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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2024 22:53:15 GMT
Would be nice but not sure I see it happening.
Brighter green for the plastic please
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2024 23:01:47 GMT
The colour of Brawns is gween.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Oct 12, 2024 8:51:43 GMT
Something like this? Any other details from the Minibot that are a must to import? He must have claw hands! Yes! The clamps! He must have the clamps! But he won't. Although given Bumblebee I'll be surprised if they actually bother remolding his head... |
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Post by Benn on Oct 12, 2024 10:37:36 GMT
I continue to be baffled by that Bumblebee decision. Make an explicitly retro themed line with the original box art, redo the heads to give people a reason to buy them, and just... not give him the same head as the box art right next to him?
It makes no sense to me.
If it was the same head as the Netflix one, I'd be tempted to think this was another Rotorstorm situation where they used the base as a placeholder, but...it's very obviously a different head.
Means Bee is an easy pass or wait until dirt cheap in a sale though.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 11:10:57 GMT
I think that's the same head as before. We're comparing the CGI for the new one with the actual toy for the original WFC. Digging the CGI for the original out and he has pointier horns |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 11:23:55 GMT
Either way it doesn't matter cos it should look like this: |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2024 12:33:23 GMT
It'll be a head and colours job like Gears, but that's enough. These two are going to look SO much better. Now the question is, have they managed to do Seaspray as well as Cosmos was done for the Velocitron line.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2024 12:35:05 GMT
I'm down for that Bee. I still think the flix one looks better than the Studio Series one and if this one has brighter yellows more like the G1 then I'll have that over the SS86 one. Neither have the right head, so you can't really win either way.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 12:38:48 GMT
I like it too and think it's better than Netflix.
But I'd still like this one to have the toy head.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2024 14:06:43 GMT
If anyone wants a 'retro' Bumblebee with the original style toy head and G1 packaging, there is literally one coming out in the next month in the 'Missing Link' line. Problem solved.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2024 14:08:16 GMT
I'm down for that Bee. I still think the flix one looks better than the Studio Series one and if this one has brighter yellows more like the G1 then I'll have that over the SS86 one. Neither have the right head, so you can't really win either way. I assumed Seaspray would just be a redeco of the TR one. It's close enough already to G1. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2024 15:46:34 GMT
Different size class though. Using that logic Legacy Beachcomber would have been the pottop one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 16:10:17 GMT
Mad idea: Seaspray from Kingdom Warpath
I can see it....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 16:11:23 GMT
If anyone wants a 'retro' Bumblebee with the original style toy head and G1 packaging, there is literally one coming out in the next month in the 'Missing Link' line. Problem solved. -Ralph He's a bit small compare to the rest of the Generations line Minibots. And he's boxed rather than carded. |
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Post by Toph on Oct 12, 2024 17:21:50 GMT
This is the hill I've chosen to die on:
SS86 Bumblebee is not any more sunbow accurate than the Netflix Bee. Maybe if you look exclusively at animation errors, it is, but not to the times they got him correct to his own animation model.
A Netflix Bee redeco should have been SS86.
Meanwhile this new mold should have veered even harder into toy accuracy to compliment the upcoming Toy Optimus. Wheels on the arms, and all that.
Give him the cartoon head and typical deco for standard release, and then toy head and this deco for Retro release.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2024 18:30:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2024 18:59:04 GMT
Different size class though. Using that logic Legacy Beachcomber would have been the pottop one. Which would have been fine. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2024 19:00:36 GMT
If anyone wants a 'retro' Bumblebee with the original style toy head and G1 packaging, there is literally one coming out in the next month in the 'Missing Link' line. Problem solved. -Ralph He's a bit small compare to the rest of the Generations line Minibots. And he's boxed rather than carded. Folk don't *have* to get this carded Bee though, if they don't like the head. Be free. Be free! Companies only change direction if consumers vote with wallets. -Ralph |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 13, 2024 8:10:13 GMT
It's perfect! And they already have the mold for the head from existing reuses of the Huffer mold! Which pretty much guarantees that they'll never do it. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2024 8:56:04 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2024 10:15:34 GMT
Whenever I see the word 'digibash' I hear the Digimon theme tune in my head. It's a Pavlovian response I wish I could switch off.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 13, 2024 14:27:51 GMT
Those all look so good. Warpath is subtly different but ten times better.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2024 16:52:04 GMT
I don't see what is different about Hypothetical Warpath.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2024 17:12:19 GMT
Red & Gray are different shades.
Shield, which forms rear of tank, is now gray to match rear of tank toy
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Post by The Huff on Oct 13, 2024 18:02:54 GMT
Brawn and Huffer really do also need their hands remolded into their claws to look like they ate trying to pull off the toy look.
Won't happen, I know.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 14, 2024 7:15:45 GMT
Whenever I see the word 'digibash' I hear the Digimon theme tune in my head. It's a Pavlovian response I wish I could switch off. *hands you a meringue* |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 17, 2024 13:55:03 GMT
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Post by Jim on Oct 17, 2024 14:07:52 GMT
They're all up on EU pulse now, and somehow all sold out already!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 17, 2024 14:16:42 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 17, 2024 14:19:30 GMT
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