Should there be or will there be a red chest POTP Swoop?

[Galvatran]

Does anyone know if PotP Dinobot Swoop will be released in a red version?

[CHILENO20]

Does anyone know if PotP Dinobot Swoop will be released in a red version?

From all reports so far it won't. TakTom PotP's are going to be exactly the same from Hasbro. So unless there is a special edition down the track or an exclusive, it's not likely to happen.

[prjkt]

The package art has him in red, so the design to go cartoon colours must have come pretty late in the design phase

[UltraMarginal]

I will be super surprised if Hasbro passes up the opportunity for a simple repaint like that.

[tinyJazz]

Good idea for a potential SDCC Dinobot set. Or even a HTS exclusive

[Paulbot]

If I was going to be cyncial and tongue in cheek, I'd say this is a bad sign that Hasbro are going to compromise their toys to make them more appealing to the Japanese market.



(But also I'm actually annoyed that this toy has a blue chest instead of red)

[GoktimusPrime]

If they re-released POTP Swoop with a red chest, should they still call it Swoop or something else?

I'm partial towards them naming it "Divebomb," but with the bio explaining that this is Swoop before he was defeated in battle by a Predacon who then stole his name, forcing Divebomb to later rename himself "Swoop."

[DarkHyren]

If they re-released POTP Swoop with a red chest, should they still call it Swoop or something else?

I'm partial towards them naming it "Divebomb," but with the bio explaining that this is Swoop before he was defeated in battle by a Predacon who then stole his name, forcing Divebomb to later rename himself "Swoop."

Divebomb is a good option but instead of saying that he's who Swoop used to be I'd just say he's this Divebomb from TFPrime: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divebomb_(Prime)

[griffin]

With POTP Predaking coming this year, Hasbro wouldn't call it Divebomb... unless it was a really really limited exclusive for something like BotCon, so that it wouldn't confuse people who don't know the back story and would wonder why there are two Divebomb toys for sale this year at a retailer, or online store, or HasbroToyShop with different allegiances.

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Special edition UW set with red-chested Swoop, G2 Grimlock/Slag/Snarl, and some other kind of Sludge (Diaclone maybe? I know there are G2 versions of Swoop and Sludge but idk this'd be funnier. )