by gothsaurus » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:49 am
Reading back through the thread, I hope the upcoming repaints are more like heavy retools... more than just the heads, but making Vortex a combat helicopter, blast off a shuttle, etc. Having seen what they did with Prime and Motormaster, it gives me some hope.
Brainstorming how they might make the Protectobots and Technobots work with repaints/retools and maybe one or two new figures... It dawned on me they could go with one motorcycle mold (repainted for each), plus a drill character to repaint for each as well... I think it would be a good fan nod to give us an obscure character like Heatrock. (Even though I'd be sad to miss out on First Aid, if they didn't make him. Still, can't figure a good repaint for that figure besides a G2 version.) They could actually also repaint one of the aerialbots as Skyfeather to mix and match.
(For those out of the loop, the Protectobots have two more obscure members that were featured in Kabaya kit. You can merge the six "Devastator style" into Gaia Guardian... or add in Hot Spot for a more Scramble City style 7-changer called God Guardian)
Either way, they have some interesting options there. Looking forward to seeing what they actually do... and hoping there are some bonus figures that can mix and match... not to mention some G2 and Takara repaints.
It also dawned on me they could do a Darkwing (repainted Silverbolt) plus four (or more) new-head F-14 seeker combiners (from Air Raid) as a set and/or convention exclusive.
Any interest or thoughts on those notions? ... seeker combiner? Drill limb for Protectobots?