kurthy wrote:I think you guys are trying to say the same. I think they use the exact same transformation scheme but only one or two parts are the same.
1. The knees to the waist are the same.
No they're not. Dead End's thighs look to be longer and have thigh swivels in the upper thigh closer to the waist, while Chromedome's thighs look to be shorter and have thigh swivels in the middle of the thighs closer to the knees. And their thighs are shaped differently.
kurthy wrote:3. The chromedome mold has the door panel stop at the wrist rather than halfway down the forearm. This means that the feet can take the space where the lower forearms would go.
But then that would the lower arms would have to be shorter, which would remove the inner space needed for the fists to rotate into the arms. Yet, Chromedome's fists do rotate into his arms, so the arms can't be Dead End's if Chromedome's arms can do what would prevent Dead End's fists from folding into the arms.
kurthy wrote:By my count there are 17 shared parts (4 are wheels). Crotch, hips, knees, clavicles, and the parts connecting the front end to the back.
The only similarity that those parts have between Dead End and Chromedome is that their wheels are wheels, their crotches are crotches, their knees are knees, etc. etc.
william-james88 wrote:Thats not a source that just your opinion based on what you qualify as a retool.
Will, I am not stating any opinion. I am stating what I see based on careful observations of the Chromedome photos, the Dead End figure I have on hand, and the comparisons I have made between the two, in which I can definitely say that, while the two share similar aesthetics and design elements, I see no base parts that are indentically sculpted between the two figure beyond some minuscule rudimentary components (namely joints) that are shared across many figures that Hasbro/TakaraTomy have developed. This is not my opinion, but it is my observation.
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