Delta Magnus wrote:Rated X wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Rated X wrote:And that blast off bio is a disgrace.
Actually, the bio is the best bit about the figure. It justifies his new form AND annoys GEEWUNers!
The only thing the bio justifies is hasbros level of cheapness. It doesnt take talent to write these bios. They basically just take tibits from the G1 cartoon and add water until properly diluted.
Well it doesn't get much more diluted than the G1 cartoon- it's practically distilled water as it is.
The funny thing is, whilst I much prefer Blast Off as a jet, I do agree that just repainting Quickslinger was absurdly lazy (though I'm more annoyed they didn't bother to retool Vortex from Alpha Bravo at all). But this level of butthurt over it makes it all worth it.
How can you say the G1 cartoon is diluted when it is the original basis for the character? What I mean by "diluting" the characters G1 bio is by changing parts of his story to accomodate their laziness.
I get it. Blast Off should have been a jet since its a group of combat vehicles. But that should have happened 30 years ago. When I was 10 years old all I knew is that the space shuttle was the most iconic aircraft of the time and it made sense to make a military version from a kids perspective. Especially after Astrotrain had already been in existance in the storyline for some time. There were plenty of jets already. And since scramble city toys were practically the last true diaclone molds, they were shooting for something different because they already did a team of jets. Remember hasbro/sunbow incorporated the existing diaclone line right into the cartoon. So I wipe my ass with all that taunting "Gee-Wun" hipster garbage. Im 39 years old and passionate about what I grew up with. If your going to do a homage, do it right. If not, just stick to creating brand new characters and forget homaging altogether.
On a side note, I am shocked some people still dont get that the "alpha bravo" mold was always intended to be Vortex. That is why alpha bravos head is a dead ringer for Vortex, faceplate and all. The generic coptor mode is a hybrid meant to share the best of both words between an attack helicopter and a rescue helicopter so that hasbro could continue their repaint strategy and give you Blades from the same mold. The whole "alpha bravo" concept was just a novelty to paint vortex in a slingshot deco and justify another repaint in hasbros stupid bios. Alpha Bravo never had a mold. Timing just allowed his deco to be produced from the vortex mold first because hasbro was basing the waves on rivalries. Superion and menasor first, Defensor and Bruticus next. Alpha Bravo and Offroad were just an experiment to see how far the can push the G1 fandom into buying into new characters for easy repaint profits. The release of slingshot and wildrider proves the experiment was deemed a failure. This is further supported by hasbros choice to name the jet "Blast Off" rather than create a new character that sports blast offs deco. But also keep in mind the slingshot mold more closely resembles a Harrier than an F-4 Phantom so most likely fireflight (firefly) is the actual repaint even though he was released first. My logic refers to a "repaint" as a character other than who the plastic mold was first intended to be. (Not necessarily the order they were released in retail)
But anyways, a slingshot repaint just doesnt cut it for me. Takara already confirmed that hardcore G1 fans dont have to settle for hasbros BS. We will be getting groove and blast off. I wouldnt be suprised if they do a real computron as well. If they are willing to entertain a concept as stupid as "Galvatronus" im fairly certain they will entertain a real Computron.
On a side note, Buzzaw/Lazerbeak looks like crap. (Gotta love thread merging) Ill buy him out of curiousity, but will continue to MP buzzaw/lazerbeak on my classics shelf since they are the same size.