Once again, Hasbro designer Marck “Markclonus” Maher has taken to his Instagram account to share with the fans some comments about the recently revealed Transformers Legacy: Evolution poster. We have some interesting trivia about the creation of this great piece of art (by artist Marcelo Matere) as well as some easter-eggs! Read on for details:
Happy @hasbropulse day everyone. Big thanks go out to @toygrind you killed it bruv, hope we can get you involved with some more tings! The greatest brand team evah featured in the stream @isabellachiemiweiss @bmacatron84 @naveskoorb and obviously the amazingly talented devoted and passionate design and engineering team at TAKARA TOMY! Aaaaannnndddd most importantly, all of you!!!! The support and love you all give means the world to us!
@marcelomatere is a LEGEND in the TF brand as his passion and talent spark has been part of the brand for so so many years. Dudes rep is undeniable and working with him on this new year of LEGACY has been a dream come true. He has been instrumental in many aspects throughout the brand’s history and in this EVOLUTION series, you’ll see more soon at how crucial his involvement really is 😉
Shout out to our packaging team for allowing me to really art direct this package poster art with Marcelo. The color theory and the energon fizzles they flexed really makes these packages pop! If you swipe right you’ll not only see Marcelo’s pencils but you will also see the rough imagery I threw together to convey layout, excitement, character features, and of course, all the easter eggs! Trying to relay the entire vision of what Legacy is evolving into was definitely a welcomed challenge. Much like my involvement with our Wreckers exclusives program packaging execution, I will try and continue to convey through art direction what the story is behind all the amazing toys!
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, if you buy 2 characters at the same scale, you will be able to place the sides of the packaging together and complete the poster image shown here! My man Mario and talented Christina over on the packaging team are a great pleasure to work with and we got some insanity cooking for yall!
Okay okay I know you want to see more on the toys, hopefully this weekend I can give you some posts on just how amazing these toys truly are, Takara and Hasbro are ready to roll out and you will soon see more than meets the eye!!!!
About the art, many fans have noticed that Armada Optimus Prime was drawn on top of the art. Could this be a hint for a new upcoming mold or maybe the almost forgotten mold which was shown at Tokyo Wonder Festival 2019? Let us know your expectations on the 2005 Boards!
saci
Skids being on the prelim poster makes a LOT more sense today
ProfessionalIcee
Not this thread anymore.
Judgement prime
Who dead?
ProfessionalIcee
What the $&@# are you talking about?
rikkomba
if they wanted to do thirteen primes:
6 from Cybertron, I guess with two repaints of TM2 Megs and SS86 Scourge
OP is already available
for the last 6, Armada and Energon OP, plus… four repaints of Siege Shockwave
ProfessionalIcee
Nexus no, Vector eventually. We already have Override.
Also,
Judgement prime
i just had a sudden theory on some possible primes we may get in the legacy line. due to the fact it has several characters from alternate franchise/dimensions we may be dealing with nexus and/or vector prime/s
TFsound1
Who is the Junkion on the right of the artwork? Was this Junkion ever in Transformers before? The Junkion looks like he could be a retool of Wreck-Gar. I don't know if he is a generic from the G1 cartoon. It's probably the Voyager figure that will be released next year. I don't know if it's a new figure. Also, recently we got a giant Ark figure for the Transformers line. In the picture I see what looks like a Junkion Shuttle and a Decepticon Shuttle. It's likely they will be made into Transformer toys given that they are on the poster. Perhaps they will be giant new robots just like the Ark figure?
Dinobot Snarl
We will never have better writers than MTME.
TF Hot Rod
And after Unicron I feel like the next Haslab will be smaller and cheaper like VS since he got more backers than Unicron.
ProfessionalIcee
No.
Jinray20
I like looking for easter eggs in posters and I see the animated space bridge portal, which most people are eluding to animated characters coming. But the planet pictured behind, may not be behind…what if its coming through? And is it Cybertron? Could this be the biggest hint at the next Haslab for transformers being Cybertron/Primus???!!!!
ProfessionalIcee
No.
TFfangeek
I wonder, with Aramda Prime and Hot Shot in the image, will the Nemesis starship be the alt mode for Armada Tidal Wave?
I know I want Tidal Wave to be the next Decepticon Titan.
TF Hot Rod
Yeah he’s 100% the Commander for the year, especially cause of the trailer.
Shutdown
SunSwipe5
Okay then, Prime CJ and Bumblebee Movie CJ.
SecretWyvern
G1 Cliffjumper also didn't die. So your comparison doesn't work even more if we're talking about only G1 Cliffjumper
Bradman001
Wouldn't that be cool. Or another retool where it's a G1ESQUE lockdown in the shape of a "hemi" s(I'd prefer a javelin or AMC product.)
ProfessionalIcee
Fine, fleshed out character.