Emerje wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The problem with that is that duplicating the Rad-inspired redeco would be too similar to Smokescreen.
He doesn't need the blue stripe, it wasn't visible on the Action Master anyway, just make the red a little brighter. Just like a blue Bluestreak looks nothing like Smokescreen neither would a red Rad.
Emerje
Well, without the blue stripe it's just a Rad-based redeco and not specifically a redeco based on the Rad-inspired Smokescreen redeco of Smokescreen (which is the figure you specifically referred to)
Here are some more things to consider:
* Joe Kyde's decision to base the particulars of
Cybertron Smokescreen's deco on Rad was no doubt inspired by Crosswise's head coincidentally looking rather like Rad's, but that particular head is Crosswise's first.
* Crosswise is a show character, which makes him a more likely reference
* Smokescreen getting a Crosswise redeco would be funny, because of the kerfuffle with that being Crosswise's working name for so long it actually got into the dub scripts
* While the new Datsun mold sorta works for Rad, his helmet and vestigial vehicle parts seem to more suggest a motorcycle than they do a car. Crosswise, who was definitely a car is a more solid match for the mold.
Mind you, I wouldn't personally be interested in a Crosswise redeco since it would be watered-down and show-inaccurate. But I think him more likely. I'd be slightly more interested in a Rad redeco, but then again the existing homage isn't that hard to come by.
Possibilities that would interest me more:
* A taxi redeco (even if 2-door is a bit small for a taxi, it would be novel), ideally a Decepticon (just for the sake of giving us more 'Cons)
* Belatedly giving Prowl and/or Bluestreak G2 colors
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