JP Missing Link toyline

[reillyd]

Two quick questions-

Why is roller white/grey and not blue? Did Takara only do it that colour, and Hasbro did him in blue? (I’m assuming roller is male; maybe them is more appropriate?)

Do we know that it’s moving beyond convoy to other characters, or just speculating? How likely is that its just a one off initially (like when Masterpiece was JUST convoy for like years)

[JJJ]

The Takara solicitation declared it a line of toys.

No idea about roller, sorry, but given the sheer work and effort that seems to have gone into this there is almost certainly a deliberate reason for it.

[Tha_Phantom]

Two quick questions-

Why is roller white/grey and not blue? Did Takara only do it that colour, and Hasbro did him in blue?

Roller has gone back and forth between grey/silver and blue from the very beginning of G1.
Initial toy release was grey, hence him being grey in the cartoon. Was quickly switched to blue for most of the G1 run. Later reissues and updates to Prime have gone back and forth between the two.

[JJJ]

I did not think this would be carried by Hasbro. I was wrong. They're getting it three months later (mind you, they're pricing both toys the same, so there are some issues just now ).