Transformers Legacy toyline

[UndeadScottsman]

"Cartoon-style"

 

[G.B.Blackrock]

"Cartoon-style"

No good. We already use that all the time to describe things that aren't at all related to this "cel shading" (sic) phenomenon.

 

[UndeadScottsman]

I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone use "cartoon style"

toon accurate, sure, but not toon style.

 

[Dake]

Now if only we can determine a proper name for whatever this actually is....

I don't understand the confusion either. It's just "comic colored". Like the Joe and Star Wars comic packs before it.

 

[Platypus Prime]

Yeah, there needs to be an official name for the act of trying to make a 3D object appear to be a 2D object that is trying to look like a 3D object.

"R'lyeh"?

-Perceptor's attempt to test the Key to Vector Sigma in reverse ended badly...

 

[Sabrblade]

Actually, I kind of DO care, precisely because I've been struggling with language to describe this not-even-what-folks-try-to-call-"cel shading" thing supposedly attempting to emulate the comic book look (but failing, IMHO). To know that "cel shading" isn't even the right term when talking about a look intended to emulate cartoon cels in toys is useful to me.

Now if only we can determine a proper name for whatever this actually is....

"Comic shading"

 

[ChessPieceFace]

"Comic shading" seems like a reasonable term. Grimlock is comic-colored and looks good! Shockwave is comic-shaded and looks awful.

I do love the box and that Optimus head accessory though, that will be hard to pass up. Grimlock is an easier choice, and is really the first Legacy Dinobot I'm interested in.

 

[Platypus Prime]

"Comic Sans Neon"-when the figure's colors mAKe yUr eYez HurT...

Odd thought, does Shockwaves Prime head come from any mold we've seen before? The base is new...

 

[ChessPieceFace]

"Comic shading" seems like a reasonable term. Grimlock is comic-colored and looks good! Shockwave is comic-shaded and looks awful.

I do love the box and that Optimus head accessory though, that will be hard to pass up. Grimlock is an easier choice, and is really the first Legacy Dinobot I'm interested in.

Oh, on closer inspection, Grimlock does have a lot of that geometric black "shading," just not quite as prominently as Shockwave. The weird angry dino eyebrow is the worst offender. Meh... maybe I'll skip both.

 

[Confuzor]

Has anyone actually seen any Legacy United figures physically in stores yet?

 

[Sabrblade]

Has anyone actually seen any Legacy United figures physically in stores yet?

My store is only recently just got the Legacy Evolution wave consisting of Strongarm, Detritus, and Shadow Striker.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Yeah, there needs to be an official name for the act of trying to make a 3D object appear to be a 2D object that is trying to look like a 3D object.

 

[Thunderclash]

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Good news for us in Japan, as this isn't a bloomin' Buzzworthy USA exclusive, so this might be the first official "origin" figure released over here (in a year or so's time).

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

 

[MrBlud]

Wheeljack’s vehicle mode deco is offensively bad.

All the correct aspects are there. They’re just too small.

 

[Shadhausen]

All I see that are too small are the green stripes. Otherwise, that's literally the deco he had in the cartoon.

 

[Donocropolis]

It goes back to the discussion about the windshield. If he had his round windshield that ended before the split in the legs, it would give more room on the hood for the green stripes. It would really bring the whole thing together better. As it is, the car mode does seem a little too plain white.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

All I see that are too small are the green stripes. Otherwise, that's literally the deco he had in the cartoon.

And also the numbers are different on the sides, but apart from that, it's literally the same...

 

[MrBlud]

The numbers are minuscule and off-center. They should be almost the height of the side.

 

[Dake]

Yeah - almost laughably bland in altmode. Why oh why did they do the square windshield?