TimeLines (BotCon) 2013 discussion

[Onslaught Six]

'Cause...shoulders are a part of the arm, and...!

Hey, look, it's *that* kind of fan!

[JediTricks]

That was my point, with the robot mode thing--Powerdive (or Highbrow, whichever) had spinny rotor hands, which makes him good for Obs.

I understood, I was trying to express that his robot mode overall isn't very similar to Obsidian, and he has regular hands, his spinny rotors are his forearms. Incinerator would have been a better, and less used, choice.

And here I thought they chose him because he had spinny rotor hands.

That was my point, with the robot mode thing--Powerdive (or Highbrow, whichever) had spinny rotor hands, which makes him good for Obs.

Um, can I be the one to ask why? Obsidian never had spinny rotor hands, the rotors were on his shoulders.

You and your damned logic! Good point. I guess that makes Powerdive a better choice since his rotors aren't actually his hands. But Incinerator is a better choice IMO because of the alt mode. Also Obsidian didn't have any hands at all.

[BWprowl]

You and your damned logic! Good point. I guess that makes Powerdive a better choice since his rotors aren't actually his hands. But Incinerator is a better choice IMO because of the alt mode. Also Obsidian didn't have any hands at all.

The toy didn't, but in the show he had cool spindly fingers that could pop out of his gun barrels when he wasn't using them. I kinda get what you mean though.

And I do agree that Incinerator deserves a repaint and it's a crime that he hasn't gotten one.

[Sparky Prime]

I can't really see Incinerator as Obsidian personally. Sure he's an Osprey, but that mold just seems a bit too bulky for Obsidian to me.

Although it would be cool to see Incinerator get a repaint of some sort.

[JediTricks]

The toy didn't, but in the show he had cool spindly fingers that could pop out of his gun barrels when he wasn't using them. I kinda get what you mean though.

And I do agree that Incinerator deserves a repaint and it's a crime that he hasn't gotten one.

Yeah, his long fingers on the show is what inspired my idea of Incinerator's rotor blades being hinged to fold forward.

[Tigermegatron]

I just saw a few pics of generations Powerdive & THE TOY HAS A EXTREMELY CLOSE COLOR SCHEME TO BOTCON 2013 OBSIDIAN.

[Onslaught Six]

Nah, Powerdive was a lighter blue with a lot of grey on him. Besides, either way you'd be screwed, because Highbrow was green.

[Dominic]

And, a preview of the comic has been releases. (Actually, it seems to be more of a preview page, as I cannot see any of the previous pages.)


http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2013/bc13comic.cfm


Putting aside reasonable expectations, it is hard to judge the writing based on one page. The art though....ugh. It looks like a bastardization of Senior and Roche.


Dom
-admits that Stryka and Obsidian "sound" okay.

[andersonh1]

I think Josh Burcham is drawing the book this year. I'm not really familiar with his work, but half the posters on the IDW forums have a signature picture with "Josh Burcham: to Draw Transformers" in their picture, so he seems to be well-known over there.

[Onslaught Six]

Burcham is primarily a colourist for IDW:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Josh_Burcham