Kurona wrote:I think that happened with both Strafes actually. Trailbreaker has his hand thing? I don't think First Aid got re-used by Hasbro, not counting Botcon custom Ratchet. He totally should have been used for Ironhide though...
Insurgent wrote:First Aid and Takara Strafe are already remoulds (Off-Road and Takara Blast Off respectively).
Actually, Hasbro strafe was a remould of an aerialbot. So would they count as being not released a second time with no remoulding?
william-james88 wrote:And then youn have Brawl who never got an extensive retool, just the redeco with new face/weapon type.
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:I think that happened with both Strafes actually. Trailbreaker has his hand thing? I don't think First Aid got re-used by Hasbro, not counting Botcon custom Ratchet. He totally should have been used for Ironhide though...
Without looking at whos a remold of who (since they were all thought up at the same time so their release isnt all that indicative) First Aid is a great choice. I totally didnt realize that it was never reused for a mainline hasbro toy. Although thats because they never did make a G2 Defensor. I think the reason I didnt think of him is because takara reused the first aid mold for ratchet as part of their mainline while they never did reuse Roller for another character in their mainline. It still makes Rook quite unique.
And yes both Strafes are unique enough even though they came out after another toy which uses that base mold.
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.'
Cuz this current Hasbro team is dead set on only doing G1, Japanese G1, and Armada. English RiD 2001 isn't any of those.ExciKaiser wrote:How did they missed / didn't think of a retool of Hotspot as Fire Convoy ? It was so easy to do.
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.'
o.supreme wrote:There were many, many opportunities still for these molds that could have come about. Fans like myself would have been thrilled, others would have been even more outraged at the continued reuse. We can only *hope* that these molds will be put to use again one day, as one thing can be said, the system of combination was one of the best engineered for Transformers ever. If by chance we get Beast themed combiners using the same combining system in a future toy line, we may yet see some of the older molds come back as new characters.
Kurona wrote:I wouldn't say it's one of the best - I'd say it's THE best for these styles of combiners. Past attempts just don't seem to match up.
Sabrblade wrote:Cuz this current Hasbro team is dead set on only doing G1, Japanese G1, and Armada. English RiD 2001 isn't any of those.ExciKaiser wrote:How did they missed / didn't think of a retool of Hotspot as Fire Convoy ? It was so easy to do.
o.supreme wrote: In fact video reviews of the new Playmates 17 inch combining Voltron for Legendary Defender scared me off with is seeming fragile/clunkiness.
CR/RiD had JRX & Landfill. Both had engineering problems that seemed to make them difficult to stay together IIRC.
o.supreme wrote:^ Don't get me wrong, I loved JRX (Rail Racer) in the show, I just seem to rememeber the toy being *not* that flexible, of course its been 10+ years since I had him, and Buildking (Landfill) .
I may reconsider the Voltron, my son really wants it, and I miss the Trendmasters reissue of the Playmates original I got in 1998. But to me the feet being covered, the tails having basically nowhere to go etc...just didn't look right, I wish I knew someone who had one I could see in person before deciding to buy.
RiddlerJ wrote:I wonder if these figures could be retooled for other lines.
For example, Dragstrip mold into Titan Returns Slapdash (to go with Getaway).
william-james88 wrote:Covering the feet is optional and the tail recedes into the toys, the main problem with the toy is lack of head articulation but not much else.
.....and TR Megatron, and Topspin, and Galvatron, and Blurr, etc. etc.Kurona wrote:Still, Dead End's engineering has been used for Chromedome while the Aerialbots' has been used for Stormshot..........
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
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