AllNewSuperRobot wrote:They are not the same. Just as Cybershark isn't Sky-Byte. Spittor isn't Diver. Iguanus isn't Crazybolt etc, etc The Takara Series repurposed versions of toy-only characters are just that. Except with worse names. It is the equivalent of saying Delta Magnus represents Ultra Magnus.
First of all, some of them
are exactly the same, you just cherry-picked a bunch of examples that aren't. For example, Apache is the exact same as B'Boom, Scuba is the exact same as Claw Jaw, Tasmanina Kid is the exact same as Snarl, Scissor Boy is the exact same as Powerpinch, and Latolata...is allegedly different from Injector, but it's such a minimal difference that I doubt HasTak would make 2 separate figures.
Second, I know that Delta Magnus and Ultra Magnus are not the same guy, I never said they weren't. However, it cannot be argued that because Ultra Magnus is a prevalent TF show/media character, he gets new molds dedicated to himself, and every time that happens it opens the door for a potential new Delta Magnus to go along with him, which is how we
just got a new Delta Magnus via Shattered Glass. This is known fact of how HasTak operates, this is nothing new. Therefore, by that same logic, any BW mold that was toy-only in the US but had at least one of it's decos be used as a show character in Japan can get a new mold dedicated to it by first releasing as that specific show character, and then all the other versions of it are on the table as exclusives/repaints, toy-only or not.
So yes Cybershark isn't Sky-Byte, but new Sky-Byte is both likely
and brings with it the avenue for new Cybershark, thereby making Cybershark possible despite his lack of media. Same with Crazybolt and Iguanus, same with Diver and Spittor, and same with (as I originally mentioned) Elphaorpha and Torca, and Drancron and Sky Shadow.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:For the same reason. We are a couple lines beyond WFC now. Neither show any signs of being adapted into the wider line, long term. They have both become the Mini-Cons of the WFC line.
Not only is ZeroWolf absolutely right in that the gimmick has 100% persisted despite the figures not specifically being called Weaponizers, but also they're still making Weaponizer repaints? We just got Red Cog last year.
Also I love that you tried to extend this nonsensical argument to the Minicons as well and Hasbro themselves immediately shot that down with their SDCC reveals faster than I ever could.