Hasbro Pulse has a new update for us. Going behind the scenes of Transformers: Robots In Disguise, we are treated to a good look at how G1 inspired RID’s Starscream as well as Blurr from the upcoming third season.
What elements of the G1 Starscream sculpt inspired this redesign?
“We wanted to hold onto certain iconic design traits to maintain his epic look—such as his chest exhaust design, graphic pattern on his wing, his overall color scheme, and his twin null ray blasters.”
What was your motivation behind Blur’s build?
“Blur’s a fast talking, speed loving Autobot. We wanted his design to evoke the same sense of speed to be true to the core of the character.”
The article also hints at modern makeovers for more characters.
Check out the full post at Hasbro Pulse.
Spin-Out
I'd really rather not have the franchise descend into being nothing but G1 and the Movies.
BigRed
Uh. Try reading my post again? I don't care what any kid that isn't mine likes Toys are toys it doesn't matter when they were made. Where do you get the idea that I'm trying to give my opinion on what you got your kids into? Not my place or interest to do that.
I just find it funny how many times the "Well MY kids" card gets thrown around. There is always someone with kids or little cousins that just happen to agree with him. It's a silly cliche.
jamarmiller
are you saying kids dont like G1 ? If so look at my signature and follow the link of NEW FAN and see if its true or not. Some kids do genuinely like G1 and want more of it.
BigRed
Is there even a bigger cliche in these threads than "Well I have kids and MY kids like what I like"? So defensive.
Either way, glad Starscream and Blurr look good to me. Don't know where these crazy rants about no new characters only g1 is coming from when the Starscream arc had like 11 new characters and only Starscream among them was a G1 one, and even then his personality was the Prime Starscream not the G1 one out of continuity needs. I'm sure Blurr isn't the only new face from the upcoming season.
jamarmiller
real shame they didint make it more g1
Novaburnhilde
This was pretty cool, I really dig the concept art of Blurr.
Jus09
RiD is like the Star Wars Special Editions; it was perfectly fine on it\'s own, but Hasbro keeps piling on more and more extraneous crap. First we have Optimus Prime coming back. Than we have the Primes. Than we have the Deployers. Than the Mini-Cons. Than Boratonus is the main villain. Than Allspark Energy Weapons. Than Starscream is the main villain. Than Powerlinxing. Than camoflauge. And now Combiners. It was fine with the Bee Crew hunting down escaped Decepticon convicts. You\'re piling junk onto a boat that\'s three sizes too small to carry anything.
Spin-Out
Nah, visors make everything better, just like mouthplates!
jamarmiller
hey if that is what you want, go ahead and say it and support it. You have every right to. Its just not what My household wants
We want more SLAVISH g1 stuff, toys and cartoon and comics, and we will say it and support it, WE have that right too
Matt TooFast4U
Revisiting G1 is fine, until you take into account:
Generations is a thing. The deigns are more G1 slavish than ever in Titans Return, while RiD is cocurrently starting to drop it's originality for more G1 homaging. Even Masterpiece is going 100% show accuracy at this point.
Prime had plenty of G1 inspiration too, Animated even MORE so, right down to the theme song.
Isn't it about time we just let a series be what it wants to be and not get anchored by the 80s?
jamarmiller
I hope they keep up this trend of going g1 on stuff. IN fact I hope they go even more g1. I just finished all 7 seasons of g1 with my boy and for him to see so many of those characters come back , makes him AND me happy.
RID became interesting to me when they started doing the g1 thing
dirtmodeler
i wish i could draw like that
DeletedUser_119270
@Lumpy lol!!!!
Lumpy
Really hope his name is Blurr and not Blur…
DeletedUser_119270
RID Blurr needs a removal of that visor and then he'll be better.
PredaconElder
It may have worked with Starscream, but Blurr is way too bulky. A fast talking speed loving bot like him should be sleeker. Animated's design for Blurr remains the gold standard.
bumblebeej8
Neat article. I hope we see a balance between RID G1 characters and RID characters. I'm actually starting to get into some of the 2015-2016 toys
That Guy
That wasn\'t that indepth, I would be more interested if they talked about other influences. Blurr for example is very much inspired by his Rescue Bots design, more so than G1 I would say.
Matt TooFast4U
Looks like a G1 styled headsculpt was originally on the cards before the Rescue Bots connection (completely unmentioned in the article) was made?
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Kind of glad they stuck with the RB connection. Don't want to break what's left of Aligned.
Kind of a shame they moved away from the originality of the early days of RiD to go for "retrofitting G1".
AzT
http://pulse.hasbro.com/en-us/news/…g_starscream___blur_into__robots_in_disguise_