Takara Missing Link G1 Series

[NovaSaber]

I still want to see a ridiculous Missing Link Seeker, but only if it's a return to form after Ironhide.

There's no reason they would be changed as much as Ironhide, but even the Seekers' box art added thighs that the figures themselves didn't have.
(Seriously, why did the Diaclone F-15 have the knees attach directly to the hips?)

 

[lastmaximal]

TRANSFORMERS: (NOT) MISSING JANK

 

[Shadewing]

Maybe have the wings on a bracket so they can be raised up to be above the shoulders instead of at the waist. But this may be stepping a bit away from the original.

Considering they did roughly the same thing to Ironhide's sled, I doubt it.

 

[Donocropolis]

I meant "safest" for Takara to make. As in, he's the easiest one for them to add more articulation to.

Plus, with him comes the obligation to make all of his cassette buddies, so that opens the door wide for a whole bunch of little dudes all at once.

I hadn't considered the possibility of fully posable G1 Cassettes. That would be extremely hard for me to pass by.

 

[The Predaking]

I hadn't considered the possibility of fully posable G1 Cassettes. That would be extremely hard for me to pass by.

That would be difficult to do without dipping into Ironhide territory where you just redo the whole thing based on the boxart.

At least with the seekers you can give them knees and proper faces.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

 

[Sabrblade]

That would be difficult to do without dipping into Ironhide territory where you just redo the whole thing based on the boxart.

Isn't that basically what they already did with the MP cassettes?

 

[Donocropolis]

Isn't that basically what they already did with the MP cassettes?

Pretty much, yeah. In fact, they could use Rumble/Frenzy and Laserbeak/Buzzsaw as-is.

Ravage could use another pass.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

G1 Ravage is already fully articulated.

 

[LordGigaIce]

The Seekers are the big thing I don't see ML touching. Megatron would be a challenge but is doable. The Seekers though? The hands/gloves would be a huge challenge. You can't just turn them into fists that slide out, like they did on Optimus and Sunstreaker.

I'm just sure there's a viable solution there.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Keep the gloves detachable but make them spring loaded like they should have been in the first place.

 

[Haywire]

The Seekers are the big thing I don't see ML touching. Megatron would be a challenge but is doable. The Seekers though? The hands/gloves would be a huge challenge. You can't just turn them into fists that slide out, like they did on Optimus and Sunstreaker.

I'm just sure there's a viable solution there.

It wouldn't be exactly Missing Link, but the Robotmasters Seekers seemed like a fair compromise between the original toys and modern articulation. Maybe that would be a good starting point to ML-up the original Seekers?

 

[The Predaking]

So for the seekers, you need to rework the head to get an actual character face. Then add a knee joint to the legs. For the arms, I like the idea of them extending out and having an elbow joint between the two pieces. Then modify the hands to have the stand holes to hold a blaster, and you are set.