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11-24-2014, 03:04 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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The DTC line of the mid 2000's is very interesting to me. It's like a bridge between the "New Sculpt" era figures and what was to come with the "25th Anniversary" design. The Cobra Trooper for example is a fresh take on an old concept that I think works. I would like to see this design updated at some point to a newer body mold that isn't in danger of falling apart from O-ring breakage.
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11-24-2014, 05:55 PM | #2 |
Crimson Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Virginia
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I would love to see re-dos of DTC Major Bludd and Major Barrage in Modern Era style. Barrage you could even do pretty much with existing parts.
I remember being mildly disappointed with the Cobra Trooper...but that didn't stop me from buying a platoon of them. Those odd pegs on the accessories were actually introduced with the DTC line as I recall, and were going to be part of the "gimmick" for the aborted "Robot Rebellion" arc. They could fit into ports on a few of the DTC vehicles or combined/swapped around with each other (offhand I remember for sure the Night Attack Humvee, but pretty sure there were places on the others it could work), and could also be swapped out for the Valor vs. Venom Overkills arms (on the larger pegs)! It was an interesting little gimmick that I wish they had done more with. It was ever-so-slightly revisited/distilled into the Sigma 6 line (both the large and mission-scale toys), and in fact some parts were interchangeable between the DTC vehicles and the Sigma 6 mission series, which could lead to some cool combinations (my favorite being taking the 40mm "side cannons" of the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk and putting them on the DTC HISS Tank for a more "Classic" HISS. Last edited by Jmacq1; 11-24-2014 at 06:12 PM.. |
11-24-2014, 06:47 PM | #3 |
Cobra Viper
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I would love to see re-dos of DTC Major Bludd and Major Barrage in Modern Era style. Barrage you could even do pretty much with existing parts.
I remember being mildly disappointed with the Cobra Trooper...but that didn't stop me from buying a platoon of them. Those odd pegs on the accessories were actually introduced with the DTC line as I recall, and were going to be part of the "gimmick" for the aborted "Robot Rebellion" arc. They could fit into ports on a few of the DTC vehicles or combined/swapped around with each other (offhand I remember for sure the Night Attack Humvee, but pretty sure there were places on the others it could work), and could also be swapped out for the Valor vs. Venom Overkills arms (on the larger pegs)! It was an interesting little gimmick that I wish they had done more with. It was ever-so-slightly revisited/distilled into the Sigma 6 line (both the large and mission-scale toys), and in fact some parts were interchangeable between the DTC vehicles and the Sigma 6 mission series, which could lead to some cool combinations (my favorite being taking the 40mm "side cannons" of the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk and putting them on the DTC HISS Tank for a more "Classic" HISS. |
11-24-2014, 07:07 PM | #4 |
Crimson Nerd
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Location: Virginia
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They played a tiny bit with the modular concept with Pursuit of Cobra, but it didn't really stick. I think going whole-hog with that concept would be a lot of fun for kids and "big kids" alike. |
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