Yes, and an official MP version too, but copyright is a bummer.
Anyway, I noticed that my SG Sideswipe's head and face seems to differ from both the box photo and the TFwiki photo.
(Left - Box photo, Centre - Tfwiki photo, Right - my toy)
Anyway, I noticed that my SG Sideswipe's head and face seems to differ from both the box photo and the TFwiki photo.
(Left - Box photo, Centre - Tfwiki photo, Right - my toy)
They could work as "undercover" or "SWAT" versions of Autotroopers, working alongside Deepcover.
If it were up to me every line would have an Autotrooper made from whatever seems like the best car mold that year, paired with whatever seems like the best weapons if they're not gang-molded to something else.
Surely someone's making (or will make) spare connector points for these faceplates. I'd have to assume that looking for something like that would be far preferable to destructive surgery on your toy.
I wouldn't mind a police van but bluntly now we have the SS86 mold let's never use that Earthrise tooling ever again.
I dunno. I could see Autotroopers carrying riot shields.
I'd be shocked and amazed if we didn't see some third party company produce riot shields to go with the Autotroopers. We already have gap filler kits for them (plus the Cybertronian troopers) and a third party did recreate the weapon carried by Siege Ironhide/Crosshairs, plus something like that seems like a no-brainer.
Oh, and for those still looking for the troop builder set, they've hit brick and mortar. I bought my third set today at my local Target.
Oh, and for those still looking for the troop builder set, they've hit brick and mortar. I bought my third set today at my local Target.
They would be great.
Did you see my digi-bash earlier? I think the mold looks better as an Auto Trooper than Ratchet.
The shield is basically a riot shield and the gun can work as a small "truncheon" too. It also has the same head mount as the recent multipack Auto Trooper.
Yeah. That's the Autotrooper I want.
It would be kinda funny if we finally get a solo release of Earthrise Prowl, but it has an Autotrooper head.
Or maybe that mold, the van or even the Volvo Optimus Prime mold as Checkpoint? They could also do an Energon Rodimus repaint too. Checkpoint, an Earth Autotrooper and Energon SWAT Prowl would be great.
Oh I would love that. The Prowl/Checkpoint set is one of the favorite things in my collection. I'd definitely buy a new set.
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Was a bit jello that the US got that and we didn't. I suppose it might be possible to swap heads with a Prowl figure and slightly repaint Siege Mirage into Energon Prowl?
I wish Hasbro would standardize necks so headswaps like that would always be possible.
While I can certainly see that this may not always be possible, I could see Hasbro actually making this kind of thing a selling point. It depends on how much they want to cater to folks customizing their product.
Agreed. I understand that sometimes a transformation requires a different head setup, but it would be nice if they always used the same ball/peg size for every head whenever possible.
Sometimes they might want to try a weird transformation that requires something different. But in every other case I could see it being easier for the designers to know in advance exactly how the neck is going to work. One of the benefits of CAD is the ability to reuse it. Even if they have to cut a new mold from scratch, it doesn't mean they have to start the CAD from scratch.
Or, from now on, utilise this new "face swap" system as a standard feature, just like 5mm ports. It would make customisation a lot more accessible to even casual collectors (a few reprolabels/faction symbol stickers and a face swap).
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