TFC Toys Technobot Scattershot and Possibly Hun Gurr Sketches
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 10:01AM CDT
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Posted by AutobotMR2 on March 15th, 2012 @ 11:44am CDT
Posted by Blozor on March 15th, 2012 @ 11:50am CDT
Posted by rpetras on March 15th, 2012 @ 12:15pm CDT
I hope these guys tackle ALL the combiners, though Superion and Bruticus can be last.
I'm really looking forward to watching this project.
Watching the Herc project build up, was almost as cool as getting them!
For the record, I'm in the "Deluxes with a central voyager/ultra" camp.
Posted by PM Longstacks on March 15th, 2012 @ 12:43pm CDT
Posted by Requiem Prime on March 15th, 2012 @ 1:51pm CDT
Am I the only one who doesn't think much of the Autobot combiners? I don't me I don't like them, I mean that they literally don't come to mind as readily as most Cons counter parts. I readily know Devastor, Bruticus, and Predaking (why will no one make a Classicverse of him? ) and I know Menasor, Piranhacon, and Abominus, but the Autobots are outside of that.
Edit: except Superion, but FansProject already took the suck out of Hasbro's version.
Posted by Mkall on March 15th, 2012 @ 2:36pm CDT
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on March 15th, 2012 @ 4:31pm CDT
Mkall wrote:Nice Drawings. When I see them in plastic then I'll start getting worked up.
Essentially, this. But when they do... preordered on SIGHT!
Posted by Rated X on March 15th, 2012 @ 9:07pm CDT
Posted by MGrotusque on March 15th, 2012 @ 10:43pm CDT
Rated X wrote:TFC sold me on Hercules. Im all in on both sets. Especially the Terrorcons. Hasbro is not known for making beast alt modes in their classics related lines. Only 3 have been made, and 2 of them were Beast Wars. (3rd being Grimlock) So TFC is the perfect company to get the job done.
Agreed. The only way we'll get these proper is by 3rd party companies. With that being said, i'm a little tentative about getting too excited about the Terrorcons. That Hun-Grr sketch is a little busy for my liking. Sharpy and jaggedy.....know what i mean?
It'll be a really tough job to get the designs right for those guys. I'm thinking the designers may over think the re-imagining of them and make them more futuristic and less monstrous.
I remember FrenzyRumble had started a Terrorcon project a while back that looked spectacular but i haven't heard of any progress since and that was a couple years ago. His designs were dead on. He didn't have bot modes though. Just piecing together the alt modes. Which looked properly repugnant.
I reckon they are a hard thing to design without getting too BeastWarsish.
Those Technobot sketches look very promising.
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 15th, 2012 @ 11:00pm CDT
Rated X wrote:TFC sold me on Hercules. Im all in on both sets. Especially the Terrorcons. Hasbro is not known for making beast alt modes in their classics related lines. Only 3 have been made, and 2 of them were Beast Wars. (3rd being Grimlock) So TFC is the perfect company to get the job done.
Weeeellllllllll...... If you consider Univers.... I have 29 American beast mode "classics" including Hun Gurr: Also not pictured is the Universe Optimus Prime Voyager lion in red and blue and some smaller legends primes that I can't remember which line exactly they came from.
I'm just messin' with you Rated X. I am Totally on board for both. Hell, I still wanna see some modern Seacons! Personally, I'd like to see Computron first. I coveted that thing as a kid and always wanted one. Finally having him is just as awesome as I imagined it would be and would love to see a classics version.
Posted by MGrotusque on March 15th, 2012 @ 11:13pm CDT
Requiem Prime wrote:Very nice. I'm not noting anything until an actual prototype is displayed.
Am I the only one who doesn't think much of the Autobot combiners? I don't me I don't like them, I mean that they literally don't come to mind as readily as most Cons counter parts. I readily know Devastor, Bruticus, and Predaking (why will no one make a Classicverse of him? ) and I know Menasor, Piranhacon, and Abominus, but the Autobots are outside of that.
Edit: except Superion, but FansProject already took the suck out of Hasbro's version.
Honestly....a REALLY like G1 Superion. Him, next to Computron, are the most coherent of the G1 autobot combiners. Aesthetically they hit a string for me. I've never seen a Defensor but he's a pretty clean design as well.
Decepticon wise.....Devastator and Predaking are also very succinct designs that don't require a significant suspension of disbelief. Bruticus and Menasor are just boring to me. Piranacon is rad but he has heaps of kibbley stuff happening. Monstructor is too tiny.
As for the Con Combiners taking the lime light in respect to combiners. For one, they have more. Secondly, they are used more often in attempts to turn tides of battles and generally are cooler in almost every respect.
That's the way i see it anyhow. Autobot combiners are usually a last resort it seems.
Posted by Rated X on March 16th, 2012 @ 9:07am CDT
GetRightRobot wrote:Rated X wrote:TFC sold me on Hercules. Im all in on both sets. Especially the Terrorcons. Hasbro is not known for making beast alt modes in their classics related lines. Only 3 have been made, and 2 of them were Beast Wars. (3rd being Grimlock) So TFC is the perfect company to get the job done.
Weeeellllllllll...... If you consider Univers.... I have 29 American beast mode "classics" including Hun Gurr: Also not pictured is the Universe Optimus Prime Voyager lion in red and blue and some smaller legends primes that I can't remember which line exactly they came from.
I'm just messin' with you Rated X. I am Totally on board for both. Hell, I still wanna see some modern Seacons! Personally, I'd like to see Computron first. I coveted that thing as a kid and always wanted one. Finally having him is just as awesome as I imagined it would be and would love to see a classics version.
You got me there my friend. I didnt think about repaints of older molds and wasnt counting Botcon exclusives. I was thinking along the lines of original molds. I did consider classics Ravage as #4 but changed my mind since the alt mode is actually the cassette.
Hey was that cybertron Scourge on the right an original mold when it was released or a repaint of the original cybertron Scourge mold ???
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on March 16th, 2012 @ 9:38am CDT
But this is good news for Computron fans. Hopefully they won't mess up the colors as they seem to have in mind for the Dinobots.
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 26th, 2012 @ 8:11am CDT
Posted by Requiem Prime on March 26th, 2012 @ 8:50am CDT
Posted by Midnight_Fox on March 26th, 2012 @ 11:10am CDT
Also, is it just me or does Alpha Trion's alt mode and chest invoke a Chromedome feel?
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 26th, 2012 @ 3:53pm CDT
Midnight_Fox wrote:I'm all in for a new Abominus. My fave Combiner.
Also, is it just me or does Alpha Trion's alt mode and chest invoke a Chromedome feel?
I'm with you. A little bit Chromdome a little bit Hotrod from Alex Milnes MTMTE
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on March 26th, 2012 @ 4:22pm CDT
Guys, guys, guys! Take some irons out of the fire before launching so much stuff!
Posted by Stormrider on March 26th, 2012 @ 9:06pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on April 19th, 2012 @ 7:58am CDT
Posted by cylor on April 19th, 2012 @ 8:07am CDT
Posted by Mkall on April 19th, 2012 @ 8:25am CDT
cylor wrote:Scattershot looks really good, the others are meh... Transformation is very easy to guess, they look very simple figures, hope they are 4 scouts and deluxe, or 4 deluxes and a voyager but no more than that.
These ones seem very faithful to the original designs, right down to the transformations. I'll be watching this with interest.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 19th, 2012 @ 5:10pm CDT