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News Credits: 4 · by **General Magnus** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:45 pm

Since the F-22 mold is officialy licencend by the company that makes the real ones, is Dreadwing licenced by Mig? Since they use a very acurate Mig mold, I was curious about it.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sgt.Schnitzel** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:57 pm

No i don't think so, i don't think The MIG company really cares. It also didn't say anything on the bottom of the box.

by **Sportimus Prime** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:07 pm

It closely resembles a Mig, but it isn't accurate enough to need a license for me thinks.

by **Dispensor** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:11 pm

Sportimus Prime wrote:It closely resembles a Mig, but it isn't accurate enough to need a license for me thinks.

Well, neither is Starscream.

by **Sportimus Prime** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:24 pm

Starscream was in the movie. He turned into a real F-22. The toy is based on this and is more accurate to the F-22 than Dreadwing is to a Mig.

News Credits: 3 · by **FracturedKoi** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:45 pm

Sportimus Prime wrote:Starscream was in the movie. He turned into a real F-22. The toy is based on this and is more accurate to the F-22 than Dreadwing is to a Mig.

So accurate that he doesn't even have thrusters...poor flightless Starscream....

by **Susinko** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:49 pm

FracturedKoi wrote:
Sportimus Prime wrote:Starscream was in the movie. He turned into a real F-22. The toy is based on this and is more accurate to the F-22 than Dreadwing is to a Mig.

So accurate that he doesn't even have thrusters...poor flightless Starscream....

You know, I didn't even notice that he didn't have thrusters as a toy. I can't believe I missed that. Poor Starscream! He needs to work on his trans-scanning!

by **Sportimus Prime** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:10 pm

FracturedKoi wrote:
Sportimus Prime wrote:Starscream was in the movie. He turned into a real F-22. The toy is based on this and is more accurate to the F-22 than Dreadwing is to a Mig.

So accurate that he doesn't even have thrusters...poor flightless Starscream....

Hey man, I didn't design the toy. What I'm saying is the license probably carries over from the movie to the toys. BB doesn't have an interior, but he is still licensed. Jazz doesn't come with a hardtop, but he is licensed.

News Credits: 3 · by **FracturedKoi** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:14 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:
FracturedKoi wrote:
Sportimus Prime wrote:Starscream was in the movie. He turned into a real F-22. The toy is based on this and is more accurate to the F-22 than Dreadwing is to a Mig.

So accurate that he doesn't even have thrusters...poor flightless Starscream....

Hey man, I didn't design the toy. What I'm saying is the license probably carries over from the movie to the toys. BB doesn't have an interior, but he is still licensed. Jazz doesn't come with a hardtop, but he is licensed.

I know, I know, I'm not picking on you or flaming you, sorry if it seemed that way. That's just a gripe of mine about Starscream.

And on the topic of car interiors...where in the heck are they supposed to go to in the movie? Subspace? The same goes for the windows (excluding Prime's).

by **Sportimus Prime** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:19 am

I think that there would be some "morphing" going on with that where the interior changes in a molecular level and becomes robot parts.

News Credits: 3 · by **FracturedKoi** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:21 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:I think that there would be some "morphing" going on with that where the interior changes in a molecular level and becomes robot parts.

As they say in the extra features of the dvds, their not morphing, their transforming. One piece ends up someplace else, displaced.

But even hearing that is silly...there's no way, through any combination of shifting parts...that an 08 Camaro can turn into that Bumblebee!

I like how the Alternators handled the car interior thing much better

by **Silver Galvatron** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:58 am

Energon Starscream still rules.

by **mpchi** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:33 am

FracturedKoi wrote:As they say in the extra features of the dvds, their not morphing, their transforming. One piece ends up someplace else, displaced.

I did appreciate the artists' hard work on trying to make so many complicated parts folding and flipping to make a very convincing looking transformation. But when they keep emphasizing "they're not morphing" part on the DVD extra, they do sound kind of dumb. Its understandable if its said by a Hasbro rep, since its true for the toy design phase. But when it comes to the CG, good luck finding enough mass from that 74 Camaro trunk (only part not shown opened) to fill up that BB, when we know there is not much mass you can find in the interior & the sheet metal around it, nor the pretty empty front with the engine. LOL :grin: