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).
What does Wheeljack think he is, an angel or something with those wings? 
I get the feeling when you add on the extra part, he will become rather back heavy as a figure and likely to fall over every so offen
I get the feeling when you add on the extra part, he will become rather back heavy as a figure and likely to fall over every so offen
Even without the wings, that sure is a chunky backpack... in addition to all the chunks he's carrying on his legs.
For the record, cel shading refers to a method of rendering 3D models (a process known in some contexts as "shading") that's intended to produce a result that resembles cel animation, and is not a term that applies to real objects.
This has been an ▲ndrusi Anal Nitpick That You Don't Care About. Thank you, and have a nice day.
This has been an ▲ndrusi Anal Nitpick That You Don't Care About. Thank you, and have a nice day.
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....
I thought it was when the guy from Dragonball just shows up and throws his weight around...
"Cel shading? This Bad Comedy!"
-Galvatron (sorry, I know, wrong medium)
AE, Artificial Embellishment, maybe?
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.
"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.
I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone use "cartoon style"
toon accurate, sure, but not toon style.
toon accurate, sure, but not toon style.
I don't understand the confusion either. It's just "comic colored". Like the Joe and Star Wars comic packs before it.
"R'lyeh"?
-Perceptor's attempt to test the Key to Vector Sigma in reverse ended badly...
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"Comic shading"
"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.
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.
"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...
Odd thought, does Shockwaves Prime head come from any mold we've seen before? The base is new...
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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.
