparts would make sense. I don't think there's been a WFC or Generations character that's been released yet that isn't easily identifiable as an updated version of a classic character.
dirk2243 wrote:Well, I'd normally agree about making them look like there G-1 counterparts but this is a whole different mix/mess (as I understand?). As I recall didn't Starscream create the combaticons in G-1?....so..... this I'm taking it as it has very little to do with/ nothing to do with G1?
Fixed.That Bot wrote:dirk2243 wrote:Well, I'd normally agree about making them look like there G-1 counterparts but this is a whole different mix/mess (as I understand?). As I recall didn't Starscream create the combaticons in G-1?....so..... this I'm taking it as it has very little to do with/ nothing to do with G1?
It's meant to appeal to old G1 fans, but it's set in the same multiverse as Prime, 70 million years ago.
First of all, "multiverse" is, by definition, a set of universes. It could mean every universe in one continuity stream, or it could mean every universe in every known continuity stream. Every universe together is called the "omniverse". Second, it hasn't been conclusively proven that Aligned is of only one universe. Your post presupposes that Aligned is only one universe. My fix of your post eliminates that presupposition so it won't be proven to be wrong later on, if Hasbro decides that Aligned is in fact a continuity stream-sized multiverse. I didn't assert anything that you yourself did not.That Bot wrote:Transformers is a multiverse. Aligned is a universe in that multiverse. An argument could be made for different streams, but they are the same universe. Please stop nitpicking every time somebody says something about WFC/FOC being in the same universe as Prime, especially when the creators of both are clearly trying to draw parallels between their respective works.
So, who do we think is going to be the hardest to find in this assortment? One of the Combaticons, natch, but which? My money is on Swindle or Brawl, because I think they look the best on their own.
orangeitis wrote:First of all, "multiverse" is, by definition, a set of universes. It could mean every universe in one continuity stream, or it could mean every universe in every known continuity stream. Every universe together is called the "omniverse". Second, it hasn't been conclusively proven that Aligned is of only one universe. Your post presupposes that Aligned is only one universe. My fix of your post eliminates that presupposition so it won't be proven to be wrong later on, if Hasbro decides that Aligned is in fact a continuity stream-sized multiverse. I didn't assert anything that you yourself did not.That Bot wrote:Transformers is a multiverse. Aligned is a universe in that multiverse. An argument could be made for different streams, but they are the same universe. Please stop nitpicking every time somebody says something about WFC/FOC being in the same universe as Prime, especially when the creators of both are clearly trying to draw parallels between their respective works.
So, who do we think is going to be the hardest to find in this assortment? One of the Combaticons, natch, but which? My money is on Swindle or Brawl, because I think they look the best on their own.
craggy wrote:Which version of the Aligned continuity will be the first to have Blurr vibrate through to a G1verse?
RAcast wrote:craggy wrote:Which version of the Aligned continuity will be the first to have Blurr vibrate through to a G1verse?
...What? I feel like this needs an explanation?
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