I think some of us would be praising the changes. Fans have praised changes made to reissues before, e.g.:Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
+ blue eyes on TFC Sideswipe (nicer than just silver like the rest of his face)
+ separate colours for faces and eyes on reissue Multi Force... though technically it makes them less show-like, I think they look better.
+ reissue Action Master Optimus Prime's colours crap all over the original.
+ a lot of people prefer the new face and eye colours on reissue Wheelie
+ quite a few people are excited about the metallic gold decos on the upcoming Predaking reissue
...so it's not necessarily people hating the change just because it's different.
G1 bias aside, objectively speaking they do look dull compared to the original colours because they don't provide as much contrast. Original Snaptrap's turqoise head is offset by his black head, and the yellow eyes also better contrast against black. The turqoise head here just blends in with the same-colour chest and the yellow eyes don't contrast as well (since yellow is closer to blue/green). This new Overbite has way too much magenta which looks quite bland compared to the original which was predominantly purple which was accented by the magenta upper arms and fists.
A nicer change might be if they painted Snaptrap's faceplate silver to match his original G1 boxart. I'd consider that an improvement. But the current changes we've seen make them look worse.
Having said all that, the changes don't bother me too much as I already have the original Seacons. I really want the reissue for the Piranacon parts, and I actually like the chrome sword (IMO that's an improvement over lavender). I intend on displaying the reissues as Piranacon and my original Seacons as individual robots anyway.
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