First-Aid wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Maybe that would have made for a better Galaxy Shuttle then the POS Astrotrain?
Galaxy Shuttle got made in the first place because his head was the alternate pretool that had been built into the mold back when the Astrotrain mold was first made.
That doesn't disqualify the Armada Jetfire mold (or any updates) from being a viable (or even better) option for Galaxy Shuttle. Maybe Hasbro should have waited instead of forcing that version onto an already inferior mold.
I'd prefer a new Jetfire mold. As integral as the Jet Optimus mode was to Armada, I can't see Hasbro making a Jetfire that didn't merge with the upcoming Armada Optimus figure.
I agree definitely. I'm just saying even the original Armada Jetfire in black and white deco could have passed for Galaxy Shuttle at least as well as the Astrotrain mold did.
ZeroWolf wrote:I doubt we'll see Galaxy Shuttle again any time soon.
I'm not expecting another one. But an update to Armada Jetfire is a reasonable expectation, right? So why couldn't Hasbro wait and made Galaxy Shuttle out of that, instead of a mold that's already compromised and barely pulls of a shuttle mode as it is?
Besides, isn't Galaxy Shuttle pretty big compared to other characters? He should have been larger.
Or is the launch platform absolutely necessary, and the only way to include it was to use the Astrotrain mold?
Or was Galaxy Shuttle the original intent of the mold, hence the head pretool and the launch pad which Astrotrain never had before?