"Now,
I know that none of the Transformers can technically
claim to be any 'nationality' on Earth, being from Cybertron
as they are, but as Outback is a very 'Australian' character,
and spends most of his time patrolling the Outback,
then Madman liked our idea and decided to go ahead with
it.
Madman mentioned recently that they hadn't yet created
an Outback design for this Character Profile screen
on the DVD, and so we suggested perhaps running a competition
to let the Australian fans design their own, with the
winning entry possibly being used on the actual DVD.
Madman liked that idea and have given the go-ahead for
it!
This is an open competition free to any Australian resident
to enter, and the deadline for artwork submissions is
October 28, which gives you plenty of time to create
your masterpieces.
On October 29th we'll post all the designs submitted
to us online, allowing all of you to choose the best
entries which will then be forwarded to Madman for their
consideration."
THE ENTRIES:
In all we had five submissions from four entrants, all
of whom did a superb job and should be proud of their
work!
As you can see from our last
picture, we also had a very special 'postcard' from
Outback's 'manager' (sent in by SKY SHADOW), thanking
everyone for going to all this trouble on his behalf.
And here's what the postcard said:
"This picture
was taken last week on one of his rugged adventures,
in this case to Ayres rock. He [Outback] wishes everyone
the best of luck for the competition, and is thrilled
that he's finally getting some recognition as one of
a handful of Australian Transformers, along with Beast
Wars' Snarl and Beast Wars II's Tasmanian Kid, naturally.
THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED:
Out of all those excellent
entries, here's Madman's email regarding the winner:
"Hi Stephen,
W ell, following some consultation with Tim and the
Madman design boys upstairs, I think I’ve decided
on a winner: we like Ravage's first entry!
The other guys all did a great job as well, and if I
can get the time from the guys doing the encoding we
might try and feature them all on there somewhere.
So there you go, congratulations
Ravage, you did a great job and I hope everyone enjoyed
the competition!
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