I don't think Transfandom is as low in Japan as Takara would believe it is. Takara just hasn't really cared about the TF franchise for the last six years.

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i think that's because RID tanked big time so Takara probably considers TF's to be a high risk investment. they want to cut out all the fat and concentrate mostly on products that are an easy sell.

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CarRobots was responsible for the biggest collective fanboner in years, at least on this side of the ocean

As for the late 80's / early 90's toys that didn't have many repaints... well, can we say "Staxx", people? To be blunt, a LOT of the TF's from that time period made GoBots look like 20th OP / MP Convoy.

 

And technically the Datsuns weren't repaints... they were all remolds. Prowl had the lightbar, and Smokescreen had the lower bottom edge.

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Very true, G1 had a few repaints but at least with red alert and sideswipe and various others, there was a bit of retooling done.  Again, I dont mind repaints if they take a good mold and do it for a diffrent charachter and even slightly change the mold, but when every figure and especially with the alternators line, have like 3 or 4 repaints, it gets quite old.

Here's a good reason. Transformers sold like hotcakes back in the day. They had more money to be creative.

 

wtf is a hotcake anyways?

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CarRobots was responsible for the biggest collective fanboner in years, at least on this side of the ocean

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bolded for empathis.

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CarRobots was responsible for the biggest collective fanboner in years, at least on this side of the ocean

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I guess it's just surprising to me that it wasn't well-received in Japan. Then again, they didn't have Beast Machines for the previous two years.

I guess it's just surprising to me that it wasn't well-received in Japan.

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the autobots were not similar enough to the Braves.

I guess it's just surprising to me that it wasn't well-received in Japan.

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the autobots were not similar enough to the Braves.

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Geez, I knew the Japanese were into baseball, but that's a bit extreme.

Another thing is, hasbro needs more figures to sell to the public.  You know japan is small compared to a lot of places hasbro is selling.

 

Also, fans Starscream at anything and everything.  Nothing makes us happy, that why 80% of the time Hasbro doesn't give a damn.

I guess it's just surprising to me that it wasn't well-received in Japan.

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the autobots were not similar enough to the Braves.

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Geez, I knew the Japanese were into baseball, but that's a bit extreme.

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Braves the Sentai type series that went to play after TFs went dead in japan.  ((Just think of power rangers with transformers))

Look... repaints is like anything else in life - it's fine if it's done well and done in moderation.

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Ah, one of the best comments that I have seen on this thread. So true so true.