Ugh, agreed! I mean, I can possibly get by the mechanical designs and such... but that hideous red-on-blue flame-job has got to go. We are not trying to channel Hotrod through OP. Unfortunately, that's the impression that I'm getting from this image.

I rather much liked that one animation some intrepid soul did of a white cab-over tractor truck that transforms much like Generation 1 OP.

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Technically, that one transformed like the G1 toy and looked just about as good (i.e. not very) to me.

(shrugs) Like I said elsewhere, as long as it's Pete behind the faceplate I don't much care what else they do to Prime. My only cogent objection to this design is that it isn't armored worth a damn -- looks like there are way too many exposed hydraulics and such.

--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight
"An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!"

Yeah, I gave up and just copied the poster pic to my Photobucket account. Prior to that the link did not show up at all -- nothing but blank space where it should have been, no matter how I manipulated it.

Which makes me wonder how the Wikipedia page on O.P. managed it, as that's where I found the darn thing in the first place. My markup fu is weak...

>Also, God damn, who designed that version of Prime, the Car Robot
>Cybertron: Ugly-Ass Transformers 2000 team over at Takara on
>acid? Euch.
>
>If I wasn't already skipping the movie just on Michael Bay's merits, I
>sure as hell am now.

I've never seen any of his movies, and at this point am actively avoiding them so as to remain unbiased and hopeful... ^.^

--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight
"An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!"

"Well! My expectations have been suitably lowered!"

--housemate's friend, upon the end of our household Ep 1 and 2 movie marathon two days before Ep 3 came out.

Ard Sumhenner
that Janice chick
Usual Suspect and general menace

They got the voice right, though... and I'll still go just to see it on the big screen.

Can't hold the Camaro against them... that's entirely VW's fault.

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Hot Rod's a good pick if he's a Camaro that has been massively rebuilt and modified with an over-sized spoiler and a canopy - and re-engined with a V-12 or some other engine that would be on the other side of the line that defines "street legal" in this country.

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As for Bumblebee, a Mini Cooper wouldn't have enough mass to fit the realistic transformation deal. You'd end up with a six foot tall robot who doesn't weigh much more than a pro wrestler. A little too modest. He's not a Micromaster/Minicon. :) (Well, not in non-UF stuff)