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Sowndwave76 wrote:Pairing this figure with Hound would’ve helped ensure that Hound was released.
Imo, it’s kind of ridiculous that Ditritus was released first, when the mold used was clearly intended for Hound.
Emerje wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Pairing this figure with Hound would’ve helped ensure that Hound was released.
Imo, it’s kind of ridiculous that Ditritus was released first, when the mold used was clearly intended for Hound.
Hound is ready to go apparently (along with Hatchet), but Target wanted to hold them back to do more ROTB exclusives. They'll hopefully turn up soon since they've already done Tow-Line and the dead guys.
Emerje
Till-all-R1 wrote:Personally, I think Hound should have been the main line release with Ditritus being the exclusive.
Till-all-R1 wrote:A Sunstreaker refresh would be nice, they could address the whole color not matching issue. For some reason he does seem as if it sold out quicker than others, but I'm probably misremembering.
Detritus was first created by TakaraTomy designer Hirofumi Ichikawa and released by e-HOBBY back in 2004.Sowndwave76 wrote:With this, isn't Ditritus a made-up Junkion?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Till-all-R1 wrote:Sideswipe and Red Alert on on any of my must redo lists, the Kingdom versions work just fine for me. Red Alert being a Walgreens exclusive was a bit of a pin, but I was eventually able to get one.
Emerje wrote:I really wish Detritus was a Selects figure. As far as I'm concerned he's just filling a spot that could have been used by someone else. He never would have worked in the Buzzworthy line since Hound is going to be a SS86 figure for sure, but he's the odd Junkion out in a series dominated by Junkions. Somehow Tow-Line got to use a Junkion body when he could have been a more fitting Hoist repaint, but an actual Junkon doesn't get to share the line wide Junkion aesthetic. I really can't wrap my head around the choice, should have held off another year on him and put him in United if nothing else.
Emerje
Under different circumstances, he probably would have been Selects or something.Emerje wrote:I really wish Detritus was a Selects figure. As far as I'm concerned he's just filling a spot that could have been used by someone else.
How does Hound suddenly jump from his announced Buzzworthy slot to SS86? Where are you getting that from?Emerje wrote:He never would have worked in the Buzzworthy line since Hound is going to be a SS86 figure for sure,
Eh... Neither's really a particularly great match if one factors in robot mode, but the Scraphook mold is a better match for Tow-Line's truck mode without retooling.Emerje wrote:but he's the odd Junkion out in a series dominated by Junkions. Somehow Tow-Line got to use a Junkion body when he could have been a more fitting Hoist repaint,
To be fair, Detritus has never fit the usual Junkion aesthetic.Emerje wrote:but an actual Junkon doesn't get to share the line wide Junkion aesthetic.
It's probably because of the RotB stuff pushing back Hound's release. By putting Detritus in Evolution, they at least get to make some money off the new tooling this year.Emerje wrote:I really can't wrap my head around the choice, should have held off another year on him and put him in United if nothing else.
Emerje
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:How does Hound suddenly jump from his announced Buzzworthy slot to SS86? Where are you getting that from?Emerje wrote:He never would have worked in the Buzzworthy line since Hound is going to be a SS86 figure for sure,
Eh... Neither's really a particularly great match if one factors in robot mode, but the Scraphook mold is a better match for Tow-Line's truck mode without retooling.
Looks more like a semi, and has a towhook boom as opposed to Hoist's platform.
And of course, there's the matter of needing to furnish a Scraphook redeco for the combiner.
To be fair, Detritus has never fit the usual Junkion aesthetic.Emerje wrote:but an actual Junkon doesn't get to share the line wide Junkion aesthetic.
It's probably because of the RotB stuff pushing back Hound's release. By putting Detritus in Evolution, they at least get to make some money off the new tooling this year.Emerje wrote:I really can't wrap my head around the choice, should have held off another year on him and put him in United if nothing else.
Emerje
Well, that's certainly ironic, considering how, in his debut episode, when he wasn't shouting "No parking means no parking!" every five minutes, he was yelling "Wrecker Hook!" every other five minutes.Emerje wrote:I also don't consider the hook to be Tow-Line's defining trait in itself,
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Not for visual resemblance, it isn't. Tow-Line had a boom, so does Scraphook. Hoist does not, and he also has the wings assembly.Emerje wrote:I don't think either one is a particularly great choice in vehicle mode since Scraphook is also just a pickup that got the Mad Max treatment. Plus Hoist and Tow-Line have similar bot shapes. I also don't consider the hook to be Tow-Line's defining trait in itself, being a tow truck is so one tow truck is so a platform is just as good as a hook.
I mean, a new mold would definitely have been better. But I don't think it was in the cards, especially with Maher's impatience.Emerje wrote:Now if he kept the Japanese name that would be a different story, but then I'd prefer a retooled Hoist with a hook or even a new voyager mold all together.
The shapes are a bit similar, but the chest isn't quite right; it would still need a significant retool. And Tow-Line doesn't have wings or big arm panels.Emerje wrote:
Tow-Line as an Autobot alt to Axlegrease may have been on Mark's mind.Emerje wrote:And of course, there's the matter of needing to furnish a Scraphook redeco for the combiner.
Tow-Line isn't part of Junkasaurus the way Mark and the live stream showed it, Axlegrease is. Though realistically there's probably no right or wrong way to do it, just depends on how OK you are with Decepticon in the mix.
Maybe they wanted to have at least one mainline release of the mold after the expense of all that retooling, and since Hound was locked in as an exclusive they were stuck making it Detritus. And it's possible Mark Maher wasn't bothered by the mismatch.Emerje wrote:To be fair, Detritus has never fit the usual Junkion aesthetic.Emerje wrote:but an actual Junkon doesn't get to share the line wide Junkion aesthetic.
Yeah, but that just goes back to why I think he would have been a better fit for Selects, he doesn't fit the Junkion aesthetic so sticking him in a line with a very well defined Junkion aesthetic makes him look very out of place. It'd be like if Combiner Wars randomly included a single Power Core Combiner.
Mmmm... They can't really call that money theirs til Target actually stocks him; Target could easily cancel.Emerje wrote:It's probably because of the RotB stuff pushing back Hound's release. By putting Detritus in Evolution, they at least get to make some money off the new tooling this year.Emerje wrote:I really can't wrap my head around the choice, should have held off another year on him and put him in United if nothing else.
Emerje
Hasbro already made their money off Hound when it became a Target exclusive, delaying it would have no affect on them.
Emerje
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Not so much "hunted down" as "bought 7 from Ollie's, then 11 from a BotCon vendor".-Kanrabat- wrote:Instead of going the easy route for the roads by buying some 3P kit, you hunted down 18 SoundBarriers.
That take dedication!
And the final results look great!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:
Plus I don't know about any 3P road kits.
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