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-Kanrabat- wrote:Kurona wrote:It kinda depends for me. Like, yeah I might need fiction to explain why something is significant different from what it originally was; but not always. For instance, the aforementioned SWAT Onslaught. That's awesome. I don't need anyone to tell me to buy it and I don't care that it can't combine, it's friggin awesome.
This Liokaiser having a Sky lynx repaint as Deathsaurus for it's torso rather than Leozack + Jallguar or at least just Leozack? ... not particularly awesome.
Still, you can't deny the creativity. Also, the goal of CW was to make base molds that could be repainted and remolded into multiple characters. So, just having CW Skylinx, a brand new mold that is mostly unremoldable, unrepaintable, was a little miracle. So, they were bound to repaint him at some point. Even though it does appear as a weird choice to the fans, Liokaiser is NOT a widly known character. Hell, even I didnt know who he was and where he came from. So having it as some exclusive repaint is in itself a great move. This will put this character on the map and with enough demand, maybe a proper update will come. In the meantime, consider it as an updated version of the character in a brand new universe.
Kurona wrote:It doesn't really feel creative. I get the same vibes from it as I do Hasbro's Computron having Superion's head and chest...
Noideaforaname wrote:Kinda almost wish the set was instead that Giant Purple Griffin and some random Decepticons. Like Grand Galvatron level wackiness.
william-james88 wrote:Looking at these pics from Logan, I realize that while Takara's Swindle has more intricate paint apps for detail, I really like the bold colours on hasbro. I dont like seeing that dull grey on Takara's combiner peg and it in no way blends to give the illusion of a car front. Hasbro has this nice full colour use all around that I find fun. I love that purple. But both are really nice, its a good example of companies doing things differently rather than one giving us more than the other.
Kurona wrote:
I unfortunately have the same dilemma here as I have with Scrapper.
One version is obviously better in every other way... except said version has a grey head, while the other version has a more silver head that looks a lot better and I want it on the better figure.
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:
I unfortunately have the same dilemma here as I have with Scrapper.
One version is obviously better in every other way... except said version has a grey head, while the other version has a more silver head that looks a lot better and I want it on the better figure.
I am not sure I follow, but which is which to you?
-Kanrabat- wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Kinda almost wish the set was instead that Giant Purple Griffin and some random Decepticons. Like Grand Galvatron level wackiness.
Oh lol, that would hyave been AWESOME!
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If I even find another CW Skylinx for cheap............................
RiddlerJ wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Kinda almost wish the set was instead that Giant Purple Griffin and some random Decepticons. Like Grand Galvatron level wackiness.
Oh lol, that would hyave been AWESOME!
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If I even find another CW Skylinx for cheap............................
I remember someone suggesting Hatchet as well.
Found these online
Starsaber468 wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Kinda almost wish the set was instead that Giant Purple Griffin and some random Decepticons. Like Grand Galvatron level wackiness.
Oh lol, that would hyave been AWESOME!
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If I even find another CW Skylinx for cheap............................
I remember someone suggesting Hatchet as well.
Found these online
Whats with sky lynx in silverbolt colors? Oh wait its the unneeded hatchet repaint also giant puple griffin needs an new head for his awesomeness XD
william-james88 wrote:If I find skyltnx for that price do you want me to get him for you?
The DVD subtitles for Victory that called him "Gaihawk" were based on the scripts of TV-Nihon's old fansubs from years ago, which used unofficial spellings for certain characters whose official name spellings weren't fully made clear at the time. "Gaihawk" was a longstanding fan spelling widely used before the official "Guyhawk" spelling came to finally be accepted as not erroneous. It comes from the original 1989 Japanese toy's packaging:Delta Magnus wrote:Guyhawk/Gaihawk (Seriously Hasbro. You do away with Hellbat and KILLBISON, but you leave Guyhawk with a name that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever?)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:The DVD subtitles for Victory that called him "Gaihawk" were based on the scripts of TV-Nihon's old fansubs from years ago, which used unofficial spellings for certain characters whose official name spellings weren't fully made clear at the time. "Gaihawk" was a longstanding fan spelling widely used before the official "Guyhawk" spelling came to finally be accepted as not erroneous. It comes from the original 1989 Japanese toy's packaging:Delta Magnus wrote:Guyhawk/Gaihawk (Seriously Hasbro. You do away with Hellbat and KILLBISON, but you leave Guyhawk with a name that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever?)
The only reason those two (and Deathsaurus) got renamed is because there was no way in Hellbat that they were gonna market children's toys with names that contained the words "Hell", "Kill" and "Death" in them.Delta Magnus wrote:but I think if Hasbro were willing to rename poor Hellbat and Killbison, they could at least have given Guyhawk a better name.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:The only reason those two (and Deathsaurus) got renamed is because there was no way in Hellbat that they were gonna market children's toys with names that contained the words "Hell", "Kill" and "Death" in them.Delta Magnus wrote:but I think if Hasbro were willing to rename poor Hellbat and Killbison, they could at least have given Guyhawk a better name.
When's the last time we got a Hasbro retail TF toy whose name contained a blatant reference to death and/or murder?
By your own admission, that's a watered down less-harsh-sounding name. Had it stayed "Skullcruncher" you'd have had something there.Delta Magnus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The only reason those two (and Deathsaurus) got renamed is because there was no way in Hellbat that they were gonna market children's toys with names that contained the words "Hell", "Kill" and "Death" in them.Delta Magnus wrote:but I think if Hasbro were willing to rename poor Hellbat and Killbison, they could at least have given Guyhawk a better name.
When's the last time we got a Hasbro retail TF toy whose name contained a blatant reference to death and/or murder?
Skullsmasher? I mean sure it's a bit tamer than "Skullcruncher" but it's still implying the crumpling of craniums.
Bandai of America was releasing Digimon toys at mass retail with the word "Kaiser" in their names way back in 2004. Pretty sure the "'Kaiser" is a questionable term for the name of a children's toy in the U.S." ship has long since set sail by this point.Delta Magnus wrote:Also, they seem to be comfortable with releasing a toy named Liokaiser, which is potentially far more risky than releasing a toy with the word "hell" or "kill" in its name (yes I am aware that the rank of Kaiser was pretty much phased out long before the rise of national socialism in Germany, but it still carries connotations that a lot of people get really touchy about).
Frankly, if they had gone with "Gaihawk", then a ton of Japanese-ignorant English-speakers would likely be mispronouncing his name and snickering at him being called "Gayhawk". With the official spelling, there's at least no confusion or unintentional homosexual overtones.Delta Magnus wrote:But anyway, this is somewhat distracting from my main point, which is that Guyhawk is a really weird and kinda crappy name.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:By your own admission, that's a watered down less-harsh-sounding name. Had it stayed "Skullcruncher" you'd have had something there.Delta Magnus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The only reason those two (and Deathsaurus) got renamed is because there was no way in Hellbat that they were gonna market children's toys with names that contained the words "Hell", "Kill" and "Death" in them.Delta Magnus wrote:but I think if Hasbro were willing to rename poor Hellbat and Killbison, they could at least have given Guyhawk a better name.
When's the last time we got a Hasbro retail TF toy whose name contained a blatant reference to death and/or murder?
Skullsmasher? I mean sure it's a bit tamer than "Skullcruncher" but it's still implying the crumpling of craniums.
Bandai of America was releasing Digimon toys at mass retail with the word "Kaiser" in their names way back in 2004. Pretty sure the "'Kaiser" is a questionable term for the name of a children's toy in the U.S." ship has long since set sail by this point.Delta Magnus wrote:Also, they seem to be comfortable with releasing a toy named Liokaiser, which is potentially far more risky than releasing a toy with the word "hell" or "kill" in its name (yes I am aware that the rank of Kaiser was pretty much phased out long before the rise of national socialism in Germany, but it still carries connotations that a lot of people get really touchy about).
Frankly, if they had gone with "Gaihawk", then a ton of Japanese-ignorant English-speakers would likely be mispronouncing his name and snickering at him being called "Gayhawk". With the official spelling, there's at least no confusion or unintentional homosexual overtones.Delta Magnus wrote:But anyway, this is somewhat distracting from my main point, which is that Guyhawk is a really weird and kinda crappy name.
Kurona wrote:I dunno; I'd very much enjoy unintentional homosexual overtones
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