I will say, the fact that we've been getting the Decepticon Headmaster Jrs via those Target packs makes me hopeful for Snarler, Catilla, and Chainclaw. HasTak has worked some magic with retooling all those TR molds, and they've been peppering in a lot of pretty obscure characters through them. I could definitely see the rest of the Pretender Beasts getting similar releases in the next few years, and I really hope they do!
From what Evan said about the figure back at MegaCon, this was the impression I got as well, that the intent was to emulate the Pretender Beast gimmick by using the wolf body as a shell for the head figure, which is colored to look like Carnivac's inner robot mode based on instances in the Marvel comics where it was primarily colored yellow.
...Unless he's mad that it's not an all new Crasher, one based more closely on her original toy or animation model. Which, uh, yeah, unless Hasbro ever completely buys Bandai (impossible scenario, I know), that ain't happening.
It didn't need to be Studio Series both times, in that case. I'd be happy to see a toy deco in Selects, but with this release I'd say it's much less likely. This could have been what the first release looked like, and I doubt anyone would really be missing out on anything (ignoring for the moment the remolding, which I admit might otherwise justify it for some people).
This 3-pack is specifically based on a scene from the movie. That's why it exists in the first place.
Granted. I'm just disappointed is all (and a big Percy fan). I'm glad they didn't remold out the tank bits!
I'm disappointed they didn't remold out the tank bits, if they were remolding the toy in the first place.
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I applaud at how they managed to incorporate his “special lenses” into the accessories, making a big set of glasses.
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