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Decepticharge
It seems everyone has an opinion on whether BT or Alternators is the better toyline. Removing price & availability, I think most fans would have to agree that BT represents a higher quality product.
Am I the only one who would have liked to see Decepticharge in BT? The colour scheme screams Drag Strip to me, and while some aspects of the paint mask could do with some work, I think the concept would have been nice to see in Binaltech.
Your thoughts?
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19/10/05, 18:58
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Re: Decepticharge
Advantages of seeing a Binaltech DeceptiCharge:
(1) Takara would never give him a name as stupid as DeceptiCharge - he would most likely be called Drag Stripe, which is the Japanese name for Drag Strip.
(2) Die-cast metal goodness.
(3) Superior paints, with a much nicer choice of yellow - the toy would end up with a look more like yellow Tracks.
(4) More realistic racing stripes and/or sponsorship brand names would be used, since Binaltech is insistent on making their toys life-like 1:24 scale replicas (hence why Tracks was initially yellow, since that model Corvette is not available in blue in real life).
(5) There would be another chapter added to the Binaltech story, explaining the origin and nature of BT Drag Stripe.
(6) He will have a gun!
(7) If he were released as a Binaltech Asterisk, he may also have a human driver... could this finally be a chance for fans to get a Dr. Archiville figure?
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19/10/05, 22:01
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Re: Decepticharge
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(1) Takara would never give him a name as stupid as DeceptiCharge - he would most likely be called Drag Stripe, which is the Japanese name for Drag Strip.
I think that a more focused name is a given.
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(2) Die-cast metal goodness.
(3) Superior paints, with a much nicer choice of yellow - the toy would end up with a look more like yellow Tracks.
These go without saying, and I don't really hold them against Decepticharge (not that i like them).
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(4) More realistic racing stripes and/or sponsorship brand names would be used, since Binaltech is insistent on making their toys life-like 1:24 scale replicas (hence why Tracks was initially yellow, since that model Corvette is not available in blue in real life).
This is probably the biggest advantage for me - some of the silly psuedo-brands really hurt the visual impact in vehicle mode. All my 'con BTs are in vehicle mode but I just can't bring myself to display Decepticharge in vehicle mode.
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(5) There would be another chapter added to the Binaltech story, explaining the origin and nature of BT Drag Stripe.
I kinda hope it'll actually _be_ Drag Stripe, though. The "it's not actually Prowl/Jaguar" thing kinda bugs me.
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(6) He will have a gun!
Oh, come on - what's wrong with the scanner of doom? 
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(7) If he were released as a Binaltech Asterisk, he may also have a human driver... could this finally be a chance for fans to get a Dr. Archiville figure?
You know what would be kinda nifty (if slightly oddball)? Vector Sigma!
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19/10/05, 22:16
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Re: Decepticharge
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cliffbee wrote:
You know what would be kinda nifty (if slightly oddball)? Vector Sigma!
Err, hahah, why?
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24/10/05, 14:20
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Re: Decepticharge
Vector Sigma created Drag Strip in the G1 cartoon, so why not a VS with Drag Strip?
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24/10/05, 18:21
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Re: Decepticharge
ahhh, duh spring.
i dunno about u guys, but im still waiting for the "cool' bt/alts to come out.. optimus, megs, screamer etc - call me a jabs but characters like decepticharge, dead end and swindle are kinda 'meh'. dont get me wrong, its great that we're getting more than the usual 'popular' characters and all, but i want a BT Soundwave damnit 
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24/10/05, 20:33
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Re: Decepticharge
You'll notice that Takara have yet to adopt my survey card suggestion of BT Time Warrior!
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24/10/05, 22:51
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