Please kill that trend

Thalack · 12-20-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by IronicHide

So the guy has a spare tyre, here or there.

It'd be hypocritical of me to complain about that.

ROFL

Insane Galvatron · 12-20-2011, 02:38 PM

I don't like them on RotF Sideways, Jolt, or anywhere else it's done.

Snaptrap · 12-20-2011, 02:44 PM

I like what they did with Classics Optimus Prime's waist. I like it with the Henkei! Henkei! paint even more.

Sidbeckett · 12-20-2011, 02:45 PM

It always bothered me the most on MP-01, the duel radiator grill. At least on Classics Voyager Prime I can understand it, because it is a massively different shaped grill to attain an aesthetically pleasing slimline waist (which is a ridiculous sentence to write about a robot), but on MP-01 its the same size and everything, it just felt cheap.

Lbsammills51 · 12-20-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by megatroptimus

So you guys really like the fake unpainted tires on DOTM Voyager Prime? Really? Or the ones on Prime Bulkhead? I don't even know why they bothered, you can only see them from the rear. Next to the real tires. Nonsense.

My only problem with it is that they didn't bother to paint them, but I guess those paint aps got cut out for budgetary reasons or whatever causes certain things to get paint aps while other stuff on a figure gets ignored. As for "cheats," I prefer them too since I'd prefer an attempt at accuracy, as best they can manage it. A toy can have a cheat and still be fun, so what do I care? The wheels on DotM Prime only look weird because they're not painted, not because they're molded in there.

Omnius · 12-20-2011, 02:55 PM

We've got to the stage where we're complaining about 'realism' in ficticious toy robots that turn into vehicles? Amazing...

Janitor · 12-20-2011, 02:58 PM

In the end it's all about aesthetics, and more specifically how we need almost all of our alien robots to have HUMANOID PROPORTIONS. It really shouldn't matter if a bot has 2 arms/2 legs, head, torso etc. but then the fandom would be bitching to no end about how ugly a character is. And let's not even get started on how female bots are always structured (slender/sleek)...

Example: Classics/Henkei voyager Optimus Prime for example (and most Primes). A well-built "chest", with the fake grill needed to resemble "six-pack abs"

Ceric Neesh · 12-20-2011, 02:59 PM

The movie twins both have FIVE tires in robot mode and FOUR tires in vehicle mode. Their toys aren't accurate because they DON'T produce an extra tire out of nowhere.

Your point is amusing, though.

Insane Galvatron · 12-20-2011, 03:04 PM

I also dislike fake window chests on my Primes along with those grills.

Kusanagi · 12-20-2011, 03:05 PM

Um. Most cars have spare tires. So most cars do have 5 tires.

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Sidbeckett Sons of Unicron PTT Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,690 Location: Warks, UK Collection Count: Too many News Credits: 2	It always bothered me the most on MP-01, the duel radiator grill. At least on Classics Voyager Prime I can understand it, because it is a massively different shaped grill to attain an aesthetically pleasing slimline waist (which is a ridiculous sentence to write about a robot), but on MP-01 its the same size and everything, it just felt cheap. HEXATRON PRE-ORDERS OPEN - £110 shipped in UK CLICK FOR SALES THREAD Read my Novella, "Not In The Eye", cheap on Amazon. MY COLLECTION - officially the 68th biggest in the UK

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Janitor Terrorcon Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,803 News Credits: 2	In the end it's all about aesthetics, and more specifically how we need almost all of our alien robots to have HUMANOID PROPORTIONS. It really shouldn't matter if a bot has 2 arms/2 legs, head, torso etc. but then the fandom would be bitching to no end about how ugly a character is. And let's not even get started on how female bots are always structured (slender/sleek)... Example: Classics/Henkei voyager Optimus Prime for example (and most Primes). A well-built "chest", with the fake grill needed to resemble "six-pack abs" Junkion Feedback \| cybertron.ca Feedback

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Ceric Neesh Maximal Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 391 Location: Ocala, FL News Credits: 1	The movie twins both have FIVE tires in robot mode and FOUR tires in vehicle mode. Their toys aren't accurate because they DON'T produce an extra tire out of nowhere. Your point is amusing, though.

12-20-2011, 03:04 PM	#29
Insane Galvatron is not insane. Really! Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,327 Location: Torkulon Collection Count: Too many to count. News Credits: 4	I also dislike fake window chests on my Primes along with those grills. Click My Sig For My Sales Thread! Updated 10/14/2012!

12-20-2011, 03:05 PM	#30
Kusanagi Disguise: Check. Robot... Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,923 Location: The Emerald City Collection Count: Call me Luthor because it's never too much, never too much, never too much...	Um. Most cars have spare tires. So most cars do have 5 tires.