As much as my preference would be to retool the Dinobots into the pretender monster alts and then tool new dinosaur shells, I think the reality is they will just be repaints, maybe a new head for Dinoking.

I was kind of bummed out about that initially, but I realize as far as an official Dinoking goes it’s probably this or nothing.

 

Well, I'm an idiot.

 

Marvel Blaster is part of my dream capsule. Along with Marvel Ratchet, Marvel Megatron, Marvel Optimus Prime, Marvel Soundwave, and Marvel Grimlock.

 

You speak truth sir!

 

I would like these too, but it seems if any figure gets a repaint after any alternate character has been done with the mold, it’s likely a toy deco. I’ve decided that while 3P legends are a bit pricey, particularly NewAge, I’ll pick up their comic redecos since I think they look pretty good and capture those designs pretty well.

 

I could see them having new heads already on the existing tooling. Maybe even other parts given Dinoking was likely planned from day 1.

 

That would be nice, given the layout of Volcanicus so far it seems like Dinoking was 100% on the table for these molds. No other reason to randomly make Slug the upper body if you aren’t just going to remold/repaint it into Kakuryu’s shell.

 

I've been wondering if a Marvel UK Inferno (same Kingdom Inferno buck but the shouting face Hauler head, with a left-red face, and black or very dark blue painted helmet) might be a potential Voyager for W'n'R Wave 3 (*IF* there is a Wave 2 to come!)?
Yes to more Marvel Comic deco repaints though (I consider W'n'R Springer a UK comic homage as in Target 2006 he was closer to toy colours before they switched to hewing closer to his TFTM deco)!

 

Yeah I want proper pretenders too