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"Springer: Twice the Life"Springer was a Triple Changer back in the day, turning into both a helicopter and a strikingly helicopter-like "armored car." More recently, two new toys have been made of him, one that only turns into a helicopter and one that only turns into an armored car . Which I've decided must mean: transporter accident!
Which was a perfect opportunity to reference some oldschool Transformers lore.... can anybody tell what event the title, background characters, and some environmental elements are all pointing to? One person in the comments already got the core answer, but nobody has spelled out how all the clues work yet.
(Side note for the terminally geeky: Springer's helicopter-only toy was actually meant to represent his form in the War Within comic, set in Cybertron 's ancient past. But the toy is very much an Earth-style helicopter, and it barely matches the way he was drawn anyway, so I figured it was fair game for reinterpretation.)
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That's just the beginning of things wrong with movie Drift. The less said about him, the better.
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Please tell me there is a fanfic somewhere about this! The idea is brilliant
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Thanks, but not that I know of! Maybe it's up to you to write it.
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XD Maybe. It'd be a fun one to write that's for sure ^_^
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Springer: Oh Primus, I'm going to go three faced crazy am i?!
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Not sure if anyone got it yet, but the whole scenario points to the issue 'Price of Life' from the old Marvel run, where Optimus hired Nightbeat to find Ratchet after he sacrificed himself to stop Megatron and vanished into in a space bridge, only to bring back a horrible fusion of Ratchet and Megatron. This was also around the time Pretenders came out...so it seems the reverse is happening here! Great art by the way.
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Yep, that's exactly what's happening! And thanks - I'm glad you dig it.
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in "Star Trek: The New Voyages" anthology where Spock's human and vulcan halves are split. same here, the car and heli
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I did take inspiration from the Star Trek transporter accidents (I was thinking the episode with the two Kirks in particular), but the reference I was being coy about is to something in the old Transformers comics. If you want to see, check the early comments in this thread: JazZeke got the answer.
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is it the one where the guy gets seperated into two indentities after the transporter accident and they have to put him back together again?
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the only thing is i know that nightbeat's new look and the two sprungs are from timelines n classics, and maybe the event is that the springer in This universe has gone, like in the armada comics, happened with Optimus, and they re trying to search for him? [link]
sorry for thr whole bla-bla, its just a stupid quessing.
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Hey, it's not stupid at all! In fact, I like that idea - that a character goes trans-dimensionally missing, and his comrades keep trying to retrieve him, but every time they get a wrong incarnation. By the end of the day, there are alternate Springers spilling out into the hall....
But if you want to see my intended answer, in the early comments JazZeke got it.
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yeah i saw it, and i remembered that part of the marvels, it was a cool one [a big nightbeat fan 
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Hee hee.
I hope someday there's a story where a Trans-Time Dimensional Portal malfunction causes a crossover with the Shattered Glass universe.
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Now that is a damn clever idea, well DONE sior 
Nicely done on the lighting as well as the camera shot!
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ha! that's an awesome concept! and teleportation accidents are almost as great as flame-retardent foam. jk seriously though that's an awesome way to tie the toys together into the classics universe.
and as always, your artwork is amazing. i would SO love this as a print.
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Thank you! And, hey, what's up man? Good to see you again. As for prints, I'm actually considering getting back into that business because I'm practically next door to the Emerald City Comicon, which is growing by leaps and bounds. If I end up running prints of this one, I'll let you know.
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kick ass, man. i'll keep an eye out for it if you do run prints.
and i've been good... kinda on and off lately. hiding out in my little corner of the interwebs. lol glad to see you still around. i don't think i even knew you had a DA account. lol
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Ah transporter accidents; the most hilarious plot device ever invented!
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I know a lot about Transformers but I have no clue what event you speak of. But I am gonna use my scifi knowledge and general common sense to say it has something to do with a teleportation accident Springer was in that resulted in there being two of him. One which transformers into a helicopter and one that transforms into an armored car. The title would state that something resulted in two of something. Two Springers being in the middle of what looks like some sort of energy output would clearly depict one became two. I don't really see how the background characters make a difference but I must be wrong.
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That IS what's going on in the picture, but the reference is to another teleportation-related event in an old Transformers series. In the early comments in this thread, a dude called "JazZeke" got the basic answer.
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I am not familiar with that episode. But it has been some time since I watched the original Transformers.
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It's the Marvel comics, actually - this issue .
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Never been one for reading Transformers. The story sounds good though. If they would just bring it back on TV and draw them correctly it would be a hit. But these days everyone takes shortcuts and cartoon artwork is horrible.
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Thank you! I'm glad the emotion came through - the fact that these robots are full-blown characters and not just mecha is part of what made me a Transformers fan and has kept me one all these years.
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yes, exactly. that's how i feel about them too.
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Wow, this is not only an awesome piece of art, that is actually an AWESOME concept for the toys!
I have NO idea what the significance of the BG characters are. I know its Nightbeat, Slag and Optimus, but I dunno why they were chosen...
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Thank you! I love finding ways to "justify" obscure toys.
And that's not Slag, but you got the other two. If you want to know the answer, check the early comments (look for JazZeke's reply in particular).
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LOL I was looking at the head only and it made me think it was Slag buried in the darkness, wow do I have egg on my face, lol. I checked out JazZeke's post, NOW it all comes together
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Isn't that the Rebuilt Optimus in the Marvel Comics? The other two for some reason, aren't ringing any bells :\
...but I really have no guesses on why...
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Actually it's a more modern Optimus toy (but you'd REALLY have to know your Optimi to tell). You're on the right track with the Marvel thing, though... if you want to know the answer, check the early comments in this thread - dude named "JazZeke" called it.
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ah! okay, I remember now... XD silly me, I gotta re-read that comic series again...loved it
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The concept of thinking that up is astounding!
I totally love his helicopter toy mode btw, it rocks.A
And the color scheme of this really fits together.
A wonderful peace!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like the colors in particular, since I invested a fair bit of thought into them. Given the loud paint scheme of your average Transformer, it's dangerous to just color them as they are because that can make for a pretty chaotic composition. But TFs are also often defined by their colors, so striking that balance can be tricky. Like I said, I'm glad you think I pulled it off!
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I really like that accident idea. And yeah.. there was a time when he was a cool Triple-Changer. Now he is a couple of stupid repaints. It's so fail for such hero
Awesome art-style btw!!
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Thanks! And for what it's worth, I always thought Springer's "Triple Changer"-ness was pretty lame compared to the other TCs. But both of the new toys are pretty solid designs, and Springer-y enough to get by. I haven't decided which is the evil one yet....
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You know, I like the "armored car" Springer toy (and I can't find it! arrgh!), I just don't like the fact that he doesn't deserve anything but Hot Shot's repaint, thats really lame.
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I hear you. The thing for me is, I pretty much only collect G1-related toys, so when a good toy like CD Hot Shot gets the G1 treatment, I'm happy to see it. In my eyes, that toy is Springer; its original purpose is secondary to me.
Now, one thing I will say is that I'd still like to see the Springer character appear onscreen again. I liked his quippy sarcasm.
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