ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
What puzzles me is how it ever made it out of the dark recesses of the designer's brain and onto his CAD program.
ZeroWolf wrote:MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
What puzzles me is how it ever made it out of the dark recesses of the designer's brain and onto his CAD program.
I wonder if the designer cared more about the alt mode then the whole toy
MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
What puzzles me is how it ever made it out of the dark recesses of the designer's brain and onto his CAD program.
I wonder if the designer cared more about the alt mode then the whole toy
it's not a particularly stellar altmode either. Almost total lack of external paint. It's tiny, and it's lacking any landing gear.
ZeroWolf wrote:MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
What puzzles me is how it ever made it out of the dark recesses of the designer's brain and onto his CAD program.
I wonder if the designer cared more about the alt mode then the whole toy
it's not a particularly stellar altmode either. Almost total lack of external paint. It's tiny, and it's lacking any landing gear.
I never said they were a good designer another theory could be that budget limits changed and features had to be stripped and poor airarachnid got the brunt of it.
MemphisR56 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
What puzzles me is how it ever made it out of the dark recesses of the designer's brain and onto his CAD program.
That Bot wrote:The First Editions were initially meant to be Generations figures before Hasbro decided the show deserved its own toyline. Why they proceeded to rerelease the same characters twice, I'm still not entirely sure of, but that's where Starscream, Bumblebee, and Arcee came from conceptually.
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ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
Optimum Supreme wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
It never made it to any shelves near me. Probably a good thing given it's awful reputation, as I would have bought one had I seen one. Only ever saw the legends version, which I think is fine (for a legends scale anyway).
william-james88 wrote:Optimum Supreme wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I think everyone wonders how airarachnid made it to shelves.
It never made it to any shelves near me. Probably a good thing given it's awful reputation, as I would have bought one had I seen one. Only ever saw the legends version, which I think is fine (for a legends scale anyway).
The legion version is perfetly fine for what it is. People were hoping that could be upscaled along with other legions like Bumblebee and Twinstrike. I dont know how that would have turned out though.
That Bot wrote:The First Editions were initially meant to be Generations figures before Hasbro decided the show deserved its own toyline. Why they proceeded to rerelease the same characters twice, I'm still not entirely sure of, but that's where Starscream, Bumblebee, and Arcee came from conceptually.
Noideaforaname wrote:That Bot wrote:The First Editions were initially meant to be Generations figures before Hasbro decided the show deserved its own toyline. Why they proceeded to rerelease the same characters twice, I'm still not entirely sure of, but that's where Starscream, Bumblebee, and Arcee came from conceptually.
Yeah, if memory serves, they were actually in the Generations listing for a while, and it got everyone excited for G1 Arcee...
I'm assuming they remade the same characters because Hasbro's standards fell at that time. 2011/Dark of the Moon saw a downward shift in quality for one reason or another, so instead of simply repainting the FEs they had to make new molds.
That Bot wrote:Legion Airachnid is better than Deluxe Airachnid, and that's just sad.
-Kanrabat- wrote:is fun to transform
That Bot wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:is fun to transform
I've heard differently. One of the chief complaints involves the difficulty of stuffing away his torso, as I recall.
william-james88 wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:That Bot wrote:The First Editions were initially meant to be Generations figures before Hasbro decided the show deserved its own toyline. Why they proceeded to rerelease the same characters twice, I'm still not entirely sure of, but that's where Starscream, Bumblebee, and Arcee came from conceptually.
Yeah, if memory serves, they were actually in the Generations listing for a while, and it got everyone excited for G1 Arcee...
I'm assuming they remade the same characters because Hasbro's standards fell at that time. 2011/Dark of the Moon saw a downward shift in quality for one reason or another, so instead of simply repainting the FEs they had to make new molds.
Whats interesting is that they did release a First Edition mold as part of the Generations line with Cliffjumper:
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