more megatron, ironhide and frenzy design leaks

more leaked Transformer-movie designs, this time with a trio of images, starting with the "final" 3D-design render of Megatron! [via]

top-tier image is the "final"-3D-design, compared to the earlier featured renders at the bottom-tier, Megatron is shaping up to be quite an awesome evolved-looking mecha, IMHO - and hoping his "character" matches his look (unlike the quasi-whiny cartoon he used to be LOL ;p)

Ironhide is really shaping up to be a real cool-Autobot, at least from this CGI render [via]


while Frenzy (first revealed here) is still borderline "comedic", IMHO

cheeky-comparisons with Johnny5 is inevitable (*snicker*) ... but truly need to see the silver-screen adaptation of him to accurately judge, i reckon :p

[original images via TFW2005.com]

[posted 10.02.07]

gimme some optimus headshots

Autobot-leader; Optimus Prime pops in to say "hi" ~ courtesy of TFormers.com:

looking very much japanese-anime-robots-influenced with every little design-step, dunnit? IMHO, anyways ... *heh*

[posted circa 25.01.07]

official optimus image released

peep these "officially released" Transformer-movie images [via]

a majestic Optimus Prime, last seen on EMPIRE magazine-cover, actually ... altho i'd really appreciate it if they could throw some new crumbles our way, eh? in-lieu of yet another unscheduled / unintentional design leak, eh? *LOL*

and yet another new "reason" to watch the Transformers-movie:

no, not Shia LaBeouf (image-right), but sweetie Megan Fox, innit? (wiki / interviewed on FHM) = *yumz* ~ peep two more official-release pictures (of the Scorponok desert attack) @ SuperHerohype :)

[post circa 24.01.07]

megatron is an alien jet part two

"new"/more images of concept model sheet / developmental design sketches of Megatron (as an Alien Jet) has leaked online [via/via]

which sorta matches the CG-Renders (featured here) - and i haveta say i do like this visceral design, altho as much as it has been totally altered / adapted for the movie, it remains to be seen if he translates well unto the big-screen and eventually toys, innit? *heh*

[posted circa 20.01.07]

megatron is an alien jet

yes, Megatron has become an alien jet. (easier to explain than a giant-gun, mayhaps?) dunno what to make of it really ... Mecha-Predator? an elaborate jewelry-installation? a buncha bent forks-n-spoons-sculpture? or just plain awesome mecha design?



*all images shown above via servewithchips* (which also includes character descriptions of both Autobots and Decepticons) = *effin' cool*

megatron-on-ice?

full-CG-renders of megatron and barricade online

full-CG-renders of both Megatron and Barricade have appeared online [via]:

the initial partial-image of Megatron is fully revealed here [via], with him looking like he's out for a barbeque with them skewer-fingers of his (*snicker*) - altho am wondering if this be the bad-boy who stepped out of the swimming pool at the end of the teaser-trailer (posted here) ... whereas we see the complete Barricade (previous image), in all his scrounged-up angry-mecha-face glory [via]:

*heh*

[post circa 12.01.07]

i can see transformers

seen on Amazon Japan:



three (pre-school???) books with Transformer mecha-design images of both Autobots and Decepticons on their covers, namely Bumblebee, Barricade, and Optimus wif Frens [via transformerslive]

bigtime leakage? so, does it mean the images posted here and here are legit?

(or maybe they are "developmentals" after all, eh?) *heh*

[post circa 7.01.07]

optimus prime face revealed (sort of)

partially shoruded in silhouetted-shadows, Optimus Prime stands tall with possibly an Energon Matrix cube glowing in his gut his headlights flashing (???) on the cover of EMPIRE magazine [via] and from this image @ tfw2005boards, fanboys seems somewhat temporarily placated by the original-G1-face/head design of Optimus Prime.

giving-in to fanboys' pleas? or part of the original plan? the way i see it (and this is my own assumption, mind), the alien-Transformers arrived on earth, with their own Cybertron-organic-mecha-design-origins and mayhap part of their evolution was to assimilate (as if giant robots ever can) as close as they can to our culture and technology, was to adopt the more docile and less menacing look by the Autobots (including earth domestic-ish vehicles), while the Decepticons, obviously dun give a shitte about us humans, remains still in their Cybertron-menacing primordial-mecha look. does this make any sense to you? *it all makes perfect sense in my mind*
remember: there has to be "progression" or "growth" / "evolution" in the process of the story/movie - any story ... and how much you wanna guess this (G1) will be their final image to appear, before the end of the movie, to herald the next / sequel?

or yes, i am thinking too much into this. tis just a candypopcorn-flick, innit? yep. *heh*

[posted circa 24.12.06]

leaked cg-render of barricade

and the CG-render-floodgates continues to spill forth with leaked designs aplenty - actual final designs or not, we'd never fully know til the movie comes out, innit? ~ meanwhile, check out Barricade in Decepticon-mode: [via/via]

a very confused heap of scrap-metal, with a Megatron-centric facial-design, moves me not, im sorry ... anyways, be sure to download the original wallpaper image@Harbx.com.

"Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode was a formula one racing car. Barricade is the commander of the team and pushes the other members. His only fictional appearance is in the Dreamwave comics Micromaster series ... In the movie, he will be a Decepticon and can change into a Ford Mustang police car." [via]

[posted circa 8.12.06]

leaked cg-renders of optimus prime + bumblebee + megatron

sweet Transformers CG-renders leaked online [via Jalopnik.com]:

Optimus Prime Autobot-render (looking the same here):


Bumblebee Autobot-render:

together with a dis-embodied Megatron at the bottom:

(looking the same here)

disclaimer: "personally i've gotten over the fact that these aren't the Transformers of my childhood and old school cartoons and can only hope that they retain stronger design values for a current celluloid manifestation"

[post circa 7.12.06]

ratchet autobot transformed image

is this really Ratchet in Autobot form? [via/via]

a possible concept-drawing for the upcoming Transformer-movie ... well, at least the "face" ties in with that of Megatron's, dunnit? ~ what do you think? ~ personally, instead of moving forward (ie: Scorpornok image), we're moving backwards (ie: concept drawings) and tis all getting a mite tedious and boring ... but "have news" better than "no news", innit? *heh*

[post circa 6.12.06]

is bumblebee the tiniest transformer?

a few days without any Transformers-news (except this+this) and then POW! [via]

Bumblebee's (image via) looking to be the poster-child of the Michael Bay-directed flick, innit? dude's pix're everywhere! ~ here's him slacking off taking a break on-set :p

from from this image (courtesy of Sibertron.com), i'd understand why: becoz compared to everyone else, BB's the smallest Transformer (vehicular mode anyways) and probably scalable enough to be built 1/1-size, innit? and those Decepticons are sure big-a$$-mofos! *schweet*

[post circa 11.09.06]

optimus prime autobot-mode revealed

from truck to Auto-bot = now this is the
sorta design i could agree with, IMHO :)
(conceptual drawing or not ;p) [via]

my reactions to the on-going issues (read in fan forums) against the design of autobots and decepticons, that it is not faithful to the G1 (generation one?) and that somehow it looks nowhere near the Transformer cartoons embedded in every fans' minds:
(1) if it's "retro-cartoons" fans want, then maybe it'll be better if it came out a full-CG-flick (ala Final Fantasy or heck, even Toy Story!) - i personally would loveta see that, but this movie ain't it. ain't going to be it and ain't never gonna be it.
(2) the reality of current technology and design "demands" radical designs, or at the very least folks "expect" a certain level of forward-design-thinking. this is an "adaptation" of a fan-favourite property and not a "homage", as everyone (fans) hoped it would be.
(3) it's gonna be made into toy. how simple do we expect toys to be, in this day and age?
(4) at the very end, tis but a "property" (a very lucrative one) to the powers-that-be and we are but fan fodder that fills the cinema seats and queue up at the toy-cashier counters.

now, doesn't Optimus look totally kick-ass all regal-Autobot leader here?
*schweet-mecha-mayhem*

[post circa 06.09.06]

optimus with a big gun

ya know, tis not as if im that much of a hardcore Transformers-fan i seem to be here on me blog, what wif the constant posts + updates (but they sure are cool + interesting, innit?) and here's yet another (of many, many more to come, sorry) pilfered image from ain'titcoolnews of Optimus in full robot-mode wielding a big-a$$ gun. how "true" this image is, i know not and frankly, can't really care much as it sure is out of me hands (to complain or rejoice) ~ well at least it matches this other leaked image of Optimus, innit?

will Blue and Red Flames be the new style-icon color of 2007? ~ we shall see ~ *hyuks*

[post circa 01.09.06]