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AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Despite what the description says, that deco screams less "Marvel Galvatron II" and more "Japanese Galvatron II".
Yep. That would be why it looks so needlessly garish. I'd have expected better from HasTak. How hard is it to get this wrong?![]()
When 3P can do it so easily and on a much smaller figure:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Despite what the description says, that deco screams less "Marvel Galvatron II" and more "Japanese Galvatron II".
Yep. That would be why it looks so needlessly garish. I'd have expected better from HasTak. How hard is it to get this wrong?![]()
When 3P can do it so easily and on a much smaller figure:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Because it’s a deco inspired by the original G1 Galvatron toy and not actually a direct attempt at the Marvel Comics color scheme?
Behold, Galvatron! The herald of Unicron blasts his way into the Generations Selects line with this special edition figure! This Galvatron figure is inspired by the classic 1986 toy release, featuring comic-inspired deco.
DeathReviews wrote:In a time when they can't even get enough NORMAL figures in stock to satisfy demand, they need to stop wasting time on recolored versions and get more regular figures in stock.
DeathReviews wrote:I wonder - why did they mess up the colors in G1 to begin with? The toy Galvatron and movie Galvatron were nothing alike in terms of the way the colors were laid out. Was it because the movie was made before the toy, or vice-verse? Did somebody either at the animation studio, or in factory production, get it wrong, and they just determined that it was too late to do anything about it?
They ought to have moved to either recolor the movie character, or retool the figure, so that the colors were matched across media. Instead, we get situations like THIS, where they're stuck having to crank out two sets of figures - one that's 'cartoon accurate', and another that's 'figure accurate'.
In a time when they can't even get enough NORMAL figures in stock to satisfy demand, they need to stop wasting time on recolored versions and get more regular figures in stock.
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DeathReviews wrote:I wonder - why did they mess up the colors in G1 to begin with? The toy Galvatron and movie Galvatron were nothing alike in terms of the way the colors were laid out. Was it because the movie was made before the toy, or vice-verse? Did somebody either at the animation studio, or in factory production, get it wrong, and they just determined that it was too late to do anything about it?
They ought to have moved to either recolor the movie character, or retool the figure, so that the colors were matched across media. Instead, we get situations like THIS, where they're stuck having to crank out two sets of figures - one that's 'cartoon accurate', and another that's 'figure accurate'.
In a time when they can't even get enough NORMAL figures in stock to satisfy demand, they need to stop wasting time on recolored versions and get more regular figures in stock.
DeathReviews wrote:I wonder - why did they mess up the colors in G1 to begin with? The toy Galvatron and movie Galvatron were nothing alike in terms of the way the colors were laid out. Was it because the movie was made before the toy, or vice-verse? Did somebody either at the animation studio, or in factory production, get it wrong, and they just determined that it was too late to do anything about it?
They ought to have moved to either recolor the movie character, or retool the figure, so that the colors were matched across media. Instead, we get situations like THIS, where they're stuck having to crank out two sets of figures - one that's 'cartoon accurate', and another that's 'figure accurate'.
In a time when they can't even get enough NORMAL figures in stock to satisfy demand, they need to stop wasting time on recolored versions and get more regular figures in stock.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Because it’s a deco inspired by the original G1 Galvatron toy and not actually a direct attempt at the Marvel Comics color scheme?
It comes down to phrasing:Behold, Galvatron! The herald of Unicron blasts his way into the Generations Selects line with this special edition figure! This Galvatron figure is inspired by the classic 1986 toy release, featuring comic-inspired deco.
So it is actually supposed to be a combination of both. Somehow.
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.'
Wolfman Jake wrote:Well, there you go! They were just inspired by the toy and comic deco.![]()
Cyber Bishop wrote:My biggest question is are they going to fix the shoulder screw up?
Considering they wrote this about Cyclonus on the Kingdom website:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Well, there you go! They were just inspired by the toy and comic deco.![]()
"Inspired" by both... HasTak really must love sitting on the fence all the time
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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.'
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Despite what the description says, that deco screams less "Marvel Galvatron II" and more "Japanese Galvatron II".
Yep. That would be why it looks so needlessly garish. I'd have expected better from HasTak. How hard is it to get this wrong?![]()
When 3P can do it so easily and on a much smaller figure:
Randomhero wrote:Maybe it’s attempting to do multiple things to catch the attention of several people and no just wanting a very specific version of the deco?
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Randomhero wrote:Maybe it’s attempting to do multiple things to catch the attention of several people and no just wanting a very specific version of the deco?
As opposed to every other figure?![]()
This isn't the first time they have done a "toy-accurate" deco. Nor the first time they've done a "comic/media accurate" one. However, in this instance, I think the middle ground wasn't the choice that would have appealed to the most people.
"A Very specific version" has been the point of the more prominent figures within the Selects line so far. G2 Ramjet, Cordon etc
Sabrblade wrote:If they really wanted to give this toy Marvel colors, the gray would be light blue instead.
o.supreme wrote:Just got an email from BBTS, they have Selects Galvatron up for Pre-order as well (has arrival date of November, which seems more likely than September). I'm sure Pulse will have it up within the next few minutes.
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