The Random Transformers Image Thread
- Thread starter DefaultOption
- Start date
So I think this goes back to the dichotomy between the old heads and the folks running the various franchises at/for Hasbro. The upper management likely still saw GI Joe as a line of generic hero
GI Joe also was going to kill one main character (well, I assume Cobra Commander being written out was also intended as permanent at the time), not a third of the original cast.
If Optimus Prime was the only Autobot who died in TFTM, his death might not be seen as "failing to see that kids cared about him as a character".
Popular, prominent characters like Ironhide and Brawn dying with such little focus, and Wheeljack appearing only as already-dead, is what makes it clear that the reason for the deaths (including Optimus's) was so cynical.
Knowing that the script and storyboards had even more deaths doesn't help either.
If Optimus Prime was the only Autobot who died in TFTM, his death might not be seen as "failing to see that kids cared about him as a character".
Popular, prominent characters like Ironhide and Brawn dying with such little focus, and Wheeljack appearing only as already-dead, is what makes it clear that the reason for the deaths (including Optimus's) was so cynical.
Knowing that the script and storyboards had even more deaths doesn't help either.
Not mine, but a great custom I saw on Facebook. Decepticon Blackwall from third party Chinese limo tranformer based on Megatron's ride in the Big Looker storybook "Big Car Rally."
Attachments
Last edited:
When did they make christine into a transformer?
Last edited:
That's pretty cool, but the var mode is a Chinese Hongqi CA770, not the late-'50s uber-finned American luxobarge depicted in the book.
Oh, I know it's not the right car, but it's close enough to get the reference across. It mostly needs the massive tailfins to really sell it, admittedly.
Also, new Random Transformers Image: