Bumblevivisector wrote:Honestly the first I've heard of the translucent plastic having problems. I assumed top priority would be announcing that they found better springs for the hip-ratchets.
And maybe the lighting's throwing me off, but does anyone else think it looks like they started repainting him into Generations Selects Gigastorm, but gave up halfway? And if we're going to get GS repaints of past titans to make up for future titans being downsized, does this imply we'll get a long-awaited Metroplex reissue soon? Or has there ever been a glimmer of hope for a new Plex that's more G1 and less FoC?
Hasbro has no involvement with the Godzilla crossover. That's all TakaraTomy's doing on their own. Takara chose Optimus and a Grimlock-Megatron over Trypticon because it's Optimus and Megatron. They're the face of the brand, so Takara knows that those two are more likely sell better in the Japanese market, whom the Godzilla crossover is primarily aimed at.DeathReviews wrote:Though it raises the questions: If Hasbro knew they were going to re-issue this figure, and if they ALSO knew they were going to do a Godzilla/Transformer Xover figure, then why didn't they turn Trypticon into Mecha-Godzilla and sell him that way? Instead of giving us that goofy Grimlock/Megatron thing? A silver Trypticon/Mecha-Godzilla would have been boss...
The thing is, Fort Max and Trypticon were both Titans Return toys, and for all of the mold reuse that Hasbro has been doing as of late, they don't seem willing to go back any farther than Titans Return for reusing older molds in current toylines.o.supreme wrote:About metroplex, well Hasbro reissued Fort max last year, an 8 year old toy with eflectronics. So they are doing the same in 2025. Hard to believe its been almost 8 years for Trypticon. As for going back and reissuing T30 Metroplex again... I just don't know. TT did it last in 2019. I still want a Metrotitan, so whether it is a repaint of T30, or a repaint of a *new* OG Metroplex in a couple of years, either way works for me.
It pretty much was just G1 Metroplex stretched out and hollowed out.Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex needs a new mold. The Generations figure was good for it's time, and it blew away most fans with its size. But looking back, it was pretty basic. As was Maximus, even if he did get some improvements. But Metroplex was too tall and lanky, looking almost nothing like he did in the FoC game, on which he was supposedly based, at least in part. But even a G1 Metroplex would be thicker in every part if he was to be accurate.
Sabrblade wrote:It pretty much was just G1 Metroplex stretched out and hollowed out.Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex needs a new mold. The Generations figure was good for it's time, and it blew away most fans with its size. But looking back, it was pretty basic. As was Maximus, even if he did get some improvements. But Metroplex was too tall and lanky, looking almost nothing like he did in the FoC game, on which he was supposedly based, at least in part. But even a G1 Metroplex would be thicker in every part if he was to be accurate.
Emerje wrote:The Fort Max reissue should have been Brave Max to go with all the new RID figures and HasLab Omega Prime.
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.Exactly. They ruined it.Sabrblade wrote:It pretty much was just G1 Metroplex stretched out and hollowed out.Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex needs a new mold. The Generations figure was good for it's time, and it blew away most fans with its size. But looking back, it was pretty basic. As was Maximus, even if he did get some improvements. But Metroplex was too tall and lanky, looking almost nothing like he did in the FoC game, on which he was supposedly based, at least in part. But even a G1 Metroplex would be thicker in every part if he was to be accurate.
Won't get any argument from me. They made one of the worst Titans so bad just for the sake of making him the "Tallest Transformer EVAR!!!(TM)DO-NOT-STEAL" because height was the number one priority.Rodimus Prime wrote:Exactly. They ruined it.Sabrblade wrote:It pretty much was just G1 Metroplex stretched out and hollowed out.Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex needs a new mold. The Generations figure was good for it's time, and it blew away most fans with its size. But looking back, it was pretty basic. As was Maximus, even if he did get some improvements. But Metroplex was too tall and lanky, looking almost nothing like he did in the FoC game, on which he was supposedly based, at least in part. But even a G1 Metroplex would be thicker in every part if he was to be accurate.
