IDW Transformers #3 iTunes Preview
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 7:20pm CDT
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Posted by crazyfist on April 10th, 2019 @ 8:34pm CDT
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Posted by Latebrus-K on April 11th, 2019 @ 7:35am CDT
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?
Posted by sol magnus on April 11th, 2019 @ 1:50pm CDT
Prowl's got the receipts (as usual).
Nice "scaling" in the sub-panel on page one.
Will be getting this.
Posted by ScottyP on April 12th, 2019 @ 8:27am CDT
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

Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2019 @ 10:35am CDT
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Posted by sol magnus on April 16th, 2019 @ 4:33pm CDT
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.
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Don't see it.
Posted by Bounti76 on April 16th, 2019 @ 7:22pm CDT
Posted by LE0KING on April 16th, 2019 @ 8:25pm CDT
Sigh, I miss Alex Milne's designs.
Posted by Wireless_Phantom on April 16th, 2019 @ 8:58pm CDT
Posted by Lore Keeper on April 16th, 2019 @ 9:18pm CDT
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!

Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2019 @ 9:24pm CDT
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.
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on April 16th, 2019 @ 10:52pm CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 17th, 2019 @ 4:24am CDT
Posted by Coptur on April 17th, 2019 @ 5:59am CDT

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.
Posted by ricemazter on April 17th, 2019 @ 6:31am CDT
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.
Posted by Randomhero on April 17th, 2019 @ 8:25am CDT
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
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on April 17th, 2019 @ 10:20am CDT
Moving on...
Posted by william-james88 on April 17th, 2019 @ 10:47am CDT