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Onslaught Six wrote:And beyond "They both turn into T-Rexes,"

Isn't this enough of a reason?

Check list below:
1- They both have a T-rex mode---Check
2- They both Have a Robot mode---Check
3- They are both high ranking Commanders,that often take on the leadership role when needed----Check
4- They both have anger management issues,that go extreme when their tempers boils over,primal rage---Check.
5- They both have big bulky designs in both modes---Check
6- Thru the course of their lives they both dis-agreed with optimus prime's agenda/vision----Check
7- The existing FOC Grimlock voyager mold isn't a exact homage update for 1985 Grimlock like the MP Grimlock toy was. this Foc Grimlock toy looks nothing like the 1985 Grimlock toy/media. So this mold can be used for any Transformer with a T-rex alt mode.--- Check.
8- Beastwars Megatron had a few Mechanical T-rex modes. The TM1 Megatron was stuff turned inside out,the TM2 Megatron was more mechanical in both modes. this FOC Grimlock toy has a mechanical robot & beast mode---check.

It's worth a serious mention that the Beastwars toy line & cartoon had different universe stories. The early 1996 Beastwars toy packaging had the Beastwars crew put into present day new york,with the G-1 Optimus & G-1 Megatron as the beastwars faction leaders.

The beastwars writers didn't use the full Transmetal 1 toy line story. Only in the TM1 toy line story did the beastwars crew have organic robot modes & robotic beast modes. In the Beastwars season 2 cartoon,the crew on both sides had robotic robot modes & robotic beast modes. There was never any mention nor reference to organic skin/fur on the season 2 TM1 robot modes. The TM1 cartoon characters never mentioned nor showed any organic hearts,veins,liver,brains,blood,bones,tongues,eye balls,etc....

the Beastwars season 1 crew didn't have real organics in there beast modes,it was described as Synthetic/fake in the toy line & cartoon story.

JediTricks wrote:Classics Grimlock is a generic robot, you can put any dino-flavored character onto that body and get away with it. With MP and now FOC, those bodies are really designed for one type of character, Grimlock, so it takes a lot of help to get past that. It must be difficult to have such a different collecting behavior from the norm in this brand. I can't imagine buying a G2-inspired Grimlock mold over a G1-inspired one, as it looks worse, whether or not it's repetitive.

Well that's just subjective, I think the royal blue of G2 Grimlock is rather classy and works well with the gold he already had. It's certainly not an eye-searing color like a lot of the other G2 schemes I can understand some people disliking, it's rather restrained.

I also think it's kinda interesting that looking too much like the grey version would be a reason to put forward for Hasbro to not do a blue repaint of Grimlock, when they just shipped the Soundwave mold in either dark blue or black together in the same case!

And yeah, it is a tricky area I find myself in, being turned off to some toys like this because they look 75% like something I already have. I still wind up with a bunch of Optimus Primes, regardless. >_>

The dark blue always reminded me of Barney the dinosaur.

And to back up O6, I like this and I don't feel lambasted at all.

BWprowl wrote:

JediTricks wrote:Classics Grimlock is a generic robot, you can put any dino-flavored character onto that body and get away with it. With MP and now FOC, those bodies are really designed for one type of character, Grimlock, so it takes a lot of help to get past that. It must be difficult to have such a different collecting behavior from the norm in this brand. I can't imagine buying a G2-inspired Grimlock mold over a G1-inspired one, as it looks worse, whether or not it's repetitive.

Well that's just subjective, I think the royal blue of G2 Grimlock is rather classy and works well with the gold he already had. It's certainly not an eye-searing color like a lot of the other G2 schemes I can understand some people disliking, it's rather restrained.

I also think it's kinda interesting that looking too much like the grey version would be a reason to put forward for Hasbro to not do a blue repaint of Grimlock, when they just shipped the Soundwave mold in either dark blue or black together in the same case!

And yeah, it is a tricky area I find myself in, being turned off to some toys like this because they look 75% like something I already have. I still wind up with a bunch of Optimus Primes, regardless. >_>

1- To be fair the FOC Grimlock mold is also a generic T-rex that turns into a robot,Because it looks ZERO like the 1985 Grimlock toy/media.

2- I always hated those G-2 Colored Dinobots. those colors looked so bad on those molds.

3- The worse thing Hasbro can do is start applying those G-2 colors to newer G-1 homage Dinobots toys.

So you're saying that if Hasbro put out a G2 Grimlock, you'd yell and throw a fit like you accused us of doing? ;D

For what it's worth, I would absolutely get a FOC G2 Grimlock toy. Even on top of the normal Grimlock. Yes, really.

Then it could go next to G2 Bruticus.

Shockwave wrote:Then it could go next to G2 Bruticus.

Now you're getting it. Or the multitude of other G2-themed repaints I've accumulated over the last few years.

Incidentally, I've been thinking and if I can get a Hot Spot head and repaint it for Pyro, I won't have to sell him!

Onslaught Six wrote:So you're saying that if Hasbro put out a G2 Grimlock, you'd yell and throw a fit like you accused us of doing?

No,I simply won't buy it.

Shockwave wrote:I'd still like to see Classics Grimlock done in BW Megs Transmetal colors. Like the one Scourge did. That looked nice.

. Er, I did the opposite. Slapped Grimlock colors on a TM Megatron body (well, Armada Predacon, but y'know). Don't think I've seen that homage working the other way, but I could get behind it.

I can get behind this, too. Don't know if I'll buy it or not, but it's kind of clever. Now watch the whole thing turn out to be in T-Wrecks or Predacon colors or something.

I'm sure it almost goes without saying that I'd be fine with G2 repaints of Grimlock or anything, right?

138 Scourge wrote:

Shockwave wrote:I'd still like to see Classics Grimlock done in BW Megs Transmetal colors. Like the one Scourge did. That looked nice.

. Er, I did the opposite. Slapped Grimlock colors on a TM Megatron body (well, Armada Predacon, but y'know). Don't think I've seen that homage working the other way, but I could get behind it.

I can get behind this, too. Don't know if I'll buy it or not, but it's kind of clever. Now watch the whole thing turn out to be in T-Wrecks or Predacon colors or something.

I'm sure it almost goes without saying that I'd be fine with G2 repaints of Grimlock or anything, right?

If Hasbro does release a G-2 Grimlock using that FOC voyager Grimlock toy mold. Then I suspose i could create a decent homage 1989 Deathsauras toy. All I need is to swap parts around using the FOC G-1 Grimlock toy,The FOC G-2 Grimlock toy & use the robot head of FOC Voyager sized Blaster. If Hasbro releases a Twintwist recolor using that Twintwist toy mold,then I can use the blue twintwist robot head for my FOC Deathsauras custom toy.