Post by ZobovorI think the toy color schemes tend to pop more. They have more
contrast. I think the animation cels were painted a certain color, and
then they shone those very bright lights on them to photograph them, so
a lot of the color ended up getting washed out, and that's what we saw
on TV. So everybody like Thundercracker and Cyclonus and friends ended
up being a much, much paler color than what may have been intended.
I guess they could do animation cell colors…
Post by ZobovorThe white and black of the Wheeljack toy just looks objectively better
than the white and grey of the cartoon version. The dark purple of the
Shockwave toy is more menacing and evil-looking than the pastel lavender
of the 'toon version. So, yes, I am in agreement.
I’d go beyond the colors, and get to the details of the toys — Optimus
looks better with wheels on his legs and Megatron looks better with a
trigger schlong. Ok, maybe not Megatron. And I guess Ironhide and
Ratchet should have heads. But, the animation models leave a lot of
detail out and simplify things for ease of animation at least as often
as they desperately try not to show that the toy is terrible.
Post by ZobovorPost by GustavoWombatAlso, now that we have definitive G1 Dinobots, for all new series and
fictions, Dinobots should always be in G2 colors as their default color
scheme. (Slag and Snarl need to figure out who gets red and green, and
Swoop and Sludge need to just pick colors — I’m thinking turquoise for
Sludge, and maybe yellow for Swoop). Just because it makes it easier to
have two on the shelf at the same time. Aerialbots too.
But then you'd still mix up G2 Air Raid and G2 Skydive because they
would both be "the blue one." And every time poor Slingshot got a new
toy, it would break!
I’ll get the Aerialbots confused because there were two personalities
for five robots, six if you count Superion, and seven if you include
Alpha Bravo.
Aerialbots needs a bit of a redesign to be distinctive, and they need to
be in a series. Then we will learn that Silverbolt is afraid of heights,
Air Raid is black and quotes Malcolm X, Slingshot is obsessed with
fashion, Fireflight is an alcoholic, and Skydive likes turtles. And they
all keep ditching Alpha Bravo.
Post by ZobovorPost by GustavoWombatAnd, for similar reasons, Constructicons should be in a rainbow of
flavors, even though that’s not authentic to anything. Gay Pride
Constructicons. They’re fabulous.
If we ever got Constructicons in Diaclone colors, then Scavenger and
Bonecrusher and Scrapper would be yellow, Long Haul would be orange, and
Hook and Mixmaster would be blue. Which is pretty close, and maybe more
visually interesting than everybody being green/purple.
Zob (DIE-AH-KLOOOOOONE!)
It’s like the Village People, but they’re all the construction worker.
Also, I can barely tell start my Constructicons. Hook has a Hook, and
Mixmaster is the cement mixer. Long Haul is a dump truck? Do they have
distinct personalities? Hard to know if I can’t tell them apart.
Since I’m a bit face blind, I have a similar problem with non-animated
tv shows. I tried rewatching Twin Peaks and gave up when I discovered
there were two identical to me characters — women with black hair and
shoulder pads (oh, the 80s). I thought it was one character. Then she
had breakfast with herself. Then I still wasn’t sure because it was
David Lynch’s and she might have been having breakfast with herself.
Hot Take: the Twin Peaks soundtrack was better than the show.