jasonsschneider.bsky.social
Lover of transformable bots of many stripes - currently on a kick with Beast Wars-inspired organics, but that can change at the drop of a hat. Customer service agent, freelance artist, and general nutjob.
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Great classic update of G1 toy Bee - I love the vibe!
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Oh god, I feel this. For *years* people were telling me I should put my designs on shirts and they'd buy them. I tried it, put all my work on fancy shirt designs.
ONE person bought it (out of 100 who said they would) - and only because I gave it to them for as low as the system would allow...
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Awesome - that's great to hear, I look forward to seeing it!
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It's awesome how a design originally intended to homage a classic has become one. So many Optimus designs after it build on the transformation innovations of this mold, but nothing has topped it's weapons integration. The smokestack shotgun was genius.
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I'm impressed by the dramatic pose and lighting. It has the vibe of an anime protagonist that just got knocked across a field and is squaring up to counter. I love this shade of purple against the black, it feels very regal. Great work!
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His visor is wide with shock.
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Razorbeast was my first Beast Wars toy because I was struck by the Guyver inspired organic aesthetic and unique alt mode. It restarted my path back into the fandom after "outgrowing it" in highschool and early college. I still think it exemplifies that approach better than any design since.
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Great. I used to joke that CEOs could watch Soylent Green and think it's a how-to guide to achieve nutritional efficiency.
Now we have proof that a generation of tech plutocrats interpret science fiction's dystopian Megacorporations as aspirational.
With all the sarcasm on earth, I say: "Joy."
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Looks amazing, I love the diaclone color scheme and how well it invokes that original head sculpt! That, and I just love vivid red...
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Seriously, I love modern updates, but I also love the charm and uniqueness of the classic toys - it's awesome to see this niche getting filled!
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My iteration is always the same. I fall into an insanely gaudy and labyrinthine mall. Wandering, I stumble upon a Toys R Us. There's a bin full of transformable bots I've never seen before; all loose, in great shape, with masterpiece quality. I wake up whle figuring out how one of them transforms.
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Now I crave a Tim Burtonesque Sentai....
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One hundred percent! A lot of the best Beast Wars toys never made it to the cartoon. I still feel like a lot could have been done with the Fuzors concept. Considering Air Hammer already fits Maori myth, I feel like they could have evolved into legit mythical beasts.
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Thanks, I tried to design them to feel like updates of classic Beast Wars figures. Yeah, the Grootslang was described in mythology as a serpent/elephant that the gods made by mistake but were unable to kill. It's high on my list of "things I would not fuck with."
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I think I said before that I have a multiple-season series in my head for these characters. This one is a bit of a mafioso type - he's honorable and appears reasonable, but he's looking for leverage and will enslave people with debt. While disarmingly friendly with his squad, his temper is brutal.
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Thanks, man! It's funny. Most of the time, when I stumble upon a mythological creature I'm not familiar with, it takes a few iterations to clarify how I imagine the beast. I just read "Serpent/elephant mistake of the gods they could not kill," and my brain was like, "Yeah, it's this bastard."
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Hammerhead Rat is adorable - it would get all the cheese!
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It was a beautiful piece and an excellent example of the Guyver-inspired aesthetic of early Beast Wars toys. And yes, that type of beetle is just rife with potential for gorgeous color variations. While I wouldn't give up Blackarachnia, I'd still love to peer into that alternate universe...
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Sadly, he didn't live long enough to begin the Jihad, but his words will be captured in the Orange Catholic Bible forever!
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Yay - such a fun rendition!
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Awesome and hilarious! Heh, I was raised somewhere in between. My friends and I would have long, deep talks that other guys would say "sounded gay" so I don't quite get this monosyllable grunt technique, but if that's what it takes for guys to feel okay expressing themselves, grunt away!
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It goes deeper - Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Robin hood; all came from aristocratic families.
Clark was raised on a farm, got a (at the time) blue collar job, and lost his parents due to impersonal events (exploding planet, heart attack) - without his powers, he's far more ordinary.
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Aiming to recolor it to the trainer variant? I always called it the hot-wing Valkyrie!
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Are there rare, pizza scented editions we don't know about?
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Wonderful writing, and thanks for warning us about the tissues!
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Hah, I was the guy who saw the printer was almost out of ink and filled in the missing spots with a pen—the printouts were half Times New Roman and half my chicken scratch!
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Ugh, I had been using these folded Rand McNally maps for decades when Map Quest suddenly made things so much simpler - printed directions telling you where to turn, amazing!
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Honestly, I'd dig it if Legacy did the opposite and made brand-new character designs using those names, color schemes, and alt modes. Heh, then recolor them into the actual G1 leaders later - they can correct a mistake over a quarter century old!
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This is an example of Beast Machines' insane potential. The level of allegory in their writing is top-tier. Sadly, they were saddled with an impossible situation; they had to use the Beast Wars cast without watching Beast Wars. That's going to piss off the people choosing that cast caters too.
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The image of Superman holding the fallen robot with a look of compassion in his eyes screams of a Superman who would save his enemies if he could—throwing himself in front of others instead of punching the bad guys cements that this is the Superman I've been missing. Adorable Krypto? I'm in!
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Excellent - I know the tomes say Cthulhu is supposed to consume mankind, but I've often suspected it was just a mistranslation of manicotti!
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Kind souls, coffee shops, bookstores, and no cost of living? Assuming I don't have to offer any human sacrifices to any Lovecraftian gods, that sounds wonderful! If anyone is into fantasy or sci-fi art, I do that. If you need someone to do phone service, I've got 15 years of experience.
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I enjoyed it, although it is very 90s. The movie and TV series are radically different beasts—the characters and setting change drastically. Overall, the series is better, but the mecha are mechanical; in the movie, Escaflowne is a biomech bordering on being a Lovecraftian god.
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Awww, utterly adorable. 10/10 - would pet!
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The first one to come to mind is Aura Battler Dunbine (insectoid); the movie version of Escaflown is a Biomech, as are the mecha in Evangelion. You could argue Genocyber and the Giant Guyvers would fit as well. Heh, my little setting includes Biomechs, some Kaiju sizes, some smaller.
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He's had an interesting trajectory. He starts as an incarnation of the power of the dispossessed, an immigrant who takes on politicians and robber barons. Then, he becomes the symbol of a global superpower. When people realize that power is corrupt, he becomes bad propaganda.
Take him to his roots.
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It's legitimately tragic. You have a former Storm Trooper who changes sides because he doesn't want to kill innocent people, is traumatized by his conditioning, and may have to kill his former comrades. Yet, when he picks up a light saber, it ignites.
How do you not do anything with this?
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People who gripe about Superman not being relevant didn't look at him in the early comics when he was going after politicians, slumlords, and crooked businessmen. Knowing they have the resources to hurt him, a slightly depowered Superman challenging greed and corruption could be very relevant.
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I suspect it's partly because the best carols were written to share a spiritual experience, not necessarily proselytize, and as a result, they ended up being accidentally pretty universal. I mean, isn't everyone, on some level, hoping that peace on earth and goodwill towards man(kind) happens?
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Transformable, slightly Chibi Eva units that go way too hard for a happy meal and are somehow too damn cute for the anime? That's freakin' perfection! If I were still a kid, I'd be trying stretch a rubber band between the trees in my yard and fling myself to Japan for these little dudes.
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Seriously, I think I teared up a little bit. Rock was the selfless, quick-thinking, devoted "son" who honored the Astro-boy reference without making him anything other than the Mega-man we all know and love!
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Oh congratulations man, that is absolutely awesome!
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This is the Superman I've been missing!
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The sheer fact that I could forget Catturd existed is one of the things I like best about this place!
You just had to remind me, didn't you?
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I wonder if "Storm" is like "Smith" on Cybertron? Someone says, "Mr. Storm," and a hundred bots turn their heads like, "Who, me?"
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All it wanted was a Big-Mac.
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Semi-chibi Eva units that transform Anno's profound depression into a shiny plastic Happy Meal? The visual design on these goofy little things goes hard, and it's hilarious.
I picture them doing a cheesy stop-motion dance to the original Eva OST while Pen-Pen stares in abject confusion.