This sure looks like clear plastic to me...
Try again on that reading comprehension check you rolled a 1 for.
Try again on that reading comprehension check you rolled a 1 for.
They likely got a lot of clear plastic that didn't get used, left over and they need to use it up in whatever way they can, so Hot Shot as the roof of his alt mode done in clear plastic with paint put on top, the cassette bots get done as well, so clearly someone at Hasbro isn't thinking straight but then they did resently, well the Wizards department, pretty much put their foot in their mouths, but that a whole another story
They don’t have too much of any plastic. They design the molds before they order the plastic which costs peanuts regardless. The most expensive part of manufacturing aside from maybe R&D is making the steel molds so they put the cassette on the clear plastic molds since there isn’t any blue anywhere else on Blaster, they don’t have the paint budget to paint the all the cassette parts the right colors if they put them on shared sprues with Blaster and they have a limit on the number of molds per toy. It’s a compromise for sure but not because Hasbro ordered too much plastic.
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I can’t believe it’s taken them this long to get done.
It's likely because there was a time when Hasbro kept making Soundwave and Blaster from the same mold, and so making a blue-redecoed Blaster was considered redundant by default thanks to Soundwave already being blue.
Now, thanks them no longer sharing molds, and thanks there also being no Voyager class G1 Soundwave concurrently on the shelves, this Hasbro team finally found a way around that redundancy.
We might have gotten a Hasbro-made Twincast sooner if Takara had made the original Twincast any color other than Soundwave Blue back in 1987.
Now, thanks them no longer sharing molds, and thanks there also being no Voyager class G1 Soundwave concurrently on the shelves, this Hasbro team finally found a way around that redundancy.
We might have gotten a Hasbro-made Twincast sooner if Takara had made the original Twincast any color other than Soundwave Blue back in 1987.
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It has been commented on that Metalhawk may be incorporating a forward swept wing design similar to what the character had in the IDW comics. Would also let them get around citing him from a “Masterforce Universe”.
I like what I see. It’s authentic to the anime, and Cyclonus was among the better molds we got from Kingdom. Barring any major QC issues (some WERE cropping up on Selects Cyclonus…), he looks like a solid win.
Twincast? I mean, he’s not BAD. But with another couple bucks added to the Voyager retail price…I’m getting even pickier on my purchases. I applaud the accuracy, the deep cut AND the synergy with Metalhawk (both being Japanese characters who’ve never seen mass retail release on Hasbro’s side). But it’s still a redeco of a figure I have, and have more of an attachment to the character. I’m not even sure him getting a new head (a toy-design based head would have been nifty and better differentiate between the prior release) would have tipped the scale for me.
I like what I see. It’s authentic to the anime, and Cyclonus was among the better molds we got from Kingdom. Barring any major QC issues (some WERE cropping up on Selects Cyclonus…), he looks like a solid win.
Twincast? I mean, he’s not BAD. But with another couple bucks added to the Voyager retail price…I’m getting even pickier on my purchases. I applaud the accuracy, the deep cut AND the synergy with Metalhawk (both being Japanese characters who’ve never seen mass retail release on Hasbro’s side). But it’s still a redeco of a figure I have, and have more of an attachment to the character. I’m not even sure him getting a new head (a toy-design based head would have been nifty and better differentiate between the prior release) would have tipped the scale for me.
Odd that Hasbro would incorporate the biological heads etc into the Decepticon faux-pretenders, but not with Metalhawk...
Considering his biological head is a human face, it would be 100x odder if they had.
For me, is the same with an organic skull over the original G1 robot/alt mode. The previous version was a lot more coherent in that regard, IMO.
As for our lad there...
Now I’d just like to get proper autobot cassettes. Deception tapes have been ran to the ground I feel. I’d also like to see some of the other sets released. Not just the same 4 or 5.
Have you bought the two Dr Wu combiner cassette bots?
It's interesting. My only experience with Metalhawk is in IDW so I wouldn't mind if this leaned more that way but I get that's not what they were going for here. I do hope part of the remold is addressing the mold-wear issues folks reported with later versions of Cyclonus.
Twincast is colorful but I really have no need for him.
Twincast is colorful but I really have no need for him.
Yup, I own that one. I had him in mind when typing my previous comment. At least he’s fully based on the shell. I don’t think anyone wants a Metalhawk body based on inner robot but with human head.As for our lad there...
Cow skull and lizard face fit into the “that’s rad!” category. Human faces do not. I won’t say the recent versions are the best possible execution, but they make sense to me.
For the most part, I liked what was revealed on today's fan stream. Out of what was announced, I am looking forward to preordering Metalhawk, Skyquake, and Shrapnel. The Junkion stuff is cool and all, but I'm not really all that interested; same with SS86. I'm on the fence about Twincast and will probably wait until / unless I see him at retail to decide.
I love the pipeline reveal of Devcon! He's someone I've wanted a toy of forever, it seems. I am a little confused about Beachcomber though, because I feel like they did him recently (PotP maybe?) and that version is still very nice. If I were taking a "second pass" at a recently-done minibot, I would probably have chosen Windcharger, as his PotP toy is kinda awful-looking in both modes.
Anyway, cool stuff! Thoughts?
I love the pipeline reveal of Devcon! He's someone I've wanted a toy of forever, it seems. I am a little confused about Beachcomber though, because I feel like they did him recently (PotP maybe?) and that version is still very nice. If I were taking a "second pass" at a recently-done minibot, I would probably have chosen Windcharger, as his PotP toy is kinda awful-looking in both modes.
Anyway, cool stuff! Thoughts?