Repaint Limits

[Autocon]

i find there is a repaint limit of 2 per side in the movie line

longarm/hoist
landmine/armouhide
swerve/sideswipe
ss/ramjet
skywarp/thundercracker
blazemaster/evac
whirl/evac
blowpipe/salvage
blackout/grindor
overcast/dreadwing
reverb/trenchmouth
knockout/backfire

fearswoop exclusive :P is this the rule of thumb?

[tinyJazz]

i find there is a repaint limit of 2 per side in the movie line

Are you saying that each mold is only repainted twice per side, only two autobot and two decepticon? Is the "repaint" only counted if it's a different character?
There's at least five repaints of voyager Optimus, and six for deluxe Jazz.

[Autocon]

Are you saying that each mold is only repainted twice per side, only two autobot and two decepticon? yes Is the "repaint" only counted if it's a different character? yes unless circumstances say otherwise
There's at least five repaints of voyager Optimus, and six for deluxe Jazz.

six? yes but thats op and yes different character depending on circumstances eg bonecrusher

jazz/smokescreen
fbjazz/prem/G1 < special things

[liegeprime]

Erm what about the seekers then? Granted theres a change in heads but basically - Starscream, thundercracker, skywarp and ramjet are the same mould

[Seraphim Prime]

Erm what about the seekers then? Granted theres a change in heads but basically - Starscream, thundercracker, skywarp and ramjet are the same mould

Well, techincally they were in different lines, so i think the rule is still satisfied that there are only 2 releases of a mould in a single line.

I think Hasbro tries to meet the stores' desirexs for new product more often, and supplies this thorugh repaints, however they also know that saturation of a single mould is going to cause an intense backlash, hence the general rule of thumb of no more than 2 releases of a mould in a single line.

[kurdt_the_goat]

The Knock Out scout mould has also been used for Reverb, Backfire and Trenchmouth (albeit Walmart exclusive).
Arguably Backfire isn't ROTF since it's in the yellow packaging, but even still, that is 4 uses within a year!

[SharkyMcShark]

There were about half a dozen versions of that Concept Camaro mold going around by the end of the last movie (Normal, Premium, AllSpark, Movie Battles, Battle Damaged (from the 2 pack), Cliffjumper, Stealth Bee).

[Autocon]

battle scenes not included they were specials

op bb are excluded coz hasbro have an insane obsession with them

yes
knockout/backfire
reverb/trenchmouth

as i posted above 2 per side

[kurdt_the_goat]

Ah sorry i didn't note the 2 per side thing!

[SharkyMcShark]

battle scenes not included they were specials

op bb are excluded coz hasbro have an insane obsession with them

Well then it's becoming "Hasbro will do a repaint on each side (except when they don't for various reasons".