Transformers Legacy Cosmos Development Images
Mark Maher is once again sharing a great look behind the scenes, this time at the development of
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I'm mostly bugged by the HUGE tower hub on vehicle mode. It should be about half that tall....
I would say its a little strange looking but then again, it doesn't matter much as Comsos has the most standard of human alien ship alt modes, a UFO, so, its kind of, why worry over a minor detail? Besides, if they went smaller on the body, they would have problems with the rest of the robot mode.
G1 Cartoon Cosmos is an impossible design, I've just realized thanks to this figure.
In robot mode, he needs to be wider, but in vehicle mode, his bridge needs to be smaller. Unless you really go crazy with the panel forming, something is going to suffer.
Still he's way closer to the mark than the Thrilling 30 mold, and while that Origins Bee retool is actually kind of impressive, what we're getting is SO MUCH better.
In robot mode, he needs to be wider, but in vehicle mode, his bridge needs to be smaller. Unless you really go crazy with the panel forming, something is going to suffer.
Still he's way closer to the mark than the Thrilling 30 mold, and while that Origins Bee retool is actually kind of impressive, what we're getting is SO MUCH better.
I'm just glad we're finally getting a Cosmos we can fit Blaster into.
Considering how the other Prime characters have turned out on Legacy (Arcee is one of my favorite recent deluxes), I'm really interested to see what they do with Skyquake. I wouldn't mind seeing elements of the G1 design worked in but at the same time it's pretty distinct from the Prime design and both deserve their chance to shine, as it were.
Also, regarding the listings - anyone think Leo Prime will be a shared mold with Leo breaker again? The Cybertron characters are getting decent focus, so I could see them doing this.
That is some interesting behind-the-scenes information on Cosmos' design/creation, thanks for sharing. Nice as it is to learn "how the sausage is made" though, I share G.B. Blackrock's and other's sentiments about his UFO mode looking off.
I realize that a flying saucer is kind of a goofy thing to begin with, but that tall center portion is just too much. I feel like they could have done something to make it collapse and retract, but I also feel like that is the thing that they just decided to compromise (cut corners) on. I'll be skipping this one and continuing to enjoy the perfectly fine and very fun Cosmos that I already own.
I realize that a flying saucer is kind of a goofy thing to begin with, but that tall center portion is just too much. I feel like they could have done something to make it collapse and retract, but I also feel like that is the thing that they just decided to compromise (cut corners) on. I'll be skipping this one and continuing to enjoy the perfectly fine and very fun Cosmos that I already own.
I hope not, or at least Lio Convoy in terms of desgin comes first and Leobreaker second
I feel like you don't do Leo Breaker unless there's a Cybertron Prime you can attach him to.
I'm more after a Lio Convoy than Leo Breaker, besides, it be pointless to do a Leo Breaker a few years after the Siege leader Prime that inspired by Cybertron Optimus, besides, Lio is a very odd looking commander, more strange than any other leader character in transformers aside from BW Megatron V1, I mean, Lio has the lion head for a shoulder, where's most other bots tend to be, how should I put it, mirrored, where you can draw a line down the middle and both sides are pretty much even with their bodies, if you get my meaning?
I think that you're referring to symmetry. If so, yes, I think that is something that designers generally try to keep in mind. But, aside from the lion head-as-shoulder-pauldron, his robot mode is fairly balanced.
That was the word I was looking for but I couldn't think of it, sort of, on the tip of your tounge!
This would be cool to see in the Legacy line, a few nods to Alternators.
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