Bowgun style. [via]
A custom Lego creation by Izzo.
Marketing and the Transformers movie.
“One of the strengths is that ‘Transformers’ has been around for 20 years and as a result there are a lot of fans … They’re fans with a strong emotional connection to the characters. They take it very personally and they have particular expectations about how the Transformers will be portrayed.” Case in point …
Michael Bay, your Optimus Prime sucks.
Oh wait, sorry …
“Cheese, why are you beating that dead horse?”
“…isn’t it obvious?”
Beating that particular dead horse would serve to continually remind the company not everyone welcomes this new aesthetic. I still have no idea what I’m looking at when I look at some of the head designs.
I would be especially dismayed if the movie design style was used for post-movie figures. And since they’re already talking sequel, chances are we will be seeing more of this type of designs.