Re: Wal*Mart Listings Teases New Generations Deluxes: Rattrap, Crosscut, Nightbeat, and Tankor?
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:45 pm
I try to avoid posting my actual feelings about Beast Machines in the interests of civility, but even I can see some good in this being THAT Tankor:
As someone pointed out when this rumor surfaced, doing a toy of BM Tankor could confirm him as separate from Rhinox in IDW continuity. I say good riddance to their being the same guy, and look forward to the day when Thrustinator is the only lingering casualty of BM's rancid character-gutting (because he actually is kinda' funny, and some scars shouldn't heal).
Second, in my experience, the first Vehicon toys have proven useful for one purpose: being repainted into the minty-green legions of the G2 Cybertronian army. A new Tankor opens the door to this being done officially, if FunPub ever does G2 Re-Redux. Okay, so maybe I'm the only one who wants that bad enough that I'd actually army-build, but more obscure s#!t's getting made these days.
And finally, assuming part of the point would be greater show-accuracy on a non-puny toy, that always has merit, even if it's accurate to media that should never have existed. I know saying that is tempting fate to see plastic wasted on a toy of The Beast (Within), but in a world where the KO/3rd-party situation has left every fan on either side incapable of sticking to an actual principled position, I have to adhere to at least one principle for my toys to live by.
As someone pointed out when this rumor surfaced, doing a toy of BM Tankor could confirm him as separate from Rhinox in IDW continuity. I say good riddance to their being the same guy, and look forward to the day when Thrustinator is the only lingering casualty of BM's rancid character-gutting (because he actually is kinda' funny, and some scars shouldn't heal).
Second, in my experience, the first Vehicon toys have proven useful for one purpose: being repainted into the minty-green legions of the G2 Cybertronian army. A new Tankor opens the door to this being done officially, if FunPub ever does G2 Re-Redux. Okay, so maybe I'm the only one who wants that bad enough that I'd actually army-build, but more obscure s#!t's getting made these days.
And finally, assuming part of the point would be greater show-accuracy on a non-puny toy, that always has merit, even if it's accurate to media that should never have existed. I know saying that is tempting fate to see plastic wasted on a toy of The Beast (Within), but in a world where the KO/3rd-party situation has left every fan on either side incapable of sticking to an actual principled position, I have to adhere to at least one principle for my toys to live by.