william-james88 wrote:Can different tooling really save this though? This just looks ;like the wrong approach to transformation if you want 3 modes. Ideally, you should have the wings serving double duty for the carrier halves, with folded panels to give the wings a different shape. And it is baffling how some fake kibble is only seen in robot mode. For all the parts that need a double duty, they waste the shoulders on random detail that serves no purpose in any mode. So with everything in the top half being used independently for the 2 modes, they are stuck cramming the rest of the plane into a very little area and so there is very little room for anything convincing.
This was not a smart approach to the figure.
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Hellscream9999 wrote:Gotta agree, as is alpha trion is a better ship than broadside is a jet, I honestly don't have any problems with a3 at all, worth every penny
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Gotta agree, as is alpha trion is a better ship than broadside is a jet, I honestly don't have any problems with a3 at all, worth every penny
I have problems with the sides of his ship at the back. Those lion half heads. They dont really work and remove that shape the ship is forming. I tried doing it so that they are raised with the horn acting as a tail fin but that doesnt work either. I really love his landing gear though.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Gotta agree, as is alpha trion is a better ship than broadside is a jet, I honestly don't have any problems with a3 at all, worth every penny
I have problems with the sides of his ship at the back. Those lion half heads. They dont really work and remove that shape the ship is forming. I tried doing it so that they are raised with the horn acting as a tail fin but that doesnt work either. I really love his landing gear though.
Eh, they really don't look like lion heads, just big chunky engine components, it's just that you know it's a lion, so it becomes more noticeable
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Gotta agree, as is alpha trion is a better ship than broadside is a jet, I honestly don't have any problems with a3 at all, worth every penny
I have problems with the sides of his ship at the back. Those lion half heads. They dont really work and remove that shape the ship is forming. I tried doing it so that they are raised with the horn acting as a tail fin but that doesnt work either. I really love his landing gear though.
Eh, they really don't look like lion heads, just big chunky engine components, it's just that you know it's a lion, so it becomes more noticeable
Oh, I didnt mean that they look like lion heads, they just dont work with the rest of the look for me. Especially since it also exposed the hands.
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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at Braodside's Jet mode closer...
Yes, that is the intended configuration, the arms hook into cavities in the legs. Do I have a problem with it? Not really, who says it's supposed to be like a real life jet? Heck, it looks more aerodynamic than some of the boxes with wings we have. And it's not like it's unprecedented, look at a certain black transforming jet a few pages back.
Who's idea was it to make Broadside a carrier back in G1 anyway?
Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at Braodside's Jet mode closer...
Yes, that is the intended configuration, the arms hook into cavities in the legs. Do I have a problem with it? Not really, who says it's supposed to be like a real life jet? Heck, it looks more aerodynamic than some of the boxes with wings we have. And it's not like it's unprecedented, look at a certain black transforming jet a few pages back.
Who's idea was it to make Broadside a carrier back in G1 anyway?
I think the main offender here - despite seemingly obvious appearances - is the placement of the wings. I could buy the idea of a much bulkier-looking jet like this if the wings were placed somewhere in the middle; as is, putting them right at the bottom just makes it look ridiculous.
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.
Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at Braodside's Jet mode closer...
Yes, that is the intended configuration, the arms hook into cavities in the legs. Do I have a problem with it? Not really, who says it's supposed to be like a real life jet? Heck, it looks more aerodynamic than some of the boxes with wings we have. And it's not like it's unprecedented, look at a certain black transforming jet a few pages back.
Who's idea was it to make Broadside a carrier back in G1 anyway?
I think the main offender here - despite seemingly obvious appearances - is the placement of the wings. I could buy the idea of a much bulkier-looking jet like this if the wings were placed somewhere in the middle; as is, putting them right at the bottom just makes it look ridiculous.
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
Qwan wrote:Kurona wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Looking at Braodside's Jet mode closer...
Yes, that is the intended configuration, the arms hook into cavities in the legs. Do I have a problem with it? Not really, who says it's supposed to be like a real life jet? Heck, it looks more aerodynamic than some of the boxes with wings we have. And it's not like it's unprecedented, look at a certain black transforming jet a few pages back.
Who's idea was it to make Broadside a carrier back in G1 anyway?
I think the main offender here - despite seemingly obvious appearances - is the placement of the wings. I could buy the idea of a much bulkier-looking jet like this if the wings were placed somewhere in the middle; as is, putting them right at the bottom just makes it look ridiculous.
Hmm, I think you might be right! Sadly my computer trashed itself last month and I don't have Photoshop any more, but thanks to the power of MS PAINT I present:
A slightly better-looking Broadside!
Not that there's any way this could actually be achieved on the figure as-is, it'd have to have been a change made in the design stage, but at least it's nice to know what (part of) the problem is.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
WreckerJack wrote:Kinda wanted to see how it would look if the wings matched the body of the plane more. Gotta say I like this dark grey.
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
fenrir72 wrote:I just like "accidentally" visited the local TRU and voila, scored a "62841/ #CO286" figure (those who own one by checking his butt knows who I mean ). The only one from his lot case to be exact .
Trying to hold off for an eventual Takara release but he is so awesome that I was overcome by my TF instincts.
A great update of his G1 incarnation you get six times the bang for your buck!. Sure the Titanmaster figure was so plain underpainted (the homunculi part) but the teal color worked well enough to show the figure's details unlike the gray of Blunderbuss.
I wonder if Takara will attempt a retool for this mold so that Blackshadow can finally get to fight his "pursuer" in Victory.
Insurgent wrote:Sixshot. The six times the bang for your buck and the Greatshot remoulding musings give it away.
Qwan wrote:WreckerJack wrote:Kinda wanted to see how it would look if the wings matched the body of the plane more. Gotta say I like this dark grey.
Heh, originally the grey smudge was actually just me using my ""professional"" photo manipulation ""skills"" to fill in the blank space left by the wing when I moved it (just color-selected the background and waved the paintbrush tool over top of the empty white space). But you're totally right, he does look even better with those bigger wings!
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