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All I am saying is that they didn't necessarily plan or design these in the order they reveal them.

I'd wager they thought Electro is a good design and match, then planned this black one as an easy repaint.

Either way, we'll not know until they reveal the rest - so no need to argue about it.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bowspearer wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hasbro has made a few jet molds available to FunPub, and they just had to make due.

Did they? Honestly the smoking gun here is the upcoming Slipstream figure. That figure proves that they had access to the TF Prime moulds (at least some of them anyway), meaning that the Starscrem mould (and quite possibly the Soundwave mould) could have been used here. That raises the question of it wasn't chosen for Thundercracker and Skywarp.

The FE Starscream mold is currently in use for the production of the Slipstream figures. Besides, the style of the robot modes does not fit what they're going for, too lanky.

And since when has that stopped them before? Case in point - FP had no problems having the mold in production for Runamuck and Runabout and then using it for SG Tracks. Yet suddenly a year later it can't be done? Honestly - I don't buy that for a second.

Furthermore even if it is a little lanky, it's far closer to the aesthetic of the MW small Seekers than the mould they've chosen.

gothsaurus wrote:All I am saying is that they didn't necessarily plan or design these in the order they reveal them.

I'd wager they thought Electro is a good design and match, then planned this black one as an easy repaint.

Either way, we'll not know until they reveal the rest - so no need to argue about it.

Oh I'm sure they did decide to do things on the cheap here if that's what happens. However considering what they've done in the past, it shouldn't be used as an excuse to let them off the hook here for a poor/lazy mould choice.

Furthermore for everyone talking about costs; if they can get a mould made for an original head sculpt for these guys, then there's no reason they couldn't simply get Armorhide's gun recast in the same mould with the new head sculpt to minimise production costs. At which point it's simply a case of cutting both the gun and head from the same sprue tree.

Really, so Runamuck and Runabout weren't produced at roughly the same time last year? Furthermore there's at least a month's gap between Slipstream's release (May) and Botcon (end of June). Considering the tiny production run of Convention exclusives, a month (allowing the same amount of post production time needed for both figures) is more than enough time to switch the plastic over for the second run.

I love Botcon mold speculation as much as just about anyone, but this is what I hate. Everyone suddenly knows everything about all matters concerning mold selection, and then discussions turn more into what can't be done rather than what may be done, and most of the 'experts' end up being wrong anyway.
"They can't use this becuase it was used five years ago for an in store exclusive in Peru..."
"They can;t use this because it was first produced on an even numbered day in an odd numbered month, so it's obviously licensed for the live action movies..."

For starters, the Club may attempt for unity in designs or aesthetics, but if it doesn't work out, they don't seem to care too much. Look at last years' set....ROTF Bludgeon? I think it really was out of the aesthetic the rest of the Generations-style figures presented. (Thank you JelZe, but I don't care what lines they belong to or were marketed under and I know Bludgeon and Tracks essentially shared the same HFTD line. I just don't care.)
In the even they can not match up a figure with the aesthetic of the rest of the set, are we honestly supposed to believe that they just cancel plans on the figure until a more unified set of toys becomes available down the road? Well, they failed with the Kup and ROTF Dirge mold. Those two aren't really presenting a unified front.
Secondly, yes, TFCC Runabout and -amok did come out within the same time frame as SG Tracks, so I'm not entirely convinced that it is impossible for the Club to make multiple uses of the same mold in the same time frame.

There are some people on this board who appear to be determined to turn EVERY thread into an argument that they feel the need to "win".

Here's a thought. Instead of flame-baiting me across multiple threads for the purposes of trying to mock me into silence (which btw, isn't going to work), why not just put me on ignore- like I plan on doing right now with you.

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