This LONG predates the concept of standardized price-points, or at least labelling the price points. The Beetras bugs (along with the similar-heritage-owing Tokatou designed Whirl and Roadbuster) were given the "Deluxe" tag in the pictoral catalogs that were packed in with the toys, that, and a few other marketing materials I would guess, is the only place the "deluxe" label appears. I have always suspected it was Hasbro's way of calling out to the more-detailed/complex design aesthetic of these toys without denigrating the bread-and-butter Takara style. It was a way of saying to the consumer "hey these are like the 'regular' Insecticons, only more involved."

Well in fairness the thread HAS evolved into a more interesting side-line, as a result of Stovokor's prodding, threads evolve, when they do so in a positive direction, that's a win.

D/L

 

I derailed nothing.

I tried to broaden the discussion.

What your doing now is derailing the topic.

We really should.

 

Thanks for the info., destrongerlupus! I've been calling them the "Deluxe Insecticons" for who knows how long and while I knew it referred to their being bigger and, presumably, more expensive, I never thought twice about where the "deluxe" part actually came from until this thread, so thanks firehawc_69!

Also, for the record, the company that manufactured the Beetras line, Whirl, and Roadbuster is Takatoku Toys, but I'm fairly certain you knew that and just mistyped.

 

Thanks to the open minded.

 

The "Deluxe" figures have fascinated me, conceptually, since I was a kid. Staring at those catalog pages, seeing those intriguingly-different looking toys, never seeing them in the stores, SEEING the way-simpler but obviously related "Convertor" versions in the hands of friends, totally became one of my little obsessions.

Hehe, totally, I can never get that spelling to stick. And with Japanese names, I allow my "romanization" to get sloppy sometimes  

AMAZING what can happen if you just allow an alternate perspective to enter a conversation, ain't it?

 

What I'm doing is drawing attention to what a waste of space you are. And with that I'm done. If these guys want to listen to 5 pages of you saying, 'I'm not wrong', while you were wrong the whole damn time, then they're a lot less smarter than I give them credit for.

Mathius

 

What I'm amazed at is how so many can deny even acknowledging a new or different perspective on things to the degree of foolishness.

 

Now your trying to make it personal.

My how you have sunk to the level of childishness.

Guess when you cant make an argument thats on point and logical, childish tactics are the only way to save face.

Have fun bud.

 

Well thanks again for being our gadfly and keeping us honest.

'Night gents! Hope to wake up to discover some startling new information about robot insects in the morning  

D/L

 

No prob  

To be fair, you really did. The original question was whether or not the Deluxe Insecticons had the same cloning abilities as Kickback, Shrapnel, and Bombshell. You very well knew what he was asking and decided to nitpick it and derail the thread. We all knew was he was asking and we all knew what you were trying to do...split hairs and debate semantics.

 

To be fair I derailed nothing.

As I stated, I was trying to broaden the discussion and share my thoughts.

Which I believe is part of the reason why we all enter these threads.

The problem here is that so many would rather argue then try to get to the bottom of a persons statements.

 

Ok, let's get this thread back on topic, and stop the childish bickering please. Thank you.

 

... I blame myself for starting this accursed thread. In my quest to further my selfish understanding of Decepticon Science I triggered a slagging mach. But I must admit some good has come out of this, thanks to all of you (sto_vo_kor_2000 is also included in this) I now have a better understanding of the G1 insecticon production lines ... so ty guys.

now back on topic:Hmmm ... would it be possible, assuming that the four deluxe Insecticons don't posses the cloning ability, could Chop Shop with his "unrepentant kleptomaniac" skills be able to steal the cloning technology upgrade from one of the other original Insecticons?

 

Your welcome...for my part.

As to your question......if he could, is he smart enough to maqke use of it.

 

Sure, why not? Chop Shop is a klepto, so leave it out and he'll steal it! And if he can't figure out how to clone things with the tech, I am sure all 4 bots together could figure it out.

 

His specs do state that he has an Intelligence of eight, so eventually he probably could find a way to attach it to one of his Insecticon buddies.


Chop Shop - 1985 Transformers - Transformers Resources