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Mechastrike wrote:seibertron.com: shows pics of Scourge and a Sweep.
me: they're the same picture.

Look closer.

Mechastrike wrote:seibertron.com: shows pics of Scourge and a Sweep.
me: they're the same picture.

Joking aside, this is the best scenario to satisfy both army builders and ensure everyone gets scourge. Don't know of they opted for this instead of simply repacking scourge so to ensure that stores would stock a "different" product and make sure everyone gets as many as they need.

Looks like Slag was actually found in Virginia, NOT West Virginia as reported by william-james

I guess we will have to wait for someone's toy review of the sweep to really see if there are any differences besides the hand swap
the fact is there shouldn't be any differences at all but it would be nice to have the sweeps at least have a slightly different shade of blue than scourge

Did anyoen else notice there is a difference in the chest piece of The Sweep? I think the head module is slightly smaller too.

I'm going to go out on a limb and that that's lighting.

The more I think about it, the more I think I think the way they handled it was for the best. At least for this line.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I thought the SS Sweeps were rumoured to be a two pack IE specifically due to their Army Building nature?

Very rare are those who would buy a two pack of the EXACT SAME TOY.

If such a two pack would be a thing, one of the two should have a different facial expression plus added deco like the good old "battle damage".

Sweep is basically a re-release of Scourge anyway.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I thought the SS Sweeps were rumoured to be a two pack IE specifically due to their Army Building nature?

Very rare are those who would buy a two pack of the EXACT SAME TOY.

You say that but...













That's the purpose of an army builder. Who would want only one Sweep? Perhaps if they release SS Cyclonus Armada. That would be passable as a lone release.

Well Hasbro have released three packs of GI Joe figures for mass retail. One "main" character, alongside two army building troopers. They sell relatively well. I have seen shops that stock NECA Foot Soldiers, selling faster than the other figures. Boss Fight Studios even commented on their social media, that the Toad Troopers are the best sellers of the Bucky line. Wherein no one ever buys them singularly.

That is the whole point of army builders. You couldn't have an effective display, for example, with Shredder commanding a single Foot Soldier.

Your opinion is valid, but that is an ice cold take. Army builders are either a thing you're into or not.

For my part, I'm onlyv planning to get to, because I don't have enough space for a full-on battle display, and I don't like having a bunch of the same character standing around in static poses. Since I got a second Cyclonus, I can do a Unicron reformatting display or still have a large battle scene for the escape from Earth in TF:TM. Sweeps Six and Seven aren't important enough characters for me to shell out wen extra hundred bucks. Plus, they money spent on those could better go to more Sharkticons since I have the Quintesson pit box set and the ER versions of those characters.