New Golden Disk - Road Ranger picture

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Seth Sunthay, Sep 11, 2021.

  1. TyrantGalvatron

    TyrantGalvatron Hasbro is NOT your enemy.

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    All of the Siege/Earthrise/Kingdom repaints look fantastic. Kudos to Hasbro for that.

    With limited funds and space, the way I stop myself from trying to get all of the repaints is, I only buy a figure unless the character has appeared in the G1 cartoon. And with that, the deco must be as close as possible to the cartoon as well. There are rare exceptions to these rules. Shattered Glass being quite possibly the only one.
     
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  2. Metalwario64

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    I kinda wish I wasn't so weak for Diaclone repaints, or even repaints in general.
     
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  3. WishfulThinking

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    I just wish Road Ranger looked more like the Gobots character rather than the E-Hobby "Halloween" version. I'm sure it's a copyright thing with Bandai and Machine Robo - but I'm sure it would end up in a Jetfire situation where Hasbro would win.
     
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    Yep, that’s the figure.

    I just thought of something (kinda on topic here) Did the leakers actually see names of the figures for the Walmart subline? Or see the colors of them? Because maybe it’s not Cosmos, but the blue GoBot Cosmos (edit: quick google.. Pathfinder!) and Cosmos is a mainline figure. Unlikely, as usually people see names on a list first, but a possibility. It would definitely go with the multiversal nature of this line.
     
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    Its based on a different toy than the GoBots original.
     
  6. Dragonclaw

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    IIRC that was when Hasbro was also trying to make sure Bandai wouldn't try and bring Machine Robo back to the US. Made sure some of the US GoBot names are used as minicons / minibots and randomly tagged Universe Inferno and Red Alert with a "Machine Robot Rescue" sub-line trademark
     
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  7. WishfulThinking

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    Hasbro didn't release Road Ranger, though. Takara did in the E-Hobby minicar set.

    But yeah, this is the Road Ranger I really want.
    OIP.jpeg.jpg
     
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  8. Rodimus Prime

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    I don't mind the color change here because RR was a blue and red semi.
     
  9. Dragonclaw

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    Yeah, but with so many importers it's a pretty easy argument for Hasbro to say "these are our trademarks because we bought Tonka and product with these names are being sold in the US"

    Yeah, I like that Road Ranger version, but I'd MUCH rather Action Toys get off their butts and release more than 1-2 every blue moon. A REAL Road Ranger release would be much better than a recolor TF as a stand in.
     
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  10. Nevermore

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    Hasbro cannot argue that anymore though, since all the trademarks they obtained in the Tonka purchase 30 years ago have long since lapsed due to lack of usage (aside possibly from the name "Go Bots"/"Gobots"/"Go-Bots" itself, which Hasbro has used in various forms over the years), and Hasbro has just as much of a claim to them as anyone else at this point.
     
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    Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 01.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 02.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 03.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 04.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 05.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 06.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 07.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 08.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 09.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 10.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 11.jpg Kingdom Deluxe Road Ranger 12.jpg
     
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  13. Cataraks

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    Wow, that looks nothing like I'd suspect voyager galvatron to look like
    Seriously though, it's a shame that this version of the mold looks so good, as it's the only one I'd want and I'm not paying for a 2 pack
     
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    So, uh… you call him three different names in the news post – Road Rage, Galvatron, and Road Ranger – and I’m pretty sure only one of those is correct…
     
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    I love how this guy looks. And now I really want a green Treds (from Kingdom Warpath) to go with him and Bugbite.

    Also we need new Powerglide and Gears molds, hint hint Hasbro.
     
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  17. Cataraks

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    Lol, yeah, i understand autocorrect might have changed it to road rage, but the other? I'm guessing they had an old text template from titans return and copied it, replacing all but one instance.
     
  18. Codeveronicaxxx

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    This guy could make a half way decent Offroad recolor. 
     
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    One of each, please. Love this mold.
     
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  20. Omegax80

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    Easy remold into Gears and Swerve, but then repaint this dude yellow/orange and we've got Erector!
     
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