New (or is that old?) Don Fig Art!

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:31 pm

here and here

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:34 pm

I saw these earlier and totally stole them to print out and ink sometime.

Is that legal, you think?

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:49 pm

As long as you don't profit from it, I'm pretty sure it is.

That sounds like hella fun.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:56 pm

ill get my crayons!

those are absolutely brilliant pieces of work. why dont they look like that by the time theyre coloured and published?

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:09 pm

Someone usually has to 'unquality' them before the fans get their hands on them.

Hasbro's new TF rule.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:10 pm

Autobloke wrote:Someone usually has to 'unquality' them before the fans get their hands on them. Hasbro's new TF rule.

I always thought it was Pat 'Bicycle Pump Racist' Lee!

As i said tho, the drawing rock and roll

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:11 pm

Preaching to the choir.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:18 pm

Don is da roXXors! He even made Cobra-la seem "sorta" cool...

But, hmm this then of course means that G.I Joe VS TF v3 was in the works? But why was Don Figueroa making the designs?? I know he's a DD exclusive now, but I'm thinking that maybe he was still with DW at the time of this?

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:31 pm

Predabot wrote:He even made Cobra-la seem "sorta" cool...

Never gonna happen. GI Joe/Cobra=poop.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:38 pm

I like cobra la, the gi-joe story with the big cobra war in the TF:UK comic was great

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:49 pm

I always saw Joe as pollution in the TF comics.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:53 pm

The thing that always amazed me was that given all the constant association of one with the other, that more G.I.Joe and Cobra vehicles weren't used in standard Transformer designs maybe not from the start but later on in a regular basis kind of way. I never had a problem with G.I.Joe comics, provided they weren't a huge factor in a Transformer comic and more just a small variable in a particular story. I never was one for the crossovers, not enough grape-stomping for me to buy it (on a couple of levels). Other than the color scheme, I do rather like what they managed with Megatron in Generation 2, though I was hoping for a form of HISS tank to be honest.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:57 pm

Señior's Covenant wrote:I was hoping for a form of HISS tank to be honest.

But then he could only be a 'robot in disguise' in the Cobra carpark.
The only good thing about TF/GI Joe crossovers were the interesting new TF designs -especially the radically departed alt modes (and people are complaining about IDW's possible minor alt changes).

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:01 pm

Bah, slaggin' logic.

Though regardless of the tank type, there's really and truly only so many places a tank can be covert. Plus, given the color scheme he had... ...well, might as well have been a flashing neon green sign that says "OUT OF PLACE" sitting on a white building.

This is all ignoring the fact that given the nature of the Decepticons and the way they tend to go about things, that if they were into espionage there was really no reason for oddly colored alt. modes that disguised them at all.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:08 pm

Decepticons never really hid in the cartoon or the comic, did they? You have to wonder why they ever kept their obviously weaker (compared to their Cybertronian) alt modes.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:10 pm

Well, I always attributed the alt. modes to nothing more than a physical facade, nothing really that affected their abilities beforehand. I think the comic made mention of that at least once or twice.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:21 pm

But if Megs wasn't a handgun back on Cybertron, surely becoming one on Earth must have reduced his offensive abilites somewhat in alt mode. Maybe becoming a tank was his idea of reclaiming his old power, but he still felt that a normal Earth tank might be an advantage in the future, instead of a HISS that might stand out.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:51 pm

I dunno, I'd say Megs' handgun mode is as powerful (if not more so) as any tank when he wants it to be. I think its likely that in most cases Earthen alt. modes do not mean reduced effectiveness, for instance most 'bot cars and 'con planes are much faster than their Earthen equivalents.

Nice art.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:52 pm

Ah, but you can't drive over an Autobot's head in your handgun mode.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:56 pm

Who needs to when a fusion cannon can level whole mountain ranges?

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:57 pm

But where's the fun? The personal touch? The bursting head?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:59 pm

Check Ironhide's fate in Transformers: the Movie...

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:00 pm

True. Shouldn't blast the floor in a shuttlecraft that you're riding in though.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:38 pm

He didn't.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:26 pm

He blasted the friggin' walls royally when entering tho.

I suppose it's not all that important to TF's tho. They have no true fear of the vacum of space, and decompression is apparently not a problem either. Megs just needed the craft to hold together until they got to Earth.

Hence, bang, bang, BANG!

Don't we just all love it how he finishes off Ironhide permanently in that shuttle?

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:48 pm

Is it me or should they reallu have let Don design megs in the first place.

not so keen on all the unneccs detail on galvy tho.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:00 am

The Megs is my fave.
I luuuuurrrrrve the way the design of his torso and thighs echoes parts of the Decepticon symbol. An iffy idea but Don makes it work with such grace.

I dislike Joe/TF crossovers - tho Ancient Relics is neat - but I'm a fan of the Joes.
Cobri-La sucked, however. Mightily.

Thinking of picking up the Joe movie, there's a shop selling the DVD for a fiver....I'm thinking it's worth it just for the Cobra Commander scenes...

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:26 am

the rotor blades turning into a cannon are clever -my only issue is that helicopter just inst megs.

I also dislike lots of small guns sticking out from places

Its still cool

Post by **Best First** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:03 pm

The Roling Thuner Op makes me wet...

so i guess this is for the next DD GI Joe/TFs?

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:28 pm

One would think so, but since Don posted this as un-used(?) artwork, and the fact that the deal that DD had to do G.I Joe TF crossovers was with Dreamwave, I'm not sure it is to be?