Hmm...here's hoping for an OFFICIAL Metrotitan Repaint!

 

Ah, fair enough. Maybe another use of the BB/CJ mold - Hubcap please!  

 

I'll see your Hubcap and raise you a Bumblejumper.  

 

Damn you two, now I want both!  

 

Ha Ha! Good call.....  

 

Question is, COULD they release Thundercracker, Thrust, and Dirge if they wanted to?

 

They'd hafta be different enough from the Botcon set to do it. Think Thundercracker in toon colors as opposed to the toy colors FP used.

 

And they would have to do their own remold/remolds of Ramjet, something that has yet to be done in this line.

 

Dirge & Thrust are already original toy & toon accurate - I think there is some sort of licensing agreement meaning exclusives can't be redone. Be good to see a Skywarp & Sunstorm at least.

 

I agree on the Sunstorm, here's hoping!

 

Clearly that second deluxe Autobot is Autobot Thundercracker.... who changed factions to avoid any legal troubles from Fun Publications. He'll be in Actionmaster colors.





(Actually, I'm fairly intrigued at the idea of a Japan-only Classics deluxe repaint. I honestly can't think who it might be. Hubcap, Bumblejumper, Goldbug? Crystal or Black Rodimus? Clear Mirage? G2 Grimlock? Or maybe BBTS just has the price wrong, and that's actually just Henkei Magnus. Who knows?)

 

Thrust maybe but Dirge isn't, the botcondirge is a simple repaint where as the original has shorter guns and different wings.

Good news on the Ramjet though. It'll mean that i can turn the hasbro one i have into Thrust unless i prefer the hasbro one.

 

Great news! Most likely the two autos would be Cliffjumper and Magnus.

 

LOL, Neon Autobot Action Master Thundercracker - have a job getting that name on the packaging!  

Never thought of Goldbug...that'd be better than both Hubcap & Bumblejumper. Maybe we could then get a red repaint as Chase!

 

Awesome news! I'm excited to see what they'll do with Jetfire. I also hope they release Classics Skywarp(in more accurate purple), Classics Thundercracker(maybe in cartoon-accurate colors, since dark blue has already been done?), and the other cone heads....which I'm not sure how they could do those to differentiate them from the Botcon versions.

 

Just wondering how much of a difference they can make to Jetfire?

Also, where are they gonna put chrome on him?! Every other Japanese Classics figure has!!!

 

As history has demonstrated, there is nothing that stops Hasbro or Taraka from releasing mass-retail figures that are quite similar to the other country's "exclusive" figures.

It's been done with the PVC Skywarp, as Hasbro gave it a mass release. There are other examples, but they elude me at the moment. I started a thread about the implications of this on Seibertron and everyone got really pissed off. It's awesome to consider henkei Thundercracker, Dirge and Thrust and what that actually means to everyone else.

 

Edit: Never mind, wrong thread!

 

If that were the case, would they also (re-)release Dreadwind?

(100th post!!!)

 

Anybody think that C-07 and C-08 could be Cliffjumper and that Chevrolet exclusive Aveo mold, Swerve?