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The whole concept is one big turd.

Actually kind of cool looking.

Better than the last attempt, but WHOOF that is one kibbly Han Solo.

Is Han wearing a Faceplate? it looks cool! The Falcon's cockpit on his right arm reminds me of a fusion cannon, also a cool touch. As for the shoulder/back kibble, I don't mind it so much, as it almost looks ornate like wings for a cape but not quite that. Still an awesome looking thing.

Chewie is still the best of the 2 though, same as he was on the original before falling apart. I love his giant shoulders, and the wookie head is awesome.

And the Falcon itself is gorgeous. Of course it would be the main mode they were going for, and as far as I, and my cousin who is has been a huge star wars fan his whole life, is concerned, that is pretty much perfect.

June cannot come quick enough. May need to buy something else so I can ship him and not wait on Dinobot

I'm still digging these, the kibble on hanode doesn't bother me much at all

What a piece of junk.

One of these things does not look like the other two... and I don't know why. This isn't a repurpose or repaint, so what is going on?

Lucky Logician wrote:

One of these things does not look like the other two... and I don't know why. This isn't a repurpose or repaint, so what is going on?

I'm pretty sure their trying to avoid having it look uncanny like the last Han Solo Transformer, why it has a faceplate though I have no idea although the headsculpts pretty nice.

Same with Chewbacca I like how they look much more Transformer-ish this time around.

Rated X wrote:The whole concept is one big turd.

Not really, it's an interesting idea which has had a meh execution, Transformers turning into Star Wars or other franchise vehicles is an awesome idea.

Edit: I do agree that the first batch of Star Wars Transformers was bad on the most part.

It just dawned on me. We are all looking at these as if the robot mode is supposed to be the character, i.e. Han half transforms into Han.

Maybe that's not the case at all. Maybe, the robots are supposed to be mechs piloted by the mini figures. The Falcon splits in half and becomes two mechs for Han and Chewie to drive into battle.

That might explain why the Hanbot has such a robotic face. Really Chewie's face could be construed as such too. Unlike the previous Hasbro line where it felt more like the vehicles turned into weird robotic versions of the characters.

Perhaps Takara will give more details into their intentions at Wonder Fest.

Cobotron wrote:Maybe that's not the case at all. Maybe, the robots are supposed to be mechs piloted by the mini figures. The Falcon splits in half and becomes two mechs for Han and Chewie to drive into battle.

Honestly that's the only way I've ever looked at these, past or present since they come with pilots. Which made the idea of modeling the bot heads after themselves seem awfully vain.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Maybe that's not the case at all. Maybe, the robots are supposed to be mechs piloted by the mini figures. The Falcon splits in half and becomes two mechs for Han and Chewie to drive into battle.

Honestly that's the only way I've ever looked at these, past or present since they come with pilots. Which made the idea of modeling the bot heads after themselves seem awfully vain.

Emerje

I left out a part in that post about How the new Vader/Tie Fighter's Robo head looks just like Vader's helmet, but his excuse is vanity.

Did they all come with mini figs? I mentioned before I have Death Star Vader, and he comes with a bunch. Did the Deluxish size toys come them?
I have a Clone Fighter, and don't remember him coming with one.


Edit: And Cobotron said to himself, "Off to the Seibertron galleries with you, you fool!"

Cobotron wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Maybe that's not the case at all. Maybe, the robots are supposed to be mechs piloted by the mini figures. The Falcon splits in half and becomes two mechs for Han and Chewie to drive into battle.

Honestly that's the only way I've ever looked at these, past or present since they come with pilots. Which made the idea of modeling the bot heads after themselves seem awfully vain.

Emerje

I left out a part in that post about How the new Vader/Tie Fighter's Robo head looks just like Vader's helmet, but his excuse is vanity.

Did they all come with mini figs? I mentioned before I have Death Star Vader, and he comes with a bunch. Did the Deluxish size toys come them?
I have a Clone Fighter, and don't remember him coming with one.


Edit: And Cobotron said to himself, "Off to the Seibertron galleries with you, you fool!"

I think everyone thought they were mechs, even from the beginning. It's why some, like me, have lamented the lack of "mech with character detailing" instead of the "robot cosplaying as a character" aesthetic used. However, that Han Solo head sculpt is definitely a step in the right direction, IMO. Not enough for me to start collecting this line, however.

What's puzzling is that I couldn't really find many examples of fan art devoted to Star Wars vs (insert anime design here) mechs/robots online. You would think it was prime fodder for the deviant art crowd.

primalxconvoy wrote:I think everyone thought they were mechs, even from the beginning. It's why some, like me, have lamented the lack of "mech with character detailing" instead of the "robot cosplaying as a character" aesthetic used. However, that Han Solo head sculpt is definitely a step in the right direction, IMO. Not enough for me to start collecting this line, however.

What's puzzling is that I couldn't really find many examples of fan art devoted to Star Wars vs (insert anime design here) mechs/robots online. You would think it was prime fodder for the deviant art crowd.

I also had always assumed that they were meant to be piloted mechs, but I don't at all like the way they've been done here. They mostly just look like robot people wearing bits of spaceships sticky-taped to various body parts, even moreso than the old SWTFs if I'm being frank. I like it when transforming robots/mechs look like they're made from the vehicle parts; the problem with these seems (to me) that they're trying so hard to make them resemble the Star Wars characters, that they lose sight of any sense of aesthetic design and just end up with a normally-proportioned guy with a robot head and junk all over called "Han Solo".

On the subject of SW-robits, I was able to dredge up one more piece of crossover mech art via Google, one that I think showcases both the good and the bad of meshing two entities together like this:

Some of the good stuff, I think, is things like taking the "memorable-but-not-quite-iconic-enough-to-be-out-of-place" parts, like the Trooper's belt and color layout, and adding them onto the design in a subtle but recognizable way. On the other hand I still think the head looks pretty rubbish, because even though the design's been altered a bit to fit with the overall shapes it still looks like someone's gone and sat a huge, slightly-melted Stormtrooper helmet over the actual head of the mech. Also the body shapes, and silhouette in general, don't really fit much at all with what you'd imagine a 'Stormtrooper mech' to look like and so it all feels kind of wonky. TL;DR It looks like someone put an EVA in a Stormtrooper suit, instead of looking like its own thing based on the two entities, and so it ends up looking like an awkward attempt to mash the two together instead of a cool new design.

Many of my complaints come from the nature of trying to fit within the well-established aesthetic of the other property, and obviously a hypothetical Eva crossover is not a one-to-one comparison with Transformers, but it's still basically what these SWTFs are trying to do too. The robot modes here aren't trying to fit into the Transformers universe, but they're sure trying to fit into the Transformers aesthetic, which for the most part is "robots made out of vehicles". They're trying so hard to slap Star Wars on top of Transformers that they've forgotten to try and actually integrate the two on any meaningful level, and that's where I feel the major shortcomings of these toys come from.

Maybe this was interesting for someone to read? I dunno. Just my two (hundred) cents on the matter.

THIS!

Stormtrooper Eva would probably still miss the broadside of an Angel.

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:The whole concept is one big turd.

Not really, it's an interesting idea which has had a meh execution, Transformers turning into Star Wars or other franchise vehicles is an awesome idea.

Edit: I do agree that the first batch of Star Wars Transformers was bad on the most part.

The trouble is these things arent transformers. They're robots with cosplay masks. If they get rid of the star wars heads and replace them with Transformers characters it would be awesome. Or generic robot heads would also be awesome. But if Darth Vader had the ability to make his Tie Fighter transform, do you really believe he would make the head a giant version of himself? Thats just incredibly dumb looking, dont sugarcoat it.

My work here is done. Go forth, my children, Flyyyyyyyyy!

Rated X wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:The whole concept is one big turd.

Not really, it's an interesting idea which has had a meh execution, Transformers turning into Star Wars or other franchise vehicles is an awesome idea.

Edit: I do agree that the first batch of Star Wars Transformers was bad on the most part.

The trouble is these things arent transformers. They're robots with cosplay masks. If they get rid of the star wars heads and replace them with Transformers characters it would be awesome. Or generic robot heads would also be awesome. But if Darth Vader had the ability to make his Tie Fighter transform, do you really believe he would make the head a giant version of himself? Thats just incredibly dumb looking, dont sugarcoat it.

That is 100% what Vader would do if he had a transforming mech. I think you forget how vain and dramatic Vader is. He blew up an ENTIRE PLANET because one rebel wouldn't give up their base location. He set up an elaborate plan with an entire city, complete with an entire feast, just to capture the main cast. In the rebels TV series he makes an entrance to a battle by flying in on top of his tie fighter which he himself is piloting through the force. In Rogue One to make his final entrance he has to shut down his life support system in his suit just so that his lightsaber would be the first thing the rebels see. Vader is a complete drama queen so I have no doubt that a personal mech of his would transform into a bigger version of himself.

Rated X wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:The whole concept is one big turd.

Not really, it's an interesting idea which has had a meh execution, Transformers turning into Star Wars or other franchise vehicles is an awesome idea.

Edit: I do agree that the first batch of Star Wars Transformers was bad on the most part.

The trouble is these things arent transformers. They're robots with cosplay masks. If they get rid of the star wars heads and replace them with Transformers characters it would be awesome. Or generic robot heads would also be awesome. But if Darth Vader had the ability to make his Tie Fighter transform, do you really believe he would make the head a giant version of himself? Thats just incredibly dumb looking, dont sugarcoat it.

This is only dumb to you and a few others, remember opinions aren't facts. I like these as I've said above. Someone pointed out on the last page that this is star wars powered by transformers, this isn't the same concept as before as far as takara are concerned, so there's no need for any tf characters to appear.

Qwan@ that picture is horrendous, what the artist was on I do not know. Though you say you like the robots to look like they've formed out of vehicle parts, just remember all the hate the live action movie designs get, I feel they've only just started to improve (though toy engineering has improved leaps and bounds with each passing movie, I love skystalker from the hunt for the decepticons subline

@PrimalXConvoy does it matter if there is no fan art?

Does it matter? I'm not losing any sleep over it. It's just weird that the internet isn't awash with such stuff. I mean, were live in an age of "shipping" and crossovers GALORE. It wouldn't surprise me if there was Star Wars vs Care Bears art out there, but hardly any TF SW?

As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

If the Vader persona is how he views himself and wants others to view him then why would his hypothetical mech be designed as anything else?

Rated X wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Rated X wrote:The whole concept is one big turd.

Not really, it's an interesting idea which has had a meh execution, Transformers turning into Star Wars or other franchise vehicles is an awesome idea.

Edit: I do agree that the first batch of Star Wars Transformers was bad on the most part.

The trouble is these things arent transformers. They're robots with cosplay masks. If they get rid of the star wars heads and replace them with Transformers characters it would be awesome. Or generic robot heads would also be awesome. But if Darth Vader had the ability to make his Tie Fighter transform, do you really believe he would make the head a giant version of himself? Thats just incredibly dumb looking, dont sugarcoat it.

You've just got to stop looking at this as a "traditional crossover". It's not. It's a bastardised crossover. They've taken the name and concept, that's all. The Star Wars can lord itself over all the other departments all they want.

This is Transformers in gimmick only. Lower your expectations, it'll save you a lot of time.

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

If the Vader persona is how he views himself and wants others to view him then why would his hypothetical mech be designed as anything else?

Then why wasn't his tie-fighter designed the same?

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

If the Vader persona is how he views himself and wants others to view him then why would his hypothetical mech be designed as anything else?

Then why wasn't his tie-fighter designed the same?

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Because he's the second in command of a large empire? He wants to distinguish himself from the random soldiers. But his tie fighter is designed the same way it just has sight modifications. There are dozens of tie designs that all look different but still share the same basic elements.

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

If the Vader persona is how he views himself and wants others to view him then why would his hypothetical mech be designed as anything else?

Then why wasn't his tie-fighter designed the same?

PicsArt_1518006964763.jpg

Because he's the second in command of a large empire? He wants to distinguish himself from the random soldiers. But his tie fighter is designed the same way it just has sight modifications. There are dozens of tie designs that all look different but still share the same basic elements.

So, you're saying that a giant mech for Vader would look just like him, because he's vain, but his regular tie-fighter wouldn't look like him because he wouldn't want to look that different?

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:
As for Vader being "vain". If that were so, why wouldn't he have a suit that looked like Anakin, and by extension, a ship and mech that were identical?

Because he's not Anakin anymore. Sure they're still the same person physically but he stopped being Anakin the moment he saved Palatine from Windu. As far as the suit goes he didn't design his suit, Palatine did and with Palatine being his master Vader wouldn't have changed it. The vanity goes hand in hand with his dramatic acts.

Then, couldn't his tie fighter and thus mech have been designed by someone else? I doubt his lightsabers have little Darth Vader helmets as the pommels, right?

If the Vader persona is how he views himself and wants others to view him then why would his hypothetical mech be designed as anything else?

Then why wasn't his tie-fighter designed the same?

PicsArt_1518006964763.jpg

Because he's the second in command of a large empire? He wants to distinguish himself from the random soldiers But his tie fighter is designed the same way it just has sight modifications. There are dozens of tie designs that all look different but still share the same basic elements.

So, you're saying that a giant mech for Vader would look just like him, because he's vain, but his regular tie-fighter wouldn't look like him because he wouldn't want to look that different?

I literally said his tie if different to distinguish himself. I even just bolded it for you. But humanoid mech =\= military starship.

You guys have entered a loop argument here, probably best to agree to disagree.

Now who do I have to use the schawrz on to get a spaceballs transformers crossover? I want mega maid! Complete with voicebox that plays the spaceballs theme and does the self destruct bit.

Burn wrote:Stormtrooper Eva would probably still miss the broadside of an Angel.

Which is ironic considering Vader probably made it out of Padme and she wasn't such a bad shot. And then you realize it's probably Luke is probably piloting it and, you know what, this is getting really weird (and that's really saying something for Eva).

steals_your_goats wrote:He blew up an ENTIRE PLANET because one rebel wouldn't give up their base location.

That was Tarkin.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:He blew up an ENTIRE PLANET because one rebel wouldn't give up their base location.

That was Tarkin.

Emerje

Everything else I said still stands though lol

Emerje wrote:

Burn wrote:Stormtrooper Eva would probably still miss the broadside of an Angel.

Which is ironic considering Vader probably made it out of Padme and she wasn't such a bad shot. And then you realize it's probably Luke is probably piloting it and, you know what, this is getting really weird (and that's really saying something for Eva).

steals_your_goats wrote:He blew up an ENTIRE PLANET because one rebel wouldn't give up their base location.

That was Tarkin.

Emerje

"Luke, you must pilot the eva, it is your destiny"
"That's not true!"
"You know it to be true, search your feelings..."
"That's impossible!"
"Now get into the Eva..."

Though if Luke is Shinji...does that make Leia Rei? Plus is chewbacca kawrou?

Gadzooks, what an eyesore.... an iconic ship like the Falcon and THAT was the best they could do as far as a robot mode?

DeathReviews wrote:Gadzooks, what an eyesore.... an iconic ship like the Falcon and THAT was the best they could do as far as a robot mode?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrx24jofi0w

(Note: - Why won't the YouTube tags work?)

Because you're not doing it right.

You only have to use the video code (which is the gibberish after v=).

Code: Select all

[youtube]Mrx24jofi0w[/youtube]

Burn wrote:Because you're not doing it right.

You only have to use the video code (which is the gibberish after v=).

Code: Select all

[youtube]Mrx24jofi0w[/youtube]

Ohhhh...thanks. I have never encountered manual code like this. On one hand, it's a bit TOO manual, but on the other, it allows users to post links, like in the good-ol' days, without spamming a page full of playback screens (especially when posting multiple links).

Anyway, those Starwars crossover toys. eh? What a hoot!

I don't care what anyone else says I still think these ones look good, they look like actual Transformers that so happen to Transform into the Falcon and have some resemblance to Han and Chewie, I love the headsculpts, the weapons and how much detail the Falcon has.

When I get em (Hell yeah I'm buying them) their going to be neutral scavengers that explore the universe and get into crazy hijinks.

Like Anode and Lug if they were actually good characters that had charm.

And finally from Wonderfest 2018, still courtesy of our fellow Seibertronian primalxconvoy, we have images of the Takara Tomy Star Wars Powered by Transformers crossover series, of which we had already seen images of Darth Vader / Tie Advanced X1, and the Millennium Falcon / Han Solo and Chewbacca sets.

What you see in the images mirrored below is a closer look at both sets, including a diorama showing off the transformation from Tie Advanced to Darth Vader, similar to other jumproll sequences seen in the past, and multiple shots from various angles of the packaging, tags, and the two rogue scoundrels and scruffy nerfherders that form the fastest piece of junk in the galaxy. Take a look, and let us know what you think - will you be picking either of these up?

That tie advanced looks amazing and hanode still looks good to me.

Really looking forward to the Falcon. The head sculpts are awesome! The faceplate is a nice look for Solo

Yes. It's the one thing that ever come out for either the Hasbro or Takara versions that I've really liked. More of this style, please!

I didn't remember to check but I want to know if the Diaclone pilots and Star Wars figures are the same size. If so, there's room for cross-play between these two lines. I would have loved the same to have occurred with TR/Legends and then have future lines (MASK, GI-Joe mini vehicles, Star Wars mini vehicles, etc) share similar sized vehicles and pilots to cross play with.

The Millennium Falcon is available to preorder at Amazon Japan:

- https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B079JS ... Mwebp_QL65?tag=seibertron00-22&

Though cool, I don't see this line doing it in my collection. I enjoy the appearance of Vader, but the Falcon is not hitting the right wants for me. Now, do a Unicron/Deathstar and I'm in it to win it. I have a quick question though, are these just updated versions of the older Star Wars X Transformers toys from a while back?

Courtesy of Japanese toy blogger Alfes2010, currently posting on Twitter before updating the Snakas blog, we have a nice series of in-hand images of the Takara Tomy Star Wars Powered by Transformers Tie Advanced X1 / Darth Vader figure.

Shown in both spaceship and mecha Darth Vader robot thing mode, the images below also give us a look at the Vader and Stormtrooper minifigures that come with the toy, plus the lightsaber accessory, some poseability, fan features for the wings and a possible gerwalk-esque mode, as well as compatibility with the current Takara Diabattles line, too. Check it all out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Well, Alfes2010 was certainly creative with those poses...

It's just weird seeing the TIE Advanced X1 in such a light gray color, when we're so used to seeing toy versions in that bluish-gray color that dates all the way back to the original Kenner toy from about 40 years ago.

That's pretty cool that it's compatible with the diabattles line, and I love the wings on it

Hideous. Somebody pop off the ugly head and replace it with a Megatron head.

Wow, that is actually really good looking! Compared to the stock images, he looks better.

I love that headsculpt.