On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 6:08:13 PM UTC-7, Zobovor wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:34:07 PM UTC-6, Travoltron wrote:
>
> > Well, both the Trypticon and Piranacon molds were used by Takara in the
> > Beast Wars II line in 1998, so presumably Hasbro doesn't have to do that
> > much.
>
> Yeah, but that was ages ago in Toy Years.
I do wonder how long ago that really is in Toy Years -- how much do they have to do to get the molds up to snuff? Safety testing, almost certainly, and possibly replacing all hard plastic with something soft and gently huggable.
> Consider that Trypticon really has no redeco potential, unless Takara really wants to reissue Gigastorm (or they make some absolutely ghastly all-gold Year of the Chicken abomination).
Well, there is Ultra City Grimlock, and maybe PrimeRID Grimlock City and um... yeah nothing.
All gold might be a halfway decent Goldran homage, actually. Complete with the vehicle on his chest. I don't know that lots of people would be interested in a Goldran homage, but it would probably work.