by Jelze Bunnycat » Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:19 pm
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Hightower and Heavy Load are not retools in the traditional sense: they share engineering to an extent, but they share no parts whatsoever. Also, cost saving for new molds wasn't really high on the agenda at the time, especially with Takara (remember, RiD 2001 is basically an import of Car Robots, which had no Hasbro influence whatsoever).
No, I believe it was all for the sake of symmetry. The two form the legs in the standard "Grimlock as arms" configuration, as such they'd need to be roughly the same boxy shape to create a pleasing silhouette. Compare Raiden with Devastator, or Superion and Menasor with Defensor and Bruticus, or in other words, roughly symmetrical Combiners with "cobbled together" ones.
Then there's the matter of too much of one thing being bad. Hightower and Heavy Load had similar shapes and transformation, and that was the line. Grimlock needed to be different for variety sake, plus that allowed him to make more proportionate arms.
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- PotP Punch head
- TR Galvatron right arm (the gun one)
- CW Brake-Neck/UW Wildrider, CW Offroad
- TR Twinferno & Grotusque
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