New Images and Info from Designer on Commander Class Magmatron

Sabrblade wrote:Looking closely at his tail, it kinda looks like the tail just hangs down sagging behind his waist where the original figure's tail rotated upside-down and plugged into his backside to keep it in place and prevent any and all sag.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Looking closely at his tail, it kinda looks like the tail just hangs down sagging behind his waist where the original figure's tail rotated upside-down and plugged into his backside to keep it in place and prevent any and all sag.

Mistransformation?

Because I spy a clip on that tail that is not used.

-Kanrabat- wrote:As for that tail, after comparing the vintage and the modern, I don't see what's "sagging" about it. The vintage can just point down like a 3rd leg while the Legacy one flows naturally like a real tail.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:As for that tail, after comparing the vintage and the modern, I don't see what's "sagging" about it. The vintage can just point down like a 3rd leg while the Legacy one flows naturally like a real tail.

The underside of the tail is sagging below the crotch space. In these two pics:




On the original toy, that would only happen if the tail wasn't turned upside-down and plugged in properly. When done so, that made sagging impossible and kept the tail's connection to the body above the crotch behind the waist. Here, it looks as though they were working off the original toy with the tail not fully transformed correctly.

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Quetzalcoatlus.

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Quetzalcoatlus.

Gesundheit!

Razorbeast88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Quetzalcoatlus.

Gesundheit!

Haha classic

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Quetzalcoatlus.

Gesundheit!

Haha classic

Um, did I miss something? I don't see any pics.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm getting serious Terrorsaur vibes from the pterodactyl.

Quetzalcoatlus.

Gesundheit!

Haha classic

Um, did I miss something? I don't see any pics.

Scroll up twenty posts from your post.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I call a mistransformation even if it's the designer himself who posted the pictures. It may not have been him who made the poses nor took the pictures. And even if he did, sometimes we all forget some transformation steps. Especially if these steps are just for esthetics purposes.

Whats that you say ,”You hope theres enough energy in these conductors to last a quartex” well well well, lemme tell you something Jacky, you have officially energized my bionic soul for an entire astrocycle! Finally, our 40 year wait is over folks, Origins Wheeljack is ready to hover into your collection!!!
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Huge shout out to my bot brother Yuya san, he has turned my concepts and dreams into an engineering masterpiece. He has been just raising the bar on every character we work on, its insane, legendary designer!
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I’m jumping right in because there is literally so much to tell yall about! Blurr style: hover vans vehicle blastshield can be a used as an air glider in robot mode but also partsforms into the cybertronian racetrack featured in the first g1 episode, the transformation sequence resembles the exact transformation in the cartoon, the bottom of the vehicle mode sits on tabs to give it that sweet cybertronian hover look, origins bee can not only fit into the back of the van but his golden rods can plug in on the sides for a cool thruster look, he scales correctly in robot mode with Jazz and BB, articulation and deco are on point, the buzzsaws on the front bumper have been designed to also be used as dominator discs
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Wheeljack, yesssss, his OG look, no pablo’s or que’s here bruh, just good ol genius Jacky looking like he has been doing metric ton squats with Bulkhead. After all, its one thing to have the gift of gadgets but its another to be able to back up Optimus in the war.
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Legacy United hittin hard in the 40th anniversary celebration of this brand that keeps me smiling all the way to Iacon!

Sabrblade wrote:Origins Wheeljack instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_DSeoMllg/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

Whats that you say ,”You hope theres enough energy in these conductors to last a quartex” well well well, lemme tell you something Jacky, you have officially energized my bionic soul for an entire astrocycle! Finally, our 40 year wait is over folks, Origins Wheeljack is ready to hover into your collection!!!
.
Huge shout out to my bot brother Yuya san, he has turned my concepts and dreams into an engineering masterpiece. He has been just raising the bar on every character we work on, its insane, legendary designer!
.
I’m jumping right in because there is literally so much to tell yall about! Blurr style: hover vans vehicle blastshield can be a used as an air glider in robot mode but also partsforms into the cybertronian racetrack featured in the first g1 episode, the transformation sequence resembles the exact transformation in the cartoon, the bottom of the vehicle mode sits on tabs to give it that sweet cybertronian hover look, origins bee can not only fit into the back of the van but his golden rods can plug in on the sides for a cool thruster look, he scales correctly in robot mode with Jazz and BB, articulation and deco are on point, the buzzsaws on the front bumper have been designed to also be used as dominator discs
.
Wheeljack, yesssss, his OG look, no pablo’s or que’s here bruh, just good ol genius Jacky looking like he has been doing metric ton squats with Bulkhead. After all, its one thing to have the gift of gadgets but its another to be able to back up Optimus in the war.
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Legacy United hittin hard in the 40th anniversary celebration of this brand that keeps me smiling all the way to Iacon!

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just played with A. Bee and lemme tell you, this is the toy of the year so far.

Granted, the year is still young, but this Animated Bee is the BEST Bee I got since a very, very long time.

He's very close to his Animated original appearance. Yeah, cry me a river over his lack of clown feet. When everything else is perfect, that can be easily overlooked.
Sure, he's tiny for a deluxe, but he's fairly complex and there's NO hollow bits. The transformation is fun and clever, plus the vehicle mode is PERFECT. The only mismatch of yellow is a tiny rectangle where his is printed. That's quite the achievement!

I seriously recommend that Bee. The upcoming Optimus look pretty rad too, appart maybe the rectangle bits that serves as his trailer hitch in truck mode. Plus the A, Prowl was excellent.

I'm looking forward what they will do with the other Animated characters if they ever do them. I'm looking forward a redo of Bulkhead, and especially what they will do with Starscream.

A Core Sari Sumdac would be awesome too. Make her a "pretender" with her human child form serving as the "inner bot" of her armored "adult" form.

Emerje wrote:I'm guessing you'll be getting the ToyHax Animated sticker pack? I'm tempted, but I really wish they weren't combined like that, I don't need most of the Prime stickers.

Emerje

Roadbuster wrote:Would this be his first new figure since the original?

Razorbeast88 wrote:Gears isn't a character I'm attached to, but that figure looks like a good representation of him!

Maybe I'll get a retool down the line if there is one

Razorbeast88 wrote:Gears isn't a character I'm attached to, but that figure looks like a good representation of him!

Maybe I'll get a retool down the line if there is one

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Gears looks great. Except the windows, having windows like that is a disappointment on a Deluxe.

Bounti76 wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Gears isn't a character I'm attached to, but that figure looks like a good representation of him!

Maybe I'll get a retool down the line if there is one

Swerve would be the obvious choice, though I could possibly see Small Foot or Jipe in a Selects release or part of some multipack.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Gears looks great. Except the windows, having windows like that is a disappointment on a Deluxe.

o.supreme wrote:Gears

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Gears

So, I think I can actually explain this.

1) we are on a forum, same as TFW, same as other TF sites. Forums have become a more outdated source of online community, even if they are still used and are useful. And as a result, a majority of forum users tend to be people who have been online long enough to have been part of them when they were still the main thing. In simpler terms: a majority tend to hedge more towards middle age. Younger onliners tend to hedge towards reddit, twitter, etc.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Gears

So, I think I can actually explain this.

1) we are on a forum, same as TFW, same as other TF sites. Forums have become a more outdated source of online community, even if they are still used and are useful. And as a result, a majority of forum users tend to be people who have been online long enough to have been part of them when they were still the main thing. In simpler terms: a majority tend to hedge more towards middle age. Younger onliners tend to hedge towards reddit, twitter, etc.