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El Duque wrote:I pretty sure everyone here would be in agreement with you, but we've just come to accept that most repaints won't have new heads. I was very surprised that the new Leo Prime for TFU, which is a repaint of Leobreaker for Cybertron, got a new head.

Don't accept second best! Don't buy lazy repaints.

I know what you mean though. The good news is Hasbro have said recently in their Q&A sessions that their current mindset is to mould the various heads for the different repaints when the mould is first produced. So in the future (and even now since they have done this with sunstreaker & sideswipe) we should be getting less straight repaints, and kudos to them for that. It will definitely net them more sales.

Sorry if I come off as a bit of an arsehole on this topic, I'm fine with repaints that have traditionally always been repaints (the seekers etc), but I feel that the lazy repaints do an injustice to the characters. Which is silly since we are just talking about toys here, but that's the way I feel.

I might get this.

Urzu Seven wrote:Dragstrip? Why? We all know Slapdash would have been a better choice...

Mmm. Repaints.
"Here, have a character!"
"Great! Who else can we make him?"
...
Bored now.

Well, after reading your well reasoned and insightful position as to why we all know Slapdash would have been a better choice, and your groundbreaking stance on repaints, I must say that you're made a believer out of me.

Oilspill wrote:

El Duque wrote:I pretty sure everyone here would be in agreement with you, but we've just come to accept that most repaints won't have new heads. I was very surprised that the new Leo Prime for TFU, which is a repaint of Leobreaker for Cybertron, got a new head.

Don't accept second best! Don't buy lazy repaints.

I know what you mean though. The good news is Hasbro have said recently in their Q&A sessions that their current mindset is to mould the various heads for the different repaints when the mould is first produced. So in the future (and even now since they have done this with sunstreaker & sideswipe) we should be getting less straight repaints, and kudos to them for that. It will definitely net them more sales.

Sorry if I come off as a bit of an arsehole on this topic, I'm fine with repaints that have traditionally always been repaints (the seekers etc), but I feel that the lazy repaints do an injustice to the characters. Which is silly since we are just talking about toys here, but that's the way I feel.

Oh, I would ALWAYS prefer new heads for every repaint, but that's not what's gonna happen. So I'll just take what I can. I really do hope Hasbro realizes how simple a task that is. Just a new head and the figure is completely different. Well, for most characters anyway. Seekers, Fracture, and some will do just fine as repaints, but others like the Cyb Def Scattorshot mold could use a new head. I mean he'll be offered 3 times and all with the same head. C'mon Hasbro, stop being lazy.

Yeah this figure looks good. Likely the only one of the new Special Editions that I'll pick up.
Love the colours on him