AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Also, as an aside. Looking into the Vok Emissary brought up a little Botcon 2014 tidbit, I didn't know:
Gen1 Predaking - from TM2 Tigerhawk
Unrealised figure. Even a digibash of what they were going for, would have been cool to see.
I was there. It was the Tigerhawk toy in yellow, orange, and black. Similar colors to the 2009 Razorclaw toy.
Fascinating. I was intrigued reading about it. How this aesthetic would look on Tigerhawk...
If memory serves, it was mostly yellow for the tiger parts, orange for the bird feathers and helmet, and black for all the robot details.
In fact, Fun Pub tried multiple times to use the Tigerhawk mold. In addition to Predaking, they considered it for Megatron in
an unrealized Shattered Glass Beast Wars set for 2011, along with other vintage Beast Wars molds. This most likely didn't happen because of the molds being so old and unavailable.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Issue #13 painted them in a more evil light than the show ever did.
How?
The entire exchange between Cheetor read as very antagonistic. In the show, they might have been conceited, when talking to Primal. But there was never a malicious edge to it.
Looking back over that issue, only the one panel of the Vok-Blurr raising his hands looks malicious (a fault of the artist more than the storytelling), but the dialogue throughout the issue is open to interpretation. I read it all in Blu Mankuma's stoic Vok-Unicron voice and it fit throughout.
Plus, since it's all inside Cheetor's mind, one could make the argument that everything seen is shown through his perception, meaning he would interpret the Vok as threatening to him, just like how his cartoon counterpart freaked out in utter terrified horror upon seeing one of the Vok in his mind back in "Other Victories".
Also, you have to keep in mind that there is a big difference between the cartoon and comic in what role the Vok play in each story:
In the show, the Vok had a largely inactive presence. They put all these devices on Earth for some experiment and then go away, leaving their experiment alone to happen on its own while they're off doing who knows what elsewhere, only periodically checking in on it from afar. And it's only when the Maximals and Predacons start touching their stuff (the Standing Stones) that the Vok really start to take notice that something has interfered with their experiment. And only when the intruders start
breaking their stuff (the flying island) do the Vok decide to get involved more directly.
In the comic, the Vok instead have an
active presence. They have an experiment going on with whatever planet this is, and
don't just go away. They
remain on the planet to
personally conduct their experiment themselves. The Maximals and Predacons arrive
while they are still there. And thus, they take a more immediate notice of the intruders and become (or rather, one of the does) even more riled up about these foreign elements interfering with their work. It's only through the curiosity and intrigue over the newcomers displayed by the other two that the three initially refrain from taking more direct action against them, treating the Maximals and Predacons more like test subjects while continuing to play god with the planet that they see as theirs (like in the cartoon). And only when the Predacons' destructive behavior upsets their experiment even more do they finally decide to really do something about both them and Maximals, viewing both factions of Cybertronians as lesser beings and equally problematic to their goals (also like in the cartoon).