Transformers Studio Series, Legacy & Buzzworthy Bumblebee New Packaging And Stock Images

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Gamerlingual, Dec 30, 2021.

  1. 96megatron

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    I pray this new year reveals Legacy Armada Starscream that hasn't been G1-Fied like these Prime characters. I need to start a collection of modern figures of the Unicron Trilogy cast, with modern engineering.
     
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  2. Neko-bot77

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    If the "Prime" characters are any indication, EVERYTHING not G1 will be somewhat assimilated into G1...

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    I feel like the UT lads are less likely to be changed much given how blocky and already G1-y everyone feels. Heck, IDW used Armada Starscream's body for G1 Starscream for a while.
     
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    I doubt he'll be G1-ified or if he is not as much as Legacy Bulk, Arcee and Knockout since at least to me Armada Starscream looks more G1 looking than the TFP Characters done so far
    Starscream-G1MT.jpg armada_starscream_by_megalorvi_d8hjqw7-fullview.png
    350px-Bulkhead-Prime.jpg 250px-Arcee-Prime-stock-render-alternate.jpg
     
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  5. jamarmiller

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    If the arms can’t go straight up , I may just stick with my original
     
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  6. Dinobot Snarl

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    Arms up or ankles the choice is yours
     
  7. Mumble-bee

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    as it happens, I did find one in a Target yesterday. it was the only new item there. I thought I was being pranked.

    size doesn't matter! :p 
     
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  8. Bob Schoonover

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    Seems unlikely he'll be too off-model. First, he's got plenty of repaints, so the tooling budget will be more than covered by (eventually) Skywarp, Ramjet, and Thundercracker. Second, as mentioned above, he's already an aesthetic match for the rest of the line. Third, the design is cool as hell and messing with it won't make it better
     
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  9. Autobot N

    Autobot N Wants a Legacy Sunstorm

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    So they’re not gonna fix the missing silver paint between the eyes? Shame, I’m definitely still excited for him but that is a bit of a bummer
     
  10. Dinobot Snarl

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    Seems like a new thing, refusing to paint that area. Its fine if the eyes are yellow. But seems ridiculous, since its a separate part... No need for a mask...sigh
     
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    Ah I see. I can't recall the last time I've seen a stock photo of the toy in package differ so I thought maybe there was some late change to it.
     
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    G1 is just better then the other eras after all /s
     
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  13. John TL

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    That’s what I’m holding out for.
     
  14. Seth Sunthay

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    Pretty sure they don't, all of the pylon piece is attached with this hinge.
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    It's a shame but i'm still looking forward to Black convoy.
     
  15. KFGatri

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    Probably. Until we got to Bayverse and Animated, the art style usually didn’t go too far afield from G1; it was the designs that made the characters different. (Not sure if I’m making the distinction I have in my head clear.) Character incarnations for me are defined by the design elements that make them distinct from G1 and from each other, rather than simply the art style, since that can vary from artist to artist. Armada Starscream would require the shoulder-mounted cannons, the stabilizer fins on his shins and the swords, because those are for me his particular distinctive elements. And those would carry over even if he were done in Sunbow style, Prime style or Animated style. It should be possible to translate the character to another style while retaining the core elements of the design.

    UT toys were redecoed into G1 guys for CHUG in the early days, and it wasn’t too terrible a stretch. Heck, I thought using Evac as Blades made perfect sense, since he loves tearing `Cons apart with his rotors. Having his main rotor as an arm-mounted melee weapon would make that REAL easy. The red Evac redeco didn’t match the look of G1 Blades, but an element of the design fit his personality to a T.

    Of course, I’ve always had a pretty broad definition of “G1 style”, since for me comic, cartoon, and the several different looks the toys evolved through are all equally valid to me.

    I’ve never had any trouble mixing UT/G1/CHUG (and to a lesser degree BW/BM into the mix), so those characters could potentially be translated to Legacy relatively faithfully. As long as Hasbro doesn’t insist on using a totally inappropriate premold for the character, like Legacy Bulkhead. It might be passable as a G1 Bulkhead, but it fails as a translation of the Prime Bulkhead design to G1 style.
     
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  16. TF Hot Rod

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    I'd say add TFP as well. Overall between the two (TFP and TFA) Animated works better G1-ified.
    TFA Autobots G1-ifed fan art.jpeg
    I don't really either as well. I got figures from the WFC trilogy and older CHUG figures on the same shelves.
     
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    Interesting bit of art. It illustrates what I was saying nicely - the art isn’t Animated style, but the characters are still recognizable as the Animated incarnations/designs. It’s possible to G1-ify characters without making them generic or indistinguishable from their G1 counterpart.
     
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