The
Transformers franchise has come a long way since the cartoon days till the
present live action movie. It was really an eye opener when we first watch the
live action Transformers some years way back then. It was stunningly created
when Blackout transform itself into the robot mode from the apache helicopter
and start attacking the US Army base. When Michael Bay continue to helm the
remaining sequels it was all too familiar with explosions, pyrotechnics, stunts
and Victoria Secret adverts every now and then. Recently, we have seen several
outstanding Transformers statues from Prime 1 Studio and we are quite excited
then and even now it was very exciting to look at the upcoming Lockdown statue
in its entirety.
Personally,
I feel that Michael Bay needs to reboot/revamp/re-imagine Transformers so that
it still looks as fresh as the original motion picture debut since he will be
back again for another movie. The worst part is watching Age of Extinction’s
Bumblebee head design totally change for the worst with sharp angles alienated
look. Although Optimus Prime overall armour look is quite pleasant but why does
he need to have a ‘bra’ looking chest plate which actually looks ridiculous.
The new robot characters were rather good though and our advice is keep it
simple and don’t over design the characters.
I
still remember Sentinel Prime from Dark Of The Moon which was a nice character
but why in the world does he need an ugly
Gundam ‘V’ fin and moustache on his face? I do understand that we need
to maintain the face sculpt so that viewers can relate to the robot emotions
but there are some things need not be overdone. It was only recently that
something really caught my attention that Prime 1 Studio is releasing some
Generation 1 (G1) Transformers statues very soon. Although these statues does
not resemble the exact G1 likeness in
the cartoon but it does have a lot of resemblance to the original G1 and the
way it was design was to portray it in an updated look of Optimus Prime and
Megatron that we remembered in our childhood.
I
gotta say if these statues will be portray similar in the next instalment of
Transformers, I’m sold. Bring it!
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