MP-56 Trailbreaker

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Cheem The Rup, May 6, 2022.

  1. Wh33l JcK

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    MP-44 has chrome yet the toon has no way of broadcasting vacc-metal chrome through a TV screen? It was a personal choice of the designer. He felt it would look better that way.

    They often faded and muted colors so you could see the animation outlines better. The eyedropper may tell you it is gray, but they were trying to portray a black truck on the screen.
     
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    While that’s absolutely true, Trailbreaker was certainly lighter in the cartoon than Skywarp, for instance. So I’m unsure whether they were attempting to portray him as true black.
     
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    I don't need an eyedropper to see he isn't black.

    Examples of black on 3 of the 5 shown. Same episode. Sideswipe, Prowl and Jazz all have what should be considered black parts. Trailbreaker's color is nowhere near as dark. He's not even as dark as the grey on Sunstreaker.
    Screenshot 2022-05-22 030929.jpg Screenshot 2022-05-21 225612.png

    So at what point does black end and grey begin? Is all darker grey supposed to be black then? No it is not. Trailbreaker is dark grey and MP-56 is a good approximation of that grey without being black.
     
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    I figured Trailbreaker’s body leaned closer to grey to indicate the glossy body panels of a black vehicle reflecting light rather than the flat black used on the arms and underpants of other robots.

    Also, it makes him look like something other than an impenetrable black void while still keeping animation costs down.
     
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    The Soundblaster screenshot proves that actual black is a very poor colour choice in that era of animation.
     
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    I don't think Takara uses cartoon screenshots as reference for their Toys, they have Marvel/Sunbow sheets with proportions and colors palette
     
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    Still looks black in those pictures
     
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    Menasor is gray too?

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    Jeez, this damned black is black is grey debate!

    Takara opted for grey. To them MP Trailbreaker is grey.

    If you want black, don't buy it. If you want to see whether a toy version is released, wait.

    If you're buying it, buy it. You're clearly happy with the colour Takara chose.

    Sorry, but it's becoming really tiresome. The same happened in the DS Blaster thread, and most of the people in this thread have seen that argument last for weeks there.

    Seriously, if you want him black, that fine. You want him to look like the toy colour. He isn't. End of.

    Everyone can have a preference, and every preference is valid. No amount of debate about toon images, or how limited animation techniques can affect things is going to change the fact that this figure is grey. The same would apply if the figure was black, just the arguments would be on the other side to how they are now.

    MP56 is grey.
     
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    I really can’t express enough just how much I don’t care about the black vs grey debate.
     
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    :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol 
     
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    Foolish collectors, don't you realize that MP-56+ in black toy colors will be released as soon as Takara gets it fill :ev: 
     
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    Am I wrong, I wrong I heard Benny Hill music in my head watching this.
     
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    @Deruji and @Liampope have you geniuses figured out how this guy transforms yet? I reckon the legs will end up under the carriage Ironhide style, this means it will be fairly easy to make a remold of Hoist, the problem would be making him having his child bearing hips....your thoughts?
     
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    Black, grey, don't care.
    Takara is making a Trailbreaker.
    That's enough for me.
     
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    Cant complain about the color, but they missed out on giving us a to-scale sparkplug.
     
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    I ordered from AE. As I'm in UK that may mean surface travel, and while the possible 3 months duration doesn't bother me too much in terms of waiting, the idea it will get lost in transit in that time is a bit of a worry. On the other hand we have a few months until December and airmail could easily return in that time.
     
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    Well truth is that what you think is "black" is instead dark gray on the cartoon so if you want to go anime you have to use dark gray and avoid flat black. Also, with dark grey the figure pops more. Like they did grey wheels on + Sideswipe and that helped a lot to make the figure more interesting.
     
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