High Moon Studios and Ford Australia: Falcatron Revealed!
Friday, August 24th, 2012 12:23AM CDT
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There's a new Transformers character on the block - the first ever giant robot created by fans. Working together with Activision and Ford, more than 1,000 Australian Facebook users have shared their ideas, images and concepts, literally transforming the iconic Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo sedan into a new character to stand alongside Optimus Prime.
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Posted by STINGRAY749 on August 24th, 2012 @ 12:34am CDT
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Posted by Burn on August 24th, 2012 @ 5:38am CDT
Posted by GuyIncognito on August 24th, 2012 @ 7:43am CDT
But I have to say, that looks nothing like a Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo. It's got a Ford logo, but aside from that there's no resemblance to the real car.
Posted by starwarrior1227 on August 24th, 2012 @ 8:53am CDT
and i dont like it. since its an autobot, it needs to look either: stupid, ugly, and/or terrible design wise. its a step in the right direction but just not stupid, ugly, and/or terrible design wise to be an iconic autobum.
ps:
Posted by Seibertron on August 24th, 2012 @ 8:53am CDT
Mr O wrote:The car looks cool. Actually, the robot looks cool too but isn't it a bit close to G1 Skids?
That's what I was thinking.
Posted by Deathsanras on August 24th, 2012 @ 9:28am CDT
Posted by Requiem Prime on August 24th, 2012 @ 10:03am CDT
Deathsanras wrote:The Ford Falcon is a large, four-door family car - Taurus-ish for the Yanks. The fact that this is no longer a Falcon from the windscreen backwards makes the whole thing kind of pointless.
Maybe the idea was a cybertronian car that would logically become a Falcon on earth.
Sweet gravy! He's a new head and redeco from being more Jazz than the offical cybertronian Jazz. Just reshell the TF2010 toy, Jet Vehicon style.
Posted by rpetras on August 24th, 2012 @ 11:44am CDT
Posted by a Cobra Viper on August 24th, 2012 @ 12:03pm CDT
Posted by starwarrior1227 on August 24th, 2012 @ 12:08pm CDT
a Cobra Viper wrote:So what's the ultimate goal for this? What are their plans? Is it just something fun that HMS and Ford teamed up to do to promote this car, or is their something more in the works.
i sure hope there isnt anything else to this. i dotn wanna see this guy as part of a dlc pack, unless he comes free then totally, ill be more than happy to get more parts.
Posted by Sodan-1 on August 24th, 2012 @ 12:49pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on August 24th, 2012 @ 7:57pm CDT
You are lame fuu for calling that amazing piece of art lame
Posted by starwarrior1227 on August 24th, 2012 @ 8:32pm CDT
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sodan-1 wrote:Lame![/quote
You are lame fuu for calling that amazing piece of art lame
i would feel obligated to state that mirageandjazz1197 was probably saying that the designs itself is lame and not the art, but he has sided with the G2 autobots and well...
Posted by Sodan-1 on August 25th, 2012 @ 9:37am CDT
Posted by Sodan-1 on August 25th, 2012 @ 9:42am CDT
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sodan-1 wrote:Lame!
You are lame fuu for calling that amazing piece of art lame
The art itself is great, but the design is not particularly original and the shameless cross-promotion is lame. It didn't really need to be done.
starwarrior1227 wrote:but he has sided with the G2 autobots and well...
The Wreckers my friend. I've sided with the Wreckers; the SAS of the Transformers universe.
Posted by starwarrior1227 on August 25th, 2012 @ 9:45am CDT
starwarrior1227 wrote:but he has sided with the G2 autobots and well...
The Wreckers my friend. I've sided with the Wreckers; the SAS of the Transformers universe.[/quote]
thought that was the g2 autobots symbole....
My bad.
Posted by Deathsanras on August 25th, 2012 @ 10:25am CDT
Requiem Prime wrote:Maybe the idea was a cybertronian car that would logically become a Falcon on earth.
With a Ford badge.
Posted by starwarrior1227 on August 25th, 2012 @ 10:39am CDT
Deathsanras wrote:Requiem Prime wrote:Maybe the idea was a cybertronian car that would logically become a Falcon on earth.
With a Ford badge.
thats what makes it more likely to be a ford falcon on earth...
Posted by El Duque on November 2nd, 2012 @ 8:01pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on November 2nd, 2012 @ 8:13pm CDT
Posted by PrymeStriker on November 2nd, 2012 @ 8:49pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:TORQUE transforms from Ranger, to robot, to supercomputer, to Air Raid's Targetmaster rifle! Er, no, wait...
G1 Torque was not a Targetmaster. He wasn't even in G1. The torque rifle was just the name of Air Raid's weapon choice.
The supercomputer was TORQ III, not Torque.
Posted by Rated X on November 2nd, 2012 @ 9:04pm CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on November 2nd, 2012 @ 9:40pm CDT
Vehicle looks sweet though, with the windshields that style too.
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Posted by Burn on November 3rd, 2012 @ 1:12am CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:Great, an autobot that turns into a Ford, hope he doesn't rust like one
Or get found on rubbish dumps.
Posted by MINDVVIPE on November 3rd, 2012 @ 2:36am CDT
Burn wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:Great, an autobot that turns into a Ford, hope he doesn't rust like one
Or get found on rubbish dumps.
I'm used to Found On Road Dead
Rubbish dumps , you aussies and your walunga goolachops
Posted by Megatron Wolf on November 3rd, 2012 @ 2:50am CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on November 3rd, 2012 @ 2:58am CDT
Megatron Wolf wrote:So they can waste time making stupid promo crap & books no one wants but they cant take a day or two to make a patch? Think its time to run up to gamestop & trade in FoC. I cant at least get some of the $60 i wasted on that half assed game. But anyway the new ford ranger looks like crap, but its a good alt mode to pick since they are extremely hard to kill.
What do you play on? I still think the multiplayer is tons of fun till this day even after having some roughed out games. I play on PC and my only real problems are the lack of players sometimes, roughed out lag (but tons of games have lag so whatever) and the annoying moments when colliding with another player while your in alt mode and they're in bot mode, and you get shot violently through the floor collision to get trapped under the map. What problems do you guys encounter?
Btw, sick avatar.
Posted by noctorro on November 3rd, 2012 @ 5:12am CDT
Sometimes there's a bit of lag, but then I just rejoin and get a better match.
NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS HERE, half assed game, have you even played singleplayer? It's a great game!
I also think torrent people would complain about the game
Posted by MGrotusque on November 3rd, 2012 @ 9:02am CDT
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Posted by retrothomas on November 3rd, 2012 @ 3:54pm CDT
High Moon has been attentive up until now, haven't they? I remember two balance patches and have bought all three packs of DLC. I've been thrilled with Fall of Cybertron and it's been a huge gift to me as a Transformers fan.
Love this concept art, too. I plan on buying their art book for Christmas since I love their style. I like their aesthetic and it's cool seeing bots with real world alt modes!
Posted by PaxCybertron82 on November 4th, 2012 @ 8:34am CST
Posted by Swiftknife24 on November 4th, 2012 @ 10:50am CST
I definitely prefer the look of 'Falcotron' (despite the name), but I also like Torque, despite the fact that the only really defining alt. mode visage is his chest...Looks a bit 'bolted on'.
(BTW, I know he's generally grumpy, but does anyone else get the feeling that MegatronWolf is just here to complain? Every new story; there he is whinging about stuff...Sometimes I wonder if he is actually a Transformers fan...! Haha I know you're free express your own opinion, but seriously...Positivity! XD)
Posted by retrothomas on November 4th, 2012 @ 10:57am CST
Posted by Swiftknife24 on November 4th, 2012 @ 12:02pm CST
retrothomas wrote:I know exactly what you mean, Swiftknife. I like to imagine what "my own" real world vision of Transformers is. I prefer the IDW/High Moon type of look to the Bayverse idea. I would love to see a bunch more concept art from High Moon of real world stuff! I love the heck out of their team.
Awesome! Not that I don't like the Bayverse look (and credit where credits due for the ILM team), but High Moon Transformers are much more 'distinct' and if they were applied to cinematic universe, then people would see them more as actual characters than just 'robots'. ^^
(I know, characterisation is down to writing too, but it'd help! Haha)
AM
Posted by Atomatron on November 4th, 2012 @ 1:00pm CST
Posted by noctorro on November 5th, 2012 @ 2:31am CST
Still, they can make the tank walk normal if he shoots the scrapmaker to balance it out. I mean, he's big, he should be able to carry a scrapmaker properly.
As for DOTM, I wouldn't mind if High Moon slapped in all the models they made for the DOTM game, resize them a littlebit. The models/transformations/animations are there already, why not a cheap DLC to add those guys?
Who cares about consistancy, you have Dinosaurs with jetpacks, Flying insects, Trucks, Tanks, Helicopters, Space Shuttles etc.
They will have a licence problem with GM :/
Posted by retrothomas on November 5th, 2012 @ 6:33am CST