TRA GEN PRIMES CMDR 2 (Armada Jetfire)
Product Number: G1972
Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, Armada Prime definitely needs a rerelease.
How about an online exclusive Titan-priced 2-pack of Prime and Jetfire?
Or add a new Overload to them like in that shot-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, Armada Prime definitely needs a rerelease.
How about an online exclusive Titan-priced 2-pack of Prime and Jetfire?
If it's Star Convoy priced, I can see it happening. But to make that 2 pack worth it, they should be in a unique deco. Like this one:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Or add a new Overload to them like in that shot-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, Armada Prime definitely needs a rerelease.
How about an online exclusive Titan-priced 2-pack of Prime and Jetfire?
If it's Star Convoy priced, I can see it happening. But to make that 2 pack worth it, they should be in a unique deco. Like this one:
He would have to be leader sized to carry Jetfire in vehicle mode.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Or add a new Overload to them like in that shot.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, Armada Prime definitely needs a rerelease.
How about an online exclusive Titan-priced 2-pack of Prime and Jetfire?
If it's Star Convoy priced, I can see it happening. But to make that 2 pack worth it, they should be in a unique deco. Like this one:
In that case, the price would be higher than Star, but lower than the standard titan. I expect Overload to be a voyager.
Rodimus Prime wrote:He would have to be leader sized to carry Jetfire in vehicle mode.
Till-all-R1 wrote:I was just wondering/thinking if Hasbro might delve into more Throttelbots when they're done with minibots, Goldbug could use some friends. I remember having Wideload as a kid.
The Sideways cancelations were due to a mistake where they were sending out entire cases of the figure instead of single individual figures.Emerje wrote:Should have my Sideways from Walmart.com in the next few days. So weird that they cancel pre-orders like this only to put them in stock a few days later.
Sabrblade wrote:The Sideways cancelations were due to a mistake where they were sending out entire cases of the figure instead of single individual figures.Emerje wrote:Should have my Sideways from Walmart.com in the next few days. So weird that they cancel pre-orders like this only to put them in stock a few days later.
That mold didn't yet exist at the time the Velocitron subline was first released. Crasher is a reissue of that same release, rereleased due to how difficult to find she was the first time around.DISCHARGE wrote:Does anyone else feel Crasher wasn't done justice?
I don't mind the mirage mold, I prefer the Siege version, but it might have looked better on the Cybertron Hot Shot/Excellion mold.
Sabrblade wrote:That mold didn't yet exist at the time the Velocitron subline was first released. Crasher is a reissue of that same release, rereleased due to how difficult to find she was the first time around.DISCHARGE wrote:Does anyone else feel Crasher wasn't done justice?
I don't mind the mirage mold, I prefer the Siege version, but it might have looked better on the Cybertron Hot Shot/Excellion mold.
Plus, she's inspired by the 2007 Movie Fracture figure that was likewise a Mirage redeco, as they can't make her look too much like the original GoBot/Machine Robo toy whose likeness is owned by rival company Bandai. She needs to look legally distinct enough in order to not infringe on Bandai's IP, especially when trying to market the toy in Japan where Bandai's competition with TakaraTomy is even greater than it is with Hasbro in the west.
Sabrblade wrote:That mold didn't yet exist at the time the Velocitron subline was first released. Crasher is a reissue of that same release, rereleased due to how difficult to find she was the first time around.DISCHARGE wrote:Does anyone else feel Crasher wasn't done justice?
I don't mind the mirage mold, I prefer the Siege version, but it might have looked better on the Cybertron Hot Shot/Excellion mold.
Plus, she's inspired by the 2007 Movie Fracture figure that was likewise a Mirage redeco, as they can't make her look too much like the original GoBot/Machine Robo toy whose likeness is owned by rival company Bandai. She needs to look legally distinct enough in order to not infringe on Bandai's IP, especially when trying to market the toy in Japan where Bandai's competition with TakaraTomy is even greater than it is with Hasbro in the west.
While it is likely that the Legacy United Cybertron Hot Shot mold was in development at the time that Velocitron Crasher was released, that same timetable would also apply to when Crasher was first in development, which would have been even further back during the War For Cybertron Trilogy long before the point when Legacy United would have been in planning stages. If the time from conception to release for each figure is about two years, then Crasher would been first planned back during Earthrise in 2020, since she was released during Legacy Year 1 in 2022. Legacy United was released in 2024, with Cybertron Hot Shot being part of the Wave 3 Deluxes released in the latter half of the year, so the earliest that that mold would have enter the planning stages would have been back during the middle of 2022 either around the time or after Velocitron Crasher was already set and ready to go for release at retail.DISCHARGE wrote:So, I get what you are saying, but they knew the mold was coming as they plan many of the molds far in advance. They could have just waited on this particular release, and I'm not even super set on the Hot Shot toy as the model, even a Whpeeljack mold would have been a fresher idea.
Package refreshes are more common a thing now. This isn't old stock taken out of Velocitron packaging and put into AOTP packaging. This is a newly-manufactured production run of the same figure with new packaging. The current Hasbro team is willing to do this kind of thing nowadays for figures that are harder to find.DISCHARGE wrote:Maybe they produced a certain amount at the initial pressings and held them back in a warehouse to package in aotp packaging. It kinda makes sense logistically, but would be super lazy and uninspired. Mirage is just not the figure to embody Crasher, imo.
DISCHARGE wrote:Sabrblade wrote:That mold didn't yet exist at the time the Velocitron subline was first released. Crasher is a reissue of that same release, rereleased due to how difficult to find she was the first time around.DISCHARGE wrote:Does anyone else feel Crasher wasn't done justice?
I don't mind the mirage mold, I prefer the Siege version, but it might have looked better on the Cybertron Hot Shot/Excellion mold.
Plus, she's inspired by the 2007 Movie Fracture figure that was likewise a Mirage redeco, as they can't make her look too much like the original GoBot/Machine Robo toy whose likeness is owned by rival company Bandai. She needs to look legally distinct enough in order to not infringe on Bandai's IP, especially when trying to market the toy in Japan where Bandai's competition with TakaraTomy is even greater than it is with Hasbro in the west.
So, I get what you are saying, but they knew the mold was coming as they plan many of the molds far in advance. They could have just waited on this particular release, and I'm not even super set on the Hot Shot toy as the model, even a Whpeeljack mold would have been a fresher idea.
Maybe they produced a certain amount at the initial pressings and held them back in a warehouse to package in aotp packaging. It kinda makes sense logistically, but would be super lazy and uninspired. Mirage is just not the figure to embody Crasher, imo.
