Asia Exclusive Powerdive pictures

Ravage101 · 07-28-2012, 12:27 AM

damn, makes me wish I had the original figure it is based on. I would get this one because of the killer shark/beast paint job and the head sculpt is really amazing! Much better than the original figure by far.

I would take all the cool stuff of this version and customize the other figure to make one awesome character. Obviously the bright red and purple crap would be the first to go.

Deadends Meds · 07-28-2012, 12:39 AM

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CBFF, the headmold obviously is a give away that that is what Hasbro was trying to do, but I wonder if there were intellectual/copy righted reasons why they couldn't name the figure Ransack. However it is still a pretty slick G2 homage, and the shark . . . yup getting on the bandwagon

Ribieconvoy · 07-28-2012, 12:47 AM

Hm... the purple guns and red propellers seem wrong, but dat shark deco seems oh so right. Hasbro knows how to paint their plane TFs.

cbff · 07-28-2012, 12:53 AM

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CBFF, the headmold obviously is a give away that that is what Hasbro was trying to do, but I wonder if there were intellectual/copy righted reasons why they couldn't name the figure Ransack. However it is still a pretty slick G2 homage, and the shark . . . yup getting on the bandwagon

It could also be because Animated/Classics Lugnut stole Ransacks color scheme as well, thus doing this mold in Ransack's colors would seem repetitive, especially with the purple body and green arms.

adambman · 07-28-2012, 12:58 AM

Gah! Hasbro Asia have shark decal technology and aren't afraid to use it!

Bass X0 · 07-28-2012, 01:09 AM

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Perhaps their first intention was to use the Highbrow mold in these colors and the decision to make the toy Powerdive came second.

Sumner Sturgeon · 07-28-2012, 01:19 AM

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Perhaps their first intention was to use the Highbrow mold in these colors and the decision to make the toy Powerdive came second.

The head is pretty obviously Powerdive's, at least with the goggles down. I think they might have picked this mould over any helicopter-based ones so that they could use the spinning arm propellers as a sort of homage to the original toy's Rotorforce gimmick.

Blitz. · 07-28-2012, 01:44 AM

I really dig this guy to the point I'm willing to pay the silly import prices

Solrac333 · 07-28-2012, 02:04 AM

Looks like a vehicle from "Last Exile".

Starscream Gaga · 07-28-2012, 02:05 AM

Looks amazing. He's G2, so I must have him.

07-28-2012, 01:44 AM	#28
Blitz. Herald of Unicron Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,989 Location: Bristol UK Collection Count: more the 100 less then 1000.... I think News Credits: 3	I really dig this guy to the point I'm willing to pay the silly import prices Also now I'm on Twitter so feel free to add me or message me with any questions

07-28-2012, 02:04 AM	#29
Solrac333 G1 got it right! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,445 Location: Virginia Collection Count: A LOT	Looks like a vehicle from "Last Exile". Solrac is awesome! - 2005 Staff

07-28-2012, 12:27 AM	#21
Ravage101 Omnibot Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 248 Location: The LOS ANGELES MEET-UPS is in my backyard...literally!	damn, makes me wish I had the original figure it is based on. I would get this one because of the killer shark/beast paint job and the head sculpt is really amazing! Much better than the original figure by far. I would take all the cool stuff of this version and customize the other figure to make one awesome character. Obviously the bright red and purple crap would be the first to go.

07-28-2012, 12:47 AM	#23
Ribieconvoy Pffftttchhtron Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,650 Collection Count: OVER NINE THO- I wish. News Credits: 10	Hm... the purple guns and red propellers seem wrong, but dat shark deco seems oh so right. Hasbro knows how to paint their plane TFs.

07-28-2012, 12:58 AM	#25
adambman Aerialbot Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,041 Location: Tasmania, Australia	Gah! Hasbro Asia have shark decal technology and aren't afraid to use it!

07-28-2012, 02:05 AM	#30
Starscream Gaga Protoformed This Way Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,896 Location: Adelaide- Australia News Credits: 6	Looks amazing. He's G2, so I must have him.