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Just preordered Grimy. Any FOC/WFC I have to buy!
Here's hoping for a TG Thundercracker!

Va'al wrote:Ok, I'm going to ask this here, out of curiosity:

When you see a new release, do you try appreciating it for what it is, which character it represents, and its pros and cons, or do you only see the potential for something else?

I'm not trying to attack anyone, just asking after those last comments!

(Also because I really just see Ratbat in that figure, and I like seeing Ratbat. )

Oh no, if I got it I'd want it as Ratbat! It'd look great next to GDO Laserbeak and FoC Soundwave. I just made the comment about the head sculpt because it was bugging me that it looked kinda familiar, with the robot-face-within-a-beast-face aesthetic, when whoever it was mentioned Leozack, I realized what I was trying to remember.

If you're referring to my comment in the Commander Trailbreaker thread...eh, it just doesn't scream "Trailbreaker" to me. He looks too much like he wants to KILL you. G1 Trailbreaker doesn't give off that vibe on sight. However, a bit after I made that post, I poked around tfu wondering who it could be repurposed as, I realized that it's homaging the red-visored G1 toy, which is kinda cool in and of itself. Also, Trailbreaker just isn't Trailbreaker without his hologram projector.

Didn't Ratbat have 4 talon fingered hands? I would have loved that on the mold.

Stormrider wrote:Didn't Ratbat have 4 talon fingered hands? I would have loved that on the mold.

Do you mean this one?



This is from Dreamwave's War Within series.

The look they're going for, as others have pointed out, is the IDW Megatron: Origin one.

I am disappointed that the Autobot Senate's logo was replaced with the Decepticon logo on Ratbat's chest. Grimlock got to keep his faction's logo after all.

I'm sure there'll be a Reprolabels that will rectify that.

Mkall wrote:I am disappointed that the Autobot Senate's logo was replaced with the Decepticon logo on Ratbat's chest. Grimlock got to keep his faction's logo after all.

I think it might be due to Grimlock's symbol being molded in.

The only real difference between this Grimlock and the hasbro is the red abs..anyone with patience and a buck to spar can easily paint that..totally not worth the 63 bucks. I'm keeping my preorder for the hasbro and I'll just paint the red abs.

Ratbat looks awesome, but dat pricetag. I'm hoping to see a Hasbro version before June when the Japanese version is released.

Unicronobot wrote:The only real difference between this Grimlock and the hasbro is the red abs..anyone with patience and a buck to spar can easily paint that..totally not worth the 63 bucks. I'm keeping my preorder for the hasbro and I'll just paint the red abs.

I'm not so sure. I suspect the shades of plastics used may be different as well (which is typical with most Takara releases when compared to Hasbro ones). Whether such differences are worth the higher pricetag is certainly up for speculation and up to the individual to decide, however I'd still like to see some side by side pics of the two to make up my own mind.

Va'al wrote:

Stormrider wrote:Didn't Ratbat have 4 talon fingered hands? I would have loved that on the mold.

Do you mean this one?



This is from Dreamwave's War Within series.

The look they're going for, as others have pointed out, is the IDW Megatron: Origin one.

Thanks for the explanation.