More comic-accuracy.carytheone wrote:I haven't noticed that tiny offset Autobrand on the hood until just now.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.
Even though it's technically comic accurate
primalxconvoy wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Optimum Supreme wrote:That pink deco utterly ruins it.
Even though it's technically comic accurate
Even though more could have been done to make it more comic book accurate, and even though all the other previous releases by TT have been CARTOON accurate...
Not everyone around the world can access the comics easily and/or wants them as the basis for core G1 figures. That's why I didn't bother with the recentUltra Magnus, as I found that my existing classics Magnus with FP armour was much better.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
primalxconvoy wrote:Not everyone around the world can access the comics easily
Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...
Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?
Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...
Delta Magnus wrote:Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...
Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?
You can pay a pittance for cotton swabs and paint thinner if it honestly triggers you that much.Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...
Unlikely. I don't think anyone really cares.
Honestly, I don't see the point in giving this mold a G1 cartoon accurate deco. For one thing he was barely in the cartoon, and for another thing this toy is so far from the cartoon character model that a hyper-G1 deco would be utterly pointless. It's clearly IDW Skids and as such if they're going to slavishly recreate any source material it should be the IDW look, pink Tron lines and all.
Rated X wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Rated X wrote:Yo Takara...
Can I pay extra to get one without the stupid pink lines?
You can pay a pittance for cotton swabs and paint thinner if it honestly triggers you that much.Maybe Hasbro Asia will give us the skids everone wants down the line...
Unlikely. I don't think anyone really cares.
Honestly, I don't see the point in giving this mold a G1 cartoon accurate deco. For one thing he was barely in the cartoon, and for another thing this toy is so far from the cartoon character model that a hyper-G1 deco would be utterly pointless. It's clearly IDW Skids and as such if they're going to slavishly recreate any source material it should be the IDW look, pink Tron lines and all.
Gotta disagree.
Springer is getting a more cartoon accurate deco after all this time. Honestly I dont think anyone in Japan gives a crap about IDW. Its not like IDW has gone out of their way to translate the co.ics in Japanese.
And dont sell Hasbro Asia short. They are known for doing 3 packs of older molds with improved decos which are often more cartoon or screen accurate. They were the first ones to bring uscthe cartoon accurate hot rod, cyclonus, and galvatron 3 pack before hasbro axed galvatron and added reveal the shield rub signs.
Hasbro Asia also gave movieverse fans a screen accurate red Rampage in a 3 pack.
I wouldnt doubt the skids mold ends up in a 3 pack at some point with other figures with slightly different decos.
I could use 90% alcohol to get rid of the pink lines but I have no desire to do so. I own hasbro skids. If im going to buy the mold again as skids, it better be perfect without customizing.
Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.
I don't know about the length argument, they are currently putting up with the bilge called 'one piece', and that clearly has no end in sight
Delta Magnus wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:The comics are being released over there, and IIRC there are unofficial Japanese scanlations. It is true that it isn't as popular in Japan as in the West but it does have a Japanese following. Most likely the reason it hasn't been brought out as quickly over there is the sheer length of the series (both sub-series are nearly 50 issues each) and the general rigours of localization, translation, licensing and all that old bollocks.
I don't know about the length argument, they are currently putting up with the bilge called 'one piece', and that clearly has no end in sight
I meant more the logistics of translating and localizing a comic that has been going on for quite a while under several different artists/writers and so on. Importing media is nowhere near as easy as it sounds.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al would tell you japan is an IDW hot spot. They love the comics.
Also, I already got the Skids i really wanted, but this is still awesome
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:fenrir72 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.
do you have him??? Do you want him????
I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.
Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him
And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)
Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!
fenrir72 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:fenrir72 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.
do you have him??? Do you want him????
I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.
Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him
And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)
Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!
Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
SillySpringer wrote:Does he have pink and green in the comics or am I colorblind?
Hellscream9999 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:fenrir72 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:I'll take that SW!
But Hasbro's metallic red was pretty nice.
do you have him??? Do you want him????
I have him, and I like him. Thanks though.
Damn! Well, at least I'm excited to have 2 of him
And add the reprolabel decals and he's even more awesome!(He was a pain to find too.....Crosscut I mean)
Pain to find? I literally have had so many choices to pick from all at reasonable prices or better (then again, I'm US). He is even still at HTS at a reduced price!
Chalk it up to Hb "amazing" distribution skills. I heard somewhere here that Viper is hard to find as is Brainstorm yet they are like shelfwarming this side of Asia.
Wow, I never saw either of those
And to think Viper is $15+ at bbts and the like, hard to swallow considering the likelihood that the legs won't play nice
I recall being told that Comixology is accessible in Japan, so perhaps IDW's Japanese following is less rooted in a physical comic format and more of the digital format.Soraboo1030 wrote:It's rather amusing to me to hear all this talk about Japan loving the IDW comics.
I live in Japan and the only IDW comics I've ever seen are sitting on shelves in used
bookstores. I'd say more than anything Japan loves their Beast Wars. You just can't get away
from those things over here!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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