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Re: Starscream, Prime and Megatron Preview
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Tue, 17 Dec 2002 02:16:59 GMT
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i've heard a lot of talk about how transformers HAVE TO transform. to be
honest, i haven't seen a single transformer(c) robot actually look all that
great (remember how megatron [gen.1] looked as a robot? those really thin
legs, etc. and what about optimus--he looked just too rigid). even the
series and movie never fully replicated the toy robot forms because they
just looked too goofy. one needs artistic license when creating
transformers in robot form. some scale model manufacturers (see hlj.com and
transfandom.com) have created transformers that look really cool but don't
transform. i think that's what dave has done: take the transformers in
robot mode and make them look even better like in the series. not that i
have anything against lego transformer models that actually transform, i'm
just saying that we should accept what dave (and anne carasik re ravage)
have done by choosing not to have their models transform.
dave, your work is fantastic! from a distance i would've guessed your lego
models were actual resin scale models sculpted by professionals trying to
capture the true aestheics of the transformer mecha form! keep up the great
work!
In lugnet.build.mecha, David Thomas Jr. writes:
> Hi all. I've posted a preview picture of my 3 finished Transformer figures.
> You'll recognize Megatron of course, but he's had some refinements since you
> last saw him, including custom stickers and a black gun. Optimus and
> Starscream are new, I think they are both spot on representations using
> primarily the Dreamwave comic covers as reference. It might be a while till
> I get individual pics of these up, I will be taking them to be
> professionally photographed for super high res, high quality images.
>
> Find the preview pic here: www.thomas-superwheel.com/trans3.jpg
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> Let me know what you think as always. My goal is to impress TLC with these
> models enough for them to work with me so I can produce them as fully
> licensed 3rd party kits (I won't hold my breath).
>
> Any suggestions on which autobot to do next? There are so many to choose
> from I'm having a hard time picking one. I'm kind of thinking Jazz or
> Sideswipe. I would like to do Hound, but without sufficient green parts, he
> wouldn't be as impressive.
>
> -Dave Thomas Jr.
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| (...) Yes, I think they DO have to transform. NOT! Heh. I'd emailed Dave before, telling him I wished he'd kept all his pages up (he'd taken down the pics of his awesome Star Wars models)... I was quite relieved to finally see them show up on (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Hi all. I've posted a preview picture of my 3 finished Transformer figures. You'll recognize Megatron of course, but he's had some refinements since you last saw him, including custom stickers and a black gun. Optimus and Starscream are new, I think (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha) !!
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