SoooTrypticon wrote:And if the KO people can re-engineer molds, then why can't Takara/Hasbro?
They can, and they did. With Soundwave.
SoooTrypticon wrote:And if the KO people can re-engineer molds, then why can't Takara/Hasbro?
SoooTrypticon wrote:I'm still confused about this "lost mold" thing. So they lost the Dinobot molds after G2? Isn't that a little weird- since the DInobot Reissues were so sought after?
And if the KO people can re-engineer molds, then why can't Takara/Hasbro?
And when will Trypticon get a re-release? (jk)
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Hans wrote:SoooTrypticon wrote:And if the KO people can re-engineer molds, then why can't Takara/Hasbro?
They can, and they did. With Soundwave.
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sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:Thats not a fair comparason...........the Soundwave reissues are made from the Soundblaster mold witch is a "re-engineer" mold of Soundwave but was made in 1987.Thats 20 years ago and the re-engineering isnt all that large of a retooling.The changes were minor.And they still had a largly intact mold of the original to make it from.
I'm not sure about that pic..it looks more like a reissue with the box looking so good its almost perfect.......but they did more then change the door for soundblaster.Every Soundwave I have ever seen from the early 80's mold had the rewind and fast foward buttons as sepreat buttons.But the Soundblaster and all the reissues have them as one big mold pease....I'll post some pics ....Hans wrote:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:Thats not a fair comparason...........the Soundwave reissues are made from the Soundblaster mold witch is a "re-engineer" mold of Soundwave but was made in 1987.Thats 20 years ago and the re-engineering isnt all that large of a retooling.The changes were minor.And they still had a largly intact mold of the original to make it from.
Geeeezzzz.... how many times do we have to explain this one?? Soundblaster had nothing to do with it. The original Takara mold for Soundwave from 1985 was exactly the same as the one that got re-issued. It was different from the Cassette-Man and US Tranformers versions from the 80's!!
The only thing they did for Soundblaster was change the clear cassette-door, so that it expanded and fitted two cassettes. That's all. The mold was still lost apparently, that includes the legs, arms, head etc, all of which were used for all variants of Soundwave/Soundblaster.
Look at the door hinges in this original 1985 Japanese Soundwave:
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Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
Predaprince wrote:I am very thankful to have posters like sto_vo_kor_2000 who is so energetic about improving others' understanding and enjoyment of the TF universe
Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
Predaprince wrote:I am very thankful to have posters like sto_vo_kor_2000 who is so energetic about improving others' understanding and enjoyment of the TF universe
Stormrider wrote:You often add interesting insights to conversations that makes the fledglings think and challenges even the sharpest minds
T-Macksimus wrote:I consider you and editor to be amongst the most "scholarly" in terms of your knowledge, demeanor and general approach
Hans wrote:Dude, this discussion has been done millions of times before. The pic I showed is no re-issue.
Like I said, Cassette-Man and US Soundwave were identical where the door is concerned, the Japanese version in 1985 was different. Period.
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Hans wrote:Here's another one. These pictures were taken before 2002. I believe the very first Soundwave re-issue was on sale in 2003. I may be wrong on that one though.
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MegatronBomb wrote:Thats ALOT of money for a KO :shock: , I want them but they would have to come down quite a bit.
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