Transformers 35th Promotional Mailer - Pics and Code

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Tony_Bacala, May 21, 2019.

  1. T-Hybrid

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    The Earth Wars art looks like a take on the Prime version of Prowl's alt mode. Which isn't unheard of since several of the mobile games have referenced Funpub designs in the past. As for his vehicle mode, it's definitely adapted from the TLK version with a head that fits in the more traditional Generation/G1 look.

    But also, he adopts the more traditional G1 Datsun brother style with the front of the car on his chest and the back of the car on his legs. Prowl uses this as well. So when you see what Barricade has slowly been evolving into, it's not unreasonable to think he's being intentionally positioned as someone that they can always have available if they want to fill out the Decepticon ranks in a toyline and have a Prowl handy.
     
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  2. Fenrys

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    yep pretty much agree with all your points on barricade, though i cant see windblade being a voyager since she is usually portrayed as average car bot sized, so i think shed need a new mold
     
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    Yeah, in my head she’s a deluxe. I wouldn’t mind Slipstream and Windblade being heavy-ish remolds of each other at a deluxe class size. As long as you got the silhouette in robot mode down for the design, we’re good to go.

    The funny thing is I’m okay with Barricade being basically a recolor (with new head sculpt) of Prowl but would be a lot more disappointed if they went this route with Windblade and Slipstream. It’s like how Gen Sandstorm/Springer were very successful- it was because they were such heavy retools.
     
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    yea, takara legends set a precedent for windblade and slipstream being remolds, and i think they did a good job, but i wouldnt be very happy with them as straight repaints. slipstream needs to look more like a seeker and windblade less like one
     
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  5. BeeOtch217

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    As a movieverse fan I, personally, find it poetically fitting that Barricade is almost always some kind of redo of Autobot Prowl since he originally started out as Prowl in early scripts of the film only for Bay, Spielberg, and the filmmakers to decide it was unique, original, and unexpected to have the cop car be a Decepticon. Thus, Barricade was birthed! (It also makes him easier to produce hehe) So it can be said that, spiritually, Barricade IS (and has always been) a "retool" of Prowl!
     
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    You know I always thought she was as tall as Starscream but now looking at reference pics from IDW she looks to be a full head or so shorter so yeah I guess she could end up being a jet that ends up about as tall as Chromia.
     
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  7. Chris34216

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    Just one question about this new box set...price
     
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    I never really thought she was as tall as Starscream but I would be open to her being the same height if she also had a slimmer body-type. I’m also cool if she was as tall as Chromia.

    I really like the variety of “body styles” in Siege so far and want HasTak to keep giving us variety. More “slim” characters like Whirl/Slipstream/Windblade/Cheetor plz! More “curvy” character Sky-Byte...

    I think Siege Springer will look really good next to Optimus.
     
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    Free. It goes out to certain people in the community who act as influencers. Unless you get one sent to you, you'll never get this box set.

    You can buy everything in the box online and brick and mortar stores separately.
     
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    I can't see any other explanation, even Beast Machines and the UT have seen home media releases recently, we haven't heard anything about old RID in a really long time.
     
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    The thing that is wrong is only settling for a repaint rather than a full character design. I mean i get it, hes a repaint inspired from the things hes appeared in but im afraid of hastak taking it as "oh its ok for barricade to just be a repaint lets not bother making a mold then".

    It would be cool if lore wise this is barry before he becomes what he looks like now though. Maybe something horrible happens to him before he dons a mask.
     
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    Hey man that evergreen version optimus prime and megatron look pretty cool ok
     
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    Yeah, but they are not new.
     
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    That Megatron redesign looks like a hate crime
     
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    CleverNamePendingatron Just an ordinary cassette. Nothing to see here.

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    So is Hasbro trying to push Barricade as one of the core Decepticons, on par with Soundwave and Shockwave? Because I'm 100% okay with that.
     
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    Do you mean I cant just buy the box set from somewhere and I have to buy each thing seperatly?
     
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    That is correct.
     
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    I wonder if he'll get a personality now :p 
     
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    They would be tantamount to child abuse.
     
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    I'm so disappointed.
     
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