I assume they'll prioritize the shells and let Dinoking's colors be chaos. I saw this digibash and I kinda like it.
They’ll probably go inner robot colors since shell-based colors leads to robot and combined mode not looking anything like it’s supposed to. Two out of three as opposed to one.
Inner robot colors would be my preference, but I figure the whole point of the dino alt modes is that they're going to prioritize the shells. Dinoking already has an obvious repaint, but they used the molds for a Dinobot combiner instead.
If they go the boxset route, I can see them adding shell-specific paint aps to the dino modes. As a regular release, the Dinobots are already paint-starved in dino mode and they have simpler color distribution, so I can see them just going for a few key applications.
I figured they went dinosaurs since the Monstructor guys all turn into basically nothing and have little fictional draw. Dinobots and Volcanicus have been all over the past few years and robot dinosaurs in general never go out of style.
I'd be surprised if they don't go for Monstructor eventually just to get an easy extra use out of the molds. Probably a Pulse exclusive or something in another year or so.
They'll probably do two versions. One that's inner robo accurate and one that's shell accurate
Okay. I like the Monster Pretenders' stupid alt modes, but I could deal with this.
I always wanted that Abominus from Prime to be repainted as Monstructor. If you kibbled pieces from the Go! Version it was almost there.
So Shadow Striker is Cyberverse Shadow Striker, what next? Commander class Cyberverse Universe Astrotrain? Titan Class Cyberverse Universe Iaconus? Cyberverse Universe deluxe Biter, Megatron X, Wild Wheel, the possibility is there.
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I feel like I like that a lot more then I should.
Also, I feel Dinoking will probably be like Bomb-Burst, where his robot mode is shell colored but his alt mode is Robot colors; but in reverse. The Dino modes will be shell colors, but the robot modes will have colors based on the inner robots. Also, I kinda expect at least Slug's head to be remolded, since that would work for both a Dinoking and Monstructor.
I hope the 3P legends companies start making pretenders. The size of them at that "scale" (plus some extra pretender shells) would be about the same size as the original G1 pretender inner robots, so I'd have no qualms adding them to my CHUG collection.
For me, I could retcon/head-cannon it as TFs getting progressively smaller (Pretenders - Action Masters - Micromasters) and starting to use biometal (Fangry, Pretenders, etc) prior to the emergence of the Maximals and Predacons.
For me, I could retcon/head-cannon it as TFs getting progressively smaller (Pretenders - Action Masters - Micromasters) and starting to use biometal (Fangry, Pretenders, etc) prior to the emergence of the Maximals and Predacons.
Here's my big question: Powerlinx Armada Optimus Prime, yay or nay?
And I don't mean in terms of wanting one, but rather, in terms of whether Hasbro would re-release a repaint at that price point (that isn't, like, five guys who make one bigger guy).
We've only gotten one repaint of a commander class so far, with Sg Jetfire. Supposedly we'll get s G2 Motormaster at some point; but it feels less likely that they will. Maybe if they do an Armada Jetfire, maybe they'll do a Jet Optimus two-pk in Powerlinx colors.
I think they will because almost anything Optimus sells. And IF they do a Jetfire and / or Overload then yeah.
also. Maybe we can get that sweet Costco exclusive repaint.
also. Maybe we can get that sweet Costco exclusive repaint.
I'm holding out for a Powerlinx repaint. Something about that deco just works for me.
That Costco Energon redeco would be how they get me to buy this thing.
I forget if it was the Japanese or the Hasbro version, but I would definitely go for a powerlinx Optimus if they use the colors with the silver face, lighter navy blue cab and less washed-out blue on the head, shins and fists.
I second the desire for Hasbro to use the Japanese color scheme of Armada Powerlinx Optimus, which was also the version of the deco that appeared in the cartoon.
The red eyes and silver mouthplate on the dark colored body even make him look a bit like Optimus Primal.
The red eyes and silver mouthplate on the dark colored body even make him look a bit like Optimus Primal.