Rated X wrote:Gotta disagree. Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time.
Really, this is your argument for doing Skids in G1 colors? Very IDW Springer in G1 cartoon colors looks terrible! Springer is only being repainted to help sell Masterpiece Hot Rod just like the re-release of MP Ultra Magnus. It's no coincidence that all three come out in February. If it weren't for the anniversary and those MPs the figure would never be made.
Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!
Thanks for saying this, it's why I made that comment a few posts back. You guys got All Hail Megatron and a few untranslated import books and that's pretty much it. Sure there are some fans over there that can read English or download translated scans to keep up, but the fandom far and wide is probably as aware of the IDW universe as most fans in the west are of Beast Wars Neo. I think when it comes to Japan it's more about the look that they like than the story.
fenrir72 wrote:Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.
It's true. From CW Legends wave 3 I've seen a single Groove, but have yet to see Viper or Warpath. Brainstorm was a similar case, I saw one at Target once, that was it (which was fine since I got a cheaper one from TJ Max later). Distribution really is a crazy thing. For that matter I've never seen Gen Skids in store either.
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