JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Va'al wrote:I'm curious, at this point, where the logic is in which figure a mold is designed for.
Motormaster and Optimus - MM looks better in it, but Optimus was released first (not necessarily produced).
Silverbolt and Cyclonus - SB looks better (to me) and came first.
Hot Spot - maybe an Onslaught basis?
[You could go to Springer and Sandstorm - design was for Sandstorm, Springer came first.]
That's what I've been wondering, especially in regards to the new characters Alpha Bravo and Offroad, based on Blades and First Aid. If we see a third retool of these molds (come on, Vortex), that would confirm my suspicions of them being afterthoughts for the sake of variety.
It's like a chicken and egg conundrum!
As far as speculating goes:
Combaticons:
Onslaught - Hot Spot
Vortex - Blades/Bravo
Blast Off - Weirdly enough could be Blades/Bravo again, just a heavy retool.
Swindle - First Aid/Offroad
Brawl - Could be a strange heavy retool of Rook.
Shockwave as the Legends weapon for Bruticus.
Technobots:
Scattershot - Can't see Silverbolt working. Possibly a new mould?
Afterburner - Groove
Lightspeed - Dead End/Streetwise
Strafe - Aerialbot Deluxes perhaps? Unless they use a new mould for him and Blast Off.
Nosecone - No idea. Unless, like Strafe, it's a new mould shared with Brawl perhaps.
Since Afterburner could be a Groove retool this means they might introduce a new Deluxe member.
Weirdly enough, Rook reminds me of Universe Onslaught. It'd be funny if they pull a fast one and make Onslaught a retool of Rook and use him as a limb. If that happened then why not go the whole hog and make Blast Off the torso and watch the scale nuts' heads explode!