For Movie Incinerator, one explanation I heard is that according to Cakedup83 (channel’s gone unfortunately) on his review of Incinerator, he said that since Hasbro managed to make him strongly resemble the V-22 Osprey without getting licensing fees from Bell/Boeing, they weren’t legally allowed to repaint it.
Congratulations Starscream, the TF prime voyager class figure that you got what is your one and only break from being repainted/remolded into thunder cracker, Skywarp, or any other jet that transformers fans could think of.
Somewhere out there, Vangelus looks up to a photo of Cybertron Menasor kitbashed into Spreem. Vangelus brings a shaky wine glass to his lips. As he drinks, tears well in his eyes. “Bastards”, he whispers to himself as he sheds a single tear.
7:08 There were plans to give it a head retool in his instructions sheet. But it was never used. The now unofficial "Ask Vector Prime" gave some fiction and characterization for the retool.
Another Starscream mold that never got reused was the 1989 Pretender Starscream. Then again none of the 4 Classic Pretenders have ever been reissued or repainted...
Out of the 3 vehicon generals, 5 if you count Obsidian and Strika, Thrust appeared in the most episodes in the show. As for his toy, both him and Motorcycle Drone only had one paint scheme, and wasn't sold in any other Transformers line other than Beast Machines. Deluxe Jetstorm has been repainted 4 more times as Sonic Attack Jet, Storm Jet, Jhiaxus, and Skywarp Ultra Jetstorm has been repainted as Cyclonus Tankor, Obsidian, and Strika all had Universe repaints. Tank Drone has been repainted as Stockade.
I didn't think a single one of these figures would be in my collection... Until Starscream. Makes me feel kinda special- he's the only version of Starscream I own.
I own all these figured except for the energon and g1 dinobots. They have so many figures they never reused. That wing Saber wad ahead of its time in some ways.
Starscream didn't start cloning that is weird!? Almost as weird is not having a Transformers Crossover with Power Rangers wink-wink nudge-nudge suggesting a new top 10 of crossovers that we should have gotten by now with Transformers.
I know is not exactly the topic of the video, but speaking of underused molds/missed opportunities. When you mentioned Obliterator Clench (whose G1 mold was never rereleased), I immediately thought about Energon Landmine. It surprises me, they spammed Unicron Trilogy molds across Universe 2.0 based on even the slightest similarity to a G1 character; but no one considered the semi-truck guy whose rear transforms into a battle platform to be retooled into the other semi-truck guy whose rear transforms into a platform. Landmine even looks better as a Decepticon, with his spiky boots. Also, Hunt for the Decepticons Terradive repainted as G1 Triggerbot Dogfight (who has only had one figure of him, and that mold was never used againk). The shape of the wings, the shape of his head, and the hands doubled as guns, which would be a good homage to the Triggerbot gimmick. Cybertron Hotshot as Tracks. Aside from the car mode wings, the head sculpts are too similar for it to be a coincidence. And a rather niche one, but Thrilling 30 Blitzwing mold as Flywheels would've given us a pretty looking robot mode
Some ones that did not make this list include, Combiner Wars Bombshell, the Duocons-PotP Battletrap and Siege Flywheels, Cybertron Brimestone, Animated Sentinel Prime, Animated Wreck-Gar, and Generations Rattrap. EDIT: Thank you for this fantastic video TJOmega! Its amazing how many unique body Transformers there are considering that Transformers have shared body types since day one, best known example being Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp. 😀Keep on being amazing.
@@TJOmega I forgot Slamdance, and I own him. (face palm) I don't know if you remember, but RTS Lugnut was repainted into his mostly purple Animated colors by Takara Tomy in their Transformers United line.
@@TFfangeek That was the initial release for that figure in Japan, as stated this list accounts for Takara's tendency to go extra on their version of the same character/release.
I'm from the UK. I'm not offended by the Slag name. I know it's a Slur but it pretty obvious they mean it in the metallurgy sense. Even as a very little kid I understood.
@@ZX-Gear lio Kaizer was villain and brave is notorious for not making there villains into toys. Prehaps Takara thought lio Kaizer was too fresh in people's minds to be reused as a villain. It seems to me the choice of reusing molds/unproduced designs for brave came from. 1. Molds of characters most people wouldnt even know because they were only in magazines or just not very rememberable (galaxy shuttle, sky Garry and grandus) 2. The characters the molds had been based off hadn't been used in a few years (the oringal mold of sixshot, the original mold of scorpinok, and the dinobots)
2 figures that I can think of that have obvious repaint potential but have been only used once are *Studio* *Series* *Brawl* and *Bonecrusher.* The original deluxes back in 2007 got repainted (Jungle Bonecrusher and Deep Desert Brawl). I can guess that they weren't doe because Studio Series focuses on onscreen depictions, but weird things has came out of the line (DOTM Thundercracker and "Crankcase"). Plus, the desert theme Brawl is technically an onscreen character as it was used as a generic in Dark of the Moon. Don't know about Bonecrusher though. But what I do know is those figures have obvious re-usage and they go for so much on the aftermarket.
I would agree, but Studio Series Thundercracker and that one repaint of Lockdown aren’t onscreen characters (granted Lockdown’s repaint is supposed to be a member of his ship’s crew, but he isn’t modeled after any one design shown onscreen).
@@SicMetalMaggot4life I think Thundercracker is in Studio Series due to an idea that concept art characters (such as ROTF Breakaway and other video game transformers) are going to fill out the line once all onscreen characters gets a figure. Thundercracker may just be testing the waters for that. Though I only heard of this from speculations.
Even Cybertron Wing Saber, despite his main gimmick being Jetpack armor for Galaxy Force Optimus, had a recolor into 2007 Movie Wingblade, a Toys-R-Us exclusive who still kept the aforementioned feature despite the Cybertron Optimus Prime no longer being on store shelves. Granted, there was the Cybertron Jetfire repaint as Decepticon Jetstorm to go along with him, but still, a rather baffling choice for a store-exclusive redeco.
I'm still surpriesed that Siege Springer never got reused or repainted in anyway. They might be doing a wreackers subline for Amazon next year so that mold might get reused for that but as far that remains to be seen.
I hated siege springer. I got two copies and they both broke within a couple days of me getting them, and they weren’t even fun figures while they lasted.
@@Number_1_Rated_Salesman1997 The Generations Springer was the best mold for the character, the helicopter mode actually looks like a different vehicle, not like the car mode with a propeller on top
Any of the Laser Rods from G2. I've got the G2 Sizzle still (got at a yard sale as a kid, so sadly it doesn't have the sword), and that line immediately came to mind.
I enjoy these, but I find myself wishing we could see pictures of the other toys referenced; swapping that picture of Starscream at the end for the Deluxe version and showing the variants, for example.
Sentinal Prime would have worked for prid Ultra Magnus , would have been perfect for the casual market, especially if you redo the weapon into a ladder riffle or just add some hammer molding to it
years ago I was hoping for a repaint for Titans Return legends class Wheelie that never happened. Granted, there's not much else for that mold, but if you look into it Wheelie has been used before for Dion and Shadow Striker. I could also see it as a Blurr.
I remember (and love) the first 4, but the energon swoop I never heard of. But I didn’t know that g1 swoop wasn’t done again. Also I forgot there was a voyager prime screamer.
Still have my reveal the shiled Lugnut, love it, unfortunately I lost on of the springs in his punching gimmick. I go the Prime Ultra Magnus on a whim and he's lost in a drawer somewhere.
Reveal the Shield Lugnut's the only Lugnut I have, but he really is a nice figure. Though some of the automorph jams when transforming him. With Prime Arcee and Bulkhead getting G1 style figures in Legacy, I wonder if we'll see a new Lugnut at some point? Be amazing if they could manage a remold into Clobber.
"Why would you keep your Agumon to WarGreymon figure in Agumon mode?" Because the Agumon mode is the one with fewer compromises. "Why would you keep your Patamon to Angemon figure in Patmon mode?" Because Patamon.
Incinerator would have been a great mold to make into a new version of Obsidian from Beast Machines. Prime Magnus could have been a good body for a Prime Onslaught.
"And I have one friend in particular who would have been really, really happy if that Spreem had happened." Is anyone other than Vagelus a fan of Spreem? Or osmosis through him? He's the only person I've ever heard even talk about the character.
I'll also mention that Cybertron Menasor's minicon is one of my favorites, and the gimmick where he could fit in the chest really sparked my imagination as a kid. I never would have considered a Spreem out of him.
Something I've noticed recently, none of the triplechangers from the War for Cybertron trilogy have gotten repaints. Springer, Astrotrain, Apeface, Snapdragon, Doubledealer. All of them. Nothing.
Did Power Of The Primes Starscream get any other Seeker repaints? I know Elita 1 shares his mold, but I don't remember a Thundercracker, Skywarp etc? Correct me if I missed them please.
Speaking of profit put it this way.. Hasbro has approx $12 BILLION in its bank account and there is approx 6 billion people on the planet so if hasbro gave 1 dollar to every person on the planet they would still have approx $6 billion in its account.
HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE PRIME STARSCREAM WAS NEVER REPAINTED?! And for a kinda niche pick...I'm surprised Beast Machines Buzzsaw was never redone as Waspinator.
Wouldn't Halloween Special Alpha Q count? I know it doesn't really transform, but that's just all the more reason they'd never re-issue that wire heap.
Henkei dinobot was different than this version. Does that count? As far an not-reused molds, it depends how far you want to go back because lots of the WFC trilogy molds haven't been reused. But as far as a bit older, IIRC they never redid the Titan's Return hotrod or Highbrow or Galvatron. Back a bit further I don't think they ever redid T30 Beast Machines Tankor or Centruion (the minicon combiner guy).
G1 Jetfire from the macross veritech fighter. Never got a 2nd run, let alone repaints, remolds, or reissues. It will never see them either due to they gave the toy licenses back when Robotech came to the U.S. AND since hasbro/Takara have a bad relationship with the owners of Macross we can only dream with newer toys with parts that omage it.
The biggest unused repaint for me would probably be the deluxe WFC Megatron as say a new version of Galvatron the tank would be a good upgrade to his cannon in g1
they did make a quake from Hard head. it's his vehicle form that is off. But the robot mode when he transforms into quake is dear on. All we need now is a new needlenose, Landfill & quickmix.
Can someone explain why it is so difficult (or expensive) to duplicate older molds? To me it seems like a big excuse somehow.. aren't they constantly making new molds? Or what info am I missing? :)
Making a new mold is generally easy, since you’re just shaping plastic polymer or metal around a model to make a casting of it. However, the reason molds degrade or break is due to heat damage from the molten plastic, which melts, warps and distorts the mold over time. Without the original model the mold was cast from, repairing a mold exactly the way it was is extremely time consuming as you now either have to recast the mold from a finished product-line toy (making a copy of a copy in essence, which risks distorting the resulting toy even further), or you have to figure out the exact tolerances/dimensions of the mold entirely manually, and then physically restore the mold exactly the way it was, which requires manually heating and reshaping it back to normal. This is a finicky and time consuming process, not to mention more expensive than simply casting a new mold. Some bootleggers have used the former method to create bootlegs of some TFs that can’t be reproduced authentically because their molds are lost or destroyed, but I can’t speak to the actual quality of those toys myself.
For Movie Incinerator, one explanation I heard is that according to Cakedup83 (channel’s gone unfortunately) on his review of Incinerator, he said that since Hasbro managed to make him strongly resemble the V-22 Osprey without getting licensing fees from Bell/Boeing, they weren’t legally allowed to repaint it.
I'd heard that too.
this is the worst way to find out a channel i really liked is straight up gone lmao
I didn't know you had to get the license for a several ton piece of garbage.
@@gavinerickson9392 yup. Well for some tran
Cool
That number one spot starscream is weird they never repainted him. He was also really cool and a fun figure. Great video! I love all the content!
Congratulations Starscream, the TF prime voyager class figure that you got what is your one and only break from being repainted/remolded into thunder cracker, Skywarp, or any other jet that transformers fans could think of.
Somewhere out there, Vangelus looks up to a photo of Cybertron Menasor kitbashed into Spreem. Vangelus brings a shaky wine glass to his lips. As he drinks, tears well in his eyes. “Bastards”, he whispers to himself as he sheds a single tear.
7:08 There were plans to give it a head retool in his instructions sheet. But it was never used.
The now unofficial "Ask Vector Prime" gave some fiction and characterization for the retool.
Another Starscream mold that never got reused was the 1989 Pretender Starscream. Then again none of the 4 Classic Pretenders have ever been reissued or repainted...
Blink twice if Vangelus threatened you to mention Omega Spreem in this video.
Hey, if Generations Select Black Zarak does well, think they'd do Titan Class Omega Spreem from Omega?
My god that would be visible for miles.
Out of the 3 vehicon generals, 5 if you count Obsidian and Strika, Thrust appeared in the most episodes in the show. As for his toy, both him and Motorcycle Drone only had one paint scheme, and wasn't sold in any other Transformers line other than Beast Machines.
Deluxe Jetstorm has been repainted 4 more times as Sonic Attack Jet, Storm Jet, Jhiaxus, and Skywarp
Ultra Jetstorm has been repainted as Cyclonus
Tankor, Obsidian, and Strika all had Universe repaints.
Tank Drone has been repainted as Stockade.
The Dirt Boss mold could easily be Tarantulus if Hasbro ever dared rebooting Beast Machines.
I didn't think a single one of these figures would be in my collection...
Until Starscream. Makes me feel kinda special- he's the only version of Starscream I own.
What about G1 Megatron? As far as I know that toy was never reused.
Yes its was in japan in the 2000’s !!!
The Transformers Club also had concept art of turning Cybertron Menasor into Cybertronian Beast Wars Rampage.
I own all these figured except for the energon and g1 dinobots. They have so many figures they never reused. That wing Saber wad ahead of its time in some ways.
Damn I thought every Starscream was repainted to Skywarp or Thundercraker or any Seeker.
Starscream didn't start cloning that is weird!? Almost as weird is not having a Transformers Crossover with Power Rangers wink-wink nudge-nudge suggesting a new top 10 of crossovers that we should have gotten by now with Transformers.
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It's a real Shame they never repainted Energon Swoop. A real missed opportunity.
There's A lot of the pretenders I would love to see new toys of.
12:12 FunPub wanted to do Big Convoy from that mold.
Idea for Windsaber:
Do the Dreadwing idea and repaint Energon Prime into Nemesis Prime or RiD Scourge to complete the set.
I would love this as I want the 2 for my collection
Strangely there is already a nemesis prime from energon prime. Tho its pretty obscure
Fun Fact: Universe Dinobot was canonically repurposed as SG Dinobot
It is rare a tf youtuber can tell me anything new but you seem to come up with stuff! Good job mate :)
I know is not exactly the topic of the video, but speaking of underused molds/missed opportunities.
When you mentioned Obliterator Clench (whose G1 mold was never rereleased), I immediately thought about Energon Landmine. It surprises me, they spammed Unicron Trilogy molds across Universe 2.0 based on even the slightest similarity to a G1 character; but no one considered the semi-truck guy whose rear transforms into a battle platform to be retooled into the other semi-truck guy whose rear transforms into a platform. Landmine even looks better as a Decepticon, with his spiky boots.
Also, Hunt for the Decepticons Terradive repainted as G1 Triggerbot Dogfight (who has only had one figure of him, and that mold was never used againk). The shape of the wings, the shape of his head, and the hands doubled as guns, which would be a good homage to the Triggerbot gimmick.
Cybertron Hotshot as Tracks. Aside from the car mode wings, the head sculpts are too similar for it to be a coincidence.
And a rather niche one, but Thrilling 30 Blitzwing mold as Flywheels would've given us a pretty looking robot mode
I think one of the reasons why Cybertron Dirt Boss was never recolored into someone else was because he has a very unique head sculpt.
Some ones that did not make this list include, Combiner Wars Bombshell, the Duocons-PotP Battletrap and Siege Flywheels, Cybertron Brimestone, Animated Sentinel Prime, Animated Wreck-Gar, and Generations Rattrap.
EDIT: Thank you for this fantastic video TJOmega! Its amazing how many unique body Transformers there are considering that Transformers have shared body types since day one, best known example being Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp. 😀Keep on being amazing.
Flywheels was repainted into Slamdance and the deluxe Rattrap was used for Packrat for a Botcon exclusive, just like the original Rattrap was.
@@TJOmega I forgot Slamdance, and I own him. (face palm) I don't know if you remember, but RTS Lugnut was repainted into his mostly purple Animated colors by Takara Tomy in their Transformers United line.
@@TFfangeek That was the initial release for that figure in Japan, as stated this list accounts for Takara's tendency to go extra on their version of the same character/release.
@@TJOmega Sorry for my misunderstanding.
Could the “year of the snake“ Optimus prime still combine with wing saber?
Dirt boss is actually great character but is so underrated he is one of my fav contracticons after long haul-scrapper-high tower
They actually had selects swoop for this
I'm from the UK. I'm not offended by the Slag name. I know it's a Slur but it pretty obvious they mean it in the metallurgy sense. Even as a very little kid I understood.
UK guy here, it always gave me a chuckle when I was a kid
Hardly anyone cared. Wasn't a fanbase choice to change the name.
1. Lio Kaizer
(Never mind rescue force)
@@ZX-Gear lio Kaizer was villain and brave is notorious for not making there villains into toys. Prehaps Takara thought lio Kaizer was too fresh in people's minds to be reused as a villain. It seems to me the choice of reusing molds/unproduced designs for brave came from.
1. Molds of characters most people wouldnt even know because they were only in magazines or just not very rememberable (galaxy shuttle, sky Garry and grandus)
2. The characters the molds had been based off hadn't been used in a few years (the oringal mold of sixshot, the original mold of scorpinok, and the dinobots)
2 figures that I can think of that have obvious repaint potential but have been only used once are *Studio* *Series* *Brawl* and *Bonecrusher.* The original deluxes back in 2007 got repainted (Jungle Bonecrusher and Deep Desert Brawl). I can guess that they weren't doe because Studio Series focuses on onscreen depictions, but weird things has came out of the line (DOTM Thundercracker and "Crankcase"). Plus, the desert theme Brawl is technically an onscreen character as it was used as a generic in Dark of the Moon. Don't know about Bonecrusher though. But what I do know is those figures have obvious re-usage and they go for so much on the aftermarket.
I would agree, but Studio Series Thundercracker and that one repaint of Lockdown aren’t onscreen characters (granted Lockdown’s repaint is supposed to be a member of his ship’s crew, but he isn’t modeled after any one design shown onscreen).
@@SicMetalMaggot4life I think Thundercracker is in Studio Series due to an idea that concept art characters (such as ROTF Breakaway and other video game transformers) are going to fill out the line once all onscreen characters gets a figure. Thundercracker may just be testing the waters for that. Though I only heard of this from speculations.
I would love to see a Tankor made from Studio Series Brawl!
@@scourgeprime263 I forgot about Tankor. I don't know what are the chances of Tankor making it into Studio Series, but I would LOVE THAT!!
@Carl Gunderson Yes, the CGI model was reused - but the topic of this video are the toys.
Even Cybertron Wing Saber, despite his main gimmick being Jetpack armor for Galaxy Force Optimus, had a recolor into 2007 Movie Wingblade, a Toys-R-Us exclusive who still kept the aforementioned feature despite the Cybertron Optimus Prime no longer being on store shelves. Granted, there was the Cybertron Jetfire repaint as Decepticon Jetstorm to go along with him, but still, a rather baffling choice for a store-exclusive redeco.
I'm still surpriesed that Siege Springer never got reused or repainted in anyway. They might be doing a wreackers subline for Amazon next year so that mold might get reused for that but as far that remains to be seen.
I hated siege springer. I got two copies and they both broke within a couple days of me getting them, and they weren’t even fun figures while they lasted.
@@Number_1_Rated_Salesman1997 This was my favorite WFC figure. I broke one after a few months of considerable play and got another.
@@Number_1_Rated_Salesman1997 The Generations Springer was the best mold for the character, the helicopter mode actually looks like a different vehicle, not like the car mode with a propeller on top
@@Hektols I’m taking about the siege one, not the generations one. Generations one was good, siege one sucked.
@@rjz4329 well you got lucky.
Any of the Laser Rods from G2. I've got the G2 Sizzle still (got at a yard sale as a kid, so sadly it doesn't have the sword), and that line immediately came to mind.
I enjoy these, but I find myself wishing we could see pictures of the other toys referenced; swapping that picture of Starscream at the end for the Deluxe version and showing the variants, for example.
Incinerator could have worked as a new figure for BM Obsidian, well if you squint hard enough
Sentinal Prime would have worked for prid Ultra Magnus , would have been perfect for the casual market, especially if you redo the weapon into a ladder riffle or just add some hammer molding to it
Unless I'm mistaken, i just thought of 2: G1 Squalktalk and BeastBox
Dr Wu will cover yu
I'm glad I still have my Lugnut. Didn't know he was worth so much on the aftermarket.
years ago I was hoping for a repaint for Titans Return legends class Wheelie that never happened. Granted, there's not much else for that mold, but if you look into it Wheelie has been used before for Dion and Shadow Striker. I could also see it as a Blurr.
I remember (and love) the first 4, but the energon swoop I never heard of. But I didn’t know that g1 swoop wasn’t done again. Also I forgot there was a voyager prime screamer.
Still have my reveal the shiled Lugnut, love it, unfortunately I lost on of the springs in his punching gimmick.
I go the Prime Ultra Magnus on a whim and he's lost in a drawer somewhere.
Reveal the Shield Lugnut's the only Lugnut I have, but he really is a nice figure. Though some of the automorph jams when transforming him. With Prime Arcee and Bulkhead getting G1 style figures in Legacy, I wonder if we'll see a new Lugnut at some point? Be amazing if they could manage a remold into Clobber.
"Why would you keep your Agumon to WarGreymon figure in Agumon mode?"
Because the Agumon mode is the one with fewer compromises.
"Why would you keep your Patamon to Angemon figure in Patmon mode?"
Because Patamon.
Love your content style TJ, I always rewatch your old oold video's. Hope you stick around for many more years bro 👍🏼.
working hard great content lately. Awesome videos
UK here don't apologise for using the name Slag that's his name not slug. I'll never call him that.
Agreed.
Incinerator would have been a great mold to make into a new version of Obsidian from Beast Machines.
Prime Magnus could have been a good body for a Prime Onslaught.
Just the idea of a monster truck is perfect for a Decepticon, shame that version of Dirt Boss didn't get more love.
I got my rts lugnut this year. Fantastic toy!
"And I have one friend in particular who would have been really, really happy if that Spreem had happened."
Is anyone other than Vagelus a fan of Spreem? Or osmosis through him? He's the only person I've ever heard even talk about the character.
Well he's certainly on a list of oddities for a lot of fans. And those colors are unforgettable. Sear themselves right into the brain they do.
I have no idea who he is, but I'd love it.
I regret selling off that Ultra Magnus. It was a solid figure.
I have the Legends version of that figure. I like him alot too.
I'll also mention that Cybertron Menasor's minicon is one of my favorites, and the gimmick where he could fit in the chest really sparked my imagination as a kid. I never would have considered a Spreem out of him.
14:37 that one friend would've used that spreem in a lot of his videos if it existed.
We never had Swoop in the UK in G1. My first Transformer was Slag
I know that set it evolution set, where you have a version from the classic line with a movie figure
I guess this kind of makes sense, because we never saw thunder cracker or Skywarp in TF prime.
that prime magnus was almost used for a botcon cybertronian Big Convoy.
Awesome info. Now I can't wait to know about the canceled G2s
Something I've noticed recently, none of the triplechangers from the War for Cybertron trilogy have gotten repaints. Springer, Astrotrain, Apeface, Snapdragon, Doubledealer. All of them. Nothing.
Triple Changers rarely have options for repaints, the exceptions being Astrotrain in his release variations and Blitzwing's Diaclone colors.
Don’t apologise. His name is Slag. It always will be. It makes sense. Changing it because ‘naughty word in x market’ was daft
the movie legends class Springer has nothing to do with incinerator, it's from a separate concept art and different Vehicle.
Did Power Of The Primes Starscream get any other Seeker repaints? I know Elita 1 shares his mold, but I don't remember a Thundercracker, Skywarp etc?
Correct me if I missed them please.
Stormshot from RID2015 one of the only I believe 3 Jet deluxe molds didn’t get any Repaints
The example that always stuck in my mind was BW Quickstrike.
I really would like to see a non-clear-plastic version of him. And bigger of course. ^^
i'm surprised he wasn't used for the universe 2003 line. that and several other fuzor molds. only silverbolt was recolored.
My Wingsaber was repainted as StarSaber. Incinerator was repainted as RotorBolt.
Maybe they didn't want to reuse Prime RiD Starscream because nobody wants to look like him. *-mic drop-*
Speaking of profit put it this way.. Hasbro has approx $12 BILLION in its bank account and there is approx 6 billion people on the planet so if hasbro gave 1 dollar to every person on the planet they would still have approx $6 billion in its account.
Which, and this is strange to say, a quick google for Disney's net profits is much higher. Then again Disney uses hollywood accounting.
@@brettwood1351 wouldn't surprise me.
Good list.
I was hoping there was going to be more repaints of dirt boss so I could make a monster truck force if that make sense
HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE PRIME STARSCREAM WAS NEVER REPAINTED?!
And for a kinda niche pick...I'm surprised Beast Machines Buzzsaw was never redone as Waspinator.
not sure id it was repainted or not but what about the decepticon 'sixshot'?
Did they ever do Animated Wasp (pre-beast)?
Ah yes, RTS Lugnut, one of the 'Ross exclusives'. Likely the logistics and weirdness about the release of that figure is why it was never repainted.
Wouldn't Halloween Special Alpha Q count? I know it doesn't really transform, but that's just all the more reason they'd never re-issue that wire heap.
Didn't they lose the G1 Swoop mold when G2 came out?
Henkei dinobot was different than this version. Does that count?
As far an not-reused molds, it depends how far you want to go back because lots of the WFC trilogy molds haven't been reused. But as far as a bit older, IIRC they never redid the Titan's Return hotrod or Highbrow or Galvatron. Back a bit further I don't think they ever redid T30 Beast Machines Tankor or Centruion (the minicon combiner guy).
Actually they did redo Hot Rod as Ken from Street Fighter and TR Galvatron was reused for Super Megatron
Kingdom Cyclonus and Warpath, at least at the moment
I'm surprised we never got a Trailbreaker from Cybertron Red Alert
7:47 I already owned the Terrorsaur and Guiledart repaints but not Cruellock.
I was expecting a Warpath to be on this list
Easiest redeco for Incinerator I can think of. Beast Machines Obsidian.
From Energon Insecticon mold, we never get to see Bombshell repaint.
How about warrior class Thunderhoof? I think he qualifies and is a dang good figure
G1 Jetfire from the macross veritech fighter. Never got a 2nd run, let alone repaints, remolds, or reissues. It will never see them either due to they gave the toy licenses back when Robotech came to the U.S. AND since hasbro/Takara have a bad relationship with the owners of Macross we can only dream with newer toys with parts that omage it.
The original Wheeljack because I heard that the mold on it broke not long after it was made.
i'd love the hell out of a new wingsaber or menasor. those are some cool ass figures
with the Omega Doom they could make him is Shattered Glass
I still hold the opinion that the earlier version of ultra magnus in the prime line should've been his appearance in the show
The biggest unused repaint for me would probably be the deluxe WFC Megatron as say a new version of Galvatron the tank would be a good upgrade to his cannon in g1
There is a repaint. It’s a Tokyo Toy show exclusive, it’s called darkside megatron. Comes with a WFC nemesis prime.
I like your galvatron idea though
Siege impactor has been repainted into himself twice. I feel like he would make a great quake
they did make a quake from Hard head. it's his vehicle form that is off. But the robot mode when he transforms into quake is dear on. All we need now is a new needlenose, Landfill & quickmix.
@@kerry1979 true. But i really dont like the fact he is a headmaster. And his altmode is just not right for me
Id kill just to get my hands on a reveal the shield Lugnut
As great video. Can't wait for more!!!
Bulkhead may have been brought back, but the TFP Bulkhead was definitely better than TFA's.
DOTM Air Raid comes to mind
You should do a list of top ten transformers ruined by the live action movies! 🤣
When are we getting the clear plastic video
The grimlock/swoop combiner looks like crap. Kids that didnt get swoop are lucky they never had to see that abomination.
The energon Mega Dinobot set is honestly one of the rare cases of me genuinly regretting buying a Transformer.
Can someone explain why it is so difficult (or expensive) to duplicate older molds?
To me it seems like a big excuse somehow.. aren't they constantly making new molds?
Or what info am I missing? :)
Making a new mold is generally easy, since you’re just shaping plastic polymer or metal around a model to make a casting of it. However, the reason molds degrade or break is due to heat damage from the molten plastic, which melts, warps and distorts the mold over time. Without the original model the mold was cast from, repairing a mold exactly the way it was is extremely time consuming as you now either have to recast the mold from a finished product-line toy (making a copy of a copy in essence, which risks distorting the resulting toy even further), or you have to figure out the exact tolerances/dimensions of the mold entirely manually, and then physically restore the mold exactly the way it was, which requires manually heating and reshaping it back to normal. This is a finicky and time consuming process, not to mention more expensive than simply casting a new mold. Some bootleggers have used the former method to create bootlegs of some TFs that can’t be reproduced authentically because their molds are lost or destroyed, but I can’t speak to the actual quality of those toys myself.
@@TheGrayMysterious That makes it clear , appreciate your response!
Was the first SS Voyager screemer repainted?
Technically yes, it was done in 07 colors and the "tattooed" look from ROTF.
@@TJOmega ah, never saw that second one announced or in stores
Honestly that transformers prime rid energizer (voyager) ultra magnus is what I feel legacy bulkhead should be/become via Hasbro pulse