Pics of BT-21 Arcee In and Out of Package

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Type-R, Jul 6, 2008.

  1. justamaze

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    Looks sweet in a "non-gay" way. I will be getting this one just because she/he is very special
     
  2. airfox

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    IMO BT-21 (not calling it Arcee) looks very nice. The Pearl White in vehicle mode looks very good, and I even like the added pink.

    But Arcee, it ain't. :( 

    I think expecting new tooling in these new BTs was unrealistic ... what I don't get is why Takara/TOMY chose the character Arcee if there was that constraint in place. Why didn't use the mold in other colors as another G1 Homage? Searchlight, Chromedome, Freeway or a Stunticon would've been a better idea IMO.

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    airfox, I agree wholeheartedly with you here (except the pink parts on "Arcee"). I believe TakaraTomy's thinking was just that Arcee is a really popular character that would sell easily at retail in Japan. There's a whole array of straight repaint ideas they could've used, but this is the route they ended up going down.
     
  4. airfox

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    I think you're right. I was checking the list of G1 cars before my post, and certainly there aren't many popular ones left to be made as part of Binaltech for whom the S2000 would be a good alt mode. And an S2000 Brawn, Huffer or Trailbreaker would be worse than this Arcee. :p 

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    will be getting this, looks good enuf for me
     
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    I can't believe no one said it...that head looks like Springer!!!!

    Either that or what Arcees kid would look like with Springer as the father!