ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You know, I would have been more excited had this crossover been announced during Alternators' lifetime because of the Alternators Hound mold being perfect for the JP Jeep.
If they're doing the Ford Explorer, I would actually expect (and hope) for a retool and re-shell of either Ectotron or Studio Series Ratchet (or maaaaybe a retool of one of the Dreads; the 2007 Stockade mold would also work but I doubt they'd dig that dinosaur up).
The people speculating Trailbreaker as a basis for the Explorer seem to be overlooking the fact that he's a 2-door vehicle and the Park Drive Ford Explorers were 4-door SUVs. Pretty sure they'd have to do some extra stretching work to make him pull it off, and he'd probably end up with a still-longer backpack.
1. I'm pretty sure the SS molds are off limits for anything but the Movies. The designs technically belong to Paramount and I don't think they allow that type of usage.
2. Even if they could use them, Ratchet is a Hummer, and the dreads are Chevrolet Suburbans and Tahoes. Both are far cries from an Explorer. I doubt either Ford or Chevy would be happy about their designs being used for a rival company's vehicle or on a rival company's vehicle.
3. Ectotron might have worked, but they would have to jack him up to SUV height, and of course tool a new car shell. Trailbreaker is 2 door, but it can easily be retooled into a 4 door, and can pass for a Ford. Unless they are going for an officially licensed vehicle which has not been the case with the previous crossovers. In which case they'd still need to tool a fully licensed Ford Explorer car shell either way.
Trailbreaker is the closest thing Hasbro currently has to a Ford Explorer.
If we're just asking for weird molds they can use for it, they could totally bring back Armada Red Alert. He's even closer to an Explorer:
