MP-10 has painted eyes on his Hasbro figure, to give him a more cartoon look.
That is what we call light-piping. Many figures have it and it gives a very nice look, though can make some heads look kind of... incomplete.
I've just learnt of Double Pretenders I generally don't collect G1 but have a fondness for these monstrosities through the reading Marvel US comics and Regeneration One - (slim chance, but) would love to see what Furman does with these guys in Regeneration One!
Edit: It's good to know that despite not making it into G1 (as Double Pretenders) Lions (or Cheetahs), Gorillas and Spider-like monsters were able to make it into Beast Wars! A tad far-fetched? Well I see some correlation!
Via: http://www.toyarchive.com/Transforme...BC96Displ.html
Last edited by SuspectimusPrime; 17th March 2013 at 11:14 AM. Reason: Further reflection
変われ! ヘッドマスター! Kaware! Headmaster!
戦え! ヘッドマスター! Tatakae! Headmaster!
Wow! I never knew about those either! Interesting to see that they were likely a precursor to Pretender Monsters - which would also help to explain why the Pretender Monster robots are so small (i.e. you can fit 2 of them into 1 large sized Pretender shell). And of course, there are 6 Pretender Monsters, and even number. It's fairly circumstantial 'evidence', but it's a plausible fan theory.
I realised that Transformers Animated is full of sound effects from Stargate (particularly the 'Zat') and Robocop 2.
New Acquisitions:
TR Astrotrain, Skullsmasher, & Hardhead
Scouting For:
G1 Boxes & Cardbacks
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[COLLECTION] [CREATIVE] [MK COLLECTION]
I love the lightsaber sounds in G1. They bring back a bit of memory for me.
I never realized till I started my new job how much Takara Tomy stuff is sold in Australia under the Tomy brand and none of it is Transformers
That's because Hasbro and Takara have a contract between them which forbids them from "cross contaminating" each other's markets. Tomy can sell Thomas the Tank Engine toys here, because Hasbro doesn't own the rights to that here. They can sell Transformers in each other's markets in special cases where they have obtained permission from the other party.
e.g. toys like MP02 Ultra Magnus, MP04 Convoy Perfect Model, MP Ghost Starscream, DotM Jetwing Optimus Prime etc. are all Takara(TOMY) toys that Hasbro was able to distribute for sale here in Australian stores because they had special permission from Takara(TOMY). But normally Hasbro and TakTOM don't sell their Transformers in each other's markets.