MP Cliffjumper prototype?

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Teletran-1, Jul 26, 2021.

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  1. Throway

    Throway You'll never stop at one...

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    Bee and this Cliff doesn't get enough credit for the engineering, they use every millimetre to its absolute maximum
     
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  2. jackisking

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    Because they have ugly feets:) 
    I do think CJ wears the design better, simply because his altmode lends better than a chibi-beetle. My only real complaint about CJ is the pieces molded in gray and not red, everything else, are nitpicks of things that are mechanical in nature, the spoiler bring too big, his arms bring to short, or even the back of his feet.
     
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  3. Sylent

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    Do something! Hell, I'd be content with an official announcement. Sick of all this waiting and speculation.
     
  4. Sinestro00

    Sinestro00 S’goden, s’doodis

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    Yeah, that’s the pic! Seeing it now (after all these years) next to the Hoist ‘teaser,’ I can see they are renders.
     
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    I'd honestly just take one of the ko companies reverse engineering and releasing one themselves. They'd make a fortune, I'd feel better about buying one if it's definitive that Takara won't release it.
     
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  6. Fafnir72

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    Will it be profitable enough this time given how many palms they have to grease up?
     
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    Hopefully this gets released.  While I think the windows in the feet were lazy engineering from Takara, I do like the head sculpt better than Parkour.  I just wish this was as clean s Parkour
     
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    I dont think anything was lazy about the feet, they simply went with making them as accurate from the front as possible. Now they are ugly as all get out from the back, but lazy no
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  9. VVa

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    MP Bee and Cliff in a nutshell.
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  10. Afterburner

    Afterburner For your health

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    This thread hits you in your gut every time you see it on page 1 and there's no actual news.
     
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  11. Quintessential Prime

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    So in 4.38 years they could have an iPhone for every person on the planet?! No wonder they have to “upgrade” all the time! They’re making them too fast even for human consumption.
     
  12. Onilink

    Onilink That's my secret, captain, my head always hurts

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    Better than have a cube with arms and legs, but whatever. (Backpack is horrible on the cube too :/ )
     
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  13. VVa

    VVa If you don't Booyah back I want you dead.

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    No, it isn't.
     
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  14. Onilink

    Onilink That's my secret, captain, my head always hurts

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    Yes it is, but whatever ☺️ if you like it, power to you
     
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    VVa If you don't Booyah back I want you dead.

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    I just personally don't think a panelly mess on the back is better than a relatively simple clean transformation. MP-44 pulled off the complexity aspect better.
     
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  16. Onilink

    Onilink That's my secret, captain, my head always hurts

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    Mp-44 is also 7 time bigger than a minibot with a chibi alt-mode.
    MP Bee and Cliff have cartoon strictly accuracy in proportions for bot and alt mode, and they hit the target the best that can they do. Other Cliffjumper options doesn't have cartoon proportions, simply as that. And the backpack is a mess in the FT too (and i have two word to say about "simple transformation")
     
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    It's kind of funny, isn't it?
    The designs were changed for the cartoon for aesthetic and ease of animation purposes, yet the adhering to cartoon accuracy made it difficult to achieve a cleaner bot mode.
    Ease for one side, difficulty for the other.
     
  18. Onilink

    Onilink That's my secret, captain, my head always hurts

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    Yep, this is a stigma for every '80 cartoon: simple models for simple animations... unless your model is a transformer, in that case the cartoon accuracy increase the transformation difficulty. Masters, TMNT, all with that kind of problem.
     
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  19. franpincho

    franpincho NOT a FT Only collector

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    They both have their pros and cons. But to say FT’s cliffy’s back is anywhere near as messy as 45 means an aye doctors appt is sorely needed.

    I love both, I WANTED TT to make a cliffy but honestly, FT’s version is great.

    they go so well together.


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  20. Legate

    Legate RIP Kevin Conroy and Akira Toriyama

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    Huh? No one said both backpacks were equally messy…
    The only thing @Onilink said was that the FT is also messy.
     
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