Hasbro Generations IDW Sandstorm Nick Roche Concept Art
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 11:34AM CDT
Categories: Toy News, People News, Company NewsPosted by: Va'al Views: 40,353
Topic Options: View Discussion · Sign in or Join to reply
For comparison:
News Search
Got Transformers News? Let us know here!
Most Popular Transformers News
Most Recent Transformers News
Posted by EagleBot13 on August 6th, 2013 @ 12:17pm CDT
Posted by griftimus prime on August 6th, 2013 @ 12:48pm CDT
Posted by EagleBot13 on August 6th, 2013 @ 1:44pm CDT
Posted by Metrosuplex on August 6th, 2013 @ 2:39pm CDT
Sandstorm art has no wheels in shoulders, for one.
I'm not sure how you could say the toy is "derived" from this art, as it's only marginally similar.
I guess it's the same way you can say that skyscrapers are derived from wooden block displays.
Posted by Va'al on August 6th, 2013 @ 2:51pm CDT
Metrosuplex wrote:That is a REAAAAAAALLY vague approximation of toy from art.
Sandstorm art has no wheels in shoulders, for one.
I'm not sure how you could say the toy is "derived" from this art, as it's only marginally similar.
I guess it's the same way you can say that skyscrapers are derived from wooden block displays.
Concept art. Not final design.
The sketch was sent to Hasbro in 2010, and they've been working ever since to design a toy inspired by the drawing.
In the same way that this:
is concept art for this:
Posted by Luscanun on August 6th, 2013 @ 3:06pm CDT
Metrosuplex wrote:That is a REAAAAAAALLY vague approximation of toy from art.
Sandstorm art has no wheels in shoulders, for one.
I'm not sure how you could say the toy is "derived" from this art, as it's only marginally similar.
I guess it's the same way you can say that skyscrapers are derived from wooden block displays.
You're right. With the exception of the head, lower arms, chest, waist, upper legs, knees, lower legs (albeit turned 90 degrees), feet and placement and design of the VTOL and props, there are no similarities. Except the gun. That's pretty close.
Maybe someone has trouble with the concept of concepts. I'm actually amazed that they didn't change more in three years.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 6th, 2013 @ 3:19pm CDT
Luscanun wrote:Metrosuplex wrote:That is a REAAAAAAALLY vague approximation of toy from art.
Sandstorm art has no wheels in shoulders, for one.
I'm not sure how you could say the toy is "derived" from this art, as it's only marginally similar.
I guess it's the same way you can say that skyscrapers are derived from wooden block displays.
You're right. With the exception of the head, lower arms, chest, waist, upper legs, knees, lower legs (albeit turned 90 degrees), feet and placement and design of the VTOL and props, there are no similarities. Except the gun. That's pretty close.
Maybe someone has trouble with the concept of concepts. I'm actually amazed that they didn't change more in three years.
The point of concepts is to show multiple design ideas for a certain project. As such, they go through multiple revisions before settling on a final design, which may not even look like the original concept at all. And showing multiple designs at once in the same stage is really common if you must know.
And get this: sometimes a design is overhauled at the last minute. Armada Hot Shot is a good example of that, he lost some articulation and kibble was relocated, all for the sake of overall aesthetics.
Posted by Mindmaster on August 6th, 2013 @ 4:30pm CDT
This is shenanigan is on the same level as Titanium: War Within Starscream being a redeco of Thundercracker!
Posted by Dead Metal on August 6th, 2013 @ 4:48pm CDT
This looks more like G1 Sandstorm than the final version.
Posted by Crosscheck on August 6th, 2013 @ 5:36pm CDT
Posted by spiderbob007 on August 6th, 2013 @ 6:04pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on August 6th, 2013 @ 7:01pm CDT
Yes, that is Sandstorm but it's vastly different from the original Sandstorm whose chest was the buggy roof and whose feet was the buggy front. This looks like it was always understood that the figure was going to be used for both Springer and Sandstorm and that's why this concept has Springer-esqu details like the chopper front for a chest.
Posted by Va'al on August 6th, 2013 @ 7:05pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:I don't think the Sandstorm concept necessarily came first.
That's what Roche said about this drawing, I wasn't speculating. Though you may be right about having the potential to be used for both molds.
Posted by Shockwave7 on August 6th, 2013 @ 7:26pm CDT
Posted by Metrosuplex on August 6th, 2013 @ 8:06pm CDT
I did not know that.
EDIT: concept art usually looks so good that I weep over final, compromised-filled product. You can call it concept art... I'll call it real life.
Posted by chaosmage42 on August 6th, 2013 @ 8:32pm CDT
all in all there is no way to know which came first -but does that matter we got 2 triple changers out of it and neither character has been given a decent triple changer figure since the original g1 and lets face it some of the older figures don't hold up that well compared to others
Posted by Valandar on August 6th, 2013 @ 10:14pm CDT
chaosmage42 wrote:i would say its more likely that they took this are and looked at the springer toy prototype and said -you think we would get another use out of this mold with this character -and some one said yes
all in all there is no way to know which came first -but does that matter we got 2 triple changers out of it and neither character has been given a decent triple changer figure since the original g1 and lets face it some of the older figures don't hold up that well compared to others
Not to mention that mold and its remold are possibly some of the BEST triplechanging we've ever seen...
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 7th, 2013 @ 5:47am CDT
Metrosuplex wrote:Well, by the responses, it sounds like you could make a Sandstorm out if pepperoni and pizza crusts and still call it "concept art". I'm not arguing over definition, simply calling to question the point of revealing concept art?
Simple: some fans like to see how the design process went for a particular figure. In fact, I have Complete Works books of some Mega Man series, detailing the development of some characters including sketches. Pretty interesting to read.
Posted by Metrosuplex on August 7th, 2013 @ 12:37pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Metrosuplex wrote:Well, by the responses, it sounds like you could make a Sandstorm out if pepperoni and pizza crusts and still call it "concept art". I'm not arguing over definition, simply calling to question the point of revealing concept art?
Simple: some fans like to see how the design process went for a particular figure. In fact, I have Complete Works books of some Mega Man series, detailing the development of some characters including sketches. Pretty interesting to read.
I have same MM book. You have to admit the concept art is closer to final product, though. Mostly, I'm complaining about how the concept art is mostly ignored with TFs. But that's just an ignorant opinion. The posted Sandstorm concept art looks fantastic.