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Post by xiombarg on May 8, 2014 16:37:14 GMT -5
www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=FWI10003&mode=retailFor a brief second I thought this might be ok, but then I saw the pictures with the figure in full view. Bloody awful. In fact I would say I straight up hate this thing. It's not just big and ugly, it's SUPER DUPER BIG and ugly. Don't mean to offend anyone though. Do any of you guys like this?
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Post by coldiron on May 8, 2014 16:39:40 GMT -5
I don't hate it, but I really like their jetfire parts kit.
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Post by supergetterv on May 11, 2014 2:52:22 GMT -5
I like it better than the official stuff that Takara and Hasbro makes. The JetWing Prime Amazon Exclusive with the g1 trailer like color was kind of awful. Transformers Optimus Prime Jetwing Movie Deco - Amazon Exclusive by Transformers www.amazon.com/dp/B007MCPCZM/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_qKYBtb06179QJI don't find it ugly and I have the FWI-03. Here is mines standing behind the DMK DOTM Optimus Prime. So the difference from this add on vesus the FWI-03 is the FWI-03 JetWing Add on is the way Optimus looks in ROTF. He get an upgrade in feet armor making him taller and a big rifle. This new Upgrade is the way Optimus looks in DOTM with the Jetwing Pack. I don't find the add ons ugly, it's actually really detailed. But I prefer the ROTF Jetwing armor upgrade over this rendition. Really not sure what you mean by ugly. But if you don't like BayFormers and find them ugly then I am not going to convince you otherwise. I used to hate these movie style Transformers. But the DMK Optimus Prime model kit change all of that. Because in building that Optimus Prime and seeing all the refine details that went into designing this, I just can't help but to appreciate and like the effort they put into designing these movie style Transformers.
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Post by xiombarg on May 13, 2014 20:44:26 GMT -5
I think it's the huge proportions and how busy it all looks together that I don't like. The question I ask myself is whether something like this makes the figure actually look better, or is it just more stuff. As a contrasting example I think of the super packs for the Valkyries which with only a few exceptions almost always make the Valks look better. Same goes for most scranders and spazer accessories for Mazinger and Grendizer, which work with the character. This upgrade kit looks inconsistent with the Optimus design and kind of clunky by being so big. It might just be that Optimus was never really meant to have wings in the first place, but even so, I think these wings design look too messy for how visually rough Optimus already is. I like it better than the official stuff that Takara and Hasbro makes. The JetWing Prime Amazon Exclusive with the g1 trailer like color was kind of awful. Transformers Optimus Prime Jetwing Movie Deco - Amazon Exclusive by Transformers www.amazon.com/dp/B007MCPCZM/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_qKYBtb06179QJI don't find it ugly and I have the FWI-03. Here is mines standing behind the DMK DOTM Optimus Prime. So the difference from this add on vesus the FWI-03 is the FWI-03 JetWing Add on is the way Optimus looks in ROTF. He get an upgrade in feet armor making him taller and a big rifle. This new Upgrade is the way Optimus looks in DOTM with the Jetwing Pack. I don't find the add ons ugly, it's actually really detailed. But I prefer the ROTF Jetwing armor upgrade over this rendition. Really not sure what you mean by ugly. But if you don't like BayFormers and find them ugly then I am not going to convince you otherwise. I used to hate these movie style Transformers. But the DMK Optimus Prime model kit change all of that. Because in building that Optimus Prime and seeing all the refine details that went into designing this, I just can't help but to appreciate and like the effort they put into designing these movie style Transformers.
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Post by supergetterv on May 14, 2014 2:43:57 GMT -5
Well the look that they were trying to get with this upgrade kit is trying to stay as movie accurate as possible. I can't find many images or screen shots of the actual CG model from Dark of The Moon. But this add on kit along with all of the other add ons from FWI are made to look screen accurate.
I can understand your dislike because you are looking at it from a functional point of view. I don't know why Michael Bay designed it the way he did. Big bulky clutters of machines parts is how he see Transformers. And more means more power? Look at how he destroy the design of Devastator in his second movie. Devastator is a combiner, not a bunch of construction vehicle that are slapped together to form a ugly mess. It's for this reason a lot Transformers fans hate his interpretation and dislike the movieverse line of Transformers. To me it is an acquired taste. For the longest time I hated these designs. But, the toys themselves aren't that bad and I started to like these movieverse transformers. The ROTF leader Optimus Prime is a joy to Transform.
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Post by xiombarg on May 14, 2014 11:40:27 GMT -5
Well the look that they were trying to get with this upgrade kit is trying to stay as movie accurate as possible. I can't find many images or screen shots of the actual CG model from Dark of The Moon. But this add on kit along with all of the other add ons from FWI are made to look screen accurate. I can understand your dislike because you are looking at it from a functional point of view. I don't know why Michael Bay designed it the way he did. Big bulky clutters of machines parts is how he see Transformers. And more means more power? Look at how he destroy the design of Devastator in his second movie. Devastator is a combiner, not a bunch of construction vehicle that are slapped together to form a ugly mess. It's for this reason a lot Transformers fans hate his interpretation and dislike the movieverse line of Transformers. To me it is an acquired taste. For the longest time I hated these designs. But, the toys themselves aren't that bad and I started to like these movieverse transformers. The ROTF leader Optimus Prime is a joy to Transform. I think you are right on all of this, especially about Michael Bay's design aesthetic. I don't mind some of the movie designs, but I hate a lot of them. The Devastator and the Starscream designs are horrible. I don't mind mechanical parts if the overall design doesn't look like parts pulled from a scrap metal yard. A hodge-podge mix of parts doesn't look high tech to me, and I think it's sort of a poor man's way of doing design.
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