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Sideswipe is on the list "if the line does well" according to Hasbro, along with Sunstreaker, Jazz, and Cosmos (?!?). I imagine that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will be repaints of each other, though I would really like to hope that they won't share the same head sculpt.

 

CliffJumper and Magnus suggest that you will be a very sad boy.

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Sideswipe is on the list "if the line does well" according to Hasbro, along with Sunstreaker, Jazz, and Cosmos (?!?). I imagine that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will be repaints of each other, though I would really like to hope that they won't share the same head sculpt.

 

CliffJumper and Magnus suggest that you will be a very sad boy.

I have no problem with Cliffjumper being a Bumblebee repaint, since (to me, anyway) they always looked the same. Ultra Magnus *does* have a white Prime inside him, so the issue there is incompleteness, not the straight repaint thing.

 

And even though I'm 99.9999% sure that Dirge and Thrust will be Ramjet repaints..... *sigh* the head sculpt is important, and I've already seen what a repainted Sideswipe head looks like, thanks to the 3" Titanium line. (It looks ass, in case you're wondering.)

 

So yeah.... I know I might be dreaming.

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Sideswipe is on the list "if the line does well" according to Hasbro, along with Sunstreaker, Jazz, and Cosmos (?!?). I imagine that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will be repaints of each other, though I would really like to hope that they won't share the same head sculpt.

 

CliffJumper and Magnus suggest that you will be a very sad boy.

I have no problem with Cliffjumper being a Bumblebee repaint, since (to me, anyway) they always looked the same. Ultra Magnus *does* have a white Prime inside him, so the issue there is incompleteness, not the straight repaint thing.

 

And even though I'm 99.9999% sure that Dirge and Thrust will be Ramjet repaints..... *sigh* the head sculpt is important, and I've already seen what a repainted Sideswipe head looks like, thanks to the 3" Titanium line. (It looks ass, in case you're wondering.)

 

So yeah.... I know I might be dreaming.

 

I think Ultra Magnus could do with being his own Autobot. Even a new head sculpt would have made all the difference with the Classics Ultra Magnus. It's a nice compromise with making a new character and saving Hasbro money by not having to make any trailer that turns into armor.

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Yeah, I am not a fan of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker being the same toy, just a repaint or slight retool of the other.

 

I would almost want to go a "clone" route with them, exact same alt-mode completely different transformation into a completely different robot.

 

Did any TF's do that? I mean there were clone -robots- that turned into different altmodes. But nothing really the other way around were there?

 

 

And if Hasbro wanted to repaint them? Repaint them into Runabout and Runamuck. :thumb

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Sideswipe is on the list "if the line does well" according to Hasbro, along with Sunstreaker, Jazz, and Cosmos (?!?). I imagine that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will be repaints of each other, though I would really like to hope that they won't share the same head sculpt.

 

 

The rest of the Dinobots are on the shortlist of what they want to make. This was mentioned in a Q&A somewhere.

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Teh gimmick is they look like G1 toys and even have rub symbols. not to mention hidden selfcontained weapons.

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Sideswipe is on the list "if the line does well" according to Hasbro, along with Sunstreaker, Jazz, and Cosmos (?!?). I imagine that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will be repaints of each other, though I would really like to hope that they won't share the same head sculpt.

 

CliffJumper and Magnus suggest that you will be a very sad boy.

I have no problem with Cliffjumper being a Bumblebee repaint, since (to me, anyway) they always looked the same. Ultra Magnus *does* have a white Prime inside him, so the issue there is incompleteness, not the straight repaint thing.

 

And even though I'm 99.9999% sure that Dirge and Thrust will be Ramjet repaints..... *sigh* the head sculpt is important, and I've already seen what a repainted Sideswipe head looks like, thanks to the 3" Titanium line. (It looks ass, in case you're wondering.)

 

So yeah.... I know I might be dreaming.

 

I havent seen this - am i asking for (ass) trouble by requesting a linky?

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Teh gimmick is they look like G1 toys and even have rub symbols. not to mention hidden selfcontained weapons.

Can I just say that I LOVE that so much!!! Being able to use every piece -- in both modes!! Even Astrotrain has a hole for his gun to attach to in shuttle/train mode. That's one aspect of G1 I'm glad they DIDN'T revive. :thumb

 

Hutner: 3" Tit Alt Sideswipe is being repainted as Alt Sunstreaker. Considering the fact that Sunstreaker is a remold, the attempt to color the 3" non-remolded figure as if it had been.... doesn't work.

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I picked up all of wave one in the Transformers Classics line the other day.

 

Bumblebee's tiny and yellow, and really close to a bug. Love the headsculpt too. The Waverider is a nifty gimmick too...

 

Bumblee's seadoo in a way is an homage to Diaclone Skids. It had a little scooter for the diaclone driver that fit in Skids trunk.

 

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I want that Skids now...

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I picked up all of wave one in the Transformers Classics line the other day.

 

Bumblebee's tiny and yellow, and really close to a bug. Love the headsculpt too. The Waverider is a nifty gimmick too...

 

Bumblee's seadoo in a way is an homage to Diaclone Skids. It had a little scooter for the diaclone driver that fit in Skids trunk.

 

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I want that Skids now...

What a sweet ride it must have been...

 

http://dora-hikarilibrary.air-nifty.com/di...39-3956_IMG.JPG

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