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IDW Transformers #3 iTunes Preview
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Apr 10, 2019 at 7:20pm CDT
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Comment by crazyfist
Apr 10, 2019
Ascenticons sounds like the Offendicons to me... he he...
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Comment by Decepticon Stryker
Apr 10, 2019
Hope this means a new Elita-1 figure. Also, has she ever been a Decepticon as Elita? I know in Animated she was one while being Blackarachnia.
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Comment by steve2275
Apr 10, 2019
the art its pretty
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Threw this up on the siege thread already, but figured it should go here too. Maybe IDW revealed another toy early?
Comment by The_Cryptid_Person
Apr 11, 2019
Latebrus-K wrote:Looks like the next issue of IDW’s series continues to be a siege bonanza, this time with “Skytread”, “Refraktor”, and... Elita One? Going off her “collar”, she seems to be a virtual retool of siege Chromia. Disappointing for scaling with Optimus - and her head looks pretty off - but sure beats the PotP jet-hulk.
Threw this up on the siege thread already, but figured it should go here too. Maybe IDW revealed another toy early?
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Comment by sol magnus
Apr 11, 2019
Still trying to figure out Pax's relationship to the "cops" being that he's an Autobot and Senator.
Prowl's got the receipts (as usual).
Nice "scaling" in the sub-panel on page one.
Will be getting this.
Prowl's got the receipts (as usual).
Nice "scaling" in the sub-panel on page one.
Will be getting this.
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Seriously though by the time you see the fourth page you'll stop assuming everyone in here is getting a toy
Comment by ScottyP
Apr 12, 2019
I just assumed it was the artist's interpretation of PotP Elita.Latebrus-K wrote:Latebrus-K wrote:Looks like the next issue of IDW’s series continues to be a siege bonanza, this time with “Skytread”, “Refraktor”, and... Elita One? Going off her “collar”, she seems to be a virtual retool of siege Chromia. Disappointing for scaling with Optimus - and her head looks pretty off - but sure beats the PotP jet-hulk.
Threw this up on the siege thread already, but figured it should go here too. Maybe IDW revealed another toy early?
Seriously though by the time you see the fourth page you'll stop assuming everyone in here is getting a toy
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Comment by william-james88
Apr 16, 2019
Thanks to IDW, we have a 5 page preview for the upcoming Transformers #3 comic! The 5 pages that we get to view for the new issue, which is scheduled to be out tomorrow (Wednesday), feature Megatron putting together a new security team for his Ascenticon meetings, which includes Elita-1, Skytread, Refraktor and Quake. We also see a James Roberts' Froid. This shows that there are definitely elements from the previous IDW universe bleeing into this one.
Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
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Don't see it.
Comment by sol magnus
Apr 16, 2019
william-james88 wrote:Thanks to IDW, we have a 5 page preview for the upcoming Transformers #3 comic! The 5 pages that we get to view for the new issue, which is scheduled to be out tomorrow (Wednesday), feature Megatron putting together a new security team for his Ascenticon meetings, which includes Elita-1, Skytread, Refraktor and Quake. We also see a James Roberts' Froid. This shows that there are definitely elements from the previous IDW universe bleeing into this one.
Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
Don't see it.
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Comment by Bounti76
Apr 16, 2019
Hope we'll find out why Elita One is a proto-Decepticon....
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Comment by LE0KING
Apr 16, 2019
Wow, in the midst of all the blocks and right angles that make up the siege designs, Froid's Idw curves stand out like a sore thumb.
Sigh, I miss Alex Milne's designs.
Sigh, I miss Alex Milne's designs.
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Comment by Wireless_Phantom
Apr 16, 2019
Here's hoping we get a toy of that Elita 1 design because it looks great
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Pfft! Here's hoping we get a Froid toy!
Comment by Lore Keeper
Apr 16, 2019
Wireless_Phantom wrote:Here's hoping we get a toy of that Elita 1 design because it looks great
Pfft! Here's hoping we get a Froid toy!
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looking at her gauntlets and colour scheme, pretty sure this is based on the toy we already have.
Comment by william-james88
Apr 16, 2019
Wireless_Phantom wrote:Here's hoping we get a toy of that Elita 1 design because it looks great
looking at her gauntlets and colour scheme, pretty sure this is based on the toy we already have.
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Comment by Nemesis Maximo
Apr 16, 2019
Man, this right here makes it even harder to believe that this isn’t somehow tied up with the past IDW stories.
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Comment by Ironhidensh
Apr 17, 2019
Am I the only who is having trouble adapting do the new Siege inspired designs? I'm used to Comic characters having a rather unique look, and seeing them based 9n the current hotline is jarring to me. It actually takes me out of the story.
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Comment by Coptur
Apr 17, 2019
I actually quite like the art and it's nice to see Reflector
But this looks like its more of the same from IDW so i won't be investing in it. I would've like another company take the reigns on Tranformers.
Happy for others to enjoy it though.
But this looks like its more of the same from IDW so i won't be investing in it. I would've like another company take the reigns on Tranformers.
Happy for others to enjoy it though.
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It really is weird and distracting. Using the toy designs this way creates this uncanny effect that makes each character look the same and indistinct. The problem, I think, is the shoulders and torso mostly. A lot of transformers toys have to have square shoulders and torsos because they're, well, toys. For the art, it makes a lot of the characters have really similar silhouettes. When the art further needs to be less developed in general to compensate for the abridged schedule (lots of shots where characters are colored silhouettes with lines through them), the effect is compounded.
The flashback shots with Quake were the worst offenders because there wasn't any color, removing another way to tell characters apart.
I want to add a caveat to my criticism that this isn't the artist's fault. There are a lot of vistas in this series I quite like. This was a boneheaded decision that happened in the planning process for the book that no one though about enough.
Comment by ricemazter
Apr 17, 2019
Ironhidensh wrote:Am I the only who is having trouble adapting do the new Siege inspired designs? I'm used to Comic characters having a rather unique look, and seeing them based 9n the current hotline is jarring to me. It actually takes me out of the story.
It really is weird and distracting. Using the toy designs this way creates this uncanny effect that makes each character look the same and indistinct. The problem, I think, is the shoulders and torso mostly. A lot of transformers toys have to have square shoulders and torsos because they're, well, toys. For the art, it makes a lot of the characters have really similar silhouettes. When the art further needs to be less developed in general to compensate for the abridged schedule (lots of shots where characters are colored silhouettes with lines through them), the effect is compounded.
The flashback shots with Quake were the worst offenders because there wasn't any color, removing another way to tell characters apart.
I want to add a caveat to my criticism that this isn't the artist's fault. There are a lot of vistas in this series I quite like. This was a boneheaded decision that happened in the planning process for the book that no one though about enough.
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It’s a style and nothing new. A lot of colorists do it. Josh Burcham did it through his entire run of MTMTE and Optimus Prime with big group shots and crowds. It dates back to the 60s and before.
Also what backing do you have to your claim that it was a “bonehead decision that happening in the planning process for the book that no one thought through” as you say? It’s the colorist’s style
Comment by Randomhero
Apr 17, 2019
ricemazter wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Am I the only who is having trouble adapting do the new Siege inspired designs? I'm used to Comic characters having a rather unique look, and seeing them based 9n the current hotline is jarring to me. It actually takes me out of the story.
It really is weird and distracting. Using the toy designs this way creates this uncanny effect that makes each character look the same and indistinct. The problem, I think, is the shoulders and torso mostly. A lot of transformers toys have to have square shoulders and torsos because they're, well, toys. For the art, it makes a lot of the characters have really similar silhouettes. When the art further needs to be less developed in general to compensate for the abridged schedule (lots of shots where characters are colored silhouettes with lines through them), the effect is compounded.
The flashback shots with Quake were the worst offenders because there wasn't any color, removing another way to tell characters apart.
I want to add a caveat to my criticism that this isn't the artist's fault. There are a lot of vistas in this series I quite like. This was a boneheaded decision that happened in the planning process for the book that no one though about enough.
It’s a style and nothing new. A lot of colorists do it. Josh Burcham did it through his entire run of MTMTE and Optimus Prime with big group shots and crowds. It dates back to the 60s and before.
Also what backing do you have to your claim that it was a “bonehead decision that happening in the planning process for the book that no one thought through” as you say? It’s the colorist’s style
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Comment by AllNewSuperRobot
Apr 17, 2019
Yeah, I've dropped the book. As others have said, there is nothing new here and throwing in IDW characters like Froid just adds to that issue. Worse than that, it is simply boring in it's predictability.
Moving on...
Moving on...
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Comment by william-james88
Apr 17, 2019
I will admit, I am very close to dropping the book. It's just not doing it for me. It's very dull and just as with Barber's Optimus Prime the pacing is super slow and drains all the fun. Plus, not a fan of the art and ultra heavy outlines against the background.
