Like many others, I would love to see Voyager Seekers, but it ain't gonna happen. Even if it does, Voyagers don't get as many releases as Deluxes, and therefore we would be lucky just to see the original 3 - which leads to all the usual anguish about not having the set complete. Anybody remember Animated? I would hurt dear friends and close relatives for a chance to have the seekers done in a good non-movie style F-22 mold. Well, maybe not really. But I would be excited.
nope current mold is great i can see sunstormer, slipstream, and skywarp but i think where more likely if we get a update for wfc i dont want new seekers to many ofter characters
People probably want something aking to mini-Masterpieces. Heck, I dig the current mold, but I'd get one of these. Variants- I'd go for these as well. Wouldn't hurt my feeleings. But who wouldn't want a Megatron from IDW's TF Ongoing?
to clarafiy i know there is a skywarp i own him just after ultramanus armor came out many people couldnt get and i recon a darker purple would do a world of good
Repaints offer Hasbro the chance to make money off a figure without spending that money on engineering. Making a new Seeker Mold is probably beneficial to them.
I completely agree that the old is VERY antiqated by today's standards, and as much as I think it would be awesome to get a brand new articulated Voyager mold, I'm happy to have all six of the seekers (plus all the CHMS, Ghost and Botcon versions) finally released after five years...I' buy them all over again if they happened to put out a new mold but for I'm just going to be happy with what we've got. Besides, I'd much rather seenew characters get modern releases like Trailbreaker, Blitzwing, Brawn, Gears, Slag, Snarl, Swoop, Sludge, Brawl, Motormaster...etc....
The only minor thing about the classic seekers is they ain't big enough,I really wish they had been voyager size,to go with my Classic Megs and Cybertron Soundwave,as they look so puny next to them.But as I say they are pretty nice other than that.Tho I wouldn't be against Hasbro if they decided to do them in voyagers.
Ew, Henkei. I cannot stand that chrome shit on it. If it was a car I wouldn't mind as much...but on the null rays?! Chrome on a jet?! Fuck that. Plus I honestly don't think the paintjobs are that much better to warrant the price. Not with Reprolabels around. I'm pretty happy with my Hasbro ones. I wouldn't take Henkei versions even for free.
I absolutely LOVE the Classics mold but it really does need to be improved upon. Between size, lack of articulation, and the fact that the front landing gear are nipples, there's a lot that could be done with today's technology to make the Seeker design nearly perfect. Honestly it doesn't matter to me if a new mold is made or not. I'm planning on getting all of the IGear Seekers anyway so either way I'm golden.
It's really a pretty weak mold: the arms are too short, it's overly blocky, the wings interfere with the articulation because they don't swing backwards, it's short compared to the deluxe Autobot cars and the articulation is a bit on the limited side anyways, the engineering is a bit too simple and the nose hanging off the back of their heads sucks. Ironically, i think it's pretty great for the Cone Heads, and fits those characters well. I'd absolutely love to see an updated F-22 Seeker (slight movie tie-in + something "new*") at the Voyager scale executed with the same level of awesomeness as the best of Universe 2.0 and Generations/RTS *yeah, i know Energon Starscream was F-22 based (and i still love that mold), but i'd love to see something more solidly G1 in bot mode + he was still a deluxe and had a ton of kibble
heck yeah!!! That's what I'm talkin' about ~ that design is awesome + a unique new take on Megs... Starscream and maaaaaybe Skywarp i could see, but i think Hasbro knocked all 3 Generations seekers out of the frickin' park ~ great colors, no nonsensical lightning bolts on Dirge and Thrust, and T-Crackers color of blue is just spectacular.
Doubtful they'll redo the mold considering they're still releasing repaints like Thundercracker in CHUG lines. I wouldn't mind a larger and better articulated update though... they're pretty small for jets... I mean Classics Prime towers above them... which seems off. As for Henkei versions... blah... chrome's nice, but not worth twice the price at the minimum. =.
Yeah- A new seeker mold with an F-22 jet. Kind of how RTS Jazz had an alt mode like movie jazz. Or how RTS Bumblebee had black stripes... I like that.
Uh... I don't think they're that outdated. I rather like them. Plus, I haven't managed to get a Classics Skywarp yet, so... Thread=owned.
