Flashwave wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:sabrigami wrote:Wow, I never had much interest in this figure before, but I must say he's becoming mighty tempting. The mold looks really nice and detailed. Don't think I can afford an import though. Just have to wait until we maybe get them here...why, Hasbro why?
Thing is, whereas TakaraTomy will use the Voyager Prime, Hasbro will use the 2-pack Deluxe, to keep the whole within the Voyager price range. Shiny Voyger, or clean Deluxe...
Pardon the latecomer...
Sight your source. As far as I've known, the Hasbro Wingblade was also always the Voyager. I'll dig up the set reference of him and Blackout. Unless they changed it since that was put out. (Still a moot point but still...)
If Hasbro was smart, and I don't know that the person who killed Wingblade is, and judging by the way the TFU figs were doneto to say they aren't, they'd roll the rest of Ani out under the Genreations banner, since the Generations is a catch-all for various series.
Rabbit's correct. Hasbro had always planned on making Wingblade Optimus the Deluxe with the add on pieces to keep costs low and remain in the Voyager price point. It was stated that if they used the Voyager mold, it would push the figure into Ultra Class territory and that Animated didn't have one for them to work with. Which would leave them with no way to market it and they'd end up losing money without going Deluxe.
This was stated at either one of the panels at SDCC, Botcon, or in one of the Q&A sessions, but they did confirm that it was a matter of keeping costs low, and that a repainted Deluxe Class Earth mode figure would be the core robot of the set.
Once Animated was shelved in favor of ROTF, any and all plans for these were indefinitely suspended, and only Deluxes have trickled out to TRU. Hasbro keeps saying they'll find ways to release the remaining figures, but ended the statement with this: "If you can get the Japanese releases, you should do so." (or something close to that wording)
TakaraTomy's looking to be the best option (because they went with Voyager and a translucent one, to boot), and the only option. (Could be worse, could be that they never see the light of day.)
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Let me guess, this fig is also exclusive and limited or something and not a part of the main Tak line?
