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[Skritz]

When is an Hasbro stock photo not mistransformed? There is always at least one pic per figure/figure set where someone display some mistransformed or misplaced part.

[Jeddostotle7]

I hate this mold, wish they retooled the Arcee mold.

It just doesn't look sleek enough with those awful legs.

The Arcee mold can't combine, while this one can. At this point it's clear they're trying to complete this team specfically as a combiner (aside from Chromia), so it makes sense they're gonna reuse this mold instead of one that can't combine.

[Zeedust]

Everyone else wants to put Greenlight on Elita-1, but I think it might be fun to give her to inferno. Dazlestrike + Inferno's guns = fire-tipped spear.

[ZeroWolf]

Everyone else wants to put Greenlight on Elita-1, but I think it might be fun to give her to inferno. Dazlestrike + Inferno's guns = fire-tipped spear.

I like this idea

[Cobotron]

Everyone else wants to put Greenlight on Elita-1, but I think it might be fun to give her to inferno. Dazlestrike + Inferno's guns = fire-tipped spear.

I like this idea

Yes! This very much please and thank you!

[Cobotron]

I HAD to try it.

Pretty glorious!

This one is an ice spear of course.

[Nemesis Maximo]

Springer's Mom has got it going on.

I like big backpacks and I cannot lie...


Anyways.

Looking at that flame effect they really need to make a new Fallen figure with those things stuck all over him

Man I'd give a kidney for a more Dreamwave-esque Fallen, dark paintjob with glowing furnace orange and angry Mazinger-esque face. After ROTF this kind of design went by the wayside, with the 'Megatronus' identity taking over and the flaming design being forgotten

Stick those effect parts on a Siege Megatron retool and we're good to go.

Why not Combiner Wars Megatron? He's bigger and the Fallen was huge in Dreamwave IIRC

Because The Fallen is supposed to be scary, and CW Megs looks more like he should be leading an expedition into the Congo.

[Ultra Markus]

Greenlight is a must now if we could get another fembot combiner limb that would be great

[Zeedust]

:lol: I HAD to try it.

Pretty glorious!

This one is an ice spear of course.

Dammit, Cobo, I don't actually have a Lionizer, and you're making it hard for me to wait for Dazlestrike instead.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Springer's Mom has got it going on.

I like big backpacks and I cannot lie...


Anyways.

Looking at that flame effect they really need to make a new Fallen figure with those things stuck all over him

Man I'd give a kidney for a more Dreamwave-esque Fallen, dark paintjob with glowing furnace orange and angry Mazinger-esque face. After ROTF this kind of design went by the wayside, with the 'Megatronus' identity taking over and the flaming design being forgotten

Stick those effect parts on a Siege Megatron retool and we're good to go.

Why not Combiner Wars Megatron? He's bigger and the Fallen was huge in Dreamwave IIRC

Because The Fallen is supposed to be scary, and CW Megs looks more like he should be leading an expedition into the Congo.

Whuh? How so?

[Sabrblade]

There is also a nice comparison between the original G1 cartoon model of Greenlight and her first ever toy since her introduction to the mythos over 33 years ago! These character models include both her robot mode and vehicle mode, a rare treat!

Point of clarity: Those animation models are 100% fanmade. While the robot mode is based on (but not completely identical to) the one she had in the episode, the vehicle mode is purely made up.

[Zobovor]

Point of clarity: Those animation models are 100% fanmade. While the robot mode is based on (but not completely identical to) the one she had in the episode, the vehicle mode is purely made up.

Additional point of clarity: Somebody ganked my character model of Greenlight from my DeviantArt account without bothering to ask my permission. That's just how we do things in this fandom, I guess.

https://www.deviantart.com/zobovor/art/ ... -739499533

I've never misrepresented this artwork as official, but it's difficult to play damage control when people appropriate my artwork so that it can be taken entirely out of context.

I did try to research her design exhaustively and try to make the model as authentic as possible, but I apologize if it's not accurate enough to your liking.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Point of clarity: Those animation models are 100% fanmade. While the robot mode is based on (but not completely identical to) the one she had in the episode, the vehicle mode is purely made up.

Additional point of clarity: Somebody ganked my character model of Greenlight from my DeviantArt account without bothering to ask my permission. That's just how we do things in this fandom, I guess.

https://www.deviantart.com/zobovor/art/ ... -739499533

I've never misrepresented this artwork as official, but it's difficult to play damage control when people appropriate my artwork so that it can be taken entirely out of context.

I did try to research her design exhaustively and try to make the model as authentic as possible, but I apologize if it's not accurate enough to your liking.

Report it to the mods. For what it's worth, you did a good job on the extrapolation. I don't think she was shown transforming in the episode, but that looks like the kind of altmode Floron the Moron would have given her, right down to being angular while her robot mode is curvy.

Nice going people on stealing fanart and presenting it as official. Real nice.

Although, on that note, it's possible Hasbro themselves used that art for reference given their f***up with the Combiner Wars G2 Stunticons.

[Emerje]

Although, on that note, it's possible Hasbro themselves used that art for reference given their f***up with the Combiner Wars G2 Stunticons.

I very much doubt it since the sculpt and alt mode don't look like anything directly from the fan art and the color layout and head sculpt is still accurate to her cartoon appearance.

Emerje

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Although, on that note, it's possible Hasbro themselves used that art for reference given their f***up with the Combiner Wars G2 Stunticons.

I very much doubt it since the sculpt and alt mode don't look like anything directly from the fan art and the color layout and head sculpt is still accurate to her cartoon appearance.

Emerje

Well, the altmode is limited by using Moonracer's mold with minimal retooling.
And I was more ruminating on the possibility, since Hasbro has pulled that for.

I still think it's a shame that Dazzlestrike is black instead of orange. Orange would go with the fire and make up for the actual Lionizer being the wrong color:


Speaking of Lionizer, anyone done Cybertron Smokescreen holding him, since that's the closest we have to a new Rad?

[noctorro]

@ZeldaTheSwordsman

I love the knowledge of Transformers fans, that looks very inspired by that old Action Master. Now I really have to get that mold (and recolors).

I love it that Hasbro is just doing all the fembots from like 1 or 2 episodes.
This looks purely for the fans and this mold is way better than Victorion.
I like Victorion, but was kind of difficult to figure out why they are female.

1 more lady to go Hasbro!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

To be fair, alien robot lifeforms don't have to live up to Western human femininity standards (especially when they have to turn into vehicles). Just look at Strika. Also, the Torchbearers' heads and breastplates were designed to make them more female-looking, so they have that going for them.

Joe Kyde flat-out said he modeled Cybertron Smokescreen's deco off Rad, and the headsculpt made it a good fit.

[Ultra Markus]

Anybody want to make a bet the next fembot combiner limb if they do one will be lancer

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[Allison]

To be fair, alien robot lifeforms don't have to live up to Western human femininity standards (especially when they have to turn into vehicles). Just look at Strika. Also, the Torchbearers' heads and breastplates were designed to make them more female-looking, so they have that going for them.

Yeah, I love Victorion because none of them use Designated Girl Molds but still have feminine touches. Same for Elita, Nautica and Road Rage. And I love Slash because there's nothing especially feminine about her. That's not to say that I have anything against the feminine-looking toys-- some of them are among my favorites-- but the ladies shouldn't all look like that.

[Wolfman Jake]

Point of clarity: Those animation models are 100% fanmade. While the robot mode is based on (but not completely identical to) the one she had in the episode, the vehicle mode is purely made up.

Additional point of clarity: Somebody ganked my character model of Greenlight from my DeviantArt account without bothering to ask my permission. That's just how we do things in this fandom, I guess.

https://www.deviantart.com/zobovor/art/ ... -739499533

I've never misrepresented this artwork as official, but it's difficult to play damage control when people appropriate my artwork so that it can be taken entirely out of context.

I did try to research her design exhaustively and try to make the model as authentic as possible, but I apologize if it's not accurate enough to your liking.

Zobovor, I'm sorry somebody had used your original artwork without permission. I had no idea, as these pictures came from another website and there was no clarification about where the art came from. I've made an edit to the original news story to reflect that the artwork is your work and your property, and to put the use of it as a comparison to the new toy in context, i.e., that it is your fan artwork and not an official Sunbow character model sheet. If you would rather the picture using your artwork be removed from the article entirely, I can do that too. Please take a look at the article again and let me know if the changes and additions are to your liking.

[ZeroWolf]

This weekend saw the Gamer Event 2018 take place in Taiwan, and while so far the biggest news to come out of it was the surprise reveal of a trailer-less reissue of G1 Optimus Prime, that doesn't mean that there wasn't anything else there...Thanks to the people over at Transformers Never Die Facebook Group, we have some in-hand shots of Wave 1 Leader Class figures Ultra Magnus and Shockwave from the Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege line!

The pictures include a comparison shot of Siege Optimus with both the inner white robot of Ultra Magnus and with Ultra Magnus all armoured up. There is also a good look at Shockwave, included being handled as if he had his original alt mode.

We have mirrored the images below for your convenience.



























































What do you think of these? Do they wet your appetite for these figures even more? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

[Lore Keeper]

I cant wait to get both of these! Though, I will say that Ultra Magnus's face looks off for some reason...

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Probably the angle and the lighting in most shots of him.

Want those two so hard.

[S.o.L.]

So is this going to be another internet cartoon, or maybe a game? I'm not sure who would be the target market for Gen 0. Just thinking from a marketing point of view.

[-Kanrabat-]

I don't care for that Shockwave, but I NEED that Ultra Magnus!
Like, really, THE RETURN OF SHITE OPTIMUS! That combine with his trailer! It's the first time ever since G1!