RAR wrote:How would you fine feather folk refer to something like a "Running Change" for example adding the slots in the fists of a 1980's "Seeker".
Usually a Running Change is defined as a change observed during a toy's main release window, usually within a year to a year-and-a-half. That indicates a change during, or between production runs, hence the name. CW Motormaster is a good example, with his Wave 4 re-release having changed hip ratchets that carried over into all later releases. As you can probably guess, Running Changes can be Retools or mold-tweaks, but mere deco changes have also been observed.
william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:SillySpringer wrote:Parts-sharers? I mean, there's no better name for it.
True, but... aside from Shared Engineering, all terms imply a direct physical relation, while Blurr and Chromedome do not have one, just an indirect one with the parts. That's my main sticking point.
Technically dont they share as many parts as Offroad and Skydive and every other deluxe combiner do?
True, but the shared transformation (stretching the term for the Aerialbots I admit) is the main giveaway of the CW figures being pretools. Blurr and Chromedome only share leg transformation, as do Highbrow and Scourge, but that's not really saying much...
Being a stickler for definitions sucks, doesn't it?