Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design
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After many customs and an expensive repaint from the Transformers Club, Hasbro is finally providing fans with a G1 styled Barricade in their G1 styled line, Siege. While some fans were puzzled with it's initial appearance being such a departure from the movie design (especially the face) other fans were very quick to see the similarities between this toy and the fan art done by now famed Transformers artist Guido Guidi, which depicted what what Barricade would have looked like in the G1 era.
And now we know, thanks to a quote from Guidi himself that his design is exactly what Hasbro was going for. He speaks of his involvement in both modes and we thank fellow Seibertronian matthewrex for letting us know.
And for those curious as to how exactly the paradigm of this design works
And for those curious as to how exactly the paradigm of this design works, it isn't necessarily movie Barricade in a "Generations" form but instead this is what an initial design would have been for a character who ended up looking as he does in the film. The images below should help illustrate that.
So, anyone else happy they can now have a G1 style Barricade to add to your collection that isn't exclusive/expensive?
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And now we know, thanks to a quote from Guidi himself that his design is exactly what Hasbro was going for. He speaks of his involvement in both modes and we thank fellow Seibertronian matthewrex for letting us know.
And for those curious as to how exactly the paradigm of this design works
matthewrex wrote:Looks like Guido Guidi was involved in the Siege Barricade designs, pretty cool! (I think the figure looks awesome and can't wait for it)
Guido Guidi wrote:Always cool when a character art get translated in plastic!
Here's the newly revealed Hasbro's "G1" Siege Barricade, and the fan art I did that inspired it!
And yes Hasbro involved me on that (specifically on early alt mode concept art). Now it's official!
https://twitter.com/Guido_Guidi/status/1102605582912180226
And for those curious as to how exactly the paradigm of this design works, it isn't necessarily movie Barricade in a "Generations" form but instead this is what an initial design would have been for a character who ended up looking as he does in the film. The images below should help illustrate that.
So, anyone else happy they can now have a G1 style Barricade to add to your collection that isn't exclusive/expensive?
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Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013465)
Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:37am CST
They've been making that mistake for a while. We wrote an article at the start of POTP where it was still a thing. The assembly line for the exact same figure will have 2 different tampographs: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ogo/40277/
Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:37am CST
AutobotTrainer wrote:Um, has anyone else noticed that the Decepticon sigilon Starscream is NOT the G1 version? I SWEAR that is the Bayverse con symbol.
WHY?
on Starscream is NOT the G1 version? I SWEAR that is the Bayverse con symbol.They've been making that mistake for a while. We wrote an article at the start of POTP where it was still a thing. The assembly line for the exact same figure will have 2 different tampographs: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ogo/40277/
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013468)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:42am CST
Is the only difference being colour? I can look past it, didn't animated use different colour con signs? (genuinely can't remember)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:42am CST
AutobotTrainer wrote:Um, has anyone else noticed that the Decepticon sigilon Starscream is NOT the G1 version? I SWEAR that is the Bayverse con symbol.
WHY?
Is the only difference being colour? I can look past it, didn't animated use different colour con signs? (genuinely can't remember)
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013469)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:52am CST
It was the first thing I noticed about him when he was revealed. It definitely is the Bayverse insignia.
Still, I like the new mold. It looks great in robot mode, and good in tetrajet mode if you forgive the legs.
Plus, the Bayverse insignia means he can double as your Bumblebee movie Seekers!![:-D]( "Grin")
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:52am CST
AutobotTrainer wrote:Um, has anyone else noticed that the Decepticon sigilon Starscream is NOT the G1 version? I SWEAR that is the Bayverse con symbol.
WHY?
It was the first thing I noticed about him when he was revealed. It definitely is the Bayverse insignia.
Still, I like the new mold. It looks great in robot mode, and good in tetrajet mode if you forgive the legs.
Plus, the Bayverse insignia means he can double as your Bumblebee movie Seekers!
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013470)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:57am CST
No, the most eye catching difference is the shape of the "eyes". On G1, they are triangular in shape, whereas in the Bayverse insignia, they have four sides.
Siege Starscream has the four-sided version, so it is the Bayverse insignia being used here
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 9:57am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Is the only difference being colour? I can look past it, didn't animated use different colour con signs? (genuinely can't remember)
No, the most eye catching difference is the shape of the "eyes". On G1, they are triangular in shape, whereas in the Bayverse insignia, they have four sides.
Siege Starscream has the four-sided version, so it is the Bayverse insignia being used here
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013471)
Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:04am CST
Here's another example of the differences between the 2:
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Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:04am CST
Nathaniel Prime wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Is the only difference being colour? I can look past it, didn't animated use different colour con signs? (genuinely can't remember)
No, the most eye catching difference is the shape of the "eyes". On G1, they are triangular in shape, whereas in the Bayverse insignia, they have four sides.
Siege Starscream has the four-sided version, so it is the Bayverse insignia being used here
Here's another example of the differences between the 2:
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013474)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:11am CST
This shows more of the difference:
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Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:11am CST
Both of those have triangle eyes.william-james88 wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Is the only difference being colour? I can look past it, didn't animated use different colour con signs? (genuinely can't remember)
No, the most eye catching difference is the shape of the "eyes". On G1, they are triangular in shape, whereas in the Bayverse insignia, they have four sides.
Siege Starscream has the four-sided version, so it is the Bayverse insignia being used here
Here's another example of the differences between the 2:
This shows more of the difference:
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013477)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:21am CST
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:21am CST
Sabrblade's example was a lot clearer thank you though which Skywarp is that toy?
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013478)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:24am CST
Well you can keep calling it "G1 style Barricade" and I can keep calling it a lazy crap repaint to make more money out of an existing mold rather than provide a more unique and logical figure. I just can't see why people think this is a quality release worthy of spending actual money on. It's the very definition of Hasbro being frickin' lazy and saving money on a new mold by just reusing another with very little effort put into it. And so was Guido Guidi's (yay i got his name right this time) design. The guy's clearly done great work in the past but this whole thing is unimaginative garbage. Damn thing looks too dorky to be a Barricade. Fine for Prowl who's supposed to appear to be the boring good cop but a Barricade is meant to be the bad cop and one who'd rough you up plenty and this figure is far too bland and boring to give even a hint of that.
Really is an absolute total missed opportunity.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:24am CST
william-james88 wrote:So, anyone else happy they can now have a G1 style Barricade to add to your collection that isn't exclusive/expensive?
Well you can keep calling it "G1 style Barricade" and I can keep calling it a lazy crap repaint to make more money out of an existing mold rather than provide a more unique and logical figure. I just can't see why people think this is a quality release worthy of spending actual money on. It's the very definition of Hasbro being frickin' lazy and saving money on a new mold by just reusing another with very little effort put into it. And so was Guido Guidi's (yay i got his name right this time) design. The guy's clearly done great work in the past but this whole thing is unimaginative garbage. Damn thing looks too dorky to be a Barricade. Fine for Prowl who's supposed to appear to be the boring good cop but a Barricade is meant to be the bad cop and one who'd rough you up plenty and this figure is far too bland and boring to give even a hint of that.
Really is an absolute total missed opportunity.
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013479)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:24am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:24am CST
Two versions of MP-11SW.ZeroWolf wrote:Sabrblade's example was a lot clearer thank you though which Skywarp is that toy?
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013481)
Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:29am CST
Yeah, one is the takara release and the other is the hasbro asia release
Posted by william-james88 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:29am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Two versions of MP-11SW.ZeroWolf wrote:Sabrblade's example was a lot clearer thank you though which Skywarp is that toy?
Yeah, one is the takara release and the other is the hasbro asia release
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013483)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:34am CST
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:34am CST
Can we all stop fighting about Barricade and just agree to disagree. It’s been 3 days and this is getting fucking old. No one is forcing you to buy it, like it, eat it, etc. go send some complaints to Hasbro. There’s way more to talk about in this line than one figure and anyone who is trying to is getting talked over. Enough.
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013484)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:38am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:38am CST
In other news, Starscream is really just a guy in the jet suit:
Click each for full size
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(photos from user Sponge of the Allspark Discord)
Click each for full size
(photos from user Sponge of the Allspark Discord)
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013485)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:46am CST
Sooo G1! Geoff Senior would be so proud![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Meanwhile, Is there supposed to be a connection between Windblade and Thrust?
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The designs seem too visually similar for coincidence? Maybe a new Cybertronian based Windblade as a Tetrajet could add to that. Create some [interesting] backstory for her this time, both within SIEGE and the new Comic continuity too. Renegade Seeker? Thrust's Twin IE a way of re-introducing the idea of branched sparks??
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:46am CST
Sabrblade wrote:In other news, Starscream is really just a guy in the jet suit:
Sooo G1! Geoff Senior would be so proud
Meanwhile, Is there supposed to be a connection between Windblade and Thrust?
The designs seem too visually similar for coincidence? Maybe a new Cybertronian based Windblade as a Tetrajet could add to that. Create some [interesting] backstory for her this time, both within SIEGE and the new Comic continuity too. Renegade Seeker? Thrust's Twin IE a way of re-introducing the idea of branched sparks??
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013486)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:50am CST
Especially one formed from kibble that's able to be removed all in one whole piece without needing to reassemble anything.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:50am CST
Really? I don't recall the 1984 toy able to remove all of its altmode kibble and make a completely separate vehicle from the robot.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:In other news, Starscream is really just a guy in the jet suit:
Sooo G1! Geoff Senior would be so proud![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Especially one formed from kibble that's able to be removed all in one whole piece without needing to reassemble anything.
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013487)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:51am CST
In other news, water is wet![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Well, this is usually the case with shell formers, and the legs underneath get the excuse of being cybertronian. Works wonders for Hasbro![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:51am CST
Sabrblade wrote:In other news, Starscream is really just a guy in the jet suit:
Click each for full size
(photos from user Sponge of the Allspark Discord)
In other news, water is wet
Well, this is usually the case with shell formers, and the legs underneath get the excuse of being cybertronian. Works wonders for Hasbro
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013488)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:55am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:55am CST
Name three other Starscream toys whose altmodes can be detached completely separate from their robot modes without losing the core integrity of the robot mode, and in one piece without having to reassemble anything.Nathaniel Prime wrote:In other news, water is wet![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013489)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:56am CST
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GEOFF SENIOR!
Illustrator of Marvel Comics Transformers, known for a visual design of "people in robot suits"..
I didn't think I would need to explain that![:???:]( "Confused")
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 10:56am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Really? I don't recall the 1984 toy able to remove all of its altmode kibble and make a completely separate vehicle from the robot.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:In other news, Starscream is really just a guy in the jet suit:
Sooo G1! Geoff Senior would be so proud![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Especially one formed from kibble that's able to be removed all in one whole piece without needing to reassemble anything.
GEOFF SENIOR!
Illustrator of Marvel Comics Transformers, known for a visual design of "people in robot suits"..
I didn't think I would need to explain that
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013490)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:00am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:00am CST
This is a robot guy in a jet suit, not a human in a robot suit. Fleshy-faced artwork has nothing to do with excessive altmode kibble.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Illustrator of Marvel Comics Transformers, known for a visual design of "people in robot suits"..
I didn't think I would need to explain that
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013491)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:07am CST
It's what makes Scourge still the superior Flier design to this day.
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No unsightly kibble.
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Even his original toy didn't suffer from it. I wonder if they would even need to change his design to add him to WFC and/or SIEGE?![:-?]( "Thinking")
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:07am CST
Sabrblade wrote:This is a robot guy in a jet suit, not a human in a robot suit. Fleshy-faced artwork has nothing to do with excessive altmode kibble.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Illustrator of Marvel Comics Transformers, known for a visual design of "people in robot suits"..
I didn't think I would need to explain that
It's what makes Scourge still the superior Flier design to this day.
No unsightly kibble.
Even his original toy didn't suffer from it. I wonder if they would even need to change his design to add him to WFC and/or SIEGE?
Re: Transformers Artist Guido Guidi Confirms his Involvement in Siege Barricade's Design (2013495)
Posted by Randomhero on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:22am CST
A lot of people want this. I’m sorry you don’t. Next time we’ll ask hasbro to reach out to you and ask you what you want.
Posted by Randomhero on March 5th, 2019 @ 11:22am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:So, anyone else happy they can now have a G1 style Barricade to add to your collection that isn't exclusive/expensive?
Well you can keep calling it "G1 style Barricade" and I can keep calling it a lazy crap repaint to make more money out of an existing mold rather than provide a more unique and logical figure. I just can't see why people think this is a quality release worthy of spending actual money on. It's the very definition of Hasbro being frickin' lazy and saving money on a new mold by just reusing another with very little effort put into it. And so was Guido Guidi's (yay i got his name right this time) design. The guy's clearly done great work in the past but this whole thing is unimaginative garbage. Damn thing looks too dorky to be a Barricade. Fine for Prowl who's supposed to appear to be the boring good cop but a Barricade is meant to be the bad cop and one who'd rough you up plenty and this figure is far too bland and boring to give even a hint of that.
Really is an absolute total missed opportunity.
A lot of people want this. I’m sorry you don’t. Next time we’ll ask hasbro to reach out to you and ask you what you want.
