thadicon wrote:Shot Hasbro repaint the the crap out of all the molds they have and expect people to buy them, come on even little kids wont fall for that s@#t they know when they got the same mold but different colour
It took me a few to figure out what you were saying, but here's the deal (recite lecture #37):
1 ) New molds are expensive. Repaints of these molds provide the opportunity for someone to get that mold after the wave is long gone if they missed it the first time around, and the sales of repaints help offset the cost of new molds.
2 ) Repaints are a Transformers way of life. How many people still insist that any Seeker type toy be repainted as Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, and repainted or retooled as Thrust, Dirge, and Ramjet? And that's not even mentioning Prowl / Bluestreak / Smokescreen, or Rumble/Frenzy, Laserbeak/Buzzsaw, Rewind/Eject, Huffer / Pipes, Brawn / Outback, Gears/Swerve, Windcharger / Tailgate, and many more repaints or minor remolds.
3 ) You don't want 'em? Don't get 'em. And speaking as someone who was a kid back in 1984, kids may know something's a repaint, but that doesn't matter! It's a different CHARACTER! "I got Thundercracker!" "Oh yeah? Well I got Starscream!" Heck, even with He-Man, ya just had ta have Faker, even though he was just a blue He-man, because he was a different CHARACTER!
Meh. Gonna go back to my shelf and figure out how many actual new molds I have. And you know what? I won't care, I get the figures I want because I like them. And I'm probably going to get Drydock and Undertow, just because I like the molds!
