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Robot mode looks good. Alt mode not so much. Too much kibble hanging down there for whats supposed to be the engine.

The figure STILL looks good. Put him in the shelves already.

omega666 wrote:Not a fan of asymmetrical robots but Wreckgar being a junkion works out. He looks awesome. At least it's not a garbage truck.

My daughter loves the garbage truck Wreck'Gar

omega666 wrote:Not a fan of asymmetrical robots but Wreckgar being a junkion works out. He looks awesome. At least it's not a garbage truck.

Preach on my brother!

I'll be crossing my fingers for Reprolabels to make G1 style stickers for him
I'd buy them in a heartbeat.

Mine.

he looks so sweet!

It Is Him wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Can you say "Arcee retool"?

Since when is G1 Arcee a motorcycle?

This was probably a subtle joke based on the pointy things near Wreck-Gar's shoulders. Maybe.

Beleive it or not I'm actually serious

I'm thinking purely from a business perspective on Hasbros' part. The re-paint/mold options for W'Gar are quite limited as far as character recognition goes, unless they are going to give Afterburner or even Cy-Kill an earth mode (which I wouldn't object to!).

Hasbro have also been pitching Arcee as a Motorcycle since 2004, with the exception of the lowly distributed, store exclusified Animated version, so this may be the Alternate mode the "masses" can most identify with, especially with DOTM coming. The very nature of the Motorcycle alt-mode, being slimmer, lend itself well to the female form.

It beats a pink repaint of Kup at any rate

What I think I'm trying to say is that it's not as much of a stretch as you might think. How well it would be recieved is another matter entirely!

Pretender Skywarp wrote:

It Is Him wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Can you say "Arcee retool"?

Since when is G1 Arcee a motorcycle?

This was probably a subtle joke based on the pointy things near Wreck-Gar's shoulders. Maybe.

Beleive it or not I'm actually serious

I'm thinking purely from a business perspective on Hasbros' part. The re-paint/mold options for W'Gar are quite limited as far as character recognition goes, unless they are going to give Afterburner or even Cy-Kill an earth mode (which I wouldn't object to!).

Hasbro have also been pitching Arcee as a Motorcycle since 2004, with the exception of the lowly distributed, store exclusified Animated version, so this may be the Alternate mode the "masses" can most identify with, especially with DOTM coming. The very nature of the Motorcycle alt-mode, being slimmer, lend itself well to the female form.

It beats a pink repaint of Kup at any rate

What I think I'm trying to say is that it's not as much of a stretch as you might think. How well it would be recieved is another matter entirely!

Yeah, I can just see the fans screaming "CAH NOT MOTOHCYCLE" and boycotting the figure if it actually comes to pass. Smooth move Hasbro

Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Beleive it or not I'm actually serious

I'm thinking purely from a business perspective on Hasbros' part. The re-paint/mold options for W'Gar are quite limited as far as character recognition goes, unless they are going to give Afterburner or even Cy-Kill an earth mode (which I wouldn't object to!).

Hasbro have also been pitching Arcee as a Motorcycle since 2004, with the exception of the lowly distributed, store exclusified Animated version, so this may be the Alternate mode the "masses" can most identify with, especially with DOTM coming. The very nature of the Motorcycle alt-mode, being slimmer, lend itself well to the female form.

It beats a pink repaint of Kup at any rate

What I think I'm trying to say is that it's not as much of a stretch as you might think. How well it would be recieved is another matter entirely!

actualy those are some good points there man-makes sense to me.as long as her Robot mode looked a lot(not exactly) like the Arcee we all know then I wouldnt have a problem with it.they have done a great job so far in this respect so I have confidence this can work.

I love the mold as Wreck Gar. But this mold would suck for Arcee. Nuff said.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Yeah, I can just see the fans screaming "CAH NOT MOTOHCYCLE" and boycotting the figure if it actually comes to pass. Smooth move Hasbro

Hah, I'd love to see that just because it sounds HILARIOUS. I imagine it in a Clone High JFK voice.

Maybe I missed this, but in the following picture, the rider has a different head sculpt and chest coloring...is this a future release, or a fanjob?

AutobotTrainer wrote:Maybe I missed this, but in the following picture, the rider has a different head sculpt and chest coloring...is this a future release, or a fanjob?

3-Pack Release;

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... led/20384/

Have we seen any decent comparison shots for any more united figures vs RTS side by side?

I would imagine only Jazz and possibly tracks are available so far. I've seen the Jazz, but no word on tracks yet. Luckily I know tracks has the metallic blue paint.

I am really curious about Wreck Gar, Kup, Perceptor, Wheeljack and Scourge. The whiteness of RTS jazz makes me want United WJ as well. Tracks metallic makes me want him in United. Hopefully Kup, wreck gar and scourge can be easy choices to go with RTS. I just wish we had clearer images of them that we could compare

Blurrz wrote:

AutobotTrainer wrote:Maybe I missed this, but in the following picture, the rider has a different head sculpt and chest coloring...is this a future release, or a fanjob?

3-Pack Release;

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... led/20384/

And possibly the planned main retail retool. Possibly.

Gracias for the quick reply.