godzillabot wrote:Nice looking figure I wonder what character it repainted as, speaking of repaints as I recall a while back we had the instructions for G2OP, Tomahawk, Thunderwing and Terradive with different head sculpts, any clue as to who they are and when they will be released.
There were never definitive answers, but the big contenders were
G2 Op => Motormaster
Thunderwing => Black Shadow
Tomahawk => "Airachnid" a trademark Hasbro applied for but was denied.
Terradive => No Idea, maybe an original character like Tomahawk's retool.
Also, we were probably going to get:
Perceptor => Reflector
Scourge => Ratbat (from Megatron: Origin)
Kup => Gears?
With the line so close to termination, it looks like it could be a year before we see any of these though.
I could see Tomahawk, Terradive, and Optimus's retools getting out sooner though, as I really think we'll see a rebrand next Fall that carries the DotM line away from Mech Tech, with some better versions of the main cast, and some retools/repaints from before Mech Tech. Those three, of course, are most compatible to movie aesthetics.
The more I look at Skyhammer, the more I wish they had actually painted him up as Ultra Magnus. It might be nice to have a rendition that was distinctly different from Optimus, and carried the body mass and firepower you associate with the character. The chest-rotor also vaguely reminds me of Ultra Magnus's chest 'straps'. Of course, bright red, white, and blue would have looked silly. You'd either want to go with a predominately arctic camo or navy blue vehicle mode, with dark red robot parts.