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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2010 11:41:37 GMT
I'm updating my repaints article and want to include a list of the ten worst repaints ever. I've got six so far .... help me out and suggest some others please.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2010 11:42:44 GMT
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Post by primenova on Feb 9, 2010 11:57:04 GMT
Is this one that dont work with the mode of the toy or ones where the colours clash & make you feel sick.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 9, 2010 12:40:37 GMT
Universe Silverbolt is ugly, but I can see what they were trying to do (make him look like Beast Machines Silverbolt). To me, even 'bad' repaints have value if they look crazy or interesting. I'd have to nominate figures where the repaint just kills all interest in the figure or is pretty boring. Namely stuff like all the Mudflap recolours that look exactly the same! Or Universe Prowl with his GIANT Autobot logo. Also Universe Ratchet with his BIZZARE tampo'd ladder and hosepipe! I mean, really? Desert Cameo Ruination is also on my list, because it looks more like Fleshy Tentacle Ruination. |
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 9, 2010 13:20:51 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Feb 9, 2010 13:37:36 GMT
Botcon Landshark is pretty bad. Just so dull. Andy Oh man, seconded! Especially in a set full of bright guys. Did we really need another muted green tanklike vehicle? As much as I like new characters, Landshark just looks so generic. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2010 15:38:21 GMT
Is this one that dont work with the mode of the toy or ones where the colours clash & make you feel sick. Either ! |
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Post by primenova on Feb 9, 2010 20:58:51 GMT
Any toy made out of that gold plastic - but that was only limited to guns, arms or torsos. Not an whole figure made from it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2010 21:04:35 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Feb 10, 2010 9:27:32 GMT
Any toy made out of that gold plastic - but that was only limited to guns, arms or torsos. Not an whole figure made from it. Pretender Roadblock's robot mode was pretty close to being entirely gold plastic! Repaint wise, I guess Slingshot is the worst culprit. A toy that shears in half the moment you glance at it. Though it does LOOK nice, and at the end of the day, these things weren't meant to last 20+ years. |
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Post by Benn on Feb 10, 2010 10:06:08 GMT
Henkei Strafe! I know some people like it, but damn, he hurts my eyes...
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Post by blueshift on Feb 10, 2010 10:12:14 GMT
Henkei Strafe! I know some people like it, but damn, he hurts my eyes... I have one on order! I like him precisely because he is so mad. The colour scheme may be baffling, but it makes me want to buy him, so is (in my eyes) a good repaint. I believe the idea of a repaint is to make you think 'yes, I want to buy this figure again!'. Bad ones leave me blase. That is why Universe Leo Prime is amazing. It is a lion painted to look like a lorry, the ultimate expression of G1ism. God bless you Hasbro. |
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 10, 2010 12:27:25 GMT
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Post by KoshNaranek on Feb 14, 2010 14:55:31 GMT
That's because Action Master Thundercracker is AWESOME and to criticize him on this board is to invite a severe beating with a wet kipper!
- Tony
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 17, 2010 17:36:01 GMT
While looking elsewhere I notice we didn't think much of Recon Barricade but I don't think it's even in the same league as those mentioned above |
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Post by Nigel on Feb 18, 2010 13:43:43 GMT
Possibly Sunstorm?My vote goes to Energon's Treadbolt. Not because of the colour scheme, which is actually quite reasonable, but because it's a repaint of a poor mould that came ridiculously quickly after the original and epitomises all that's wrong about slapping a new colour scheme on to make a new character. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 18, 2010 15:27:46 GMT
Treadbolt's not too silly, after all you do get yellow construction vehicles. But as I've said elsewhere it needs to be the right sort of yellow, and Treadbolt is a near miss. Don't forget he was a limited edition toy overseas, we were the only people that had a glut of them. And at the same time as our glut of Scavenger was still on the shelf. (and I like the Scavenger mould)
Sunstorm is bright and nasty, and I'm tempted to nominate him. But we know why he exists.
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