Transformers: Age of Extinction Lockdown's Face Revealed?

Wait, are those the minifigure blind packs? They look horribly painted compared to this:



Anyway, yeah, Lockdown looks badass. Very Destro-esque. This will piss off some Animated fans.

GOOD

Now THAT is a TF face I can get behind. Unlike Hound, with his...trappers...trappings.

Looks like a step down from how awesome the rotf toy head looked like.

PrymeStriker wrote:Wait, are those the minifigure blind packs? They look horribly painted compared to this:



Anyway, yeah, Lockdown looks badass. Very Destro-esque. This will piss off some Animated fans.

GOOD

No no, those are MashEms! Squishy throwing things with very little paint.

I don't know, what I should think on the next movie though. When I see all the newest pictures, my first idea is that the movie will totally suck visually... Because Optimus Prime doesn't really looks great, Drift looks like sh.. and Lockdown isn't that great, too...And Bumblebee, well it's Bumblebee...

so lockdown had a kick ass looking figure in ROTF but instead of using that as a basis they go with this crap, i have the feeling that this is just hasbro slapping the name on a bot to keep the copy right.

Megatron Wolf wrote:so lockdown had a kick ass looking figure in ROTF but instead of using that as a basis they go with this crap, i have the feeling that this is just hasbro slapping the name on a bot to keep the copy right.

Yeah, also my feeling. But the hole movie is too much eastern orientated, I mean Optimus Prime and Drift looks like Samurais, well I haven't a problem with Samurais movies, but to combine this with Transformers will suck, the best example is Transformers Go in my eyes...

Well I know one who don't collect the Transformers Age of Extiction toys.

Jazz813 wrote:But the hole movie is too much eastern orientated, I mean Optimus Prime and Drift looks like Samurais, well I haven't a problem with Samurais movies, but to combine this with Transformers will suck, the best example is Transformers Go in my eyes...

Optimus is more based on a medieval knight than a samurai, which would be more western than eastern.

And, there have been tons of samurai Transformers in the past.

That's true, but they looks much better than AOE Drift for exemple...

Jazz813 wrote:I don't know, what I should think on the next movie though. When I see all the newest pictures, my first idea is that the movie will totally suck visually... Because Optimus Prime doesn't really looks great, Drift looks like sh.. and Lockdown isn't that great, too...And Bumblebee, well it's Bumblebee...

I look forward to samurai bot prowl was samurai in animated, would have prefer ninja oh well bumblebee everyone feel same way about bumblebee from legend to leader class with bee IF Hasbro could just dumb it down with bees there wouldn't be much hate for him on trans sites out there,.

who ever said it he does close resemble to destro like to see whole face in color be better judge of this character

Yeah, I wasn't a really big fan of Animated Samurai Prowl either, but he looked better than AOE Drift. Yeah, AOE Lockdown looks really a little bit like Destro, and his smile remembers also a little bit of the Joker.

He looks very human... maybe he actually is part human and part robot

So am I the only one that thinks Lockdown looks like a mechanical Martin Luther King? Or am I just weird?

Normally, I'd disown this guy as Lockdown, but 1) I'm too lazy to do so today, 2) I'm to the point where I sigh and think, "This is exactly what I should expect from Michael Bay", and 3) I actually kinda dig this look. Sure, I would've like to at least seen a splash of green on him just to have a small homage to his Animated roots, but the complete badassery that his car mode completely overrules every argument I can give.

Admittedly, Age of Extinction is beginning to have me interested (with the exception of that Leader/First Edition Optimus Prime). If the toys don't suck like Dark of the Moon's did, I may get back into getting movie toys.

Lockdown looks like an albino version of Darkseid. Scary.

Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

I know I have been.

njb902 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

I know I have been.

And now the reverse is in effect, with folks complaining that it's not like the faces in the first three films.

This fandom, I swear!

When I first saw the picture of that Lockdown toy, I said to myself, "Holy damn, that dude who was on here months ago was right," and I kind of believed him, too. With that said, I liked the insect faces on the TFs. But, whatever. Change is fine.

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

I know I have been.

And now the reverse is in effect, with folks complaining that it's not like the faces in the first three films.

This fandom, I swear!

Waita generalize. Rotf Lockdown didnt have anything near an insect face. He actually had quite the opposite compared to bonecrusher or starscream. You guys need to stop attacking your fellow fans just for having opinions.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

I know I have been.

And now the reverse is in effect, with folks complaining that it's not like the faces in the first three films.

This fandom, I swear!

Waita generalize. Rotf Lockdown didnt have anything near an insect face. He actually had quite the opposite compared to bonecrusher or starscream. You guys need to stop attacking your fellow fans just for having opinions.

You guys?

Back off Bay! Back off! I mean this looks Hideous no.... He's ruined the movie for me

It's not hideous, there has been far worse. This has definitely got its cool factor, it also somewhat looks like a T-800. It's just that when it looked so much more wicked and badass in the ROTF toy form and the CGI packaging, this just feels meh in comparison.



Sorry that last one is so huge.

With all these new aoe designs iv'e realized that most robots we've seen so far have human like faces.....Think Drift and Hound now Lockdown? Lets hope Slingshot or Crosshairs has a more transformery like head.

With all these new aoe designs iv'e realized that most robots we've seen so far have human like faces.....Think Drift and Hound now Lockdown? Lets hope Slingshot or Crosshairs has a more transformery like head.

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:Is it just me or are the faces getting more human looking.

Yeah, and isn't that what this fandom has been begging for since the first movie? Less insectoid faces and more discernible humanoid faces?

Actually, I've always liked the trilogy faces even since the first movie. The Autobots were kind of humanoid, but distinctive enough to be alien/mechanical, and it was perfect.

Now I'm not against change, as long as it's explained. Perhaps these new TF's with the "smoother" humanoid faces are a sub-species of Cybertronian--like how elves and dwarves are similar but different than humans. Just a spoken line or two to let the viewer in on why the new guys look so different, like how Lennox explains to Meering about the matrix and TF's using energon as sustenance during Sentinel's "revival" scene.

It's probably not an issue for most of the fans, but I have a personal peeve against "fanon", and like to have things officially stated in a movie.

I'm not really fond of his head design since it looks generic. I can't help but compare it to Darkseid and the Terminator and Destro and Bane and Doctor Doom and a million other bald bad guys. Lockdown's not standing out, and that's not good. Evidently turning into yet another grey/silver super sports car certainly doesn't help matters.
Hopefully the rest of his robot mode leaves a better impression, because right now he's not leaving any.

Sabrblade wrote:And, there have been tons of samurai Transformers in the past.

Aren't a bunch of the original TF heads based off of samurai helmets?

Noideaforaname wrote:Aren't a bunch of the original TF heads based off of samurai helmets?

Among other things. Bumblebee's head looks like it was inspired by a generic Viking helmet with the horn and all.






Mirage's looks rather similar to that of a Pharaoh's crown/head-gear/crest thing.





Streak/Prowl's and Ironhide/Ratchet's helmets, with the crescent moon-like headpiece on the forehead, probably look the closest to a samurai helmet.

Va'al wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Wait, are those the minifigure blind packs? They look horribly painted compared to this:



Anyway, yeah, Lockdown looks badass. Very Destro-esque. This will piss off some Animated fans.

GOOD

No no, those are MashEms! Squishy throwing things with very little paint.

Thank goodness. I was so excited to collect those guys, was going to be disappointed if they were actually squishy, under-detailed blobs. Whew!

swagitron wrote:Think Drift and Hound now Lockdown? Lets hope Slingshot or Crosshairs has a more transformery like head.

What defines a "Transformery" head?

If the head is going to be symmetrical, this is a full head version, joining the halves together....

Very nice find

Makes me think of The Misfits with that devil lock he's got.



And here's a little diddy from the Misfits to accompany the image.
http://youtu.be/W1KY5zbpcvE

Wait wait wait!

A robot with a human face it's different form a robot with a face that has some human featuring. The Lockdown ROTF toy looked as a robot, both in the head and in the body; these AOE toy line is completely different.

How to say... While the previous toy lines where anthro shaped robots (I mean the had head, arms, legs, feet, hands...) these toy line is about humans wearing robot clothes (I'm italian, I hope I've given the idea ).

Lockdown was one of my favourite TF, and the Lamborghini was the coolest cool alt mode, but these robot is UGLY, like Optimus, Drift and Grimlock.

The more I see this toy line, the more I'm sure I'll not buy a single toy. And going on like this, I'm starting to hate even the movie.

@barricade.it.......I like the way you type English. I read it imagining an Italian accent.

MGrotusque wrote:@barricade.it.......I like the way you type English. I read it imagining an Italian accent.

Heh. That actually works.

Barricade - Tranquillo per l'inglese, comunque, tanto qua anche i madrelingua s'impallano.

The more I look at it, the more I like it actually.

I've just always found their faces to be too busy, complicated for the sake of being complicated. If they are changing the faces to be smother I'm all for it, I think it will help define the individual bots more.

Grazie Va'al! M'hai lanciato un salvagente in terra straniera!

In ogni caso, per stare nel merito, credo che la toy line di AOE si preannunci come una delle peggiori, quanto a design... oops, non facciamo i maleducati: ora scrivo in inglese...

Thnk You Va'al: You've given me a lifesaver in a land far from my home!

About the matter: my idea stays the same, I dont' like this toy line. I hope the other characters will have a better layout, but it's clear that the general imprinting is "China styled warriors"

But... But... the car mode is too clean! Lockdown needs spiky things NEEDS them!

Like the face sculpt, it "is" a bit too clean and mask-like for Lockdown's three toy, and two media incarnations, but its not a bad looking lockdown. If this were the first Locky we were getting after his animated self, I don't think there'd be much outcry specific to him. And I suspect the person who actually owns that Lambo would be vehemently against letting Bay cover it in driving spikes, so oh well.

Hope the fgigure is good, I like my ROTF Lockdown, but he falls apart alot and is rather alien looking compared to a lot of my other tfs. Crossing fingers that he's a half-decent mercenary/bounty huter figure with a nice bot mode.

And a good movie. Hoping for one of those too.

But... But... the car mode is too clean! Lockdown needs spiky things NEEDS them!

Like the face sculpt, it "is" a bit too clean and mask-like for Lockdown's three toy, and two media incarnations, but its not a bad looking lockdown. If this were the first Locky we were getting after his animated self, I don't think there'd be much outcry specific to him. And I suspect the person who actually owns that Lambo would be vehemently against letting Bay cover it in driving spikes, so oh well.

Hope the fgigure is good, I like my ROTF Lockdown, but he falls apart alot and is rather alien looking compared to a lot of my other tfs. Crossing fingers that he's a half-decent mercenary/bounty huter figure with a nice bot mode.

And a good movie. Hoping for one of those too.