Animated not reflecting the style of the Movie?

[GoktimusPrime]

I must confessed that I laughed out loud when I first saw Bumblebee pissing on Simmons.

As for Megatron's face - it's a BIG improvement over what they had originally planned! When the image got leaked fans complained heavily and to Dreamworks' credit they listened and improved on it. The movie Legends Megatron toy still has the old face though *shudder*

[kup]

I do have issues with the following designs as I thought them to be terrible:

Megatron
Starscream
Frenzy

[roller]

Starscream was like a flying monkey chicken

[GoktimusPrime]

Robot Chicken!

[liegeprime]

I must confessed that I laughed out loud when I first saw Bumblebee pissing on Simmons.

As for Megatron's face - it's a BIG improvement over what they had originally planned! When the image got leaked fans complained heavily and to Dreamworks' credit they listened and improved on it. The movie Legends Megatron toy still has the old face though *shudder*

Not much of an improvement IMO, but still welcomed. UGLY to Ugly. For me it looks like a ... ... with teeth, well it's kinda censored never mind.

Thank goodness the animated didn't follow the movie IMO. Design concept wise it allows for more designs and toy molds. If the cartoon were to only follow on and pick up where the movie had left, it would mean less figures, or same character figures with a more toony mold, which I would really hate and think is just a waste to buy. With animated being divergent from movie and picking references up from G1 and other series here and there its a more interesting line. MOvie has a different target and it has achieved that, so has animated. Kudos to Hasbro for this.

[Golden Phoenix]

The thing I didn't like about the movie designs were how they basically part formed.
The vehicles just appeared to shatter and then reform. Not literally, they were just so complex that this is what it looked like. And the problem I have with this is how fragile it would be.
The more parts the more things that can go wrong. You could easily throw a spanner in the works while they transformed. If you were in a war for so long you'd want something that was durable and had very few exposed points.
This is why I think the Traditional style is more plausible.
I mean, alien facial features are ok, makes it interesting, but the transforming wasn't.

[GoktimusPrime]

The "shattered" look is required for them to do unrestricted movements. Traditional TF designs don't allow Transformers to do even basic things like crossing their arms, successfully running up and down flights of stairs, scratching the back of their head etc. without cheating the animation/artwork. Do a Transformers COSPLAY some time and you gain a real appreciation of how freakin' restrictive it is to move around in a box-shaped body. (-_-)

And those exposed parts aren't necessarily vulnerable - it's really just a matter of difference in kibble distribution, but non-kibbled robot parts are not necessarily "weak".

[Golden Phoenix]

And those exposed parts aren't necessarily vulnerable - it's really just a matter of difference in kibble distribution, but non-kibbled robot parts are not necessarily "weak".

I was talking about during the Transformation. Can you imagine how stuffed one of them would be if you threw a pole or something solid at them while they were Transforming?

[GoktimusPrime]

...that's always been an inherent weakness of Transformers - they'll always be vulnerable in mid-transformation. Doesn't matter if it's movie-style or not, it's a basic weakness of all Transformers. So it would come down to tactics (specifically in manoeuvring), they need to manouevre themselves in a way where they don't expose themselves in mid-transformation to an opponent. It's like how every man's weak-spot is his groin (an inherent flaw of having external genitals), so when you learn to fight you need to be mindful of your groin and manoeuvre yourself in a way where you're not exposing your groin in a fight.

<--High kicks like the one executed by the person in red only work in competitions where groin-strikes are illegal. In a real fight where nothing is 'illegal' it would be an invitation for your opponent to newter you.

We saw Hot Rod make this mistake in Transformers The Movie; when Galvatron jumped and wrestled him in car mode, Hot Rod rolled and transformed to robot mode and Galvatron instantly grabbed his neck and started strangling him as his head was rising up. Don't ask me how you can choke a robot who doesn't breathe though.

[Golden Phoenix]

...that's always been an inherent weakness of Transformers - they'll always be vulnerable in mid-transformation. Doesn't matter if it's movie-style or not, it's a basic weakness of all Transformers. So it would come down to tactics (specifically in manoeuvring), they need to manouevre themselves in a way where they don't expose themselves in mid-transformation to an opponent. It's like how every man's weak-spot is his groin (an inherent flaw of having external genitals), so when you learn to fight you need to be mindful of your groin and manoeuvre yourself in a way where you're not exposing your groin in a fight.

I dunno. It just alywas appeared that the movie guys just seemed extremely fragile while transforming. Like nothing was solid. Where as with most of the other styles, the arm was one solid piece that moved, in the movie, the arm was formed by other pieces moving around to it.