Optimizzy wrote:Hey, we are (pretty) sure Alpha Bravo is going to repainted into Blades right? Are we? well...
anyway. In addition to a new head, he needs some new arms dontcha think? I mean...Blades was supposed to be a rescue chopper wasn't he? I don't see many of them sporting gigantic missiles...
Oh yeah, big time. So much so that I am just getting the Takara Superion and not apha bravo so I dont have to double dip on that specific mold.
And for actual evidence, here is some producion images where you see a red redeco of the figure:

The ONLY hint that it might be a different mold is the confirmation that the alt modes for Defensor will be of cybertronian design and so far feature no redecos. Rook, Streetwise, First Aid, Hotspot and Groove are all new molds featuring cybertronian designs rather than eartly designs. This makes Blades doubly the odd man out if he were to be a redeco of Alpha Bravo. And thus Alpha Bravo would end up being only used to make Vortex eventually rather than be made as a redeco for Blades as well.