Yeah, the 2012 TMNT had some pretty dark and gruesome imagery. Stuff that I'm surprised Nickelodeon was really okay with showing.
You should really watch the 2012 series. It's very good from start to finish.
Someone once put it best that, where the 2003 series was like an A+ for its first five...
I'm real curious about who it was that Hasbro was like "No, you can't use that character" and led to their using Razorbeast instead.
My guess is that it was originally going to be Tigatron, and that Hasbro stepped in and vetoed the initial use of him when they found out he was going to be...
I kinda feel like part of that may have been the result of people's memory of G2 Devastator having had purple instead of black having been skewed by just how common the yellow-and-black Quick Change KOs were. Those things were all over the place back in the 2000s. Big Lots, KB Toys, Walgreens...
In a way, the new Skywasp figure can be used for three different character purposes:
1. Skywasp - the character its intended to be, with optional heads allowing for either his originally-intended-but-canceled look or his first published look
2. Parasite - the Diaclone Waruder that the first...
Yeah, just take the Black Friday Landfill redeco, stick some Tonka stickers on it, and there you go.
(I know, I know, easier said than done. I'm speaking hypothetically)
For me, the main appeal of this Tonkanator set is that, the Tonka-specific labeling aside, it feels an awful lot like something that would have been done in the Car Robots/RiD 2001 line.
A redeco of a vintage mold as all-new characters, and specifically as a construction-themed Autobot...
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