Takara MP8X King Grimlock Released In Japan

First Gen wrote:I don't get it. Technically, its a bogus repaint as the "blue" portions of the body are supposed to be black, but comics back them commonly used blue to show the darker color as shading hadn't been introduced yet.

By this token, Superman had blue hair for most of his original run.

First Gen wrote:

Diem wrote:What's to get? It's one of the very few ways they can get repaint cash out of this mold, without doing G2 Grimlock, or stretching it and doing Overkill.

Then how come no Marvel repaint of Megatron, who would have about 3 repaints, depending on what book you were looking at, with a completely different head.

G2 Grimlock would have made more sense to me. Not a production of a miscolored comic book character.

First Gen wrote:I don't get it. Technically, its a bogus repaint as the "blue" portions of the body are supposed to be black, but comics back them commonly used blue to show the darker color as shading hadn't been introduced yet.

By this token, Superman had blue hair for most of his original run.

UltraPrimal wrote:NO! Must not buy same figure twice just because it has a new hat. Must resist! Damn you Takara!

Seibertron wrote:I buy everything that Hasbro pumps out and just about everything mainstream that Takara pumps out. I haven't been buying the extremely over priced exclusives like the clear Mirage and ghost Starscream nor the Movie Skids/Mudflap inspired repaints of G1 Skids / "G1" Crosscut. Some of these exclusives are just nuts price wise lately. I'll pay up to $60 for an exclusive Japanese deluxe class figure, but any more than that is crazy ... even in BotCon exclusive terms it's crazy.