notirishman wrote:
Bluestreak looks on point. The only big "cartoon accuracy" criticism I would give is that the upper arms should be gray, not red. I'm not bothered by the reuse of the Prowl mold head either, as they always looked very similar anyway. I don't think the original toys had different head sculpts, and the cartoon models are close enough, despite some small detailing and shape differences. Technically, the pelvis should have been retooled too, but whatever. A little bit of silver paint on the lower torso would have been good too. I guess the shoulder cannons could have been retooled too, as they are supposed to look different than Smokescreen's, but they don't look bad on Bluestreak. I accept them doing "double duty" in that sense. Overall, I'm very happy with how SIEGE Bluestreak has turned out.
notirishman wrote:
I'm also very happy to see that Ratchet has his animation accurate dark gray/black head crest. The shoulders look good with those red highlights and the light bars as visible kibble from alt mode. They can't really do the Red Cross symbol anymore, so I can't knock them for not being that accurate to the G1 cartoon model. In that regard, I also accept the "extraneous" red paint detailing on the wrists, collar, leg panels, and feet, as otherwise, Ratchet has got a LOT of white/negative space in his deco. What does bother me, though, is that they DIDN'T paint the few parts that are SUPPOSED to be red, like his hands and pelvis. Looking at the plastic color layout for SIEGE Ironhide, I think they should have cast those parts in red plastic and just painted over the shoulders in white where needed. Paying attention to that detail, along with the rest of the detailing "embellishments," would have made for a very sharp looking toy with just two main colors (plus that delicious light blue clear windshield).
