william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:Practically by law they have to make a Thundercracker, Skywarp and at least one more redeco out of it and I doubt they'd all stay TRU exclusive. Megatronus is a unique character and whose mold I can't see applying to anyone else, at least in the context of the continuity.
So then did Hasbro break the law by not releasing a thundercracker and Skywarp in Prime? Nothing is set in stone. And in show continuity, Thundercracker and Skywarp do not exist, the only other seekers are Skyquake and Dreadwing.
They broke every possible law. As soon as the line ended with nary a seeker repaint on Hasbro's side I grabbed by pitchfork and torch on a march to Hasbro Europe. It was a glorious night.
But yeah like, I see where you're coming from; but there's a few reasons I think it'd happen here. First being that RiD likes it's repaints a lot more than TFP. Outside of some exclusives like the Dark Energon series, the only mold re-usage I can recall in TFP was Skyquake and some heavy retools for Beast Hunters. Meanwhile, RiD sees fit to release Optimus and Drift three times because they got desert and winter camo...
The second, and I know this seems a little bit arbitrary, but that mold... only really fit Starscream. And despite the common traits of silver tongues and treachery, this felt like a very different Starscream to what we usually got in terms of his personality and body language - and the body itself. Every other seeker mold before and after - barring obvious exceptions like Alternity - has followed the same general look of G1. Cockpit chest, null rays, wing backpack and a body shape that had some solid bulk to it but still managed to pull off athleticism. TFP Starscream... didn't feel like that. Which is good, because I'm always up for something different; but you couldn't really eek seekers out of it like with the Animated or FOC molds. Takara did it, and it just... it just doesn't feel right. Animated Sunstorm works, Generations Skywarp works... Arms Micron Thundercracker just feels very off. It's a mold meant for Starscream, and it definitely doesn't work outside of Starscream - it's not meant to be a seeker imo.
Thirdly...
... I'm sure I had a third. I know I did. I'll get back to you, I'm just dumb.
That Cybertron mention is fun though because that line did get the other seekers... but using a different mold 
Well this bit of news is a pleasant surprise. I think I need that figure in my life. And if we do get other seekers out of this mold I'd probably buy them.
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