Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[DELTAprime]

Is there any reason why we've had numerous Gnaw toys but not an Allicon yet? A toy of it makes sense to me since there is a clear robot and alt mode, and it doesn't look like it would be any harder to engineer than Gnaw.

I was thinking recently about this. Seems like Hasbro could do a remould of Gnaw and turn him into an Allicon. Maybe not the most screen accurate Allicon, but it should be doable.

[Tha_Phantom]

I was thinking recently about this. Seems like Hasbro could do a remould of Gnaw and turn him into an Allicon. Maybe not the most screen accurate Allicon, but it should be doable.

I'm sure people would army build them like Gnaw too. So no idea why Hasbro haven't done it yet.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

More obscure character and limited remold potential would be my guess. That said, I'd like one/a few similar to Gnaw, and with a little ingenuity I could see the Allicon transformation possibly working for a chunky and/or Cybetronian-style tank/half-track-type ground vehicle.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I've been treating Gnaw much like Scourge and his Sweeps. Instead of army building so I've got masses of the same one, I just keep waiting for them to make new versions. So for my Sharkticons I've got my G1 Gnaw, a couple of the cheaper Titans Return Gnaws and my Cyberverse Gnaw. For the Sweeps I've got my G1 Scourge as Scourge himself, then the Titanium, Generations and Titans Return versions as The Sweeps. I know the Sweeps are supposed to all look identical to Scourge, but I like the idea that since they are all supposed to be made from damaged Decepticon parts no two look exactly alike.

It would be great to get an official Alicon - the one I have is one of the few 3P figures I own. With the rumours that we might be getting an official Voyager-class Quintesson Judge and a Deluxe-class Quintessa, it could be that an Alicon isn't too far behind - especially given the movie-nostalgia that the Unicron figure has stirred up. I'll believe it when I see it though.

[High_Q]

Were the Australian G1 Omnibot mailaways the Japanese or American versions? Asking on behalf of someone else. Thanks.

[griffin]

Were the Australian G1 Omnibot mailaways the Japanese or American versions? Asking on behalf of someone else. Thanks.

Are you asking if we got the bios, which were only released in Japan, as I think the toys were the same, because they were unchanged from their Diaclone versions.
I doubt we would have, because it would have been in Japanese, as would the packaging and any inserts.

[High_Q]

Are you asking if we got the bios, which were only released in Japan, as I think the toys were the same, because they were unchanged from their Diaclone versions.
I doubt we would have, because it would have been in Japanese, as would the packaging and any inserts.

Today, a casual collector workmate was adamant that, back in 1980s Australia, he received a mail-away G1 Omnibot in Japanese box with Japanese instruction booklet by redeeming robot points. I told him that would be unlikely, providing the reasons you gave me. Just thought i'd check with the experts here since i was not in Australia back then, and in SE Asia, we were lucky to have both Japanese and US versions of G1 toys, sometimes side by side on store shelves, and with the Japanese ones at a lower price point!