With some remolding, that Grimlock / Godzilla might have been ok. Give it a new, more Godzilla-esque dino head and some stegosaur plates and it would have been pretty interesting.
Transformers Collaborative (Transformers X Star Wars: The Mandalorian)
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Out of the reveals, the only one that intersts me is Shield D Prime, thou I have no doult they'll likely retool that later down the line for a legacy release as Leobreaker from Cybertron/Galaxy Force, of course, the customary repaint for Lio Convoy and then the Nemesis Convoy
I have a deep love for the insanity that was the "Prehistory Animals" knockoff toys. I would buy that.
This would be ideal for the Korean kaiju, Yongary!
I still want to get the Bison-Vega/Ryu 2-pack if I can find it at a decent price. Those four were very cool redecos (even if Ken/Hot Rod was 88% the same colors) and made me want more.
They were all on clearance in the US, if I recall.
I mean, that's kind of cherry picking since it's leaving out the really good Takara ones (like Shield-D-Prime) and the "just a recolor" Hasbro ones.
Hasbro's are better on average but both companies have both very good and very bad ones.
I get the impression that Japanese companies just don’t play ball very well. That said, at that point, why even approve the collaboration?
Really? I thought the Japanese loved baseball.
So, weird story, back when I was a little kid, I got a black "T-Rex" toy that was made of soft plastic or rubber, with a hole in its belly so a kid could stick it on their thumb and battle it with other kids' dinos, sort of a prehistoric thumb wrestling thing. This weird little toy was my "Godzilla" toy until it got replaced by the Trendmaster figures of the 90s.
I say that because this Megatron reminds me of that "Godzilla" from way back then.
I say that because this Megatron reminds me of that "Godzilla" from way back then.
Just gonna mention that Godzilla's coloring IS black (or charcoal, because he's a burn victim), because the 1954 Godzilla was a black and white movie and that carried through to most Japanese movies prior to the modern era where he continued to be black, (maybe sometimes being tinged green)
Technically, the original Godzilla suit was brown but since the film was in black and white, he turned out dark gray/black.
"Actual" colors in B&W movies can be tricky-- sometimes the art direction would have odd colors because they showed better contrast or otherwise looked better on-screen.
So color stills (or actual costumes, props, etc.) of a B&W movie set may not be an accurate reflection of the intention.
ANYWAY wow, they sure are milking that Laser Op mold, huh?
They used milk to represent the Rain in Singin’ in the rain for the same reason. Water didn’t show up well on film.
Apparently that's an urban myth, they had to backlight the water.
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I recall that the Addam's Family House in the old 60's show was painted pink, becuase it allowed better contrast
I read that in black and white films, like "Pscho", they used melted chocolate, because it had the viscosity and dark colour on monochrome film to look like blood.