I dont think he looks conpletely horrible but i hate how they removed the brendam bay text. Also I NEED to know where Ben is because no way theyre gonna introduce Bill but not Ben
OH MANNN THERE HE IS, THERE'S 2026 REBOOT BILL!!
And I have... thoughts LMAOO
I would agree with u that it's definitely not the worst design they could've come up with for him (I have zero issues with the coloured eyes and never have lol, but that's prolly cuz I like drawing them with coloured eyes myself! And I honestly don't mind the green on them lol), and I do think he looks kinda cute??
It's definitely quite different but it could've been a lot worse loll, his design reads a lot less "gremlin" to me with his more rounded appearance (which I don't neccessarily love but idm it entirely) and it's definitely still weirdly kinda off-putting compared to the OG design, but it's not the worst thing ever, for sure!
I personally don't love that they seem to be basing his model more off the CGI-era one then anything else (I have my own personal gripes with the bees' CGI models but that's a whole other rant for another day lol), but it's definitely not bad. Not great, but not horrible either!
(Also I see we're keeping the silver buffers from Buffer Bother, eh? I thought only Ben had those.... LOL)
Genuinely, though, it seems like the more I see of the reboot designs the less enthusiastic I become about it overall lmaoo. I get that they wanna do something different, and while I'm open to that idea, what I've seen so far has not made me feel very good about it LOL
(I have seen what they did to the likes of James, and ESPECIALLY Duck and.. man, that one especially hurt a lil LMAOO /lh)
I definitely do not like the lack of Brendam Bay text either, nor the weird black box and red lamp(like why is that box there??? what purpose does that serve???? also why is his lamp BRIGHT red??????), also don't love the red wheels either but given the whole CGI-era thing I can see why they're like that.
But yeah most of all the lack of any mention of Ben (everything has been only showcasing Bill so far, and there's been zero mention of a Ben, at least as far as I'm aware(?)) is.... not very reassuring LOL
I guess the optimistic part of me wants to think that they're only showing one twin bc... hey, they're twins, Ben's just gonna look the exact same but with a different name, right? Sure it's still kinda weird not to just show both of 'em but whatever, they're an identical set, we technically now know what they both look like by just seeing one of em.
But then I noticed... Bill has no nameplate.
No nameplate, nor a written name, the side of his saddletank is just... blank. Asides from S.C.C ofc, which is a given. But his lack of a name anywhere on him (arguably THE way people distinguish him from his twin, there was a whole episode about that I mean cmon!) is... concerning LOL
(Also the lack of writing other then "S.C.C" definitely makes his appearance look more... empty?? in a way?? idk, but it definitely feels that way to me at least)
Like you could argue that they just didn't include it for whatever reason or it's still a rough prototype-thingie still, but... like, every piece of Bill and/or Ben merch I've EVER seen has had their names on them. It's very weird for this one to not have that, at least imo
I could be wrong about this, ofc, but this, paired with the lack of anything about Ben is... concerning, for sure LOL there's no way they can have a Bill without a Ben, though, right???
I'm right there w/you twin, I NEED to know where Ben is. Bill needs his twin man! 😭We can't have a Bill without a Ben we just can't-
Like, did the other engines just get sooo sick of their nonsense that they just yeeted Ben off the island or smth???? like where is he-/j /silly
I did once jokingly suggest to a friend that Ben isn't there bc he refused to wear the green "eye contacts" (LOL), but only in jest and I genuinely hope that doesn't end up being accurate!! 😭/lh
Like please just give us smth for Ben too, I genuinely don't hate this design for Bill, I could live with it, but if there ends up being no Ben then that'd prolly put me off the show forever right then and there. :(
(It'd end up the last straw for me at least lol, and though I might still give it a chance anyway it'd definitely leave a sour taste in my mouth)
All-in-all, to sum up my thoughts; Don't love it, don't hate it, but WHERE THE HECK IS BEN AT?? WE NEED TO KNOW-!! KLASGHAS
Lemme know y'alls thoughts on this new design for the bee twins. Do y'all like it? Hate it? Maybe even theories on where tf Ben went off to? I'd love to hear em! x'D
Thank you for sharing!! ^^ I just wish we knew where tf Ben is fr fr KLAHSGAS
