Haslab Unicron

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by bearytrek, Jul 15, 2019.

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  1. FredVIII

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    Ha, I just edited my post to reflect that! I'm relieved and stoked! :D 
     
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  2. NTPrime

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    They did mention that which is encouraging for the pieces matching, of course they will match in the end. It is discouraging however that she kept calling it yellow, which makes me think it's not going to be getting a little orange shift in the final color some of us were hoping for. BUT... I mean none of those pieces are even close to yellow in the first place. Even if they don't match yet they're all shades of orange. Maybe they're calling it yellow but going towards some sort of orange color anyway. We'll see what happens. I'd like it still a bit on the yellow side so we don't run into a super saturated orange like that one other Unicron figure has. But a tinge more orange is nice.

    I wonder too if the inside of the planet mouth might end up with some color (I don't think it really needs it but I wouldn't complain). I like the paint job on the Autobot shuttle.
     
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    Yeah, I was kind of hoping they would point out which color is what they had in mind for the final color, but maybe not of those colors are quite final yet.
     
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    Need all you Americans to get on the Pulse forums and tell them to use the wings as their colour scheme.

    To be fair, all of those look tonnes better than the yellow that really had me not getting this originally. Soooooo much better in any of those colours
     
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    I wouldn't be surprised if none of the colors are 100% finalized, even the paint. And they could potentially shift the paint color to match as closely as they can to what's possible to get in the plastic(s).

    I also love the detail on this guy. All that extra stuff really helps sell the scale of him, imo. I don't always like it, but I think it works really well on Unicron.

    I was also glad the little shuttle got paint apps, that makes me happy. I'm excited, perhaps overly so, about having a physical representation of that ship.
     
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  6. G.B. Blackrock

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    Warden's influence on Kingdom is likely to be pretty strong, given how long these things take to develop. I expect more of this kind of shade after Kingdom.
     
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    I actually think the wings are way too orange but the yellow/orange of the body isn't too far off from the ideal color.
     
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    You're giving the discourse on this forum far more credit than it's earned.
     
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    Thank you, I had a hunch it had to be something like that.
     
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    EDIT: It appears the backpack is not fully disconnected and is just laid out flat. Seeing the image larger that connecting piece of plastic is more noticeable. So perhaps not.

    Original: I'd also like to point out that this deconstructed version of him has his backpack and some leg plating removed... This is their engineering copy so I'm sure they have extra tools to detach stuff and their joints are maybe not connected as stable as they will be in the final product to protect it from breakage while needing to roughly handle it. But, you never know... maybe the backpack and some extra plating can pop right off with minor resistance for all the kibble haters.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Four-legged cutie stole the show!
     
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    Someone else stole the show for me.
     
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    am i the only one who liked the demo proto colors better.
     
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    Any idea what the injection molded pieces in the plastic bag are for? Maybe plugging the screw holes in the arms? I don't know why the consumer would have to do that.
     
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    Come on. We haven't even seen the final product for this one. You have almost exactly as much information today about what its going to look like when it is complete that you did on the first day of the crowdfunding. Until we see final paint and colors we don't know what it looks like. We only know its shape and we've always known that.
     
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    Isn't it too late to redesign to remove the huge backpack? Ha, I got an idea from Earthrise line. They can detach the backpack to make a nice shield!
     
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    Jesus, was the dude padlocked and underwater when the clock started running?

    Given that the official transformation video is only 5 1/2 minutes long (granted, it's running at about double speed), there is no way this figure is gonna take 50 minutes for the average person to transform.

     
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    50 minutes, wow! Though I would like to say it goes down with practice this guy had Unicron for 5 months...
    LOL the box is indeed huge if a whole grown up woman can fit in there. :D  I need to make room in my flat for this thing next year.
     
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    That’s not likely to change, Takara handles that. Whomever is replacing Warden might already be on the team. He or she may have even worked on Unicron and the past 2 lines.

    Moving on could be for career advancement, some of the older designers from the late 90’s-2011 moved onto Star Wars and other brands.
     
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  20. Sovietbot

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    Who "needs" it already! If they are already selling a cool and more advanced version by ZT![​IMG]
     
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