X-Transbots: X7 Arsenal Primus (not-Ironhide)

OptimusTimelord · 07-24-2012, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by daddytron

The interesting thing for me is that I like him for most of the reasons everybody seems to dislike him. From the time I was a kid I wanted an Ironhide that looked just like the cartoon. This one seems to do that better than igears. Gloriously boxy, all the wheels are completely hidden, and he doesn't have windows on his legs. Not sure about the face sculpt yet but way better than the mopey face on Universe 2.0 Ironhide. I like the IDW comics but I have little interest in figures being designed around that look.

Same here. It's not perfect by any means, but it has more of a 'Masterpiece' look than iGear's to me... if only in terms of toon design rather than size/detail; iGear has done those better. A proper MP needs both however, which is why I'm still undecided about the iGear one.

Something so toon accurate in aesthetics as this thing should stand with Masterpieces rather than Classics or IDW or whatever, so if the scale is too small for MP I don't see the point in it. Size comparison with MP-12 definitely needed.

Of course this could all be superfluous if this one turns out to have a crappy alt mode...

Backstop · 07-24-2012, 09:54 PM

so this is to go with MP size?

Sean Whitmore · 07-25-2012, 02:29 AM

A year ago, I would have called this a great idea.

Wait...wait a minute. We knew about the Igear version this time last year...holy Christ, it's been a YEAR?!

*shoots self*

Scaleface · 07-28-2012, 02:54 PM

Robot Kingdom has Arsenal Primus and Doctor Primus up for preorder! $180

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Cecilia · 07-28-2012, 03:19 PM

Well, the renders DO look good, love the alt mode, buit still prefer IgeaR design overal!

Scaleface · 07-28-2012, 03:39 PM

I love how Ironhide can use the big arm guns as a jet pack in either robot or van modes! Jet Van! Looks like something from Buckaroo Banzai!

OptimusTimelord · 07-28-2012, 05:16 PM

Ok so yeah, what I was saying about crappy alt modes earlier... That.

I do still like the robots, a lot (way better than iGear), but man, that's a godawful van mode. I know this is only a computer model so maybe there's still hope, but at the moment it needs serious work. The wheels look cheap (the way they stick out from the body of the vehicle doesn't help) and the entire thing is a characterless rectangular box. Please, while there's still time get this sorted! It can't be that hard to just copy the shape of a G1 van alt mode.

Get the alt mode right and these could be truly amazing.

Cecilia · 07-28-2012, 05:29 PM

nah I like the alt mode a lot, it is not G1 but it is blocky and looks quite retro, only thing bad to me is that the front wheels are too much on the front and rear wheels too far back.

So maybe centering them a bit more and they´d be great XD

OptimusTimelord · 07-29-2012, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cecilia

nah I like the alt mode a lot, it is not G1 but it is blocky and looks quite retro, only thing bad to me is that the front wheels are too much on the front and rear wheels too far back.

So maybe centering them a bit more and they´d be great XD

Yeah that would certainly help. It may be that with such boxy robot modes the alt also has to be so square to allow for transformation. If they could give the back end some angles instead of just being a sheer drop that would probably do wonders. As it is, from the back everything looks drawn onto a box!

Scaleface · 07-29-2012, 05:53 AM

I will but the first company to do SG recolors.

07-25-2012, 02:29 AM	#93
Sean Whitmore Vehicon Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 556 News Credits: 1	A year ago, I would have called this a great idea. Wait...wait a minute. We knew about the Igear version this time last year...holy Christ, it's been a YEAR?! shoots self This week at Comic Critics!: Adding insult to injustice

07-28-2012, 02:54 PM	#94
Scaleface Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,978 News Credits: 41	Robot Kingdom has Arsenal Primus and Doctor Primus up for preorder! $180 [Links are hidden for guests. Please Register.] Includes new renders, including vehicle mode, weapons and pics of not-Ratchet! Attached Thumbnails

07-28-2012, 03:19 PM	#95
Cecilia Transforming Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 983 Location: Brasil Collection Count: I lost track of the count...	Well, the renders DO look good, love the alt mode, buit still prefer IgeaR design overal! My deviantart gallery -^.^- Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff

07-28-2012, 05:29 PM	#98
Cecilia Transforming Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 983 Location: Brasil Collection Count: I lost track of the count...	nah I like the alt mode a lot, it is not G1 but it is blocky and looks quite retro, only thing bad to me is that the front wheels are too much on the front and rear wheels too far back. So maybe centering them a bit more and they´d be great XD My deviantart gallery -^.^- Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff

07-24-2012, 09:54 PM	#92
Backstop Have you seen my box art? Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,158 Collection Count: only one cybertron basics backstop News Credits: 2	so this is to go with MP size?

07-28-2012, 03:39 PM	#96
Scaleface Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,978 News Credits: 41	I love how Ironhide can use the big arm guns as a jet pack in either robot or van modes! Jet Van! Looks like something from Buckaroo Banzai!

07-28-2012, 05:16 PM	#97
OptimusTimelord Technobot Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,423 Location: Sheffield UK	Ok so yeah, what I was saying about crappy alt modes earlier... That. I do still like the robots, a lot (way better than iGear), but man, that's a godawful van mode. I know this is only a computer model so maybe there's still hope, but at the moment it needs serious work. The wheels look cheap (the way they stick out from the body of the vehicle doesn't help) and the entire thing is a characterless rectangular box. Please, while there's still time get this sorted! It can't be that hard to just copy the shape of a G1 van alt mode. Get the alt mode right and these could be truly amazing.

07-29-2012, 05:53 AM	#100
Scaleface Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,978 News Credits: 41	I will but the first company to do SG recolors.