william-james88 wrote:It's interesting to see that the designer wanted to ensure a strong hinge for the clear plastic cockpit
blackeyedprime wrote:william-james88 wrote:It's interesting to see that the designer wanted to ensure a strong hinge for the clear plastic cockpit
For a car mode that cant even fit in a driver or have much reason to open it? No complaints about it back to being a regular size deluxe and standing same height as Crosshairs though.
william-james88 wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:william-james88 wrote:It's interesting to see that the designer wanted to ensure a strong hinge for the clear plastic cockpit
For a car mode that cant even fit in a driver or have much reason to open it? No complaints about it back to being a regular size deluxe and standing same height as Crosshairs though.
Doesn't the cockpit need to be handled during transformation?
Nemesis Primal wrote:If this level of compromise is what comes from trying to pack in a single Targetmaster, they better not try this again with frickin' Needlenose, just stick to using whatever CAD work was done for him already for the fan votes please.
This is, of course, assuming most if not all of these "for cost reduction" comments were because of said Targetmaster and not someone else in this Deluxe wave also being overbudget, if it was a combination of both then I suppose I would feel less concerned.
Nemesis Primal wrote:If this level of compromise is what comes from trying to pack in a single Targetmaster, they better not try this again with frickin' Needlenose, just stick to using whatever CAD work was done for him already for the fan votes please.
This is, of course, assuming most if not all of these "for cost reduction" comments were because of said Targetmaster and not someone else in this Deluxe wave also being overbudget, if it was a combination of both then I suppose I would feel less concerned.
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:william-james88 wrote:It's interesting to see that the designer wanted to ensure a strong hinge for the clear plastic cockpit
For a car mode that cant even fit in a driver or have much reason to open it? No complaints about it back to being a regular size deluxe and standing same height as Crosshairs though.
Doesn't the cockpit need to be handled during transformation?
Yup, the cockpit window must be open as all the Siege Ironhides.
The irony is that a "driver" can fit inside only in bot mode.
blackeyedprime wrote:A braver man than me can try removing her head first.
Tracytron54321 wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:A braver man than me can try removing her head first.
Nice! I'm so jealous. I really hope I'll be able to secure one for myself
-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, I think you can check out right now if a standard headmaster can fit inside the empty space of the cockpit in vehicle mode. I think I can check it out with Elita-1 later today.
blackeyedprime wrote:A braver man than me can try removing her head first.
Nemesis Primal wrote:Well every single Deluxe-and-higher figure that has included a Battlemaster mold has been an exclusive, and all but one of them have had prices higher than/outside the normal retail price points, so....MaximalNui wrote:Also wonder why they used a new "mold" for Peacemaker instead of a Battlemaster retool, or even the Legends mold. Are plastic prices really that high?
Sabrblade wrote:Confirmed by Mark Maher: The Energon Monsters were dropped at the last minute and replaced by Skullgrin and most likely Bomb-Burst.
Tracytron54321 wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:If this level of compromise is what comes from trying to pack in a single Targetmaster, they better not try this again with frickin' Needlenose, just stick to using whatever CAD work was done for him already for the fan votes please.
This is, of course, assuming most if not all of these "for cost reduction" comments were because of said Targetmaster and not someone else in this Deluxe wave also being overbudget, if it was a combination of both then I suppose I would feel less concerned.
Absolutely agreed. I'd much rather just buy a targetmaster separately as a core class or as a third party upgrade kit or instead just bump it up to a voyager to upgrade the targetmaster, fill in the back of the legs, add a bicep swivel, add his shield/spoiler accessory, and maybe give him an alternate head.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Or rather, Optimus got BONKED with a Looney-Tunesque end result!
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I think we need a new disscussion for this insanity.
-Kanrabat- wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I think we need a new disscussion for this insanity.
Already exist.
Check out the "Cool poses" thread.
william-james88 wrote:As you may recall, Siege Crosshairs was releaed with no Targetmaster and one of Hasbro's main designers, Mark Maher, did not want that to repeat for Pointblank. At the same time, they wanted to also give fans a deluxe class figure of similar standards, so that's why below you will see a bunch of notes related tocost when designing a figure. It's interesting to see that the designer wanted to ensure a strong hinge for the clear plastic cockpit, so wrist articulation was removed in favour of that. Hasbro is sparing nosecrets from us here and you can see how everything was decided to bring you the toy you'll get.
One very interesting note is that the person who designed the transformation is Shogo Hasui, the same legendary designer who gave us MP-10, MP Sideswipe, CW Devastator, HFTD Starscream, Prime Starscream and even the classics seeker mold. It was his idea to give Pointblank his comic head rather than his Headmasters head. So if you don't like the final resulting headsculpt, you can blame Takara. The full post is after these images."Deluxe Legacy Pointblank and his Targetmaster Peacemaker are finally here to hop into your collection! . Had to break out my mint Crosshairs to showcase how both of these bots looked together.
I had the pleasure of doing the deco for Crosshairs and I was kinda bummed I wasn’t able to get Pinpointer in there. This time around since I lead the design of this guy I thought it was essential to add in Peacemaker. I soon realized how cost challenging it was to include a target master at a Deluxe scale and pricepoint. . The first image is my own redraw concept art of Pointblank and Peacemaker. Ive been really using alot of reference art that everyone already knows and loves, especially with tight schedules, they seem to be great for kicking off the project. You can see the reuse of the comics art alt mode here was perfect to use. I absolutely love this rendition of his cybertronian race car alt mode.
Hasui san took the reigns and made the great suggestion of doing the fin styled head that was never made in toyform. Anything that is in the g1 cartoon is a go for me even if its from the later seasons. . You can see an additional weapon engine accessory was costed out along with a bunch of other comments made to fine tune this guy. Hasui really had so many tweaks in order to fix up this guy, I just couldn’t find a way to showcase them all here. I added my comments to ensure we were aligned on trying to make this the best version of Pointblank ever.
You can see the targetmaster is blast effect compatible. There is elbow swivel on Pointblank for those that have been asking, but the articulation range on this guy really gives you a plethora of posing options and is really fun to tinker with. The arm transformation was a treat and I can’t wait for yall to get these guys!
Have a great weekend and thank you all for bringing your passion and support to the Transformers universe!"
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