Rare G1 Prototype Images

RhA wrote:I'm looking at my Cyclonus and I am not a happy camper anymore.

Ditto. 15 years ago, I saw pics of a Cyc prototype in ship mode atop a stand, and it looked so much bigger and more accurate than the real deal that I suddenly became underwhelmed by the second-hand one I'd just bought. I gotta' head back to the Space Bridge and see if there's a pic confirming this is the same one.

(The Jizai Toys Cyclonus is still prettiest, though)

And the G1 Unicron toy would've had a moon that looked THAT MUCH like Dead End?!?!?!? Was this already widely known? Or at least to the Armada design team? No, wait, there was a moon in Floro Dery's sketches, so 'ol Bug and this thing could've both just been based on that, even without these pics.

RiddlerJ wrote:I think we got the color scheme for a Botcon version of Classics Megatron.

If they do a Condor-Verlag covers themed set next year, it would indeed make perfect sense.

Am I the only one who want that derpy looking Unicron?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Am I the only one who want that derpy looking Unicron?

I honestly can't decide.

On one hand, it's hideous, nothing like his movie self, I look at it and all I can do is laugh. I can't imagine this as a being that consumes planets.

On the other hand, it's novel, weird, quirky, the sort of thing you want for your collection!

UNICRON!! I so need a G1 Unicron. BADLY.

That Cyclonus is amazing.

Thank god they scraped that Predaking transforming head design.....yikes, It's ridiculous.

That Megatron (or should I say, Skittletron) is too conspicuous to have been scrapped for release. Seriously, I would have bought that just to own some version of that mold.

I swear, I can never get over how hilariously huge Cyclonus's head was compared to his body.

Pretty neat how Unicron's moon and odd deco influenced the design of Armada Dead End (Unicron's Mini-Con that transformed into a moon, for those unfamiliar with Armada) and his deco in Energon, respectively.

Metroplex's face looks "bleh".

Mindmaster wrote:That Megatron (or should I say, Skittletron) is too conspicuous to have been scrapped for release. Seriously, I would have bought that just to own some version of that mold.

I swear, I can never get over how hilariously huge Cyclonus's head was compared to his body.

Pretty neat how Unicron's moon and odd deco influenced the design of Armada Dead End (Unicron's Mini-Con that transformed into a moon, for those unfamiliar with Armada) and his deco in Energon, respectively.

Metroplex's face looks "bleh".

Metroplex's face mess is probably due to the reflection (his mirror chrome face). A lot of decals were omitted in the final version................a pity.

El Duque wrote:This crazy colored G1 Megatron was a proposed reissue that was ultimately scrapped because he was still too much of a gun.

Old image saved on hard drive from 2005:

gothweaver wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:I think we got the color scheme for a Botcon version of Classics Megatron.

That makes sense, considering the orange barrel.

You mean this one?

The Spacebridge facebook page has updated with more unique and rare Transformers items. This time around they give us a look at a few chrome seekers. Obviously we have Starscream pictured with the Megatron accessory which came with the Transformers Collection Starscream in 2003. The is also a regular chrome seeker. A blue and black chrome Thundercracker and an orange and black chrome Sunstorm.

The Spacebridge wrote:Not a bootleg, fake or "lunchtime special" These toys were made as samples by Takara for Hasbro. They would then be offered as exclusives or prizes to retailers if they wanted to run a promotion. So if Wal*Mart wanted to run a Transformers competition these would be offered to them by Hasbro as a possible prize. Most likely not used as Japanese size missiles so "unsafe" in the United States. These are original Hasbro internal pictures.