Autobot equivalent of the Seeker? (a mould that is most used for multiple characters, not redecos)
Hasbro & TakaraTomy obviously love the "Seeker" concept, as it means instant multiple reuse potential of a mould to make the most money from it. And not satisfied with just the classic six, they have since created two new characters for the mould (Sunstorm and AcidStorm/Wing).
So.... what do you think is the most equivalent Autobot mould?
Originally it was 3 with the Gen1 Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen mould, which continues right up to this year with the Masterpiece line.
Sideswipe and Red Alert had two limited-edition obscure character redecos squeezed out of it's mould at one stage (Deep Cover and Tigertrack), so there is a future potential for four characters from any Sideswipe mould.
The Classicverse Jazz mould managed to squeeze out Wheelie, Treadshot*, Shockwave*, Kick-Over/Off and Stepper... although three of those were a stretch of the imagination, and isn't Stepper supposed to be Jazz anyway?
And then we have Bumblebee. Forever cheaply redone in red as Cliffjumper, it also has the potential to be Goldbug, Bugbite* or even Hubcap or Bumblejumper (if they can do Cliffjumper, and at least give it a new head).
(* = not Autobots, so don't count to the tally)
Now it seems there is a new character "class", that can be squeezed out of the one mould. TFPrime Commander Ironhide - so far with four toys, being redone as Kup, Trailcutter/breaker and Huffer already, with the potential to be Hoist, Gears and Swerve. (Hoist was already a reworked Trailbreaker, while Gears and Swerve were pickup trucks in Gen1).
It's kinda odd that with Movie Irohide being a pickup truck as well, out of all those Ironhide toy moulds, none (including the TFPrime pickup truck mould) were done as Gears or Swerve.
According to tfu.info, the most recent toys of Gears and Swerve are very few, and aside from one Swerve toy, they are hardly homages to their Gen1 versions. Perhaps they should redeco the TFPrime Ironhide mould into Gears and Swerve to fill a couple holes in the Classicverse line.
It also raises another question - if there have been Decepticon characters made from Autobot redecos, have we ever had an Autobot character created from a Seeker mould? (Aside from Botshots and Legions/Legends, which are just cheap/lazy imitation Aerialbots, so don't count)
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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
No idea how much this toy is selling for these days. :/
