More New Transformers Titans Return Artwork from Ken Christiansen and Marcelo Matere Featuring Blurr, Fortress Maximus, More

Who's head is that on Skullcruncher, it doesn't really resemble any of his previous head designs?

Emerje

jtanimator wrote:

Emerje wrote:Who's head is that on Skullcruncher, it doesn't really resemble any of his previous head designs?

Emerje

That's the Takara Tomy version, I believe.

That can't be. This art is American in origin and would have predated the Japanese head's conception.

Bah, wouldn't you know it, my QC curse strikes again.

I'll be brief and tell you that it concerns my recently acquired Hardhead... his Titan Master Furos to be exact:



Don't know when it happened, but I do suspect how it happened: Ridges on the side of the head + tight head clamps. Sigh... At least I can take solace in the fact I'm not the only one:


Transformers Titans Return Furos Gallery

Excess paint I can deal with. Mismolding or broken parts, not so much.

What to do...

Targetmaster Kup wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Bah, wouldn't you know it, my QC curse strikes again.

I'll be brief and tell you that it concerns my recently acquired Hardhead... his Titan Master Furos to be exact:

SadTRFuros.jpg

Don't know when it happened, but I do suspect how it happened: Ridges on the side of the head + tight head clamps. Sigh... At least I can take solace in the fact I'm not the only one:


Transformers Titans Return Furos Gallery

Excess paint I can deal with. Mismolding or broken parts, not so much.

What to do...

Cut off the other side to make it match.

Joking or not, you hit the nail right on what I usually have issues with: assymmetry. But in this case I'll pass on cutting and maybe look for a spare Furos. Or maybe...

Today brings us another round of concept art from Italian toy designer Emiliano Santalucia on his official Facebook page. This time, we have a look at the early stages of toy concepts for the Transformers Titans Return Leader class Overlord figure, including the two vehicle modes (jet and tank), the two Titan Master pilots (that were then lost in the execution somewhat), and the robot mode together. Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Titans Return Overlord early design.
This design was executed early on, and went through a lot of changes for various reasons. But I loved working on it with the team!

We don't see the small figures Mega and Giga in the IDW version of Overlord, do we? There are still a few months of comics, though.

Va'al wrote:

If they had made this version I would have definitely bought him.

This is one of the only times where i preffer the final released version. Far more steamlined for the lean mean killing machine.

Looks closer to what we got from the Takara Legends line.

Sabrewing wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

snavej wrote:We don't see the small figures Mega and Giga in the IDW version of Overlord, do we? There are still a few months of comics, though.

It’s pretty safe to assume Overlords story ended in Dying of the Light. He let go off Megatron. Overlord was never a central story character, more like a side character and since the final stories will be completing the quest to Cybertopia it’s safe to assume won’t be coming back.

I wouldn’t put any money on Giga and mega popping up. The only Masters ever show up in IDW was Zarak 12 years ago for one page and die.

I think you're wrong about that. With so many pieces taken off the board Overlord is one of the few danglers that is left.

Also, we had Hunter O'Nion, Abraham Dante, a whole bunch of unnamed Machination guys, Thinkbox, some unknown beastheadmasters from 10 million years ago, Infinitus and Sovereign as Headmasters.

I was referring to the original masters. Only Zarak. It’s not like IDW has tossed meal anyone else in from the old fiction.

I wouldn’t say Overlord is a hanging thread at all. There’s not mystery to him. We know how he came back, why he was on th necroworld and what his purpose was. By the end he didn’t care anymore to kill Megatron and Megatron is gone.

There’s plenty of threads dangling more important than seeing overlord die. We got Pharma, the cog faction, the lost light, scorponok, the Grand Architect and his machinations. All this is converging to the final story with Cyberutopia. Overlord has nothing to do with any of it.