HoveringCheesecake Posted May 21, 2006 Posted May 21, 2006 Why would they make Optimus look exactly like the G1 toy anyway? He doesn't look like that in the original cartoon.
Kin Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 Lol the G1 toy shows how Prime looks like if he skipped 3 months of fitness training.
David Hingtgen Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 The cartoon version switches around what model of truck Prime is. Mainly a season-by-season thing. Kind of like how Sideswipe sometimes looks a lot like a Countach, and sometimes looks more like Bluestreak...
Black Valkyrie Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 Its a fan made cuz the movie will look totally different and scary.
ComicKaze Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 CGI test footage from the upcoming movie or fanmade film; you decide! Sigh...like 10,000th repost...
Dobber Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 I just got the Transformers the Movie (animated) off of Ebay. I think I've only seen bits and peices of it back in the day, but, probably the whole thing. Does it hold up well? Animation and storywise that is, I'm looking forward to watching it. Chris
Fit For Natalie Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 Well, its animated by Toei, so the animation still holds up well by today's standards, aside from some wobbly bits here and there, colouring mistakes ect. All the bots look shiny most of the time (Oddly enough Armada Unicron has more surface detailing than G1 Movie Unicron). Storywise its kind of a Star Wars rip-off in feeling, but not exact story. Its violent and things move along at a decent pace. LOTS of hair metal and 80s rock. Musical score is mostly incredibly dated synth electronica. I hated Brawn on the G1 cartoon so I'm glad he died. Being shot in the shoulder, HAHA! Pussy. Alot of fans love Brawn (for whatever reason) and don't believe Brawn is dead for the simple fact he's supposed to be alot tougher.
GreenGuy42 Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 Hey, how many of you have managed to find an Alt Prime in your local stores? I've checked my locals, and found nothing. Ebay even seems a little light on its number.
Southpaw Samurai Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 I hated Brawn on the G1 cartoon so I'm glad he died. Being shot in the shoulder, HAHA! Pussy. Alot of fans love Brawn (for whatever reason) and don't believe Brawn is dead for the simple fact he's supposed to be alot tougher. 401185[/snapback] I think Brawn had the appeal of being a sort of straight-laced, non-berzerker Wolverine type... the tiny little runt who's a lot tougher and stronger than he looks and who can lay down guys thrice his size. That and the fact that he probably was one of the Autobots every kid could get (because he was one of the tiny ones) probably helped his popularity. Personally, I miss all four of doomed shuttle crew (will avoid the names of the rest so I won't spoil it for the three people who haven't seen the movie), all for various reasons. But you're right. While the others went down in a blaze of glory (two to tons of hits, plus Megatron's followup) and one to a silly Constructicon shot (which at least looked like some kind of critical hit), Brawn gets up, gets shot in the shoulder, and goes down. Heck, Bumblebee took more abuse in the cartoon and survived.
Ivan Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 http://www.tfw2005.com/takaratomy-competit...es-and-more.htm Looks like TomyTakara is planning to keep the THS line alive. I surely hope they bring back Kawamori to design more stuff, as he's one of the best mech designer out there.
NERV Posted May 22, 2006 Posted May 22, 2006 I remeber as a child jazz was my favorite and i always wanted the toy but never got it, i could get one of the reissues now, but i just havent gotten around to it
zeo-mare Posted May 22, 2006 Author Posted May 22, 2006 if you do get a reissue get the import version, they screwed up the stickers for the us release and they got rid of most of his chrome weapons
Dobber Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 I hated Brawn on the G1 cartoon so I'm glad he died. Being shot in the shoulder, HAHA! Pussy. Alot of fans love Brawn (for whatever reason) and don't believe Brawn is dead for the simple fact he's supposed to be alot tougher. 401185[/snapback] I think Brawn had the appeal of being a sort of straight-laced, non-berzerker Wolverine type... the tiny little runt who's a lot tougher and stronger than he looks and who can lay down guys thrice his size. That and the fact that he probably was one of the Autobots every kid could get (because he was one of the tiny ones) probably helped his popularity. Personally, I miss all four of doomed shuttle crew (will avoid the names of the rest so I won't spoil it for the three people who haven't seen the movie), all for various reasons. But you're right. While the others went down in a blaze of glory (two to tons of hits, plus Megatron's followup) and one to a silly Constructicon shot (which at least looked like some kind of critical hit), Brawn gets up, gets shot in the shoulder, and goes down. Heck, Bumblebee took more abuse in the cartoon and survived. 401221[/snapback] Ha! I think I remember that!!! Didn't Megatron blast him point blank after he was down saying something like "such foolish heroics?" It's funny that you said that about Brawn. I totally forgot about him and remember as a kid I didn't like him either....wasn't he the mini van? Oh wait that was Ironhide right!? Man it's all comming back now...I think Either way it was the mini van guy that I didn't like that much but remember being a little...."shocked" and sad when he was executed by Megatron. Can't wait to see this again! Chris
JB0 Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Personally, I miss all four of doomed shuttle crew (will avoid the names of the rest so I won't spoil it for the three people who haven't seen the movie), all for various reasons. Isn't this along the lines of a spoiler warning for "Hamlet dies"? I think after 2 decades you lose spoiler protection status.
promethuem5 Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Yeah, I think it's a bit of a longshot to consider their deaths a spiler at this point. Truth be told, I can't recall the fourth memeber of the crew tho... it's Ironhide, Brawn, and Prowl, but I can't think of the fourth, unless it was Ratchet... And I personally love Brawn. The saddest part was that he seemed to die all the time in the few Transformers sources I had as a kid... the movie, this crazy fan game that had some wonky time travel stuff and Brawn dying like Kenny in a South Park episode, and that one G2 comic issue with ther big Green and Purple Megatron (tank) goes around and wrecks like a bunch of guys in one issue... including Steeljaw and Brawn (ripped apart this time, not shot I think.)
wolfx Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Yeah it was Ratchet. He died the saddest, with flames coming outta his eyes and mouth. Oh the agony. Over a millenia fighting the Decepticons and I die from one blast of Starcream's puny laser. Is Brawn that yelllow in front but green at the back dude? He was a mini-bot i think. Didn't like him when i was young. Don't like him now either.
zeo-mare Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) yes the last member of the crew was ratchet. actually it was prowl that had the flames coming out of his mouth and eyes. he was shot by Scavenger of the Constructicons if i recall. yea brawn was the minibot. chris Edited May 23, 2006 by zeo-mare
HoveringCheesecake Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Man, I wish I could get the DVD of the movie. I tried bidding on a few copies on eBay a month or so back... but they are nearly impossible to get for less than $40.
zeo-mare Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 no kidding for some reason the movie is super expensive now, i do not recall it being that rare either. chris
HoveringCheesecake Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 no kidding for some reason the movie is super expensive now, i do not recall it being that rare either.chris 401348[/snapback] It is because Rhino (who owned the rights/printed the DVDs/whatever) went out of business.
Veritas Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) no kidding for some reason the movie is super expensive now, i do not recall it being that rare either.chris 401348[/snapback] It is because Rhino (who owned the rights/printed the DVDs/whatever) went out of business. 401349[/snapback] I don't think Rhino's gone out of business as evidenced by this: http://www.rhino.com/ but as far as i remember they've stopped printing new copies of the transformers movie and the original G1 series, meaning insane prices for something that used to be easy to find. Edited May 23, 2006 by Veritas
Crazy Canuck II Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) Don't know if it's been posted already. If not, enjoy... Edited May 23, 2006 by Crazy Canuck II
zeo-mare Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 Fu-ck yea!!!!!!!! i am so getting one of these. it even comes with a display stand chris
Keith Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 From what I recall, someone snagged the rights back from Rhino over a year ago, which is why all the G1 stuff went out of production. Luckily I managed to pick up all of the TV sets for about $25 each when I found out.
UN Spacy Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Yikes. How many of us AREN'T going to get all three Seekers? TakaTomy will definitely kill my wallet.
zeo-mare Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 hey you never know they may also make Sunstorm, and on top of that a few new parts and release Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet
wolfx Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Z0mGWTFBBQ........the fighter mode is reason enough to get this.....but the robot mode....something doesn't look right. Like kind of unproportionate. head small...arms big....i dunno.
Veritas Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 That is a thing of beauty. I'm really more than pleased they decied to continue the MP line with Starscream as the next addition. Thanks for the pics.
Radd Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Z0mGWTFBBQ........the fighter mode is reason enough to get this.....but the robot mode....something doesn't look right. Like kind of unproportionate.head small...arms big....i dunno. 401388[/snapback] I'm not seeing any serious proportion issues. Looks incredible to me, though somewhat floppy looking in both modes. I'd wager that's just an issue with the prototype, and the finished product will be solid.
Deadzone Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Z0mGWTFBBQ........the fighter mode is reason enough to get this.....but the robot mode....something doesn't look right. Like kind of unproportionate.head small...arms big....i dunno. 401388[/snapback] They seemed to have sacraficed the robot mode a little bit to make the best fighter mode. The proportions are a bit off, but I can live with that. What really bothers me is that they made the head sit a little too high off his shoulders. He looks like he has an unusually long and fat neck. Other than that, it looks pretty good to me. It is too bad though that they decided to take the route of making the vehicle mode better than robot. MP Prime was the exact opposite where the truck mode suffered because of the robot mode. But guess what, I can buy a great model of a truck or fighter plane at any model shop. I can only get one MP transformer that looks like Prime or Starscream.
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Z0mGWTFBBQ........the fighter mode is reason enough to get this.....but the robot mode....something doesn't look right. Like kind of unproportionate.head small...arms big....i dunno. 401388[/snapback] They seemed to have sacraficed the robot mode a little bit to make the best fighter mode. The proportions are a bit off, but I can live with that. What really bothers me is that they made the head sit a little too high off his shoulders. He looks like he has an unusually long and fat neck. Other than that, it looks pretty good to me. It is too bad though that they decided to take the route of making the vehicle mode better than robot. MP Prime was the exact opposite where the truck mode suffered because of the robot mode. But guess what, I can buy a great model of a truck or fighter plane at any model shop. I can only get one MP transformer that looks like Prime or Starscream. 401406[/snapback] Being that Kawamori designed it, I'm not surprised at all that he emphasized vehicle first. After all he is a huge fighter jet nut.
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