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Auction for Unreleased Universe Menasor Prototype?
Posted by Skowl
Feb 5, 2008 at 2:29pm CST
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See the original artwork for the character, by TF artist Dan Khanna, by clicking here.
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Comment by First Gen
Feb 5, 2008
For continuities sake, and my man Neko who posted this already, here's the original thread.
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It's awesome seeing the artwork and that this could be an actual prototype.
Wonder if Counterpunch is gonna buy it?
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=35358
It's awesome seeing the artwork and that this could be an actual prototype.
Wonder if Counterpunch is gonna buy it?
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Comment by Zeds
Feb 5, 2008
I'll pass on it. Never liked that mould.
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Comment by Cyberjet #7
Feb 5, 2008
It doesn't look half bad... should be Motormaster, though.
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Comment by Liege Evilmus
Feb 5, 2008
I do need this mold(one of the only Primes I'm missing), and Don as usual did an awesome job on that pic, but realy, I'm glad this didn't happen.
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Sorry d00d, but that image is more likely to have been done by Dan Khanna. (according to the bottom of the page anyway)
Don's style is quite distinctive, even when he was forced to conform to the Dreamwave 'house style'...
Comment by Whisper
Feb 5, 2008
Skowl wrote:See the original artwork for the character, by TF artist Don Figueroa...
Sorry d00d, but that image is more likely to have been done by Dan Khanna. (according to the bottom of the page anyway)
Don's style is quite distinctive, even when he was forced to conform to the Dreamwave 'house style'...
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Comment by i_amtrunks
Feb 5, 2008
A repaint of the Machine Wars Prime version?
That's a huge meh in my book, the original of the mould Turbomaster Thunderclash is ten times the figure MW Prime ever was.
That's a huge meh in my book, the original of the mould Turbomaster Thunderclash is ten times the figure MW Prime ever was.
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Comment by Craven Knight
Feb 5, 2008
Yuck, the Turbo Master original looked okay but it's a crummy mold.
And I hate that Motormaster looking guys are always being named Menasor.
And I hate that Motormaster looking guys are always being named Menasor.
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Comment by saberconvoy
Feb 5, 2008
well its cool but it was unreleased
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It's the best they can do since they no longer have the copyright on the name...
But, for god's sake, let this mold lie in it's grave...doesn't it have like two points of articulation? It'd be better if they redesigned the backend to merge with the cab...
Comment by First-Aid
Feb 5, 2008
Craven Knight wrote:Yuck, the Turbo Master original looked okay but it's a crummy mold.
And I hate that Motormaster looking guys are always being named Menasor.
It's the best they can do since they no longer have the copyright on the name...
But, for god's sake, let this mold lie in it's grave...doesn't it have like two points of articulation? It'd be better if they redesigned the backend to merge with the cab...
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Fixed (on the main page anyway - if I edit the original post of this thread I'll lose all the URLs for some reason...)
Comment by Skowl
Feb 5, 2008
Whisper wrote:Skowl wrote:See the original artwork for the character, by TF artist Don Figueroa...
Sorry d00d, but that image is more likely to have been done by Dan Khanna. (according to the bottom of the page anyway)
Don's style is quite distinctive, even when he was forced to conform to the Dreamwave 'house style'...
Fixed (on the main page anyway - if I edit the original post of this thread I'll lose all the URLs for some reason...)
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Comment by OptitronPrime
Feb 5, 2008
No repaints for classics 
Get real combiner 5 differnet figures that can combine and have good poseability. They did it in 1986 they can do it now
Get real combiner 5 differnet figures that can combine and have good poseability. They did it in 1986 they can do it now
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Five different figures? Yes. Poseability? Not what G1 was really known for.
As for this figure, what really kills it for me isn't the brick-iness of the mold, but the exceptionally poor usage of color. So many of Hasbro's pieces suffer from TMCS - Too Many Colors Syndrome. Once you exceed three colors on a mold, it just becomes too garish. This one's got dark versions of blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet, along with bright yellow-orange and black. That's just too much for my eyes, personally.
DaVinci's rule of three worked back then, and works now. Use three elements (like colors) in proportion: 3 parts of the main, 2 parts of the contrast, 1 part of the accent. 5 is simply TOO MUCH.
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Comment by emeraldbeacon
Feb 5, 2008
OptitronPrime wrote:No repaints for classics
Five different figures? Yes. Poseability? Not what G1 was really known for.
As for this figure, what really kills it for me isn't the brick-iness of the mold, but the exceptionally poor usage of color. So many of Hasbro's pieces suffer from TMCS - Too Many Colors Syndrome. Once you exceed three colors on a mold, it just becomes too garish. This one's got dark versions of blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet, along with bright yellow-orange and black. That's just too much for my eyes, personally.
DaVinci's rule of three worked back then, and works now. Use three elements (like colors) in proportion: 3 parts of the main, 2 parts of the contrast, 1 part of the accent. 5 is simply TOO MUCH.
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This isn’t classics, its Universe, a line that came out a couple years back and consisted of nothing but repaints.
Comment by Nekoman
Feb 5, 2008
OptitronPrime wrote:No repaints for classics
This isn’t classics, its Universe, a line that came out a couple years back and consisted of nothing but repaints.
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Yeah I know the universe line, I have 5 toys from the line which are all horrible repaints. I just thought now that there's the universe/classics 2.0 that universe wasn't going to do anymore repaints but it seems I'm wrong
Comment by OptitronPrime
Feb 5, 2008
Nekoman wrote:OptitronPrime wrote:No repaints for classics
This isn’t classics, its Universe, a line that came out a couple years back and consisted of nothing but repaints.
Yeah I know the universe line, I have 5 toys from the line which are all horrible repaints. I just thought now that there's the universe/classics 2.0 that universe wasn't going to do anymore repaints but it seems I'm wrong
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Well some characters you have to do as repaints, like Prowl/Smokescreen. Sideswipe/Sunstreaker I was disappointed with at first, but at least they're being clever about it.
But I'd really like to see them just forget all about repaint potential and just do a decent combiner at least once.
Comment by Bumblethumper
Feb 5, 2008
OptitronPrime wrote:Nekoman wrote:OptitronPrime wrote:No repaints for classics
This isn’t classics, its Universe, a line that came out a couple years back and consisted of nothing but repaints.
Yeah I know the universe line, I have 5 toys from the line which are all horrible repaints. I just thought now that there's the universe/classics 2.0 that universe wasn't going to do anymore repaints but it seems I'm wrong
Well some characters you have to do as repaints, like Prowl/Smokescreen. Sideswipe/Sunstreaker I was disappointed with at first, but at least they're being clever about it.
But I'd really like to see them just forget all about repaint potential and just do a decent combiner at least once.
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Comment by imotron
Feb 5, 2008
This is confusing...
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Comment by shortround
Feb 6, 2008
I think $500.00 is a little bit much but I'm sure someone will bid on it.
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Comment by Senor Hugo
Feb 6, 2008
The worst Optimus Prime mold, ever.
I'm really glad this repaint never saw the light of day. Also, I pity anyone who received this toy as their first Prime, or just received this toy at all.
I'm really glad this repaint never saw the light of day. Also, I pity anyone who received this toy as their first Prime, or just received this toy at all.
