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How would you all feel if there were upgrades or add-ons for figures that could come out in future releases. I'm not talking a 3rd party stuff, I'm talking about legitimate upgrades for figures. Similar to that they did with Animated Prowl or with DOTM Jetwing Prime.

I was thinking about this the other day when I was playing around with my son's Bakugan. With every new release they add some type of upgrade to the Bakugan. They've added battle gear, mobile assault vehicles, weapons and now they have these type of mech suits.

Just looking at this stuff got me wondering about how awesome it could be to have this in the TF world.

It annoys me when they re-release a figure with new stuff if that new stuff is something I want. I don't want to buy the same toy twice to get the extra stuff. If they released an add-on kit I'd be all for it.

Yeah, I hear you on that!

See, I was thinking of something more along the lines of what they did with Superhuman Samurai Cyber-Squad. You bought the base figure, but they had armor add-ons, which was just so cool IMO.

I was actually thinking of doing a custom one day with a 2007 movie Bumblebee, Ravage and ROTF Depthcharge. I was going to repaint BB with silver and black and use the parts of Ravage and Depthcharge for armor. I wanted it to be like a Decepticon trio with armor and weapons. Too bad the toys were my sons and I couldn't do it...

It's very American to release the figure along with the upgrade. In Japan they have toylines with such things. Where you're just buying an add-on or upgrade, without the main figure.
I'd be behind it, and if I liked what they offered, I'd get it. Thing is, the US doesn't seem to like to sell toys like this. They like to offer a complete package when it hits the shelves.
It's interesting bakugan has somewhat gone against this tradition, seems like a good sign to me.

Screamfleet wrote:It's very American to release the figure along with the upgrade. In Japan they have toylines with such things. Where you're just buying an add-on or upgrade, without the main figure.
I'd be behind it, and if I liked what they offered, I'd get it. Thing is, the US doesn't seem to like to sell toys like this. They like to offer a complete package when it hits the shelves.
It's interesting bakugan has somewhat gone against this tradition, seems like a good sign to me.

That is what Hasbro should really be doing, not this same figure again sh*t but with rockets and a different gun!

Nemesis Destron wrote:

That is what Hasbro should really be doing, not this same figure again sh*t but with rockets and a different gun! [/quote]

They've been doing this crap for years. How many versions of Duke are out there? Cobra Commander? Not to mention the ridiculous amount of Movieverse Bumblebee variations.

Thing is, people will still buy the exact same figure for the new stuff. The new version might be limited in release and possibly be more valuable someday. I think that's why the third party addons do so well. If stuff like that were to be mass produced, I don't believe it would sell as well.

Would be neat to have that easily accessible, I just don't see it happening.

I don't see why they couldn't do it. It seems to work well enough for Action Man and Barbie.

Mykltron wrote:It annoys me when they re-release a figure with new stuff if that new stuff is something I want. I don't want to buy the same toy twice to get the extra stuff. If they released an add-on kit I'd be all for it.

Same for me too. Things like Buster Optimus Prime's gun I want, but not enough to buy the same figure twice.