I see whAt your saying about the concord matching his character, but the scale would be horribly off if they use that. It makes it hard for them to choose an appropriate alt mode for Silverbolt
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I see whAt your saying about the concord matching his character, but the scale would be horribly off if they use that. It makes it hard for them to choose an appropriate alt mode for Silverbolt
It's very G1 looking colour wise.
Quite nice indeed.
they are differnt, concord is 62m long:eek:, the blackbird is about 33m long.Quote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
So Silverbolt would need to be leader size while the blackbird would be voyager and remainder being deluxe :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
:eek: The Skydive and Air Raid must be pretty stocky to hold up the weight of a leader, a voyager, and two more other deluxes!Quote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
I see no problem so far. From those shots he looks pretty good. And I highly doubt he's gonna be black.
I'm actually getting more interested in this. Whith each reveal its more likely I'll pick this up.
That chest looks a bit unfinished? Doesn't really look as cartoon accurate as the other Aerialbots or TFC's other releases, so I guess there's still some hope of a 6th member that will make that chest more screen accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
Pretty sure there is a sixth member still to come that will make the chest plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime
The Blackbird pics are a bit too blurry to make out detail but so far I like what I see. Silverbolt looks to have pretty decent proportions and the 'Energon' blocky body shapes we saw with Hercules are not present here when it comes to the TFC Aerialbots which was my main turn off originally.
In regards to the chest piece, yeah it does look off and perhaps this is due to the 'transforming' factor as it's supposed to be the '6th guy' but I would have preferred a better looking chest armor.
I'll guess that we will have to wait for better and perhaps colored pics to see how successful the chest armor is.
Gives us an idea of what it will look like.
Courtesy of Psychoshi on TFW
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...78d46d5fgw.jpg
Whilst it looks cool, I think I prefer my FP Superion.
Not saying I wouldn't buy them and display them individually, coz they do look cool on their own :o
Remember we still haven't seen the bot/drone/plane/thing that will be the chest piece. Should clean him up a bit.
And it's growing on me.
Worst case, the individual robots look pretty amazing. I mean i get that Superion is the draw, but the single units are amazing, and I can live with that! :)
Need proper pics to asses the combined mode, but the individual bots look good.
For one thing when we see the finished combiner robot, it's arms wont be turned inward like that picture.
Yes, and the shoulders should be higher - as it is the arms are attached by the limb-robot's head. G1 sure, but not how it'll actually work. But this was just a very quick paintshop job to get an idea of his proportions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
I'm sold! Check out these pictures!
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...ckbird-176067/
Silverbolt is very impressive, he certainly helps to sell the set. However I am not convinced that the Superion chest plate looks as good as it should. It still feels compromised due to the transforming gimmick.Quote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
The Superion face also seems a little off to me but I think it's mostly the expression than the sculpt as a whole.
Dammit. I think I'm gonna have to actually fork out for this set. It looks pretty impressive.
Silverbolts head sculpt looks really good.
All 3 modes look really good :o I agree with Superion's head looking a bit off, I really dig that help but the visor sticks out a bit and the facial expressions are a bit plain (more heads coming along? :p).
Would like to see Silverbolt do some more dynamic poses - the back of his lower legs could be hollow. Looking at the combined mode and robot mode, it looks as though the legs do a 180 degree turn backwards, then is folded upwards at the knees to cover the thighs. Shin guards and toes both then fold 180 degrees.
Looks like hollow lower legs to me too but I can live with that. I like the head but I hope it comes with a second alternate one too
I stand impressed.
Silverbolt does look good.
Wonder what the colours would be like, I actually wouldn't mind if they made his Jet mode black or grey, but kept his robot colours white and red. he wouldn't be much of a silver bolt, but his jet mode would probably look better.
I'm sure if there is enough discontent with the heads Dr Wu will make some alternates, I'm not to bothered by it myself. it's a bit plain but that seem the norm with the guys. Hercules head is fairly plain, and Giant has one weird head and one plain one.
Agreed, the facial expression is not a deal breaker even if it could be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
Silverbolt's looking pretty nice; it's unfortunate he seems to suffer the same robot-under-plane syndrome that ROTF Leader Jetfire did. I guess it's unavoidable given how the sleekness of the plane gives you nowhere to hide the robot bits. I hope he doesn't turn out like Universe Silverbolt, whose transformation was basically "fold the plane in half, then unpack the robot attached underneath". Heck, given that Leader Jetfire was compromised to make a power-up mode for Optimus, TFC's Silverbolt could end up being the best of the three.
Their Air Raid is quite interesting, as it introduces a new seeker mould. Maybe TFC can improve on my favourite deluxe mould (Classics Starscream) with a seeker who doesn't have gaping holes in his underside in alt mode.
More pics are up over at TFW. They show what appear to be the final versions of not-Air Raid and not-Fireflight. I must admit they look pretty good. A few small nit picky things but overall I'm impressed.
And I really like how not-Superions feet can be used as stands for the jets. Very cool:cool:
I've been bac and forth with these guys but after looking at these pictures I'm glad I preordered them way back
I'd say I'm Definately gonna pick these guys up, but I'm gonna wait for version 2. That way all the small niggley problems that the fandom find and common about will be fixed:) and I will be happy:DQuote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
I'm actually really liking the way these look, but not a fan of this 6th member thingo and the whole $100 pre order price. Could've sworn it was $80 not long ago wasn't it?
Well regardless, not paying that much money, no matter how good it looks. TFC's greed lost me
While cool, I can't justify $100 a piece atm. Even Herc cost me less than that.
I like both of them a lot, lots of paint aps is nice to see, and I quite like the way the foot can be used as a stand, there isn't really much you can do with the foot that wont look silly on a jet.
The only thing i'm not a fan of are those missile guns, I like that they have missiles, but as guns they are a bit bland. Maybe they need a Dr Wu pistol set.
Third preorder is up over at BBTS
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...il&picture=out
Ouch$$$ :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
Ouch indeed. Way too much for me right now.
I couldn't help myself :-( I really want Superion
Hi. My name is Mark and I'm a plastic addict.
Hehe, lol! :p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by theheretic
At least you've admitted you've an issue, you're in the right place though as we all suffer a similar affliction. :D:cool:
Cheaper pre-order from RK. Also pictured is photos of X-45 Phantom Ray (Chest/Breastformer :p) with a blurred out work-in-progress head.
Phantom Ray's alt mode looks like a flying chest piece. Looks quite neat, however his arms are just his wings folded - not that anybody is paying for this guy to be displayed in bot mode :p:rolleyes:
Ah RK's price is much more palatable. The set is starting to grow on me now, with all these new pics. Really cool what they did with the 6th member. Some colour photos of the team combined may win me over!Quote:
Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime
The set is growing on me. I just can't justify buying something of this magnitude with so little funds I have atm.
I am extremely excited about this one as Superion is my favorite transformer!
I would love to get him but I'm going to wait till I see it complete and in colour.
I really hope they do him justice! So far so good!
I loved Superion as a kid in the cartoon series, but the original toys are a little disappointing! Probably the worst out of the combiners for me! So im using this excuse and i pre-ordered them!!!