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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Classic (upcoming G1-inspired line) *spoilers*

« on: May 27, 2006, 10:07:03 am »

It's been a trend for a while actually and is seen with Alternator Tracks for example. A toy transforms differently than the character it's an hommage too, but still has (useless) aesthetic details to look more like the original. Tracks has a little fake car top on his chest to look more like his G1 self, which had his real car top as his chest.







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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



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VGMaps Social Board / Transformers Classic (upcoming G1-inspired line) *spoilers*

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:45:33 pm »

Okay, I thought it would be better to make a separate thread for these, since I can finally show pictures thank god !



I'm not going to comment on these right away, but I suspect many will be disappointed (but I'm not, ha!)



Hot Rod:







Optimus Prime:







Astrotrain:









Starscream:







Megatron:







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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:35:39 pm »

Okay, it's because it doesn't use the same tags so you can't use the links ImageShack gives you as such, you have to modify them a bit. I was trying to do the thumbnail with link thing but I can't get it working (and without being able to edit, I don't feel like making 20 posts or so just to figure it out).



Fan concept for a Transformers movie Starscream, based on the producer's comment about a gorilla with wings:





It's not official but it did piss off many fans before it was revealed as a fake



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:27:41 pm »

Second try:







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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:27:10 pm »

Fan concept for a Transformers movie Starscream, based on the producer's comment about a gorilla with wings:



[img=http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/436/transformersmoviestarscreamcon.th.jpg]





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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / Bitey Castle (flash animation site)

« on: May 26, 2006, 08:03:18 pm »

http://www.biteycastle.com/content/animation.php



Recently, I was given the link to this site. It's owner, Adam Phillips, is a great, *great* flash animator. His two most recent pieces, "LittleFoot" and "The YuYu" are really fluid and dynamic as well as super fast on an average computer. It's just sad that he's protected the later ones so they won't play anywhere but on his site.



Most people might be familiar with "Taken", since it's a great example of a "shock" flash (instead of all those lame ones where the flash is about something then *bam* scary pic with scream). I just love the animation and the music of "The YuYu"; Even though I appreciate well-written cartoons, if the animation isn't up to par I'll have difficulty to fully appreciate it.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Message Board Announcements / RE: 2006-05-25: Topics from old forum are viewable.

« on: May 25, 2006, 09:24:29 pm »

Oh my GOD!!! Thanks a lot to the both of you, this is too cool



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 25, 2006, 06:29:52 pm »

Oh man, I've just seen painted pictures for some upcoming Classic Transformers who were leaked from the Transformers Club's website to the net. Well, I'm excited about them, though I expect that most here won't be.



Anyway JonLeung, if you want to give me the ability to post pics and links, *now* would be the best time, since I'd really like to make this a visual post you know



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 25, 2006, 06:04:45 pm »

Apparantly, Volkswagen wants nothing to do with anything war related, which is why Bumblebee never had an Alternator made, despite a complete working design existing for him (shown in a japanese book about the Binaltech line). Like many German institution, they seek to distance themselves from anything that could bring back the memories of World War II (some NES games like Contra were completely censored because of Germany; that's why for example Contra in Europe is known as Probotector and all humanoids have been changed to robots).



As for alt-modes, the Dreamworks apparently has a deal with GM so expect many of their vehicles being used. And as for Megatron, a jet could be cool; Energon Megatron looked great as a gunship in addition to being a cool G1 Galvatron hommage.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Sam & Max on VGMaps.com

« on: May 25, 2006, 05:56:47 pm »

"The Collected Sam & Max: Surfin The Highway" is 167 pages long, and there's quite a demand for it which is why it's so expensive.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Sorry i've been a little inactive over the past few weeks...

« on: May 25, 2006, 09:30:00 am »

As you wish, it's your loss...



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Sam & Max on VGMaps.com

« on: May 25, 2006, 09:29:04 am »

Well, I meant good luck getting it at a reasonable price. By the way, I have scans of the whole thing if anyone's interested. However, if Steve Purcell could manage to reprint it like he often says he wants to, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Sam & Max on VGMaps.com

« on: May 25, 2006, 08:29:44 am »

Good luck with the collection. It's been out of print for a while.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 25, 2006, 07:14:51 am »

Oh yeah, I should mention at this point that all I'm really looking foward to in regards to the movie are the new transformation designs and the movie toys.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 25, 2006, 07:06:17 am »

There's finally a more objective review of the script online at the following link:



http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-live-action-movie-2007-script-review.php



And frankly, this is about exactly what I was expecting from a live-action movie. Not entirely what I would *prefer* had I control of the project, but I'm not disappointed by a real re-imagining like this.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me