USA TODAY's Design Your Own TF contest winner

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by DeceptiKreep, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. DeceptiKreep

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    Link and more info here -----> Matthew Colrain creates triumphant Transformer - USATODAY.com

     
  2. ThinkTank Customs

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    Earth Mode the Fallen? coooool
     
  3. crasis

    crasis Yahk Deculture!

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    That's the winning entry? It's a nice drawing, don't get me wrong... but essentially, he just took movie Bumblebee's robot mode and added a few bits to it. I thought there were FAR more interesting entries, conceptually.
     
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    i really hope josh nizzy wins with the comanche-bot
     
  5. NGW

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    Uh..you realize that THIS was the winner right? Josh couldn't win, the contest is over.
     
  6. Orion_Prime48

    Orion_Prime48 Super Sentai Purist

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    that is so underwhelming its insane
     
  7. @l3x

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    I'd be more impressed if it didn't look like a re-shelled Bumblebee.

    EDIT: looking through the entries, President Obama's Cadillac One was by far my favorite.
     
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    i forgot the letter D behind hope ;) 
     
  9. rattrap007

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    Love Gigawatt and the limo...
     
  10. mentat_emre

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    it is just a remake of bumblebee, nothing special about it. I wonder how it win the contest.
     
  11. David Hingtgen

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    I'll be the zillionth person to say it's just a re-colored Bumblebee. Even the arm and leg armor is the same.
     
  12. ORIO

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    Yup. Feeling the bumblebee vibe too. I like the head though.

    More anxious to see the winner of tfws contest.
     
  13. ShockWave_AZ

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    But he has tattoos and spikes ... that means he is edgy and lame all at the same time!

    GIGAWATT was pretty creative.
     
  14. Pasaway

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    yep those would be my two favorite.

    I'm thinking the stolen Bumblebee design won because it's the only one with a finished background. which means the judges weren't focussed on the bots, but on the picture as a whole.

    if I had to choose, it would be the Secret Service Limo. infact I think it should be in the next movie.
     
  15. Beastbot X

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    The Chaffeur-bot seems the most creative to me. He even looks like Secret Service agent!

    HUGE facepalm at Obamus Prime.
     
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    well thats sad if that really was the best they got
     
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    Looks like Bumblebee scanned a new car and put on a funky hat.
     
  18. Nevermore

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    Considering how half the other entries look very sub-par, and the rest don't look very movie-like, it's not surprising that the most polished entry wins.
     
  19. DeceptiKreep

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    I liked "The Beast" (Secret Service Bot) and Quake ... he is holding Optimus' head!
     
  20. Revan

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    I thought this was a Create a New transformer, not redo a existing one???? All and all, however, robot mode isn't bad. Not great but not bad, but the alt-mode. That sucks serious A$$. Yeah how creative a orange BB with those tribal makings all over it. WHo picked this to be the winner????