First-Aid wrote:ScottyP wrote:Rtron wrote:
Lol, that last paragraph is why I never get the obsession with precise scale, specially when it comes to G1 toys. The show and comics themselves didn't have any scale beyond "this guy is USUALLY bigger than this other guy, and how much taller he is will change scene to scene". I get there's charts and stuff, but evidently those were barely followed in practice.
Yeah scale can be fun, but vibes > scale probably matters more once we start getting into extremes like Combiners.
Actually he SHOULD scale well with the Dinobots. If you really want to nitpick, Megatron in bot mode comes to about the waistline (maybe a bit lower). When Dev is on the ground, Slag is nearly as long as Devs is tall. Sludge IS that tall. That makes the CW version TOO BIG for "proper" scale from the 86 movie. 12-13 inches is about right.
I don't think you're looking at the scenes and the perspective quite right... Megatron is not close to Devy's waistline (neither is any other Decepticon); it's that Megatron is closer to the foreground. There's a part where Shrapnel looks huge, but that's because he's even closer to the foreground than Megatron.
Slag only looks that large after knocking Devastator down because Devastator is sitting, and to make this look right, that means that his torso appears shorter since this is drawn from a high angle (or bird's eye view). In the drawing/2D biz we call this foreshortening.
I personally think the Dinobots have been drawn too big, and that's the mistake in these scenes.
Sure, based on the movie, a 12"-13" Devy is "correct" relative to the SS86 Dinobot figures.
But a combined form at that height is still going to be much too small compared to basically every other figure, whether it's ER Starscream, Legacy Soundwave, or even any of the minibots.
Most voyagers at 6.5" would reach Devastator's waist if he's 12"-13", making him too small. In the movie and in the character scale charts, even OP and Megatron only reach the top of Devy's lower leg.
For me, the CW version does scale really nicely with the mainline figures. Unfortunately, that height isn't going to happen with this SS86 version. I highly doubt he's going to be more than 2 inches taller than Legacy Menasor. I mean I hope he is, but I believe that's wishful thinking.
I know one of the focuses of SS86 is scale, but of course it's not always happening as well as most would like. Look at Arcee being so small.. Actually I'd say Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr are also too small. And Ultra Magnus is too big.
I knew CC Prime would be bigger than the ER figure, but I thought Hastak would make SS86 Springer match this since he's supposed to be a beefcake and just about as big as OP.
Back to Devy, assuming he's done really well, including the individual figures, I'll be very okay if the combined form is a bit small.
). If anything I might get SS86 if its basically the same size as Legacy Menasor, then I can finally replace the KO CW Dev I've had for the past few years. Id still want a Predaking at that 12-14 inch scale, but first things first (Id also want all the unmade combiners in my wish list at that scale as well)
