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I think we could get a Thunderwing from Jhiaxus mold, a new head, removal of the thing on his shoulder and of course a different paint job, bam, Thunderwing, the character is overdue for a new figure
Honestly Thunderwing probably needs to be a Commander.
But I agree, he's a major franchise character and hasn't had a new toy in far too long.
But I agree, he's a major franchise character and hasn't had a new toy in far too long.
I don't think the Titan Master really counts, especially since it was from an exclusive box set. It's been a decade+ since he had a proper figure.
Well, he was a candidate on the fan poll that Optimus Primal won instead.
I suspect that this confusion wasn't helped by the fact of the Marvel Comics, which featured a different Decepticon underwater base that did turn out to be a spaceship (though still not the one used to arrive from Cybertron in the first place).
Yeah, it was a clear enough homage, and I appreciate the attempt, but there's no way I can accept that it's the same device, or even an updated version of it.But it was hardly a "proper" one...
It is their ship, just not the Nemesis. Basically, it goes:
In the pilot miniseries, the Decepticons use the Nemesis to chase down the Ark.
They leave the Nemesis and board the Ark.
The Ark crashes into the volcano which erupts 4 million years later waking them up.
The Decepticons then use Earth energy and materials to build the Victory to take them back to Cybertron.
The Victory crashes into the ocean.
They rebuild the wreckage of the Victory into their underwater base.
Since the Ark came with Mainframe, we could infer the Nemesis will also have a figure, it could be a former Action Master and if so, I figure it will be Gutcruncher, he has a high rank, his motto is "conquest of the Autobots begins with control of the sky!", his bio references him making a contract with Megatron for Autobot parts to sell to Junkions, he's a pilot and schemer.
Nice! Thank you for the concise timeline. I guess I forgot about them building the whole new ship which then crashed. That and I probably confused it with the Beast Wars's version of events.
Given they couldn't even fit a minicon into Metroplex's larger budget, I have my doubts we'll see a companion figure with the titans in the future. Especially if, like the Nemesis, they could technically get away with not including one because the Nemesis doesn't really have an obvious character to associate with it.
False memory - Wikipedia
This whole conversation inspired me to write up this new entry for the Wiki.
It's the seventh entry under the section titled "Early internet misconceptions".
There was a discussion at TFW2005 about the Decepticon ships and it's pointed out the animation model for the Victory (undersea base) was different to the one flying at the end of the pilot and a lot like the Nemesis.
That said though, it's quite remarkable the Decepticons built a ship from the ground up without the Constructicons and yet later came up with a plot to turn the Autobots evil to distract from them stealing aboard a primitive rocket ship.
That said though, it's quite remarkable the Decepticons built a ship from the ground up without the Constructicons and yet later came up with a plot to turn the Autobots evil to distract from them stealing aboard a primitive rocket ship.