Chest Lighting Effect
Fans hobby - Chest Lighting effect of MB-18 ENERGY COMMANDER!| By Fans hobby

 

Got Naval Commander and Meg-Tyranno as a brithday gift and I\'m already sweating over this being my inevitable purchase 

 

Give in, do it.

I already knew my resolve of trying not to buy him shattered the second he was announced.

 

The fact that an Energon Optimus is selling enough to warrant Wing Saber is nothing short of dream reaching.

 

inb4 they're talking about Omega Supreme

 

Stop ripping my work and not sourcing.

 

this pls

 

Nah, FH is talking about Kicker

 

Is there a link to the full interview somewhere?

 

Here you go: Interview With Fans Hobby Up

 

Given FH's love of thick, chonky designs, I'd actually be really curious to see what Kicker's suit would turn out like.

 

Well they made Athena rather curvy and Go Shuta isn't exactly a body builder, I wouldn't imagine they'd build kicker any different than the cartoon

 

just got my hands on the original energon prime and after comparing it to the show model as well is the pics we have of this guy so far, its kind of making me actively dislike how this guys shaping up to be, hes so much more rounded off to me for some reason while the show was a lot more angular and slender. I get the original toy isnt the best, but its rly grown on me and idk what fanshobby is rly going for on this guy, just looks like its their own take on the design which is fine and good for the ppl that like it but theres so many things off ab it to me im probably gonna pass on it

 

Cause the show model is an example of some serious egregious mass shifting where everything from his limbs to his head to his chest changed size between all 3 modes as to not have the proportions of the toy, which is impossible to do in reality. This is probably the best we're ever going to get.

 

In all fairness, Fanshobby has never aimed for 1:1 animation accuracy at any point with any of their figures. They seem to prefer a stylized approach at all times, so expecting it to line up with any specific previous depiction is just setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

I can agree with this. Stylized or not I feel like this take on Energon Prime is a technical achievement but an aestehtic disappointment. He is a lot rounder, puffier, and simpler in detail. The face especially just looks too soft with larger, forward set eyes.

"Seriously egregious" is a bit of an overstatement. While some aspects do change size (namely the backpack) things like the torso between core and combined robot modes is fairly consistent. It's also less to do with mass shifting of parts and more the aesthetic contributing to sense of roundness. The show model kept things very sharp, angled, and three-dimensional. The details and body parts had depth. FH's is a bit softer and shallower in that regard.

Not that this figure looks bad, or that they're not allowed their own take on the design, but when there's only one real iteration of Energon Optimus to go off of, comparisons will naturally be drawn. The fact is FH's take isn't as "cool" as the TV show made him look, and I think that's a fair assessment. I was very excited for this at first but the inconsistent deviations from the original design and the general flattened look put me off as well. Happy for those still into it though.

 

Energon Optimus was never cool….

 

My childhood Nostalgia says otherwise, but this guy having the drones include more black and grey alone makes this guy look far more visually appealing.

 

While I never grew up with (or even watched Energon) this Prime and it's my least favorite of his UT designs. I don't 100% agree with that mainly cause the combined mode is cool looking.