william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:Thing is though, they don't really have any reason to do that. Headmaster Arcee wasn't part of their version of the cartoon, and even if they did get Rebirth (I know they got it years later, but c'mon), it's not exactly that significant.
While I dont think Takara is all powerful, I wouldnt put aything past them either. The MTMTE comics arent even translated and yet they released Skids in his comic colours.
That was a simple repaint, and it's not exactly like they could do much else. While it was a surprise... otherwise, Skids is an extremely obscure character; at least for the 1984/1985 guys. He only pulled in, like, two cameos in the cartoon, the marvel comics weren't released in Japan; there was basically no fiction for him. Not to mention that the Skids toy is EXTREMELY IDW; like, you can't really turn him into the cartoon version - that no-one cared about - even with the stuff they pulled off in UW. So for a mold that's very specific to one particular version of a character, said version proving to have growing popularity in Japan, with the original version of the character having less appearances in the cartoon than friggin' Slugfest... it kinda makes sense. And it was a unique mold, they probably wanted to release it sometime rather than waste it.
Meanwhile, Arcee had a LOT of fictional appearances in Japanese G1, none of which she was a headmaster, and it'd require a major retool for something that really would only appeal to American fans. Maybe they'll do it, but they don't have as much of a reason to. Skids isn't that comparable.
Though, I suppose to sum up...
Skids:-
-practically no Japanese fictional appearances
-unique mold that hasn't been released before
-very specific to one version of the character
-there hasn't been a toy of skids before
-IDW has growing popularity in Japan, which is relevant to today
-Only requires a repaint
Arcee:-
-many Japanese fictional appearances
-both Generations Arcee and TR Chromedome have - or will be very soon - released in Japan
-Generations Arcee works very fine for all fictional appearances of Arcee in Japanese G1
-The Rebirth is not nostalgic for Japanese fans and I doubt it has a particularly large fanbase there
-Arcee was never a headmaster in Japan until The Rebirth was released in 1996 as a
home video-Would require a major retool
So... again, while on the surface it's the same "Well they're fine doing America-specific stuff", it's a very different situation. They might, but I honestly doubt it. The only major new tooling they've done so far - Blackarachnia, Slipstream, Nightbird, Groove, Blast Off, Computron, Ginrai, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, Headmasters (did I miss anything recent?) - have been to adhere to fiction that was nostalgic and/or significant in fiction for them. And it's not exactly like Headmaster Arcee is an obscure overseas-exclusive concept that's as popular for them as Liokaiser is for us.
Is it possible? Yeah, anything's possible. Unless you're suggesting a Titan Class Unicron this year then it doesn't make sense to shut you down. But I'd say that at the least it's VERY unlikely and they have little to no reason to do it.