Thanks to CYBERGEEKS Alliance Facebook page, we have a very first look at Generations Voyager Whirl in package! The figure itself was first revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2013, and it’s heavly inspired by its G1 toy, with some resemblances to IDW comics Whirl.
If you’re not so familiar with this toy, you can also check out its official pictures which we posted right after SDCC.
Digilaut
They always do. Heavily photoshopped, posed figures vs standard lit, awkwardly posed figures and boxes. First one logically always looks better (but at the same time are always very deceiving: their purpose is to make the toy look cool, not just on the back of the box for buyers to see, but supposedly for the companies meaning to buy Transformers stock).
Not even taking into account the ones from the 'cool' photos are the original handpainted prototypes that have more/better paint apps, that's why those always look like they're shiny and cool.
Aeronnz
He looks so much better in the official pictures…
These box pictures look really ugly.
cuters
Man thats ugly real ugly imo not for me the G1 toy was my most unplayed with tf as a kid cool alt mode but $h!tty bot mode.
Sol Fury
Yeah, the rotors should be yellow. What's happened in the picture is they have been made darker in comparison to the rest of the toy, possibly because they were blending with the white background under the hard lighting / post levels adjustments. If you look at the little bit you can see in the boxed picture, they are a lot more yellow.
jametron
It was, at the time, one of the more "odd" color choices. NOTHING else on him was yellow except that helmet!
Ironhide1706
To those who replied to my earlier comment, I dislike the colour of the helmet in his fiction appearances as well. I just don't understand why his whole scheme is tan and purple, then his helmet is bright yellow. It just doesn't look appealing in the slightest.
9.8m/s^2
I'm REALLY hoping that it's mistransformed in the picture, and there's a way to push the legs in further in alt mode.
I'm also pretty sure the color's off in the photo, and that the rotors are actually yellow, as they were on the G1 toy. If they're actually green…well then it's time to warm up some dye…
Probe
The reason I dislike it is simply that the helicopter doesn't look like a helicopter. Or even vaguely helicopter-like.
The robot's mode crotch sitting under the cockpit is really unmistakable as anything else.
vatarian
Not sure if want.
SPLIT LIP
It's also not trying to be.
Like nearly every Generations figure, it is a brand-new design based off a past version, in his case G1.
Yeah, I don't get that. Blitzwing has ALWAYS had a bright yellow helmet on both his original toy and cartoon model. That's like saying Prime's helmet shouldn't be blue.
That'd be an awesome idea.
It really is confusing. Because some people want a more modern interpretation? Calling anyone "fanboys" is just insulting and needlessly demeaning. It's especially odd in Whirl's case, a character who's had little impact before IDW. Funny how there doesn't seem to be a huge ton of G1 Whirl fans until a new version gains a following.
jametron
But Generations Blitzwing is largely homageing G1 Blitzwing…. Who had a bright yellow helmet…
Ra88
How many times haven't people raged that more toys aren't the superior comic-designs, or bragged that those are now getting toys instead of outdated G1 designs?
ZedzDead
EASY pass for me
theosteve
Any information on approximately when to expect this wave of toys to hit the shelves?
motorthing
Reading this thread……..sigh.
I don't need an excuse or permission not to like this.
I don't like the aesthetics at all (and never did like the G1 toy either) but have no fear Fanbois, I'm glad you're getting one and …it just means one more on the shelves for you.
With that we return you to your usual fear and loathing on all sides.
Yggdrasil
I don't think us IDW fans would complain about giving Whirl a sword, he was wielding the Great Sword just not long ago in the battle with the Legislators I think it would've been a damn fine gimmick.
Just the typical "not muh geewunn how dare you like it!" thing. I mean most of the comic fans seem to be "yeah this isn't what I was hoping for, but I'll still get it because Whirl" while the other party is "YEAH G1 DESIGN WOOOOOOO FUCK YOU COMIC FANS!!!!!!"
And then the comic fans are the badguys in people eyes? I don't get it either.
Shipmeadow
though i like the idea of whirl just randomly having a sword i think that would actually turn off both idw and marvel/g1 toy fans alike, and why are some people trying to make this a g1 fans vs idw fans thing? from reading this thread it seems most idw fans are saying while they would have preferred a more comic design they are more than happy to just have a whirl and others love his very g1 toy-esque design. is this a thing? has this been a thing?
Digilaut
Don't worry, his rotors probably won't be green. The greenish tint on the image is likely caused from converting the image from a different (print-based?) color profile. It actually happens quite often, many of the official images come off looking much greener.
I'm not saying he isn't but I'm a big fan of his FOC design, and the Generations figure comes nowhere near close to catching that look. It's probably nonsense to others (hey, we got a Metroplex, which is cool either way!) but kind of a dealbreaker for me.
Cheebs
I can't get past how gappy the chopter is nor how ovbious his limbs are in alt mode.
MECHADOOM
The one legitimate(I think) gripe I have with this version of Whirl is his helcopter blades. They are configured in a very "toy" aesthetic, with one blade stacked on top of the other one. Before you say "that's the way all Transformers helecopters are, due to having to transform", I would like to point out that Springer got it right. And if they had implemented a "blades become a sword", then the IDW fanboys might have been a little more placated.
That all being said, I'll still get him, because other than that one gripe, he looks awesome.