Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 7:54am CDT

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Transformers has risen above all 80s toy/show brands by having multiple reinventions and reinterpretations through the years, keeping different generations of kids engaged with the brand. Nickelodeon highlights this evolution from the G1 brand and character designs in their new post on Instagram which shows the new character renders for the Earthspark characters compared to their G1 counterparts. What's fun for G1 fans here is that some of the artwork used for the G1 part seems new (or never before shown).

You can see them below along with links to additional teaser trailers.

Transformers News: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts

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Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143892)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 7th, 2022 @ 8:03am CDT

I really love these designs.

Let's hope there will be Generations style toys to do them justice.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143894)
Posted by Quantum Surge on September 7th, 2022 @ 9:38am CDT

I have a feeling that Nickelodeon post will have purists upset that they're giving the Earthspark designs more praise than the G1 shows while everyone else seems more intrigued by Megs and Elita-1 being less Evergreen.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143896)
Posted by william-james88 on September 7th, 2022 @ 9:50am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:I really love these designs.

Let's hope there will be Generations style toys to do them justice.

I would not get my hopes up at all. As with Cyberverse, what we will get will be deluxe class bots. So probably decent toys but all the same height.

Quantum Surge wrote:I have a feeling that Nickelodeon post will have purists upset that they're giving the Earthspark designs more praise than the G1 shows while everyone else seems more intrigued by Megs and Elita-1 being less Evergreen.

Bumblebee isn't very evergreen either, and Optimus is only partially evergreen in bot mode (then again, his design is as much G1 as it is evergreen). I thought G1 fans would like this post since it shows that Nickelodeon values the roots of these characters and knows where they are coming from, making the show a reinvention of G1. Showing a deliberate throughline in the designs.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143899)
Posted by Emerje on September 7th, 2022 @ 10:22am CDT

Bumblebee is really just our third interpretation of the design that was first started with IDW. Evergreen, Cyberverse and Earthspark can all be traced back to that.

Emerje

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143906)
Posted by TulioDude on September 7th, 2022 @ 12:07pm CDT

I wonder where the G1 Elita One art came from. It is a frame from "The search for Alpha Trion"?

Megatron looks good, but I thought it was pretty cool how Megatron designs kept changing with each cartoon.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143909)
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on September 7th, 2022 @ 1:51pm CDT

Call me crazy, but I swear that G1 Bee art was made for Earthspark, and not a screengrab from a G1 episode. We had seen some glimpses of worldbuilding that presents the Bots and Cons in merchandise/comics in the world they exist in, ala Avengers. So it seems to me that that Bee is an in-universe rendition of the character.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143910)
Posted by bluecatcinema on September 7th, 2022 @ 2:01pm CDT

They all look awesome to me.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143912)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on September 7th, 2022 @ 4:09pm CDT

These all look cool, but yeah, the G1 characters seem to have been photoshopped onto different backgrounds. Elita's right-shoulder stovepipe got cut off, and is that part of Huffer on the left? And are they in someone's house?

Not being critical, it's just amusing. Looking forward to this show, as some of these CG models look even better than Prime.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143934)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 7th, 2022 @ 7:24pm CDT

Megatron and Bumblebee look so sharp. I love the Megatron design particularly

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143946)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 7th, 2022 @ 9:50pm CDT

Okay, so some artistic or style changes I can accept, but did anyone notice they made Megatron a lefty for his cannon? Some things, I just cannot accept, and lefty Megs is one of them...
(kidding, I don't really care, just found it odd.)

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2143948)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 7th, 2022 @ 10:12pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Okay, so some artistic or style changes I can accept, but did anyone notice they made Megatron a lefty for his cannon? Some things, I just cannot accept, and lefty Megs is one of them...
(kidding, I don't really care, just found it odd.)

..No? It's definitely on his right arm.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144156)
Posted by william-james88 on September 9th, 2022 @ 9:31pm CDT

While a show aimed at kids, the Earthspark show will include several G1 characters that many fans would surely be glad to see appear such as Skullcruncher and Swindle. It's always fun to see old favourites have new character models and how their designs fit with a new aesthetic, as we saw with Swindle in Transformers Animated for instance. We also get to hear Swindle speak here. Enjoy!

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Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144163)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 9th, 2022 @ 10:51pm CDT

Notes for cool things:

SUPER MOM! Yeah, we need more of those

Is that Swindle I see there? Really cool! hopefully we get the other combaticons too.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144183)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on September 10th, 2022 @ 12:19am CDT

Man, what is her pickup truck made out of?

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144184)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on September 10th, 2022 @ 12:20am CDT

I wonder if Skullcruncher will actually be in this long enough to warrant a new toy, or we'll just get Cyberverse Skullcruncher in in Earthspark packaging, ala Cyberverse Blurr.

I like how Thrash and Twitch's connection to the kids is reminiscent of Headmaster binary-bonding, relationships explored repeatedly in TF comics, but not so much in animation.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144201)
Posted by PerfectVision on September 10th, 2022 @ 9:08am CDT

He is more red than pink,like the Knock out BH "Crock out" with a body like Dreadwing,another exemple of a face-chest is PRIME Rumble which i dislike the color scheme of,there's a japanese redeco,he comes out of a very simplistic car,that's funny.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144226)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 10th, 2022 @ 11:59am CDT

Love the love that Skullcruncher keeps getting lately.

Also, far out hope I know, but given that RiD2015 gave us a new take on Doublecross/Twinferno, and Cyberverse gave us the Repugnus, I want Grotusque in some capacity to show up in the toyline or show briefly here, giving us a complete set up 2010's/2020's Monsterbots

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144229)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 10th, 2022 @ 12:02pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Love the love that Skullcruncher keeps getting lately.

Also, far out hope I know, but given that RiD2015 gave us a new take on Doublecross/Twinferno, and Cyberverse gave us the Repugnus, I want Grotusque in some capacity to show up in the toyline or show briefly here, giving us a complete set up 2010's/2020's Monsterbots

You read my mind! I'm thinking of getting a 2015 twinferno, and if earth spark d[esng giveus a grotesque, I was thinking of making one from movie legends grimlock.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144230)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 10th, 2022 @ 12:02pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Love the love that Skullcruncher keeps getting lately.

Also, far out hope I know, but given that RiD2015 gave us a new take on Doublecross/Twinferno, and Cyberverse gave us the Repugnus, I want Grotusque in some capacity to show up in the toyline or show briefly here, giving us a complete set up 2010's/2020's Monsterbots

You read my mind! I'm thinking of getting a 2015 twinferno, and if earth spark d[esng giveus a grotesque, I was thinking of making one from movie legends grimlock.

Re: Nickelodeon Juxtaposes Earthspark Characters to their G1 Counterparts (2144233)
Posted by PerfectVision on September 10th, 2022 @ 12:07pm CDT

One extra detail:he has a different symbol on him,the same as Bombshell,some theories:

-they are animalformers

-they are fugitifs

-an alliance with Meridian would not be captivating

maybe they are souless clones made by him but he is very close to Swindle

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