BLIX007 wrote:Thank you, I also was not overly critical of dragstrip, wildrider or motormaster, but I view this as setting out to complete a relay race and then giving up on the last leg "pun intended" of the race. Sorry my opinion differs from others but such is the nature of fandom I guess.
I don't think it's a particularly reasonable opinion. Drag Strip, Dead End, and Wildrider all
had to be separate molds, due to the differences between them and the way Menasor's combination system works.
SpaceEagle wrote:Is it weird to me that this retool doesn't seem extensive enough?
Just a slightly different rear window with a spoiler to slap on, and the robo only getting a new torso and chest?
Rear window's actually completely different: Slats climbing to the roof, 5mm pegholes in different spots, Countach vents and side scoops.
SpaceEagle wrote:I feel like they could've done some heavier retooling - while the front does scream "Ferrari" more than "Lamborghini", I was hoping the shins would've been changed to look more like the OG BD toy. I mean this is at least more changed up than the old CW WR (new head and paint, nothing else.)
New shins would have been nice for preference, although because of combining they still would have needed the pegholes and a boxy detail in the same place as on Wildrider's shins.
SpaceEagle wrote:But it does feel weird that the other four limbs are entirely new molds and BD gets a sloppy second.
Other
four limbs, you say?
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Ribbing aside... as I've said, I'm pretty sure it's because with the others they had no choice but to make them new molds, but in this case mold sharing was actually feasible so they took advantage where they could.
SpaceEagle wrote:Especially since CW pretty much gave us that with Offroad. (Granted those base molds got retooled/redecoed to all hell).
Ah, but you see, when they made
Wildrider-colored Ruckus Offroad I think they were deliberately trying to give Menasor a fourth limb with a more distinct silhouette, same deal on the Aerialbots' end with Alpha Bravo.
CW was a mess of conflicting priorities and visions between the various designers.
SpaceEagle wrote:Now that being said I don't hate this, just perplexed. He still
looks like Breakdown in crucial areas and the spoiler/chest
just about differentiates him from Wildrider.
I have the CW version anyway so while I'll still get this one, if I really want a whole-new-mold BD I got one right there!
I wonder if CW overusing molds so much is why we just kinda accepted "Brake-Neck" more easily than this.
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I think it might also have been that he was a sports car instead of an offroad pickup.
Myself, I'm still waiting for an affordable CW arm adapter kit to come out (as opposed to trash like pointless crappy height extensions that make him overheight because either the drugged-out mushroom fairies that 3P add-on companies seem to increasingly consult, or whiny fools with money, forget that CW Menasor with the Imperfect Effect parts was overheight). </salt>
Cyber Bishop wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:(...) Plus while people here are dissatisfied, this has prompted a full-blown flamewar at other sites, and hopefully we can avoid that.
Cooler minds will always prevail!
Except in real life where I leave the bodies in dumpsters.
I guess this is what we are getting and have to accept it, I do hope someone makes 3D printed spoilers that actually separate better than this.
I mean, you
could just very carefully cut this spoiler down the middle.