John Warden just couldn't fathom people wanting to own a motorcycle (and a space shuttle) the same size as a car.
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The Repaint Concept Thread
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But a Jet and Tank the same size as a car is perfectly fine.
I don't think that was it.
I think he and his team misinterpreted fan memes about Groove and Blast Off's scale issues as genuine criticism and so they worked to correct what they thought was a problem.
And were genuinely surprised when fans went "we want Deluxe Groove and shuttle Blast Off."
It might have also been residual mentality from the realistic vehicle mode scales of the live action movies, which the first few Bay-directed films prided themselves on making sure all of the robots with real Earth altmodes were to scale with each other in robot mode based on the relative scales of their altmodes. Like, smaller altmodes meant smaller robot modes and such.
That same mentality gave us Ultra class Powerglide in Universe 2008, because of his being an A-10 Thunderbolt (which is large in real life) despite Powerglide being a tiny Mini-Bot character like Bumblebee.
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... I liked this. I am the problem.
This is why I'd have Blast Off supply the frame, not Onslaught.
I mean, a lot of the CW guys were off in some way or another, so Takara's Technobots worked well enough in that regard. As well as just about anything else in the line, anyway.
Quite possibly. Prime Wars was essentially a transitional period between Universe 2.0/RtS/T30 and the modern run of Generations that started with Siege. Makes sense that they'd have a bit of that mentality left over.
Jet Blast Off never felt "right" to me even if I adore the alt mode they gave him (Harrier jump jet). Maybe it was the lack of a sufficiently Blast Off-y head?
Rook, however, was an excellent figure. In the end I prefer Groove because I'm a basic bitch, but Rook really was a CW standout mould.
I've been very happy with my United Warriors Superion and Computron. I am in no hurry to replace either of those. I did get the new Stunticons because I never liked the CW ones. I am also getting Bruticus because the Combaticons have always been my favorite combiner team.
I've never had a figure of the Rook mold despite wanting one. I missed it during CW, and it's always been juuuuust a bit too expensive to justify on ebay ever since. One of these days I just need to bite the bullet and buy him.
I'm annoyed he didn't get any domestic redecoes. New guy, good mold, distinctive altmode, combiner limb-- kind of checked all the boxes. Yeah, he was retooled, but that's not really the same.
Out of an entirely different field: I'd like to see an AOE Snarl release that doesn't use any clear plastic. It's a pretty neat mold but it's so scary to do anything with (including transforming it).
I've always wanted to see Onslaught in Marvel's Onslaught colors.
I'll feel like an idiot once I hear the obvious answer, but I'm blanking on the "FF" in the file name.
Five Faces?
All I can think of that sort-of matches the colours is Future Foundation.
That Sunstreaker reminds me of how much we need an Alternators Dead End repaint of that mold.
Also, I think just about everyone got accidentally colored like Hot Rod at some point.
Also, I think just about everyone got accidentally colored like Hot Rod at some point.