Post by Just Anotha Stupid Online Name on Mar 29, 2010 20:03:11 GMT
2 G1 characters and 1 Animated make the transition (or graduation )into the Bay-verse slice of the TF Universe.
Apart from Lockdown , Names and colour schemes are all that they share with their original counterparts.
Brawn is up first. He is similar to a Hummer 4x4 with a machine gun on top, like something seen in Iraq a few years back.
Brawn suffers from lots of kibble and panels that just hang there, a few more additionals joints would easily help collapse them on the back and shoulders.
Brawns pistols are already in his hands when transforming ,something i think is a first for a TF and are removable. The back cannon can pivot over and up over the head and swing on to either shoulder.
Behind the legs I found a niche in both legs that can store the pistols when he not practicing John Woo style poses.
For some reason this design seams to me to be more like Roadbuster than Brawn. We are used to our G1 guys been tweaked for Movie-verse, but a repaint in Red? dark orange and green would make a nice Roadbuster I think, must be all the weapon and way the cannon sits on shoulder...that and the head.
Mindwipe is the voyager of the trio. I have not yet received the scout Skystalker which links onto Mindwipe. hIs Stealth fighter alt mode is very nice and slim , But like Brawn it reminds me of another character, Cybertron Soundwave.
Like his G1 appearance, there are aspects of a vampire-ific Bat appearance to Mindwipe, his wings have an automorph function ,turn the wings into the arms from jet mode and small blades appear on the ridge as it locks into place.
Mindwipes stance is kinda fixed in a crouched position in the hips, making poses limited.
Midwipes Blades flip down into position and are attatched to his hands and are not removable, they are actually each a half of the jets cockpit canopy.
Overall I get the feeling that Mindwipe was at one stage a rejected design for Movie Soundwave, the head is similar to Soundwave, and the Stealth fighter mode adds to his spying agility. And you can see 2 pupils behind the visor in a certain angle.
Lockdown is Bout 80% similar to his Animated appearance.
The car mode is badass personified and the colour schme is the exact same. Transformation is same expept for the arms.
Lockdown's shoulders are not the same, parts fold over on the left arm,restricting some movement, gives his appearance a Judge Dredd shoulder pads and armour look in that they both different shapes.
His right hand in non existant unlike the Animated version. He has a hook and I found if you move the arm down , a bar slides out and flips down resembling a gun barrel, this leaves the connecting part sitting on the arm looking similar to a flame thrower( open to interpretation!). Lockdowns engine this time goes on his left arm.
His head has 3 joints, and reminds me of General Grievous action figures.
Like the Animated figure, Lockdown is very tall for a deluxe but is just shy of the same height as the animated figure but is still pretty impressive. As with the Animated design, his colour scheme is an homage to Boba Fett and Death's Head.
I would have luving to see this guy and Sideswipe go at it at some stage in ROTF or if he appears in the next movie he can take out Skids and Mudflap! Overall , A good crossover from one Timeline continuity design to another.
Apart from Lockdown , Names and colour schemes are all that they share with their original counterparts.
Brawn is up first. He is similar to a Hummer 4x4 with a machine gun on top, like something seen in Iraq a few years back.
Brawn suffers from lots of kibble and panels that just hang there, a few more additionals joints would easily help collapse them on the back and shoulders.
Brawns pistols are already in his hands when transforming ,something i think is a first for a TF and are removable. The back cannon can pivot over and up over the head and swing on to either shoulder.
Behind the legs I found a niche in both legs that can store the pistols when he not practicing John Woo style poses.
For some reason this design seams to me to be more like Roadbuster than Brawn. We are used to our G1 guys been tweaked for Movie-verse, but a repaint in Red? dark orange and green would make a nice Roadbuster I think, must be all the weapon and way the cannon sits on shoulder...that and the head.
Mindwipe is the voyager of the trio. I have not yet received the scout Skystalker which links onto Mindwipe. hIs Stealth fighter alt mode is very nice and slim , But like Brawn it reminds me of another character, Cybertron Soundwave.
Like his G1 appearance, there are aspects of a vampire-ific Bat appearance to Mindwipe, his wings have an automorph function ,turn the wings into the arms from jet mode and small blades appear on the ridge as it locks into place.
Mindwipes stance is kinda fixed in a crouched position in the hips, making poses limited.
Midwipes Blades flip down into position and are attatched to his hands and are not removable, they are actually each a half of the jets cockpit canopy.
Overall I get the feeling that Mindwipe was at one stage a rejected design for Movie Soundwave, the head is similar to Soundwave, and the Stealth fighter mode adds to his spying agility. And you can see 2 pupils behind the visor in a certain angle.
Lockdown is Bout 80% similar to his Animated appearance.
The car mode is badass personified and the colour schme is the exact same. Transformation is same expept for the arms.
Lockdown's shoulders are not the same, parts fold over on the left arm,restricting some movement, gives his appearance a Judge Dredd shoulder pads and armour look in that they both different shapes.
His right hand in non existant unlike the Animated version. He has a hook and I found if you move the arm down , a bar slides out and flips down resembling a gun barrel, this leaves the connecting part sitting on the arm looking similar to a flame thrower( open to interpretation!). Lockdowns engine this time goes on his left arm.
His head has 3 joints, and reminds me of General Grievous action figures.
Like the Animated figure, Lockdown is very tall for a deluxe but is just shy of the same height as the animated figure but is still pretty impressive. As with the Animated design, his colour scheme is an homage to Boba Fett and Death's Head.
I would have luving to see this guy and Sideswipe go at it at some stage in ROTF or if he appears in the next movie he can take out Skids and Mudflap! Overall , A good crossover from one Timeline continuity design to another.
