Prime Target wrote:Bumblebee : How in the living hell are they gonna make this guy more accurate to the Cartoon he's not a bug in this mold I predict all their gonna do is give him Painted rims and tighter Joints and maybe Emissary repainted as Spike.
Some strategic additional paint apps on Hasbro's Titans Return Bumblebee are what I assume Takara will go for to make their Legends release even better. Consider this:
Add some silver to the hubcaps, paint the side mirrors black, make the lower grill on the front of the car black, paint the lower headlights/turn signals orange, get rid of the black striping on the sides of the car, paint the sculpted shoulders and upper arms inside the back fenders black for robot mode, paint the forearms inside yellow instead of black (but keep the hands/fists black), possibly paint the windows blue instead of black, and there you go. One idea that would make the robot mode even more on model, at the cost of the vehicle mode's accuracy, would be to make those shin guards in robot mode black. In vehicle mode, they'd look similar to some of the striping patterns from live action movie Bumblebee, so they wouldn't be terribly out of place, even on a mostly "G1 inspired" figure. Such a small concession could even make those who despise Takara's penchant for lovingly/slavishly painting their figures to resemble their G1 selves give some due credit for providing the character with a "modern update" as per the original idea behind the "Transformers Classics" line in 2006 that started all this "Neo G1" goodness we're still enjoying 11 years later.
Prime Target wrote:Seaspray : Please dear god give him a toon accurate headsculpt!
What's wrong with this?
Too square for you? I know the cartoon model is a lot more rounded on top, but as someone who loves when Takara puts in extra effort to make their releases more G1 accurate in terms of color choices, paint deco layout, and remolding, this doesn't bother me at all. He looks fantastic!
Prime Target wrote:Perceptor : either an IDW design with the Targeting eye or just a 100% toon accurate retool with a new gun like Kup will suit me fine
Honestly, I don't know what Takara could do to make Hasbro's release of Perceptor any better, other than give him blue robot eyes instead of yellow. Maybe they could chrome up some of the silver painted parts for some G1 toy goodness? I could also see them painting the chrome parts as white, like the show model, which I think often stood in for chrome (think of Optimus Prime's thighs as an example). If they REALLY wanted to be sticklers, the focusing cylinder on the end of Perceptor's microscope/shoulder cannon should be black to match the cartoon or chrome to match the original toy.
I'm wondering though why Takara hasn't done a Getaway/Breakaway Deco yet
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