primalxconvoy wrote:I've thought the same thing about Pretenders for a while too. Basically, the shell is just a "box" for the inner robot to fit into. I'm surprised no third party has made such shells for existing official toys in the past, in one form or another.
I wonder though, if Hasbro will just take the easy route and just make attachable armour pieces for various Transformers (possibly attaching via the same ports used by the "WFC" toys), which would simulate Pretender shells?
Maybe, but unlikely. One of the selling points of Pretenders was that they're basically two figures in one; detachable shells would just be more loose parts for kids to lose, especially if they had no function in alt-mode. Also, it would leave the robot joints exposed for articulation, which kinda defeats the whole purpose of the shell.
Still, not a bad idea. It would veer closer to the comic depiction where every section of the Pretender armor opened vertically, and if the pieces could somehow be integrated into the alt-modes as extra armor or weapons it would add more play value. For example, I'd love Pretender Monsters where the shell could be used as organic armor for Monstructor - it'd definitely fit the eldritch vibe that team always had. And it'd probably be more stable in term of weight than the shell-as-figure design would be.
I'd still prefer the action figure with the hollow torso for a Core/Micromaster robot, mind, but it has merit.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Bulkhead only shows a May release, everything else Legacy wave one is July. SS shows April, nothing on core class.
...including for Soundwave, who people have already been finding since mid/late December, which is further proof that the online preorder dates are worst-case-scenario predictions and/or completely separate from when figures will be at brick-and-mortar.
Does that mean the other figures are hiding in the back somewhere?
From my experience, retail store sites are whack unless it's Forbidden Planet. Toys R Us, for example, lists every Transformer on their site for my country as sold out except Cyberverse One Step Megatron and Spark Armor Shockwave; yet these last few weeks the only figures I could find in my city were Rhinox, Cyclonus and whatever Ultra class Cyberverse that particular store has (last one I saw had Thunderhowl, Bumblebee and Hot Rod, if I recall).
even if there was a 3rd party cartoon accurate chest attachment I think it would still irk me knowing it is there.
