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And next week, the blue one, then a green one..........

man, thats a cool transformer!

i like the soundblaster prototype, it just screams "CUSTOM REPAINT!!" *cough cough jin*

Wow, big news.

tom brokaw wrote:

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:sweet, looks awesome! however, hasbro should seriously quit it with the exclusives and release stuff for everyone to have.... at least have the molds available for everyone and repaints made as exclusives.

Given that Swerve was released as an exclusive in China, is it Hasbro's doing or TakaraTomy?

whoever is in charge, quit releasing products at a certain part of the world and letting it be an exclusive to them only. rather let it be available to everyone else in the world. does anyone see a hint of racism here? letting a certain group have a certain product and yet, not releasing it to others.

Okay that's just ridiculous.

Did you ever stop to consider that the car company forked out a LOT of money for this figure to be produced solely for this promotion?

Or are you happy to sit there and believe that the lack of TF figures that haven't made it to the UK in the last few years is also racist?

More nationalist than racist. Only Chinese get Universe Swerve. Only Americans get Classic Skywarp, only Europeans get Thunderclash.

Thankfully no one ever told me "hey, you're a Pole! No Skywarp for you!" That would suck.

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:sweet, looks awesome! however, hasbro should seriously quit it with the exclusives and release stuff for everyone to have.... at least have the molds available for everyone and repaints made as exclusives.

Given that Swerve was released as an exclusive in China, is it Hasbro's doing or TakaraTomy?

If you look at the auction for the red one, there is a bagged photo and it says 2007 Hasbo, Pawtucket Rhode Island.

I'm gonna say fan repaint too... why the heck would Hasbro use yellow paint to go over an ENTIRE toy, when they could just use yellow plastic instead?

kirbenvost wrote:I'm gonna say fan repaint too... why the heck would Hasbro use yellow paint to go over an ENTIRE toy, when they could just use yellow plastic instead?

With this being a limited run they may have just made them all and then split 50/50 on red and yellow

dude, i hope we get this in the states. i'd go test drive a chevy for it...

Scaleface wrote:More nationalist than racist. Only Chinese get Universe Swerve. Only Americans get Classic Skywarp, only Europeans get Thunderclash.

You know, that whole G2 Euro line thing with the Predators and Turbomasters and friends, wasn't really European only, they were released in Australia.

Over released at that. Anyone want a Stalker? I think every bloody koala is swinging from a tree with one.

Interesting.
Dont know about anyone else, but I'm a tad over bright yellow car transformers at the moment... Bumblebee overkill.

Still it's not a bad looking colour on that mold.

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:sweet, looks awesome! however, hasbro should seriously quit it with the exclusives and release stuff for everyone to have.... at least have the molds available for everyone and repaints made as exclusives.

Given that Swerve was released as an exclusive in China, is it Hasbro's doing or TakaraTomy?

whoever is in charge, quit releasing products at a certain part of the world and letting it be an exclusive to them only. rather let it be available to everyone else in the world. does anyone see a hint of racism here? letting a certain group have a certain product and yet, not releasing it to others.

Okay that's just ridiculous.

Did you ever stop to consider that the car company forked out a LOT of money for this figure to be produced solely for this promotion?

Or are you happy to sit there and believe that the lack of TF figures that haven't made it to the UK in the last few years is also racist?

Just wanna second this, making exclusives readily availible makes them no longer exclusive.

I'm going through all my GM contacts to try and score one of these with no luck, and if it stayes that way, no big deal. And trust me, I work for US car dealers, if you showed up and test drove a car just for a figure, they'd rather burn it than give it to you!

That is of course assuming they didn't just toss out the box, keep them for their kids, or give them to me(I got so much GM Dealership swag this summer)

Still, it's a random transforming character, if it came from a line like RoadBots, I don't think anyone would care.

It is a unique mold, but it's still just a figure with no backround or anything like that. I could see the distain over the Seekers at BotCon(nope, not gonna let it die), Those where widely hoped for and anticipated by alot of people.

But this is just a transforming car used in an overseas PR promotion.

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:

Burn wrote:

tom brokaw wrote:sweet, looks awesome! however, hasbro should seriously quit it with the exclusives and release stuff for everyone to have.... at least have the molds available for everyone and repaints made as exclusives.

Given that Swerve was released as an exclusive in China, is it Hasbro's doing or TakaraTomy?

whoever is in charge, quit releasing products at a certain part of the world and letting it be an exclusive to them only. rather let it be available to everyone else in the world. does anyone see a hint of racism here? letting a certain group have a certain product and yet, not releasing it to others.

Okay that's just ridiculous.

Did you ever stop to consider that the car company forked out a LOT of money for this figure to be produced solely for this promotion?

Or are you happy to sit there and believe that the lack of TF figures that haven't made it to the UK in the last few years is also racist?

Just wanna second this, making exclusives readily availible makes them no longer exclusive.

I'm going through all my GM contacts to try and score one of these with no luck, and if it stayes that way, no big deal. And trust me, I work for US car dealers, if you showed up and test drove a car just for a figure, they'd rather burn it than give it to you!

That is of course assuming they didn't just toss out the box, keep them for their kids, or give them to me(I got so much GM Dealership swag this summer)

Still, it's a random transforming character, if it came from a line like RoadBots, I don't think anyone would care.

It is a unique mold, but it's still just a figure with no backround or anything like that. I could see the distain over the Seekers at BotCon(nope, not gonna let it die), Those where widely hoped for and anticipated by alot of people.

But this is just a transforming car used in an overseas PR promotion.

Anyone thinking he just painted it yellow?

And why are toys like these being made exclusives? Sucks to be a completionist.

The inside of the doors is not red, it's just the yellow paint over the greenish clear plastic. Looks red but isn't red imo.