BOTS OF HONOR - Coming in 2011.

why cant hasbro do this

I like the toned down animated look. Megatron looks amazing.

Is that Starconvoy?

I love the art and the concept. Will be looking forward to it!

The only thing I DON'T like is Grimlock with a cane. Any robot with a cane is a terrible idea. Hated it in the movie... hatin' it here. (No offense to the BOH artists... pointing my finger at you, Michael Bay!)

Robots with canes....

After just rediscovering the awesomeness that is TF:War Journal I am pretty excitied by this. Seeing new Mosaics is always a pleasure, so anything cool in that vein is pretty much a win. I like the concept of Grimlock being a dinosaur both literally and figurativly.



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Im not at all keen on the Grimlock look, but will wait and see end product.. Primes got a bit of a Voltron look there, looks good. Whats gonna be the deal with Galvatron? Is he gonna be a future Megas or a whole new character?

I really like this. I love the idea of Fan Art and having it displayed for everyone to see. Love it!
To also be a bit of an art snob it;s nice to see quality art. Good work!

This sounds great. Not sure if I'm reading into the description correctly but it does sounds like the Bots will be like the super-heroes of Iacon and the Cons would be the super-villains. Very interested in how this plays out. sounds great and looks great.

If the different designs for Megatron and Galvatron means they are different character than I'm really happy about that. Never liked Galvatron.

Love the crotchety take on the Grimster. I always welcome some new ideas and it is about time he be more than just a dumb brute or a intelligent leader with a speech impediments. Like some one said earlier, he is a Dinosaur figuratively here and I love it.

Sounds stupid to me. If I want super-heroes then I'll read superhero comics, watch superhero movies and TV shows, and play superhero videogames.

IMHO Transformers are not superheroes and never had been superheroes and every time they try to be superheroes they suck.

BUt...but...IT'S NOT G1!! BLASPHEMY!!!

Is there any particular reason why people have to keep filling in the "old man bot" position with anyone other than kup?
Is this their way of being ironic? Primus...

Cyberstrike wrote:Sounds stupid to me. If I want super-heroes then I'll read superhero comics, watch superhero movies and TV shows, and play superhero videogames.

IMHO Transformers are not superheroes and never had been superheroes and every time they try to be superheroes they suck.

Better not to call them "super heroes" but rather "super robots" which unlike super heroes, they do kick ass.

I have decent hopes for this, but I'd prefer it if they took a lesson from the King of Braves' handbook.

First-Aid wrote:BUt...but...IT'S NOT G1!! BLASPHEMY!!!

Now, don't start pulling the GEEWUN card. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

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Forgot to mention, I really like Optimus' design here. Beats the spark outta the Transformers Prime design, and it probably would have fit better too. Flames aren't too garish either.

Whoa! Kudos to the artists who drew these paintings! My favorites here are Galvatron, Optimus Prime, and Megatron. Can't wait to see more coming through!

Cyberstrike wrote:Sounds stupid to me. If I want super-heroes then I'll read superhero comics, watch superhero movies and TV shows, and play superhero videogames.

IMHO Transformers are not superheroes and never had been superheroes and every time they try to be superheroes they suck.

Well, explain why Animated was a somewhat success? The citizens of futuristic Detroit viewed the Autobots as superheroes. And once and a while, a threat.

Vicalliose wrote:

First-Aid wrote:BUt...but...IT'S NOT G1!! BLASPHEMY!!!

Now, don't start pulling the GEEWUN card. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Not me dude...a little sarcasm there for everyone to enjoy...

Looks good so far! I also always love the idea of Galvatron and Megatron being two seperate guys. They work well to compare/contrast eachother.

ponycorn wrote:Looks good so far! I also always love the idea of Galvatron and Megatron being two seperate guys. They work well to compare/contrast eachother.

I agree. What might be an interesting concept is for them to be brothers in the same way 'Streaker and Sideswipe were, or even Op and Magnus in RiD...the similar designs could lend itself to that easily.

Interesting, nice artwork but I'll never understand why Wheeljack gets so much love.

Forget Kup, the only good old bots were G1 Ironhide, Vector Prime and Animated Ratchet.

Kup and Alpha Trion should never have happened.

An old Grimlock could actually be great if he was done like old Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond where he still has the attitude but you can see he's embittered because he's not capable of the feats of his youth. He still manages to be badass on occassion though.

First-Aid wrote:

Vicalliose wrote:

First-Aid wrote:BUt...but...IT'S NOT G1!! BLASPHEMY!!!

Now, don't start pulling the GEEWUN card. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Not me dude...a little sarcasm there for everyone to enjoy...

Admittedly I may have phrased that wrong. I understood it was sarcasm. I meant that you are insulting people whom have a negative opinion to this.

My point is that, just because we don't like it, doesn't mean we're all "G1 was better" stereotypes.

Windsweeper wrote:Forget Kup, the only good old bots were G1 Ironhide, Vector Prime and Animated Ratchet.

My point still stands. Tons of other bots would have been just fine, but they went in favor of being ironic. That hurts my trust in the writing of this comic.

So... Optimus Prime is a Green Lantern.

Windsweeper wrote:An old Grimlock could actually be great if he was done like old Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond where he still has the attitude but you can see he's embittered because he's not capable of the feats of his youth. He still manages to be badass on occassion though.

If that's the case here's hoping there's some Autobot (preferably Dinobot) equivalent of Terry McGuiness in there. Or would that just be Jazz?

Ironhide being the old man would be fine, but who really cares about Kup? Kup was just a replacement to Ironhide.

I like the new take on this. The Transformers civil war can only be done so many times, as with all the Transformers personalities. Nice to see some variety.

Caelus wrote:So... Optimus Prime is a Green Lantern.

Windsweeper wrote:An old Grimlock could actually be great if he was done like old Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond where he still has the attitude but you can see he's embittered because he's not capable of the feats of his youth. He still manages to be badass on occassion though.

If that's the case here's hoping there's some Autobot (preferably Dinobot) equivalent of Terry McGuiness in there. Or would that just be Jazz?

Hmm... Jazz strikes me as having too much finesse. Hmmm.... Roadbuster? I want to say Swoop.

Vicalliose wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Vicalliose wrote:

First-Aid wrote:BUt...but...IT'S NOT G1!! BLASPHEMY!!!

Now, don't start pulling the GEEWUN card. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Not me dude...a little sarcasm there for everyone to enjoy...

Admittedly I may have phrased that wrong. I understood it was sarcasm. I meant that you are insulting people whom have a negative opinion to this.

My point is that, just because we don't like it, doesn't mean we're all "G1 was better" stereotypes.

No, maybe "sarcasm" was a little off. Teasing is more like it.

Grimlock is interesting. Now here's the question: is this a "current" setting or is this a Grimlock millenia down the road?

I can understand canes if a bot get's old enough that the joints wear out...it's just like humans. I personally have no problem with them. It's an interesting concept at least.

May I ask something?
Is this going to be official/canon?
Or it is another Mosaic(just recognized by IDW?)

The designs look just GREAT!!!
Keep up the good work!

Not a fan of the animated look at all, so will probably be skipping this like I did the animated series.

And Grimlock looks like an old codger!?! Not what I'd have chosen for him......

Thanks for all the positive comment guys. We were a little cautious about posting this stuff, as it is quite different to a lot of other stuff, it's great to see that people are impressed / excited.

I'll try to answer a few questions here...

fenrir72 wrote:Is that Starconvoy?

Nope, that's Optimus Prime.

SEXFIGHTER wrote:Whats gonna be the deal with Galvatron? Is he gonna be a future Megas or a whole new character?

Don't want to go into the specifics of these two guys too much, but I will say that they are not the same person.

Vicalliose wrote:Is there any particular reason why people have to keep filling in the "old man bot" position with anyone other than kup?
Is this their way of being ironic? Primus...

Gimbo might be an old bot here, but he definitely ain't filling the role of the Kup.

Didicos wrote:May I ask something?
Is this going to be official/canon?
Or it is another Mosaic(just recognized by IDW?)

Definitely not official / canon. This is all just for fun.

Cyberstrike wrote:Sounds stupid to me. If I want super-heroes then I'll read superhero comics, watch superhero movies and TV shows, and play superhero videogames.

IMHO Transformers are not superheroes and never had been superheroes and every time they try to be superheroes they suck.

umm...Prime's Ark crew in G1 was all superheroes. We had a guy who could go invisible, a guy who could make holograms, a guy who had somehow survived as a spy for millions of years whilst being painted bright yellow, a guy who could punch through rocks, a guy who could make any kind of machine, a guy who shot freeze rays and a whole lot more. There've been Justice Leagues with less powers than that lot, and the Decepticons were just as obviously products of a superhero publisher handling the character designs, with a teleporter, mind-reader, guy who causes earthquakes, etc.

I'm not sure I particularly want TFs in full-on superhero type stories, but I can see the connection and can't see how you can say that they suck. I can't think of many times TFs have tried to be superheroes. Maybe The Girl Who Loved Powerglide, but I liked that for the animation, and the hilarious Psycho-probe slapstick.

SEXFIGHTER wrote:Primes got a bit of a Voltron look there, looks good.

Glad you caught that. Was definitely a conscious influence.

tarZen wrote:I like the toned down animated look. Megatron looks amazing.

Thanks!

Chupacabra Convoy wrote:

Caelus wrote:So... Optimus Prime is a Green Lantern.

Windsweeper wrote:An old Grimlock could actually be great if he was done like old Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond where he still has the attitude but you can see he's embittered because he's not capable of the feats of his youth. He still manages to be badass on occassion though.

If that's the case here's hoping there's some Autobot (preferably Dinobot) equivalent of Terry McGuiness in there. Or would that just be Jazz?

Hmm... Jazz strikes me as having too much finesse. Hmmm.... Roadbuster? I want to say Swoop.

Oooh... Swoop would be good. I mean, so long as your reinventing characters, Swoop always looked younger than the others, although his characterization didn't necessarily match up with that.

If we were superheroizing TFs though, I'd have to go with Roadbuster = Ultimate Nick Fury.

Although I guess IDW already has Kup running around playing Sgt. Fury.

craggy wrote:umm...Prime's Ark crew in G1 was all superheroes. We had a guy who could go invisible, a guy who could make holograms, a guy who had somehow survived as a spy for millions of years whilst being painted bright yellow, a guy who could punch through rocks, a guy who could make any kind of machine, a guy who shot freeze rays and a whole lot more.

Does Cliffjumper's ability to produce oversized weapons from nowhere count?

There've been Justice Leagues with less powers than that lot, and the Decepticons were just as obviously products of a superhero publisher handling the character designs, with a teleporter, mind-reader, guy who causes earthquakes...

... guy who can induce insanity, guy who can cut through anything, guy with deadly optic beams, guy who can create damaging sonic booms, guy who can tap into the antimatter generated by black holes, guy who reflects no light, guy who can kick through concrete, guy who can control electricity, guy who can plant brain parasites in people and clone himself and his friends, and... three guys who can...? Wow, the reflector triplets really got shafted. Of course, thanks to animation errors, maybe they're Decepticon versions of Jamie Madrox?

I actually always liked the superhero aspect of the first season - the Nemesis and Ark crews were supposed to be the best of the best, so it made sense that they would be the Cybertronian equivalent of Metahumans. It also gives the other, later characters their own appeal, in that they're the 'normal' guys (Blurr excepted).

Of course, it does bother me that Windcharger and Shrapnel didn't rule Cybertron.

*Looks at Grimlock design*
*Looks at the title*

So... this will be the Transformers equivalent of a story in an elders home, and the others are Optimus Jr, Megatron Jr, etc..., with old Grimlock rumbling "Get off my lawn!!!" ?

"Me Grimlock say - stay away from my bins!"

I think it would be totally appropriate to call optimus prime's vehicle mode an armored convoy,
Both because it looks like a cross between a tank and a truck, and because Optimus prime's name in japan is usually convoy (or _____ convoy, depending on what it looks like, like burning convoy for example)

"Me Grimlock want prunes!"