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Saturday, April 5th, 2008 5:47AM CDT
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Powerglide
Tankor
Prowl
Sunstreaker
If you're wondering why these four looks so stiff, it was at the request of Hasbro. Do you think it makes them more iconic or do you think it holds back the artists creativity?
Discussion as always is welcome.
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Posted by Deadpool. on April 5th, 2008 @ 6:17am CDT
And Prowl looks... plump.
Posted by Glackie on April 5th, 2008 @ 6:40am CDT
Other than that they're very nice.
Posted by Zeds on April 5th, 2008 @ 7:28am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on April 5th, 2008 @ 7:41am CDT
But if that's what they wanted...
(Please refer to my previous statements about the state of packaging and boxart...)
Posted by metalformer on April 5th, 2008 @ 7:56am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on April 5th, 2008 @ 8:19am CDT
Posted by PhantomPrime on April 5th, 2008 @ 10:12am CDT
Posted by Dr. Caelus on April 5th, 2008 @ 11:40am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on April 5th, 2008 @ 11:44am CDT
Down_Shift wrote:If you're wondering why these four looks so stiff, it was at the request of Hasbro. Do you think it makes them more iconic or do you think it holds back the artists creativity?
Discussion as always is welcome.
I like it. They look far better in an "At attention" pose, than the out of proportion, goofy, cominatcha of the previous lines. (G1 was notorious for this ridiculous practice.)
I really like it. At first I was put off because they were all in the same pose and I thought "Well, this is boring concept art."
But now that I know that it was Hasbro's idea and the way the figures are packaged, it's like a showcase in a box.
It works.
Posted by Tigertrack on April 5th, 2008 @ 11:51am CDT
Autobot032 wrote:Down_Shift wrote:If you're wondering why these four looks so stiff, it was at the request of Hasbro. Do you think it makes them more iconic or do you think it holds back the artists creativity?
Discussion as always is welcome.
I like it. They look far better in an "At attention" pose, than the out of proportion, goofy, cominatcha of the previous lines. (G1 was notorious for this ridiculous practice.)
I really like it. At first I was put off because they were all in the same pose and I thought "Well, this is boring concept art."
But now that I know that it was Hasbro's idea and the way the figures are packaged, it's like a showcase in a box.
It works.
Why is action/coming at you box art goofy? I thought it gave the imagination something to build on as to the characters personality, and/or abilities. I think the G1 designs are for the most part very attractive to the consumer and collector, but there are a few stinkers here and there.
It works to let us know what part of the robot mode is (which also displayed fully on the back). Ironically the toy picture on the back gives us more movement and character than the actual boxart, which may have been their point...doing the opposite of what they did with G1 where the toy poses were so static they needed the artwork to really sell the character, and thus the toy.
Posted by UltraPrimal on April 5th, 2008 @ 12:10pm CDT
Posted by 8 bit on April 5th, 2008 @ 1:01pm CDT
Anyway, it looks like Hasbro is taking the Universe line seriously. That is some pretty good artwork.
Posted by Bumblethumper on April 5th, 2008 @ 4:41pm CDT
They're imposing and iconic. The robust posing makes them look like towering robotic monoliths.
Sunstreaker is somehow a lot better than the others. Powerglide has droopy manboobs.
Posted by Down_Shift on April 5th, 2008 @ 5:29pm CDT
Posted by [JRX] on April 5th, 2008 @ 7:00pm CDT
Caelus wrote:Having them stand at attention doesn't really bother me, but the expressions on Octane, Prowl, and Sunstreaker are all identical, and all of them look like they just found out that someone peed in their last energon cube.
Agreed. The expressions are a bit odd... almost reminiscent of Pat Lee's trademarked "Dull Surprise."
Posted by Stormrider on April 5th, 2008 @ 8:20pm CDT
Posted by Smokescreen85 on April 5th, 2008 @ 8:43pm CDT
Posted by Cascadia on April 5th, 2008 @ 9:01pm CDT
Smokescreen GT wrote:The artwork looks good overall IMO. The lack of action in their poses doesn't bother me so much as their slack jaws. It's like they're surprised by something and their mouths are just hanging open in amazement. Oh, well. Still looking forward to picking up the figures themselves.
They are not half bad. I am still looking forward to picking them up in August.
Posted by polystyleneman on April 5th, 2008 @ 10:02pm CDT
Posted by TaiPoh on April 7th, 2008 @ 4:01am CDT