Gauntlet101010 wrote:megatronus wrote:Gauntlet101010 wrote:Neo's just another word for "new". Neo G1 is "new G1." Unless it's a reissue that pretty much covered everything. Hell, even some guys like Ehobby Sunstorm or Ehobby SG Blaster, which are recolored G1 toys could rightly be considered Neo G1. Because they're new additions to G1. MPs and classics are all Neo G1 in that they're all new interpretations of the G1 toys.
Ditto most of the Energon Trilogy homages.
I think it's a little better to say things are more "modern". Then you have a better argument. I mean, obviously, guys based off the Fall of Cybertron game would have a more modern look than the toyworld guys. And most Classics releases are more modern than MPs in their look.
That's an overly literal take on the term neo...
I'm a literal person. People toss around the word Neo as if it's doesn't mean new at all. Neo G1 MEANS New G1. That's what it means. They're ALL new G1.
The dinobot sets that aren't Neo G1? The normal releases you find at stores.
You're proving my point - sure you can apply the term neo to all those things, but that's not at all what it means in the context of our collecting community... so why use it that way?
From my understanding, "Neo" is the flip side of Classics. Classics is not 100% faithful to the source material, but it tries to match the older character model aesthetic in spirit. Neo is a different kind of homage - it's streamlined in a way leans more towards the new (as the term implies) when it comes to character homages. In other words, where I see Classics as a representation, I see Neo as a reinvention.
My definition probably falls short because for me at least, it's a "I know it when I see it" kind of thing.