Not in every case.Black Hat wrote:SG is just palette-swapped existing characters.
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.'
Funpub didn't have anything to do with MP10SG.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Given that FunPub isn't around anymore, I wouldn't count on it, but I'd definitely buy it.
Black Hat wrote:That's an amazing custom job.
As for the Diaclone repaint vs SG argument, if we're only having one I'd go for the Diaclone dudes/dudettes. At least with the Diaclone homages it allows for original characters and concepts to exist, like Exhaust and Loudpedal (who also help bulk out the Decepticon rosters a little). SG is just palette-swapped existing characters. Now granted they could do them all, but the molds won't last forever and too many redecos is gonna destroy the molds. I'd rather we got a few decent redecos than a billion floppy, degraded ones.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I don't see why SG repaints are any different from any other repaint.
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Gauntlet101010 wrote:I don't see why SG repaints are any different from any other repaint.
Just because it opens the floodgates for, potentially, a second version of EVERY character. Given the concept alone, every character has a SG counterpart (with the exception of some extradimensional characters that may or may not exist). That would be murder for completionists.
shajaki wrote:I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but this gives new purpose to MP-13B Soundblaster. I know the character has all the same cassettes, but in the toy world.... those aren't his cassettes to me. Not only that, the Ratbat he came with went straight to Soundwave, so for someone who's supposed to be an ensemble cast he's sadly solitary. Until now!
Think people will be snatching up all the 13B's now?
Gauntlet101010 wrote:DecepticonFinishline wrote:Gauntlet101010 wrote:I don't see why SG repaints are any different from any other repaint.
Just because it opens the floodgates for, potentially, a second version of EVERY character. Given the concept alone, every character has a SG counterpart (with the exception of some extradimensional characters that may or may not exist). That would be murder for completionists.
But I'm a completionist too. At least for cassettes. Including 3P cassettes, as long as it's an official colouration and not something just made up. It's part of the reason I kinda want SG version, at least of the ones that have them.
But, on a very basic level, there's just no difference between an SG repaint and a regular one, is there? Cassettes are one of the classic army builders too (at least the Frumble mould) giving even more of a reason for random repaints to exist. Even if you dislike the SG concept you could just pretend they're random generics.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:shajaki wrote:I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but this gives new purpose to MP-13B Soundblaster. I know the character has all the same cassettes, but in the toy world.... those aren't his cassettes to me. Not only that, the Ratbat he came with went straight to Soundwave, so for someone who's supposed to be an ensemble cast he's sadly solitary. Until now!
Think people will be snatching up all the 13B's now?
Considering people only got it for Ratbat, who's been KO'ed... I'd say reluctantly
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.'
Sabrblade wrote:Did you guys know that MP Enemy was almost a part of the BotCon 2015 boxed set?
Not what I was referring to.Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Did you guys know that MP Enemy was almost a part of the BotCon 2015 boxed set?
Wasn't that 2017, as a redeco of TR Rumble?
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.'
These four are MP versions of the four Encore-exclusive cassettes who came with Encore Twincast and Encore Soundblaster.Diem wrote:Random thoughts:
* Wow, that Steeljaw mold winds up being tiny in lion mode
* Is Wingthing transforming into a tape instead of a cannon the thing now? That seems pretty backwards and dull.
* It's pretty weird to me that Stripes is apparently higher in the Ravage repaint hierarchy than Howlback and/or Glit
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.'
Sabrblade wrote:These four are MP versions of the four Encore-exclusive cassettes who came with Encore Twincast and Encore Soundblaster.Diem wrote:Random thoughts:
* Wow, that Steeljaw mold winds up being tiny in lion mode
* Is Wingthing transforming into a tape instead of a cannon the thing now? That seems pretty backwards and dull.
* It's pretty weird to me that Stripes is apparently higher in the Ravage repaint hierarchy than Howlback and/or Glit
Diem wrote:Sabrblade wrote:These four are MP versions of the four Encore-exclusive cassettes who came with Encore Twincast and Encore Soundblaster.Diem wrote:Random thoughts:
* Wow, that Steeljaw mold winds up being tiny in lion mode
* Is Wingthing transforming into a tape instead of a cannon the thing now? That seems pretty backwards and dull.
* It's pretty weird to me that Stripes is apparently higher in the Ravage repaint hierarchy than Howlback and/or Glit
Right, but that set was very much a well-we-pretty-much-ran-out-of-characters-for-the-G1-molds-to-be session, which feels more like desperation when backed into a corner than anything to aspire to (with Enemy getting a sullen pass). With regards to the relatively unspoiled MP molds there are surely some D-listers (Cobalt Sentries, Kiss Players Position) that rank ahead of these incredible Z-listers.
I really don't understand this complaint. Aren't they ALL z-listers? I don't see them as being any more or less interesting than the other sets you listed.Diem wrote:Right, but that set was very much a well-we-pretty-much-ran-out-of-characters-for-the-G1-molds-to-be session, which feels more like desperation when backed into a corner than anything to aspire to (with Enemy getting a sullen pass). With regards to the relatively unspoiled MP molds there are surely some D-listers (Cobalt Sentries, Kiss Players Position) that rank ahead of these incredible Z-listers.Sabrblade wrote:These four are MP versions of the four Encore-exclusive cassettes who came with Encore Twincast and Encore Soundblaster.Diem wrote:Random thoughts:
* Wow, that Steeljaw mold winds up being tiny in lion mode
* Is Wingthing transforming into a tape instead of a cannon the thing now? That seems pretty backwards and dull.
* It's pretty weird to me that Stripes is apparently higher in the Ravage repaint hierarchy than Howlback and/or Glit
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