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01-18-2008, 08:20 PM | #81 |
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01-18-2008, 08:21 PM | #82 |
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Guys, these look like really early stage prototypes that were done probably to show off at Toyfair. Many times when they don't have time to make a proper prototype, they take existing figures and just hand paint them to show the intended paintmask. Look at Roadblock's knee, you can see that it was the V1 Roadblock; there's still some brown on the inside of the joint. This is something that Hasbro does very often. Look at the 1988 Slaughter: In the catalog, you can see that it's actually Tunnel Rat with Slaughter's head on it. They didn't have a new Slaughter mold ready so they most likely just grabbed a Tunnel Rat that they had in house and painted him the way they want to make Slaughter. Same thing here, except the parts that they repainted most likely will be really what we'll get. If you look at the battlepack shown at the convention, those Troopers were hand painted and you can see that they used a black marker to X-out the cobra logo. The CC and PP Trooper have stickered Cobra logos probably to show how they will be. The cool thing is that it seems like they intend to make CC's logo bigger.
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01-18-2008, 08:23 PM | #83 |
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Originally Posted by Dick Blinken
The pics were presented as a first look at Wave 8, NOT a first look at Wave 8 prototypes.
Nevertheless, I will post a formal apology for my doubt, in this very thread if these EXACT figures prove to be Wave 8. Furthermore, if these EXACT figures don't hit shelves, I ask that you step up and apologize to me for implying I'm a real fool. Deal? PM me if the news hits and I don't see it. Of course we won't see these EXACT figures. We wil see a CC, Baroness, Bludd, Python Trooper, and Roadblock. |
01-18-2008, 08:23 PM | #84 |
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Originally Posted by nighthawk
Guys, these look like really early stage prototypes that were done probably to show off at Toyfair. Many times when they don't have time to make a proper prototype, they take existing figures and just hand paint them to show the intended paintmask. Look at Roadblock's knee, you can see that it was the V1 Roadblock; there's still some brown on the inside of the joint. This is something that Hasbro does very often. Look at the 1988 Slaughter: In the catalog, you can see that it's actually Tunnel Rat with Slaughter's head on it. They didn't have a new Slaughter mold ready so they most likely just grabbed a Tunnel Rat that they had in house and painted him the way they want to make Slaughter. Same thing here, except the parts that they repainted most likely will be really what we'll get. If you look at the battlepack shown at the convention, those Troopers were hand painted and you can see that they used a black marker to X-out the cobra logo. The CC and PP Trooper have stickered Cobra logos probably to show how they will be. The cool thing is that it seems like they intend to make CC's logo bigger.
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01-18-2008, 08:25 PM | #85 |
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I dont know what to think. Major Bludd looks like he is real. The others look like customs. I'm no expert on prototypes so I have no idea what to say..
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01-18-2008, 08:28 PM | #86 |
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Originally Posted by Dick Blinken
The pics were presented as a first look at Wave 8, NOT a first look at Wave 8 prototypes.
. Miss the ? in the title, didja? There was really absolutely no reason to refer to other board members as "monkeys" just because you disagreed with their opinion. You ought to apologize for that whether these turn out to be prototypes, customs, or a hoax.
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01-18-2008, 08:28 PM | #87 |
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Prototypes sounds like the best bet. And not only the figs, but which figs are put where by the time Wave 8 is actually announced & what lineup it contains. Much can change from now till then, Bludd might just be all new by the time we get the final product. And I can easily see the RB, CC, & Baroness being in a Battle Pack...
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01-18-2008, 08:29 PM | #88 |
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I just noticed something...Baroness' head looks like Scarlett's head without lipstick with comic pack Cover Girl's hair. Roadblock's gun looks to be DTC Saw Viper's gun stuck on Roadblock V1 (original series) tripod.
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01-18-2008, 08:29 PM | #89 |
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Here a big clue too...look at Bludd's crotch. Its an up dated Zartan crotch and no one has found one of those, and that part looks perfectly factory.
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01-18-2008, 08:31 PM | #90 |
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Originally Posted by Dark 5cythe
Heres another tidbit to go with this wave or possibly the one after: I know one of the sculptors who's been working on the line and he said they had dozens of figures already done. He also revealed a Big Boa Figure.
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