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10th September 2011, 08:01 PM
#6
Since Hasbro has been very messy with releasing toys in appropriate lines, it's become necessary to repurpose figures, specially into Classics. A prime example of this is the 'Reveal the Shield' figures which seem to be promoted more as a movie line than Generations/Classics.
I always look at what I perceive to be the originally intended line for a figure by the designer not Hasbro marketing which are slaves to the whims of Walmart and less legitimate in my opinion. Such toys include: Crankcase and Crasher (Fracture).
Sometimes I re-purpose based on personal preference but it is almost always related to the above such as Bludgeon who's original concept design was envisioned for Classics/Universe but then adapted into Movie.
When it comes to names, I don't care what Hasbro calls it since they like to nameslap mindlessly. I go for the original character's name such as me having a Classics Crasher instead of Fracture and Octane instead of Tankor which was only done for Hasbro to hold onto the Tankor copyright as the Japanese named him right for Henkei.
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