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RodimusConvoy13 wrote:On another note, I don't get the Seaspray hate! He looks awesome! Straight out of the G1 cartoon. Hell, you could cut off his feet, put them on a human figure and totally reenact that episode where he falls for the mermaid girl. I can't wait for that little guy.

I liked the Seaspray figure and I'm not even a huge fan of him. I miss his gargley voice from G1 though.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I think Claire made a perfectly valid point. If you don't care about the comics, you don't care if some of these guys look more like IDW than G1. She's a big G1 fan, so she's glad that they look more G1. There's several of us on the podcast that love the comics(though no one more than Scotty I think ) and our voices tend to be loudest when it comes to wanting IDW inspired representations of the characters. Yes, we're seeing the "Phase Sixers" as a result of them being used and very popular in the comics. That still doesn't mean that one needs to "give a hoot" about the comics. While you claim you were coaching, it wasn't he best use of constructive criticism.

On another note, I don't get the Seaspray hate! He looks awesome! Straight out of the G1 cartoon. Hell, you could cut off his feet, put them on a human figure and totally reenact that episode where he falls for the mermaid girl. I can't wait for that little guy.

Thank you. I don't think I was ever trying to minimize the impact that IDW has on the brand, why should I - they are helping to keep it fresh and relevant. I was simply saying, like RC said, that if you don't follow the comics closely, you really don't care where the design concepts came from. It's great that the comics are helping shine a light on these obscure characters and that we are getting figures, but I don't overly care for the lanky/thinner designs. I don't have any love or connection to those designs because, like I said, I don't follow the comics. The comics are difficult for me to follow and usually take multiple readings to figure out what is going on (few times to read/just look at the panels). For me, they are very G1 inspired. I don't believe that makes me a G1 entitled jerk - it's just something I am more knowledgeable about so I refer to it more and can relate to it more. Everyone likes something that someone else doesn't - comics are not my thing and I don't think it is right to criticize someone for not giving a hoot about something that doesn't interest them.

I have a question for Claire. I know you want G1, so are you sadenned by the fact that they turned Overlord into a headmaster when he wasnt one in G1?

william-james88 wrote:I have a question for Claire. I know you want G1, so are you saddened by the fact that they turned Overlord into a headmaster when he wasnt one in G1?

Not really I certainly don't mind characters who were not headmasters in the past becoming headmasters now. I think it's a fun gimmick! G1 Overlord has always been one of my all time favorite figures so I'm excited. I'd be more saddened if they had changed his color scheme.

xRotorstormx wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I have a question for Claire. I know you want G1, so are you saddened by the fact that they turned Overlord into a headmaster when he wasnt one in G1?

Not really I certainly don't mind characters who were not headmasters in the past becoming headmasters now. I think it's a fun gimmick! G1 Overlord has always been one of my all time favorite figures so I'm excited. I'd be more saddened if they had changed his color scheme.

I initially had problems with his colour schemed because to me Overlord has a mostly full blue chest and the images were shwing how the top half was white.

But it turns out that every pic I ever saw of Overlord had those white flaps open and flaring out (making chest wings like sixshot) and thats why I always thought his chest was all blue, sicne the flaps were never closed.

So I wonder, will you be posing Overlord with chest flaps open or clsoed?

william-james88 wrote:

xRotorstormx wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I have a question for Claire. I know you want G1, so are you saddened by the fact that they turned Overlord into a headmaster when he wasnt one in G1?

Not really I certainly don't mind characters who were not headmasters in the past becoming headmasters now. I think it's a fun gimmick! G1 Overlord has always been one of my all time favorite figures so I'm excited. I'd be more saddened if they had changed his color scheme.

I initially had problems with his colour schemed because to me Overlord has a mostly full blue chest and the images were shwing how the top half was white.

But it turns out that every pic I ever saw of Overlord had those white flaps open and flaring out (making chest wings like sixshot) and thats why I always thought his chest was all blue, sicne the flaps were never closed.

So I wonder, will you be posing Overlord with chest flaps open or clsoed?

Good question, I guess it all depends on how he will fit in the display. Honestly, a lot of the newer stuff isn't out in the open - i'll mess with them for a few months, then put them back in their boxes and it goes back into the Rubbermaid container. More than likely he would be posed similar to my G1 with the flaps open

I only open the chest flaps on Overlord during parties.

ScottyP wrote:I only open the chest flaps on Overlord during parties.

Does he get beads if he opens his chest flaps?

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I only open the chest flaps on Overlord during parties.

Does he get beads if he opens his chest flaps?

It's the other way around; he only opens his chest flaps if he gets beads. Or if he's paying his way through college, and work-study just isn't enough.

BOTS GONE WILD!

Cobotron wrote::shock: BOTS GONE WILD!

How about you Cobo, do you preffer your Overlord with chest flaps open or closed? How do you picture the colour distribution on Overlord's chest?

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote::shock: BOTS GONE WILD!

How about you Cobo, do you preffer your Overlord with chest flaps open or closed? How do you picture the colour distribution on Overlord's chest?

I saw your whole quiery over the matter, and I will admit I had never noticed those flap/fins before. As I've never had Overlord I also assumed his torso was blue.

As far as what I prefer, I think it will be more up to Overlord and his mood.
Wild and sexy or, TCB (taking care of business).

You people, really, you people. I'll never be able to look at that toy the same way again.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:You people, really, you people. I'll never be able to look at that toy the same way again.

So sad we arent getting that face.
I am as sad as Claire is happy