Cybertronian wrote:If the eHobby version is a bright green Skids, does this mean he'll be paired with a Red version of the Honda City (regular or S; Crosscut), as a Mudflap homage?
As much I (as an African-American) hate references to the "Ghettobots" (as my equally black best friend calls them; my insult was... not a good word), I might have to consider picking one or both of them up. At least there's no gold tooth or "soul patch"...
(Also, if you disagree with my qualms on the twins, save it for another thread. This one is purely meant to ask if we're getting a green Skids and red Crosscut.)
-- Cybertronian.
P.S.: Is it a crime for me to want Encore 19 or 20 to be THUNDERWING?!? To make him look different, you can even detail his outer shell's eyes and mouth. I'd want red eyes on the inner robot, but don't lose sleep on that detail. (As a consolation, I'd accept a Henkei version repainted from Ramjet. I know how to bring T-Wing's color scheme out perfectly.)
I guess Skids would be neat, considering the only version produced in G1 in Japan was a short-run 3-pack of "American exclusives", the 2nd of which (Buzzsaw) being re-released with Soundblaster. Since the American re-release came months after the TF Collection one, many people, myself included (having TF Collection #3) would be 'Skids'ed-out, and only looking forward to special edition repaints. On the other hand, if someone does me a favor, and recreates the Diaclone stripe decals -- only this time matching Skids's "Chevy Astro" stripe, I'd be happy to look into it.
(For reference, the DW artist who did the Collection box keeps the light gray and red stripe going up to his turn signal, the same as the yellow Diaclone one was decaled. On TF versions, the stripe is cut off at the door hinge, even though part of the yellow original stripe is still printed on the turn signals' decals.)
Just the same, I'd still find myself wanting more unique reissues, such as Sunstreaker (or Tigertrack branded as Sunstreaker), Wheeljack, Mirage, Thunderwing, or Overlord.
