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Post by primenova on Apr 14, 2015 11:41:01 GMT
Most toys since 2001 RID line have been repainted (or somewhere repaints of pre 2001 toys)
But what is the best ever toy which have never been repainted (includes TFCC not repaints or shows - so Metroplex would not be included with the not really repainted but we had in a different release - I think it just had silver stickers on it)
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 14, 2015 13:12:33 GMT
I was going to say BM Buzzsaw, but thats 2000.
Have to have a think.
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Post by primenova on Apr 14, 2015 16:33:39 GMT
I couldn't include Beast wars with so many of them being repainted in Japan & we dont know most of the names for them. So it is easy to do it from RID onwards.
CV Guzzle wasn't repainted.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2015 16:42:06 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2015 16:49:26 GMT
Energon Wing Saber is the most major one I can think of. Some might say Energon Dinobot.
Generations Rhinox
Generations Brainstorm
slightly before when you're thinking but it's a crime that the remoulds Sharp Edge and Killerpunch have never been repainted.
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 14, 2015 17:03:00 GMT
Primus hasnt had a reapint has he? Or did he get a premium type upgrade at some point?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2015 17:34:14 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2015 17:35:06 GMT
Cybertron Menasor & Metroplex
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Post by primenova on Apr 15, 2015 6:02:17 GMT
Could they repaint Rhinox has Rhino? Metroplex is one big-ish toy from Cybertron line
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2015 12:27:53 GMT
Armada Laserbeak! I think it's the only Armada toy never to be repainted and also a fun wee toy.
-Ralph
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Post by Dezzeh on Apr 15, 2015 12:50:18 GMT
I'm sure they did something with Laserbeak for Movie one, I could of course be totally imagining that.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2015 13:17:58 GMT
There's a Real Gear bird and a video camera but try aren't the same toy as each other let alone Armada Laserbeak.
Armada Laserbeak has a nice little homage in the orange bird Autobot Datadisc for FOC.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2015 13:24:29 GMT
Could they repaint Rhinox has Rhino? Trying to work out what you mean! If it's "what could they repaint Rhinox as?" well..... There's three Rhinox repaint options from the various versions of his original and Transmetal selves used in Fox Kids and Armada. Headstrong's colours are an option. For years I've said I'd loved to see a black skinned rhino with red robot parts as Beast Wars Ironhide. |
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Post by primenova on Apr 15, 2015 17:03:07 GMT
Headstrong would be ok - but the root mode wouldn't look right. Ironhide BW would be better I was thinking about that. But you'd expect Hasbro to repaint him.
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 15, 2015 17:15:15 GMT
McRhino ( I am totally serious!)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2015 17:23:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2015 21:01:10 GMT
Ralph loves McRhino!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Apr 16, 2015 10:29:55 GMT
Does the cost of making Metroplex out weight Hasbro repainting the toy? We know Hasbro like to get repaints out of a toy to cover the design costs. But with the big M we just got that different sticker or whatever it was or was it a different box & the toy was the same? But you'd image Hasbro to do the Metroplex from the IDW phase 2 annuals where we had green purple blue.
& you can't say someone at Hasbro doesn't think that flooding the market like that would help when you see all the Bumblebee repaints.
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Post by legios on Apr 16, 2015 11:21:16 GMT
The difference is that Bumblebee is seen as a "Core" Character. Even with his diminished role in the Live-Action movies as they went on he was seen as a fundamental part of the marketing push for those, and the constant presence of the new version of Bumblebee in animated series since TF:A suggests that he is seen as one of the basic building blocks. And as stores want each wave to be a new offering as much as possible then redecoing the "core" merchandise helps in terms of keeping it in successive assortments ( important when large parts of the toy industry these days expects to be selling to a completely new set of consumers every two to three years).
Metroplex isn't really a "core" character, and he was a) expensive and b) kind of marketed a a tie-in to the video-game in some respects, so I can imagine that his projected sales life was kind of seen as tied to the life of the game - so they may have been figuring on a six month window.
But I'm just speculating.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2015 11:35:37 GMT
Upsized Beast Hunters Voyager Op.
Repaint that changing the opaque neon green to grey and I'd buy it.
(you can leave the clear green parts alone)
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Post by Toph on Apr 21, 2015 3:42:42 GMT
Animated Blackarachnia
Animated Waspinator
Animated Bulkhead
Gen Waspinator
Gen Rhinox
Gen Brainstorm
Universe Dinobot
RotF Hubcap
Prime Ultra Magnus
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 21, 2015 7:16:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2015 10:49:15 GMT
Most of the Action Masters did not get repaints. None of the AM Elites did!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Apr 21, 2015 11:40:12 GMT
But we did have the Botcon themed toys from them - ie doublepunch.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 21, 2015 12:14:34 GMT
One Homage. Never repainted though.
And Omega Spreme is dying for a repaint......
Hmmmm, how about a eHobby Omega Supreme in Omega Spreme colours?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2015 16:33:33 GMT
That would be amazing.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Apr 21, 2015 20:00:11 GMT
It would. But the world demands an Action Masterpiece Thundercracker first!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2015 20:01:52 GMT
I cannot disagree.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Apr 21, 2015 20:22:24 GMT
Downshift was never released. I don't count failed repaints.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 21, 2015 21:14:23 GMT
Not in the US but he was in the far east.
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