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ZeroWolf wrote:That Ramage is fantastic. I do prefer the silver detailing.
Out of the silverbolts though, think I'll stick to getting the Hasbro version. Prefer the darker grey.

Malicron wrote:Well, I guess we know what Ryan got at BotCon this year.

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, those eyes on Takara Silverbolt look so good!

Hey Ryan, do you also have the little-known running change variant of Hasbro's Rampage that changed the orange paint apps on his head and torso to a subdued pinkish silver?

Here's a pic of it (not mine, though) that compares it to the first-run Hasbro version (on the right) and the Takara version (on the left):

Seibertron wrote:Is the backside different or just the head and chest?

Seibertron wrote: I have a pile of Rampages in varying degrees of completeness and condition, but all of them are the orange paint variant.

mooncake623 wrote:

Seibertron wrote: I have a pile of Rampages in varying degrees of completeness and condition, but all of them are the orange paint variant.

Any chance you have an extra missile launcher with the three missiles? If so how much? =D

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Is the backside different or just the head and chest?

From what I've read, it's just the paint apps on the head and chest that are different.

It's enough to make me regret not waiting until later to get my Rampage back when I was a kid, as mine is the more ubiquitously-known first-run variant.

Funnily enough, this other variant wasn't brought to the fandom's attention until about 15 years after it came out.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, those eyes on Takara Silverbolt look so good!

Hey Ryan, do you also have the little-known running change variant of Hasbro's Rampage that changed the orange paint apps on his head and torso to a subdued pinkish silver?

Here's a pic of it (not mine, though) that compares it to the first-run Hasbro version (on the right) and the Takara version (on the left):

And this right here is what I love about collecting Transformers 30 years in. I had no idea there was a running change with the Hasbro version of Rampage. THAT is the show accurate version. I was really bummed by the translucent plastic on Takara's Rampage. It looks awesome, don't get me wrong, but I was hoping for a more show accurate Rampage. Takara's paint apps on Hasbro's Rampage looks fantastic. Is the backside different or just the head and chest?

I'm also surprised I haven't come across the variant yet with all of the collections I've been buying for the Seibertron.com store. I have a pile of Rampages in varying degrees of completeness and condition, but all of them are the orange paint variant.

Seibertron wrote:Has anyone else come across this silver paint variant? I find it really odd that there seems to only be one photo and only one sample of this known to date. I just opened the brand new sealed packaging variant that I purchased off eBay last week, and it had the orange painted version in it just like all of the examples that are known to exist. The one I opened was one from 1999 with product code "554455.0300". I believe the "0300" means this is the 3rd packaging variant (preceded by 0000 and 0200 if I recall correctly). If there was a 0305 or a 0400 I would believe that might contain the silver painted variant but it's tough to want to keep chasing down a Rampage variant if there's only 1 example out there.

It's also possible that instead of a running change that it was just a fluke, right? Does anyone know if the Japanese Beast wars Transformers were produced at the same factory as the Hasbro produced ones? If so, it could have just been a one-off that made it through with part of Takara's paint on a Hasbro version, right?

It's definitely a running change. Back when Rampage first came out, I got mine first and it was the orange version. A friend of mine at the time got Rampage a few months later and it was the silver version. Being kids, we were bewildered at the time and thought we'd run across something super special. Once the TM2 Dinobot and Prowl thing happened, we just accepted that "running changes" were normal.

I didn't know people didn't know this was a thing.

Sabrblade wrote:...Dark Scream's sword was made thicker than Nightglider's.

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:...Dark Scream's sword was made thicker than Nightglider's.

You know what they say about dudes with thick swords.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:...Dark Scream's sword was made thicker than Nightglider's.

You know what they say about dudes with thick swords.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

#Sideways# wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:...Dark Scream's sword was made thicker than Nightglider's.

You know what they say about dudes with thick swords.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.