The one with ankle-tilts, of course.
That part, I knew -- I just didn't notice that they hadn't done that here.
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We need a new Roadbuster. T30 Whirl would work but I’d prefer one with today’s standards of articulation.
Also an Impactor who isn’t dwarfed by literally everybody on his team
Also an Impactor who isn’t dwarfed by literally everybody on his team
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If they redo Roadbuster I'll buy it. I don't know if it'll be any good or not, but I'll buy it. It has to be better than T30. The current team could do better in their sleep.
(retools Roadbuster from Studio Series Roadbuster with G1 head, colors, and weapons)
The "bigger than average dude with a ton of guns" that Leader class is nowadays is just about tailor made for Roadbuster. I imagine he can't look too much like the Mugen Calibur but that still gives them a lot of leeway.
Go with IDW Roadbuster. Just a big hulkin' truck dude with a ton of modular weapons.
Warden mentioned wanting another go at Whirl and Roadbuster so y'all in luck
Not a lot of people really care about Dorvack. They might be able to get away with it. And they might feel bold successfully fending off Harmony Gold.
Bandai owns those IP now. It's not likely.
Eh, I'm sure they can do a solid new take that doesn't need to hew too closely to it. The T30 effort was decent and could do with some refining, and they've put out some good looking bruiser builds since. Maybe it could even work using the Gamer Edition/Fractured Friendship Optimus engineering as a basis.
On the subject of Alpha Quintesson, what is/was the deal with the hexangular holes on the sides of his torso?
If Hasbro can get along with their former mortal enemy Mattel, they can get along with Bandai.
Feeding tube, access point, when he cannot make up his mind which face is in charge that day when it comes to meal time, maybe?
The real question isn't about Hasbro, but rather if Takara and Bandai can play nice.
It’s just a price tag but one I doubt Takara is willing to pay for an update of a character who effectively doesn’t exist in their fiction, in a toyline where they’re allowed to take design liberties. If nobody cares about Dorvack, even less people would care about the specifics of Roadbuster’s altmode.
All they have to do is a bigger, flatter version of Stege Hound.
Does Bandai actually own the Dorvack IP though?
Like they obviously own the molds for the original toys since the toyline was by Takatoku but do they actually own the IP itself?
(Not like anyone cares either way, it's a dead franchise from the 1980s)
Like they obviously own the molds for the original toys since the toyline was by Takatoku but do they actually own the IP itself?
(Not like anyone cares either way, it's a dead franchise from the 1980s)
Bandai owns the Brave IP these days and TT is doing Brave stuff again for the first time in like twenty years so I'd say they can.
According to wikipedia (I know) the tv show was conceived as a means to promote Takatoku's toys. So either it was owned by Takatoku (and thus Bandai today), Fuji TV, or Ashi Productions.
My guess is no one's bothered to sort out who owns what because it's a franchise no one really cares about and the most iconic mecha from it are most prominently known in a TT/Hasbro franchise so what would the point even be?
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Yeah I feel asking if 'Can Takara and Bandai play nice' is kind of weird considering that whole 'Bandai x Takara Tomy' thing from a couple years ago where Bandai did a Zoids Chogokin and Takara did a Tomica Gundam thing.
Like they clearly can work together and collab on shit (or at the very least give the other company a license to produce product using one of their own IP)
Like they clearly can work together and collab on shit (or at the very least give the other company a license to produce product using one of their own IP)