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Wolfman Jake wrote:

ExciKaiser wrote:Can we imagine a repaint of megatron in G2 colors to match Laser Prime repaint ?

What other voyager could be repainted ?
- Galvatron ? I can't see into what, it' really looks too much as Galvatron, whatever color it is.
- Alpha Trion into Lio Convoy ? I would hate Hasbro as I got Takara version. (but so possible and obvious..)
- Sentinel Prime/Optimus : probably already too much repainted.

Anyone wants to join the overthinking ?

I think a G2 colored "green and purple camo" TR Voyager Megatron is a given, to match up with G2 Laser Optimus Prime. Although, they could do the purple and black camo from the "Hero Megatron" release instead. The proper counterpart to Laser Prime in Generation 2, however, was actually the limited release Megatron and Starscream repaints of G2 Smokescreen and Dreadwing. Hmmm...that could be a good third use of the Overlord mold, wouldn't you say?

As for Voyager Galvatron, it's almost a given that it will pop up in one of the box sets, since it's one of the only voyagers that hasn't been reused as yet at all. I don't count Alpha Trion, since he at least has some parts sharing going on with Broadside. The mold reuse would most likely still be another version of Galvatron, I would imagine, as his silhouette is just far too unique and iconic to be any other character. I could see the Galvatron reuse either being a G1 toy colors Galvatron, maybe dubbed "Galvatron II," or perhaps an actual screen accurate G1 cartoon Galvatron, with a lighter shade of purple for his many color and added paint apps here and there like the Takara Tomy Legends release. Heck, they could even retool it to have a proper head, or at least make it so the mask/helmet actually sits flush with the Titan Master. Don't put it past Hasbro to put a desirable update to an already released figure/character in a box set to make even more money.

Sigma Magnus wrote:Does Blitzwing have a new nosecone? It looks longer.

Black Hat wrote:Ramhorn looks completely adorable. Him and Shuffler will be mine! MINE!

Blitzwing looks great. The stickers are crap for certain but that aside he looks awesome. The decision to give him a purple tank barrel is a bit weird though, might have to repaint that. Also I kinda wish he had Megatron's short tank barrel if only because it reminded me of one of the German light Panzers, and Panzers are cool.

Octane...Eh. Truck mode looks good and the robot mode is great, but the jet mode, improved though it is, still looks awful. I might go for Unique Toys Provider instead- sure it's technically MP scale but he looks fine next to CHUG in vehicle mode, and I'm OK with Octane being a hulking robot that towers over the others. I do still want the mold though, albeit as Scourge rather than Octane or Optimus.

william-james88 wrote:I really hate how that barrel is purple and not beige to go with the tank. I am sure its a better toy than the thrilling 30 blitzwing, but I dont think it looks better.

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:Also for some reason Blitzwing and Octane look like redecos of Optimus Prime and Megatron to me while Sentinel Prime looks like a redeco of Astrotrain which it is but I'm confused why I think Blitzwing and Octane are redeocs of Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Wolfman Jake wrote:
As for Voyager Galvatron, it's almost a given that it will pop up in one of the box sets, since it's one of the only voyagers that hasn't been reused as yet at all. I don't count Alpha Trion, since he at least has some parts sharing going on with Broadside. The mold reuse would most likely still be another version of Galvatron, I would imagine, as his silhouette is just far too unique and iconic to be any other character. I could see the Galvatron reuse either being a G1 toy colors Galvatron, maybe dubbed "Galvatron II," or perhaps an actual screen accurate G1 cartoon Galvatron, with a lighter shade of purple for his many color and added paint apps here and there like the Takara Tomy Legends release. Heck, they could even retool it to have a proper head, or at least make it so the mask/helmet actually sits flush with the Titan Master. Don't put it past Hasbro to put a desirable update to an already released figure/character in a box set to make even more money.

Kurona wrote:For Octane that makes sense, since as I've noted before, the robot mode is modeled heavily after Laser Prime rather than any specific version of Octane.

Megatron... well, I dunno. The mold just worked very well for the dude.

omega666 wrote:Man these figures would have been SO much better if they weren't headmasters.

william-james88 wrote:I really hate how that barrel is purple and not beige to go with the tank. I am sure its a better toy than the thrilling 30 blitzwing, but I dont think it looks better.