Beast Era (Wars/Machines/etc.) Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Snaptrap, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. KABAR432

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    So a little while ago I mentioned I picked up a Rocky Terrorsaur and Rattrap from someone who claimed to be one of the original artists that worked on the package design. @Verno had asked if I had an open line of communication and if he'd be willing to answer some questions. I didn't want to be too overbearing... haha imagine you sell something and some crazy guy on the internet sends you a questionnaire.... but I did want to ask several simple questions regarding his involvement. A few weeks passed and I pretty much wrote it off.. figuring he wanted to keep to himself; however, to my surprise I got this response back this morning via ebay message. Enjoy :) 

    Hi there, sorry about the delayed response.

    Did you work on the character illustrations, graphic design or both?
    I only worked on the character illustrations, the design of the blister card was done by someone else.

    What other characters besides Rattrap did you work on? What was your favorite character or toy to work on?
    I did Rattrap, Terrorsaur, Razorbeast and Iguanus.

    Did you collaborate with other artists to achieve the final designs? If so what was the creative process like?
    Yes, the drawings were done by Justin Carroll and there was a team of illustrators that painted up the various characters.

    What sort of inspiration did you draw on while working? Were you looking at any other contemporary toy lines at the time?
    We're always aware of what else out there in the marketplace but we try not to let it influence us too much. Hasbro wanted a hand painted look to the characters with visible brush strokes all of the painting were done traditionally. I was primarily an airbrush illustrator so this was a bit of a challenge for me.

    How would you rate the packaging design of Beast Wars compared to other iterations of Transformers?
    I think it was representative of the time period in which it was created. At the time they came out I think they were cool blister cards.

    Hope this helps!

    Take care,

    Tony


    I love the line about Hasbro wanting a hand painted look to all of the characters. What do you guys think? Pretty cool right? In the interest of his privacy I will not send him further questions, but I did extend the olive branch if he ever wanted to sign up for the forum. I told him he'd have a lot of fans in the Beast Wars Appreciation thread (which I now realize was so long ago that this thread has been renamed LOL).

    -KABAR
     
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    Thats really cool, I might even have to consider it. I really want a Ravage for my Beast Wars display.
     
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    A few selects from my recent BW photoshoots.

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    Few photos from Toronto's TFcon.


    Although proportions feel a bit off on this body, the paint job and detail are insane. It feels like the most screen accurate version so far. The feet are massive!
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    As someone posted a link above, here's a stand in for Ravage. I'd have like to seen more guns. When will PerfectEffect do him something proper?

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    and this was the Beast Machines panel, lead by, some super fan. He did a whole power point and discussed a lot about the show, toys, writing, etc. I didn't see it all, but he did a great job. He had mentioned at one point that the show had details most never noticed. Like in Megatron's layer, he had paintings of him conquering Cybertron all over, like some sort of nutcase world leader would do. This show has been on my que list lately to rewatch and he gave me that push needed to watch again.
     
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  5. Dinotrap

    Dinotrap BEAST WARS FOREVER!

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    So I got a bit impatient recently and bought the ko dinobot and it showed up yesterday and wow I’m very happy with him. He has a couple minor issues that don’t bother me in the slightest but might bother others. Also primal acquired something special so now my two leaders are rocking two of my favorite weapons in fictional history :) 

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    There is zero chance Megatron could pick up Mjölnir...
     
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    Dinotrap BEAST WARS FOREVER!

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    Very True! But at the end of the day its a figure holding a hammer and it looks cool so sue me :) 
     
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    Well.... Hydra Cap picked up Mjolnir... Lol

    Dude! That's awesome! Now that he pointed out which ones he did I can totally see it compared to the art for some of the others. I had thought about buying the Razorbeast he had at the time.
    Glad he got back to you!
     
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    Glad you enjoyed!

    Now to track down this Justin Carrol fellow... ;) 

    -KABAR
     
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    I usually make Cheetor's blaster have a green muzzle flash, but if I made it green it would blend into the background, so I made it blue this time
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    Get on LinkedIn! Lol
    And try not to pick him dry for the rest of us!! Lol!
     
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    Oh I don't mean for toys LOL I just mean for more info on the package design.
     
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    Grand Slam "The sounds of war are history speaking."

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    He'd have a better chance than Natalie Portman.
     
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    Megatron(BW TM2) Vs Megatron(G1 1984)

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    Clearly tm2 megs b/c he has the original megs spark plus his own
     
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    I figured I'd post my Stasis Lock giveaway submission here too because I had a lot of fun taking this photo. Details about the giveaway can be found on Primal Sabbath's Twitter or the Stasis Lock Facebook I imagine (I don't use Facebook lol).

    From S01E02:
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    Mmmm...memories :) 
     
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