Prime's flames

For those who thought the flames on Prime's truck mode looked bad... I invite you to take a look at Peterbilts while you're out driving, especially if you're in an area with a lot of truck traffic.

The flames were tame compared to what I've seen. I've spotted a fair number of custom paint jobs on Peterbilts. A small diner behind a Walgreens has a lot of Peterbilts parked at it constantly. One had a full American flas/patriotic paint job. I've seen a few Nemesis Prime trucks around, and oen that was almost Nightwatch(minus flames). And I saw one in G2 Onslaught colors- big yellow and purple ugly thing going down the road.

There's a qwide variety of Peterbilt decos out there and most any color scheme would have been viable for the movie. Be thankful they used what they did.

Its not a question of whether if looks bad or not. Flames are for Hot Rod and not for Prime. Its a matter of putting it where it belong but then again the movie is finished and so this is a worthless discussion. What the? Why am i replying to this? I don't know but seriously man let it go.

Flames would be only for Hot Rod in G1, but the movie's not G1. If they want to give Prime flames, heck, they're free to do so.

Originally Posted by megatronkicksas An IMDB source is like saying you heard from Wiki that we were getting a leader Blackout

I'm not the one holding onto "what should have been".

I think the people who don't like the flames just don't like how they fit on Prime. Prime isn't a hot headed kid, he's a stern and courageous leader. The flames make him look like a badass, and traditional Prime's aren't badass, maybe Victory Lio and possibly Animated Prime, but not a Prime with Peter Cullen's voice

But I personally love the flames

I've grown use to Prime's flames. It wouldn't have been a MB film without the bling.

oh, and yeah

Well that's not strictly true. Traditional Prime's are badarse, just not in that kind of out there, in your face way. They're more of a quiet, reserved powerhouse.

Prime's flames were awesome. A lot more natural. I don't think the flames scream badass. Prime's always been badass (not counting Cyb Prime) and the flames don't enhance or take away from that.

Originally Posted by Valkysas NO ONE CAN EVER, EVER say that hasbro doesnt care again. This fucking seals it. that's a LOT of product to release for a "dead" line.

I dont think Prime was worried about what make, model, paint job, etc.

Camouflage is all that his vehicle mode is. Saying that flames will make prime stand out to the decepticons? Well Bumblebee is one of three Camaro's in the world.

For design purposes it allowed them to make the robot mode more interesting to look at. At the price paid for this movie I think having more than two tones for the Autobot leader makes sense.

Do we see many people arguing that Bumblebee had racing stripes?

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Originally Posted by Valkysas NO ONE CAN EVER, EVER say that hasbro doesnt care again. This fucking seals it. that's a LOT of product to release for a "dead" line.