In panel art, characters are usually visible (albeit small) compared to him but even if they only came up to his foot, they'd still have to be dozens of meters taller than they really are to even show up on panel. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. Posted by 6 days ago. Though jets are much larger than cars, they're drawn the same height so the battles appear fair (and also to make it easier to animate; blocking a shot where characters differ radically in height is difficult). Scale issues abound within the fiction, especially the original The Transformers cartoon. He's drawn small because he's a human-friendly character, and a junior member of the Autobots. Ultra Class, at US$25. Predacons Rising concluded the show on October 4, 2013 and a follow up TV series called Transformers: Robots in Disguise aired on Cartoon Network in the United . Far worse is the other Diaclone combiner team, the Trainbots, who have train engine altmodes, yet their toys are among the smallest of the Diaclone releases. Scan this QR code to download the app now, https://www.deviantart.com/kaijuattack877/art/Transformers-Evolution-Megatron-Size-Chart-742007022?comments_view=1. The opposite problem is seen with Masterpiece Megatron, whose robot mode is in scale with Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Scale charts - Transformers Wiki Transformers: The Headmasters scale charts: Shouki: 5 m Razorclaw: 5.5 m Mindwipe: 5.5 m Zarak: ~5.5 m Highbrow: 5.5 m Springer: 6 m Weirdwolf: 6 m Skullcruncher: 6 m Optimus Prime: 6 m Rodimus Prime: 6 m Hardhead: 6 m Cerebros: 6 m Brainstorm: 6 m Galvatron: 6 m Ultra Magnus: ~7 m Grimlock: 7 m Cyclonus: 7 m Sixshot: 7 m Devastator: ~16 m Transformers: Prime is a multiple Daytime Emmy Award-winning CGI-animated television series that premiered on The Hub on November 26, 2010 with a five-part mini-series, which was followed by a full season beginning on February 11, 2011. Conversely, the traditionally stunted Bumblebee is marginally too tall and bulky to be in correct scale to his otherwise fairly accurate core teammates, assuming one includes Voyager Optimus and Leader Bulkhead in their lineup. Mini Vehicles Warpath, Seaspray, and Powerglide are usually depicted as smaller than other Transformers in fiction, even though their alternate modes should have them towering over other characters. Originally, the intent was apparently to make the popular Optimus and Megatron characters available at lower price points than just the large and expensive "Leader" class, so that children with less money would not miss out, and perhaps persuading completist-minded collectors to buy multiple versions of one character. However, since Diaclone toys were not part of the same line as Microman toys, scale issues arose. Some fans interpret the many otherwise-unexplained scale issues above to all be the result of size changing, but this is debatable. Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation -Jason Park, background design for "Orion Pax, Part 3". He's drawn large because he's a leader character. Sometimes the cartoon would show ordinarily-scaled characters such as Cyclonus, Thrust or Huffer carrying another Transformer in their cockpit, implying either a tiny passenger or a huge vehicle. Here is a list of said sizes. Devastator is a Decepticon combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family. Deluxe Class, at US$10. The directand indirectsuccessors to Alternators (Binaltech Asterisk, Kiss Players, Human Alliance) also maintained a mostly consistent internal scale with their car figures. A few pages later, Laserbeak picks up Soundwave out of the human's hands, being barely able to hold the tape deck in his mouth, making Laserbeak about the size of a large dog (not counting the wings). However, that presents problems with some characters, such as Sideways (motorcycle) being the same size as Thrust (jet), especially if you assume Mirror is meant to be the size of a human. Hasbro actually displayed mock-ups for an unproduced line of "military" Transformers in scale with Alternators during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour; two of them recycled parts of Armada Unicron, and were thus Supreme-sized, which made said potential toyline not particularly commercially viable for Hasbro. In fact, they actually seem to increase their mass when changing from aerial vehicles into muscle cars. The show's theme song and background music was composed by Brian Tyler. Some Transformers are smaller than solid blocks of the mass contained in their alt-modes: Unicron would have to be about as thick as the Earth's crust while in planetary form, and Optimus Prime would probably be blown away by a stiff breeze in his larger incarnations. However, despite being by far the shortest of the Maximals, Rattrap is still a monstrously huge rat, the size of a Labrador dog (indeed, the writers stated that Season 1 Rattrap was 5' (1.5 m) tall[3]). There is no explanation for any of this. But as noted above, these lines include "human" drivers that needed to be comparatively tiny to fit inside their partner's vehicle mode. Trion also orders them to find theOmega Keys, which will activate theOmega Lockand restore Cybertron. The follow-up to that line, Transformers GT, packed each 1:32-scale toy with a 3 3/4-inch Microman "GT Sister" figure, making the girls positively giant when compared to the cars. Height Chart | Transformers Prime RP - ProBoards Scout Class, at US$8. Height Chart | Transformers Prime RP - ProBoards The Legends Class version of Devastator only adds another dump truck for the torso, which doesn't really improve things since all the individual components are still more or less the same size. Buzzsaw-Cassette tape. Template:Tabview Optimus Prime is the main character of Transformers: Prime and the official leader of the Autobots during the war on Cybertron, as well as the leader of Team Prime. With fighter jet alternate modes, the Seekers should be among the largest everyday Transformers and would tower over their Autobot adversaries; instead, the animation depicts characters such as Thundercracker and Wheeljack as about the same height. A panel in the "Time Wars" arc shows Goldbug, Ironhide, Scattershot, and Swoop all the same height. Alternity would follow in Alternators's footsteps with a series of smaller 1:32-scale licensed cars as well as stuffing characters who traditionally don't have automobile alternate modes into modern-day civilian vehicles. Transformers Movie 1 15th Anniversary Multi-pack, at US$141.99 War for Cybertron Trilogy War for Cybertron: Siege . The new scale for the driver figures continued with Dark of the Moon, which introduced Scout-sized robot figures that had one-man vehicle modes in a slightly larger scale, resulting in undersized drivers riding oversized motorcycles. In the Cybertron cartoon, the Recon Mini-Con Team have slightly-larger-than-human robot modes, but their alternate modes are large enough for a single human passenger, implying either a little size-changing or that their cockpits are kinda cramped. When interacting with the Autobot technology of the Ark and the Autobot shuttle, the Maximals are often dealing with equipment grossly oversized for them (standing on the chairs to reach the controls, turning knobs the size of their heads); yet the Ark also seems to feature some human-sized computer control panels. This is sometimes reflected in the choice of vehicle or the design of their robot mode. In the case of the Headmaster figures, the Headmasters set a rather consistent scale to their toys, but one that raises a lot of questions. Toys out of scale with others in the same line, Toys slightly out of scale with others in the same assortment, Intentional attempts at a consistent scale, Wait till you see the artist's rendition of a scale-accurate version, tiny (and correctly scaled) version of Scorponok, characters who traditionally don't have automobile alternate modes, giant, transformer-sized humanoids on an alien planet. In the Aligned continuity, the Thirteenth Prime is better known as Optimus Prime, the current leader of the Autobots and protector of the universe. Another glaring scale problem comes in the form of the Seekers, who turn into F-15 Eagles which, in real life, are 19.4 m (63.8 feet) long. These discrepancies are also seen in the other Scramble City-style combiners with Earth altmodes, whose toys are all smaller than similar earlier toys. For example, the original Air Raid transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but his toy is half the size of the original Starscream's. The robot mode scaling is generally very consistent to the chosen source, but there are still a few oddities, particularly when dealing with older figures being reissued or redecoed after MP-10. The scale of characters such as the original Dinobots, Hot Rod or Leobreaker is fairly arbitrary and can only be estimated by their relative size to other characters within the fiction, although most fiction is highly inconsistent in this regard (see below). (And they were never gonna make a properly screen-accurate-scale Scavenger, though a Commander Class figure was in the works, but was canned, bummer.). While the two initially have their own customized muscle car alt-modes with no scaling issues, inconsistencies begin to appear as soon as they scan secondary airborne vehicle modes. two cars or two planes), but are not quite in scale with each other. Autobot Outpost Omega Oneis located in a convertedmissilesilo inNevadaprovided by theUnited Statesgovernment, with Special AgentWilliam Fowleracting as their liaison. Considering our ancestors really were smaller than modern humans, this is not extremely wrong, but it deserves noting. The Animated franchise has its share of scale problems when comparing its toyline to the cartoon (not helped by multiple releases of some characters in different sizessee above), with several characters seeming roughly one size class too small, such as the Dinobots being a mix of one Voyager size and two Deluxes, Sentinel Prime looking rather diminutive as a Deluxe, and, most egregiously, Lugnut as a very squat Voyager who's shorter than even some Deluxes (as with Voyager-class Bulkhead, more of his mass went into his width, plus his weapon takes away some from his robot mode). This is also assuming Bumblebee's AOE height at 18 feet. 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime has wheels which are pretty tiny for a Freightliner truck, while his rear hitch section is too thick. In the case of Blackout, his huge alternate mode simply results in a hulking, towering robot mode. Qualities particularly celebrated include the cinematography, visuals and animation, voice acting (including the return ofPeter CullenandFrank Welkerto the roles of Optimus Prime and Megatron, something the actors themselves rejoiced over), and characterization.