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12-12-2008, 09:01 AM | #1 |
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What the heck is up with this crap?
Hasbro reacquired the rights for this name back a couple of years ago. Remember, they sold a TF:Cybertron Minicon 2-pack of ShockWAVE vs Tankor. Since they again own the trademark, whay are they not using it??? -Viper 486 out. |
12-12-2008, 09:12 AM | #2 |
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Probably because it's already in use for a Transformer. Wouldn't want to confuse the shipping crew at HTS any more than they already are.
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12-12-2008, 09:15 AM | #3 |
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12-12-2008, 09:23 AM | #4 |
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Not sure - they have the trademark rights, but note that they for "toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms". Maybe they're worried that usage of it for more than one character will dilute it.
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12-12-2008, 09:25 AM | #5 |
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Considering they won't release a 'movie Ripcord' and a 'not a friggin' Wayans Ripcord' for fear of 'confusing the little ones', they probably just didn't want to use the same name for two characters in two different lines.
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12-12-2008, 09:27 AM | #6 |
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Alrighty then.. please explain to re-naming of the Water Moccasin. Is this some crap by Hasbro to rename that vehicle so people wouldn't think they are actually buying a poisonous snake?? "Uh-excuse me sir, your out of these, do you have anymore Water Moccassins in the back?" I swear there are too many safety issues on toys right now. I mean .. they even assemble them for us!!! I used to love to put my own vehicles together and add EVERY sticker to it!!! I guess they started doing that crap too so people wouldn't open the boxes and steal parts!! I just want to scream at this point. GRRRRRRRRRR!!!
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12-12-2008, 09:39 AM | #7 |
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soo they had shockwave transformes 25 years ago aswell.
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12-12-2008, 09:47 AM | #8 |
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shockwave the transformer is sometimes known as shockblast, too...
Shockblast (Energon) - Transformers Wiki - Teletraan I Shockwave (G1) - Transformers Wiki - Teletraan I It looks like they go back and forth... in 2004's Energon it was blst, 2005's Cybertron it was wave, and in last year's TFA, it's back to Wave. I figure they are either fighting for the copyright and may have it at some times or maybe only have it for some type of figures... Whatever the exact reason it seems they don't have the trademark free and clear, and decided to go with the safe pick of Blast for this figure. Still Shockwave the SWAT guy to me, just like it's Mainframe and the 25th Anniversary line.
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12-12-2008, 09:53 AM | #9 |
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I don't think the issue is because they do not want to have Transformers and Joes with the same name as Inferno and Lockdown were in the Sigma scale line last year and as well as in the TF lines.
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12-12-2008, 10:26 AM | #10 |
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Alrighty then.. please explain to re-naming of the Water Moccasin. Is this some crap by Hasbro to rename that vehicle so people wouldn't think they are actually buying a poisonous snake?? "Uh-excuse me sir, your out of these, do you have anymore Water Moccassins in the back?" I swear there are too many safety issues on toys right now. I mean .. they even assemble them for us!!! I used to love to put my own vehicles together and add EVERY sticker to it!!! I guess they started doing that crap too so people wouldn't open the boxes and steal parts!! I just want to scream at this point. GRRRRRRRRRR!!!
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