Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
No it gives it more. Rounding it off would have cut off some of the blue area.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
Doesn't it being squared off give it less blue? With at least the remaining semi circle of blue removed from the sea of blue?
Indeed. Here is a crude illustration of what I mean. On the left is the official robot mode cutting of the windshield, on the right is how I wish it was cut:Rodimus Prime wrote:No it gives it more. Rounding it off would have cut off some of the blue area.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
Doesn't it being squared off give it less blue? With at least the remaining semi circle of blue removed from the sea of blue?
Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
See my illustration above that shows what I mean. It needed to not only be rounded, but also smaller, which would place it above the waist rather than down in front of it.Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
It's not hard to figure out, if they left it rounded it would sit far below his waist and interfere with the swivel. This is more of a compromise since it allows full articulation and it pulls the bottom of the windshield up nearly as high as it is in the cartoon even if it means changing the shape.
Emerje
william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Found a photo of the 5-pack Wheeljack…
I like it. I was in either way, but I like it.
Is it just me or is anyone else wondering how far the aftermarket prices on the Masterpieces will drop?
I don't see how. If we are talking about Wheeljack, that MP is still the best WJ out there. Plus MP is a different scale entirely and they have licensed alt modes.
Sabrblade wrote:See my illustration above that shows what I mean. It needed to not only be rounded, but also smaller, which would place it above the waist rather than down in front of it.Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet another reason the windshield shouldn't have been squared off on the bottom.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Wow, that Wheeljack looks really ... not good. The blue completely overwhelms the figure.
It's not hard to figure out, if they left it rounded it would sit far below his waist and interfere with the swivel. This is more of a compromise since it allows full articulation and it pulls the bottom of the windshield up nearly as high as it is in the cartoon even if it means changing the shape.
Emerje
-Kanrabat- wrote:In clear brown, that chest work, but in "cartoon" baby-blue, it's just ugly.
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:In clear brown, that chest work, but in "cartoon" baby-blue, it's just ugly.
Even though I prefer the opaque windows I do wish they wouldn't use that bright blue. The cartoon used the bright blue sparingly, usually going for a pale blue.
Emerje
-Kanrabat- wrote:These "cartoon" windows on the toys would work much better if it were à print of some "cell-shaded reflexion." Not a plain, unified color.
For the 35th anniversary, Hasbro repainted some Siege figures with cell shading, offered through Walmart. I'm not sure what the overall consensus was. If they were liked or not? I don't really mind either way. I've just seen some other companies try to do it was comic book based characters (Like Batman for instance) and the fans of those lines seem pretty negative towards it.o.supreme wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:These "cartoon" windows on the toys would work much better if it were à print of some "cell-shaded reflexion." Not a plain, unified color.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:o.supreme wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:These "cartoon" windows on the toys would work much better if it were à print of some "cell-shaded reflexion." Not a plain, unified color.
The problem with those release were that they cell shaded the whole figures, not just the windows.
Oh, I didn't like it back then either. I just wasn't as vocal about it at the time.Randomhero wrote:I feel like i traveled back to 2020 when wheeljack was first shown when everyone whined and complained about his windshield and now everyone is acting like this is the first time they’re seeing it.
Sabrblade wrote:Oh, I didn't like it back then either. I just wasn't as vocal about it at the time.Randomhero wrote:I feel like i traveled back to 2020 when wheeljack was first shown when everyone whined and complained about his windshield and now everyone is acting like this is the first time they’re seeing it.
