Transformers: Age of Extinction Concept Art from Robert Simons

Posted by El Duque Jun 27, 2014 at 10:37pm CDT 48,297 views

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Concept designer Robert Simons has updated his website with his concept designs for Transformers: Age of Extinction. The concepts images include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Lockdown, and Lockdown's star ship. As you can see these are considerably different from the designs that made their way onto the screen. Check 'em out below:

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Comment by Mindmaster Jun 27, 2014

Ah, yes, Lockdown's second-favorite vehicle: the space limo.

But yeah... those concepts of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime look really out of place. Almost reminds me of Prime.

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Comment by Megatron Wolf Jun 28, 2014

i can see why these werent used they look like mechsuits not bayformers, lockdown especially. Bumblebee & the 2nd prime look like they could be in armored core.

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Comment by TurboMMaster Jun 28, 2014

Actually, I like concept Lockdown better than what we have in the movie.

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Comment by Cyberpath Jun 28, 2014

movie.jpg

This.

A combination of the two head designs.

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Comment by griftimus prime Jun 28, 2014

i really dig that first image of prime. but not as a transformer. none of these things look like transformers.

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Comment by Deathscythetransform Jun 28, 2014

happy these designs didnt make it to the movie, they look awful

and lockdown's chicken legs? naaaaaaah!

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Comment by starwarrior1227 Jun 28, 2014

Deathscythetransform wrote:happy these designs didnt make it to the movie, they look awful

and lockdown's chicken legs? naaaaaaah!

Not all of these designs are "aweful." A few could work in the Bayverse.
These seem pretty natural compared to designs in official movie cannon:

Simon's concepts do not look like our conventional Transformers designs but some of the Bayverse designs don't either and I think that's great. Realistically, would sentient alien robots look as human as the conventional Transformers designs? Wouldn't you want something different every now and then? With that in mind, why is it that everyone apparently hate the "chicken legs"? It only makes the designs feel more alien, and befittingly for Decepticons, inhuman.

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Comment by starwarrior1227 Jun 28, 2014

Mindmaster wrote:Ah, yes, Lockdown's second-favorite vehicle: the space limo.

But yeah... those concepts of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime look really out of place. Almost reminds me of Prime.

I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.
The bumblebee concept and the second optimus prime are very skeleton-esque and are unfitting for soldiers in an action flick.
Some concepts could work for other characters though.

Reminds me of Ultra Magnus. Redo the head and buff-up the waist and stomach and Whoa-la!

This ^ could be a protoform for Demolisher from TF:Armada/Energon

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Comment by Mindmaster Jun 28, 2014

starwarrior1227 wrote:I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.

What? I was making reference to the vehicles' lengths. I wasn't making an opinion at all. :???:

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Comment by starwarrior1227 Jun 28, 2014

Mindmaster wrote:
starwarrior1227 wrote:I do agree with your opinion on the space-ships. They look too "clean" for a rugged bounty hunter to use, and in the same way, all of Simons' Lockdown concepts.

What? I was making reference to the vehicles' lengths. I wasn't making an opinion at all.

My bad...

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Comment by VirusCarnage Jun 30, 2014

Wow the Optimus and Bumblebee ones look really odd.

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Comment by El Duque Jul 2, 2014

We have more Transformers: Age of Extinction concept art to share, this time from Wesley Burt. You can read is comments on each piece mirrored below by visiting his Facebook page.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jul 2, 2014

Guess Slash might have been intended for the movie after all.

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Comment by steve2275 Jul 2, 2014

these are most well done

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Comment by Noideaforaname Jul 2, 2014

Why did Hasbro have to go and nix Cyberverse?

The Dinobots are really close to their toys here, with Scorn having one sail, Slug's weapons in dino mode, and Strafe's two heads being identical. Though thankfully Slash's toy didn't go with those crazy cowboy spurs.

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Comment by Autobot Dash Jul 2, 2014

I liked more this version of Grimlock (the first image) than the "dragon-thing" of the movie.
Remember me a Jurassic Park Robot. Very, very cool.

How many "Slashs" we have???? :shock:

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Comment by Sabrblade Jul 2, 2014

Autobot Dash wrote:I liked more this version of Grimlock (the first image) than the "dragon-thing" of the movie.

Doesn't look all that much different here, aside from the lack of Devil horns, since the movie version has a very distinct T-Rex-shaped snout.

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Comment by Peridot Jul 2, 2014

Noideaforaname wrote:
Why did Hasbro have to go and nix Cyberverse?

The Dinobots are really close to their toys here, with Scorn having one sail, Slug's weapons in dino mode, and Strafe's two heads being identical. Though thankfully Slash's toy didn't go with those crazy cowboy spurs.

I wonder how One Step Changer Slash and Construct-Bots Scorn look together...

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Comment by Archanubis Jul 2, 2014

Interesting; the initial designs for Grimlock and Scorn's dino-modes were remarkable close in design to their living counterparts (not to mention less spikey). I'm guessing Slash got dropped from the film, because I don't recall any robo-raptors running around during the Dinobots' scenes.