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05-18-2009, 11:12 PM | #21 |
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I agree and think I mentioned in some thread somewhere (there are so many now) that I don't think these 2 will hit mass release either. It just wouldn't make sense on Hasbro's part. For Scrap Iron, there's already a movie version coming and they are using the Airborne tooling on the RoC Airborne, so this Scrap Iron seems redundant. And Red Star just had a recent comic pack that's still around in places. So with NO tooling investment on either of these two, they really don't lose any money by not releasing them.
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Seeing it's Resolute & she has the new hair/skirt etc, think we'll see her at some point, plus she's a key character that will be even more key after the movie, with fan boys hungry for Resolute merch I think she will get a proper release, I just wish they would reboot her colors to be more Resolute cartoon accurate & get her some lipstick & better glasses. |
05-18-2009, 11:18 PM | #22 |
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both look better, but not significantly enough for me to pay extra for them. if they made their way to retail and I had more money to spend on Joes, then I'd probably get them. otherwise, I'm satisfied with the CP Red Star and the CP / Arctic Scrap Irons that I have. thanks for sharing.
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05-18-2009, 11:18 PM | #23 |
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Seeing it's Resolute & she has the new hair/skirt etc, think we'll see her at some point, plus she's a key character that will be even more key after the movie, with fan boys hungry for Resolute merch I think she will get a proper release, I just wish they would reboot her colors to be more Resolute cartoon accurate & get her some lipstick & better glasses. And I think if Res Baroness does come out, it will be different in color. While the blue does match the Cobra Commander, it's supposed to be more of a grey to match Destro. And I hope they paint her face too. The one I have is so pale (and her eyes aren't painted under the glasses). She really looks like the terminator! She is loaded with some great new weapons though - one of which resembles Gung-Ho's in the toon. I hope a proper release, whenever it may be, will include all those guns! |
05-18-2009, 11:24 PM | #24 |
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I just checked online and your right he is gone. I posted the damn link to WS_Toys when he had them for 9.99 too and I didn't get one. Now I'm kicking myself, oh well I guess I'll have to live with the c.p. one.
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05-18-2009, 11:43 PM | #25 |
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Great minds must think alike indeed!
And I think if Res Baroness does come out, it will be different in color. While the blue does match the Cobra Commander, it's supposed to be more of a grey to match Destro. And I hope they paint her face too. The one I have is so pale (and her eyes aren't painted under the glasses). She really looks like the terminator! She is loaded with some great new weapons though - one of which resembles Gung-Ho's in the toon. I hope a proper release, whenever it may be, will include all those guns! Sorry man... he went fast. -_- |
05-18-2009, 11:45 PM | #26 |
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It's just more repaints/rebuilds. Nice, but give us something new!
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05-19-2009, 12:31 AM | #27 |
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thanks for the review. Both are better versions. It's a shame that the wave isn't coming out.
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05-19-2009, 12:41 AM | #28 |
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Thanks for the review. I enjoyed reading about these even if they'll never see the mass market.
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05-19-2009, 01:11 AM | #29 |
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I posted this on another thread about this updated Scrap Iron, but I feel that what I said works here as well...
"Why oh why does Hasbro keep missing the boat on Scrap Iron? I like the fact that they gave him Airborne's arms with the pads, as well as Airborne's upper legs, but why use his lower legs as well. I know that the ARAH Airborne and Scrap Iron shared the same parts, but there are other parts out there that match these ARAH figures much better. The lower legs and feet on the comic pack Scrap Iron that are from the Cobra Officer and Trooper resemble the ARAH Scrap Iron and Airborne much better. As far as using Shipwreck's torso for this new version of Scrap Iron goes I like the choice. I just hope that they paint part of his skin red to give him the appearance of the undershirt that his ARAH counterpart had. I really hate when Hasbro doesn't combine all the parts correctly to recreate the original ARAH look to these modern figures, especially when they already have these parts available. Nothing new would have to be sculpted in order for them to make a pretty perfect Scrap Iron figure. Hasbro just stop for a second and look very closely at every figure you wish to make that is an updated version of an ARAH figure. Try to find all of the parts that you've already sculpted that would closely match the original part you are trying to re-create. You see that a figure like Scrap Iron came with boots that had laces on them. You have other modern figures with laced boots. If that is the case why does this new version of Scrap Iron come with laceless boots? It's just plain lazy if you ask me. Do us a favor and give him back his Cobra Officer/Trooper lower legs, feet, and knees. There are other figures that could be fixed using this method as well." Sorry about the repost from the other thread I posted this on, but it just really gets to me that Hasbro can't put a decent figure together the first time around using parts that they already have the molds for. Why bother making another version of a figure if you are going to correct one thing on it, but then mess up another? I like the fact that they've now given Scrap Iron the same arms as Airbourne because they have the elastic wrist cuffs and the ribbed padding on the forearms. I also like that they've finally given him his red holster. I don't like the fact that they've now taken away his laced boots and black knee pads. It's either feast or famine with these guys. I just want these figures to match the looks of their ARAH counterparts as much as possible if parts will allow that.
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05-19-2009, 04:55 AM | #30 |
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Wave 16? I didn't know anything was planned beyond Wave 14. What was supposed to be in Wave 15?
Anyways, nice review, man. I would've loved to have a Scrap Iron single carded...but alas...
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