Official Pic and Bio for MP Sunstorm

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by jru42287, May 29, 2014.

  1. Cax6ton

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    That isn't even a half-assed attempt. Lazy wing stripes, flipping faction symbols again, the shit going on with the legs makes me wonder if they had a colorblind person choosing the deco. It looks like a KO where a majority of the figure is molded in a single color - the intakes, chest turbines, thighs, and feet shouldn't all be the same yellow.

    Sunstorm was already a "meh, whatever" pickup for me, if that's the final deco then I'm not sure I'll even bother unless I think it has potential for repainting to fix a lot of what's wrong.

    At least Acid Storm looked like they put some effort into making something coherent, and actually used enough details to pretend that it's a "collector's item". This is phoned in and looks like they threw something together in photoshop 5 minutes before the assignment was due.

    Hard to tell if there's some kind of flame gradient on the wings or if that's pic/screenshot compression. That would be the one bright spot with this mess of a deco.
     
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  2. 03Mach1

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    I was sold at the word 'Sunstorm'. I can't wait to get it.

    And that definitely looks like flames on the wings.
     
  3. OMEGAPRIME1983

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    Damn... Well.... At least it'll be good repaint fodder..
     
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    The Constructibots Dead End looks a fair bit like Drag Strip too (if the green was swapped out for red or purple perhaps. Anyway yes, it seems like there's a fine line between what works really well and what doesn't for a Sunstorm deco, and I think it would be interesting to see what other design proposals might have been on the table for colour layouts.

    Perhaps after Acid Storm - whose deco could be seen as quite busy or 'not like the cartoon', Hasbro went for something relatively basic here. If that's the case it's perfectly understandable, though I have the luxury of sticking with my MP-11S, however that skews my perspective of this offering. I suppose the mistransformed torso and weapons will help anyone after a cheap shot at Hasbro for being indifferent about the whole product.
     
  5. BenjaminXavier

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    Assuming I can get it with no trouble and maybe with a 20% off coupon, I'm in.
     
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    I wish. The problem here is they weren't basic enough. Gaudy and garish all over the place. No class. Turn down the red. No reason for white shins. It's so random and busy.
     
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    Yep, Helen Keller could have done a better job.
     
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    Not sure why, but the deco reminds me of the G2 Ramjet/Sandstorm proto.
    [​IMG]
     
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    oh god it's hideous.

    I need it.

    definitely flames on the wings too :D 
     
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    Thanks Hasbro for making me save $ for Third Party figures :) 
     
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    That's the thing, something can have a basic or minimal colour layout and still be refined or exciting. Oh well.
     
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    That's just nasty. Why are Hasbro so keen to completely kill the MP line in the West?
     
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    Is that golden brown paint on the head and the same shade on the cockpit glass?!
    Oh this only gets better! :D 
     
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    In my book, Hasbro has ruined every single MP release so far. Thank god Takara has some sense (except Red Alert, they went all Hasbro with that one).
     
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    Easy pass utter crap deco
     
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    What the hell guys? Don't ruin this figure for me! ;) 

    I think it looks good. I'm still buying.
     
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    When it comes to MP's Hasbro makes their own rules! They do what they want when they want.
     
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    I also enjoy the "nose cone penis" mistransformation.
     
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