Following their release of OTS-08 Sunsurge, third party company BadCude has announced the release of OTS-Special 01 Sentinel Blaze. This repaint version of Sunsurge is based on the Countach LP500S figure released in 1982 as party of Takara’s Car Robot toyline, which is credited to be the very first toy in history designed to turn from a vehicle to a robot.
Aside from mostly sharing the same set of accessories like the rifle and hand missiles, Sentinel Blaze’s release will feature chrome intake and spoiler like the ones found on Sunsurge; however, it appears the alternative silver painted rims , intake, and spoiler will not be included with the repaint release.
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ChromeMagnus
Yup, and I'll say it again. Same deal with Maketoys seeing as how a mere repaint of an already existing product doesn't truly mean they're out of the woods.
primetime77
you keep saying that (in various threads) but you said that about maketoys too…so…?? who knows…you might be right on this company but never say never.
kiyoshioni
I still prefer the Badcube aesthetics over the hasbro cartoon aesthetics. Not saying it’s better but I think it fits in better with my collection. I think I’ll just have to customize one.
Thundershot
I’d say Cordon made it irrelevant. Just like my Sentinel Blaze will go away once Spinout arrives to replace him.
ChromeMagnus
It's a shame we won't see this. Badcube seems to be out of the game.
primetime77
alright who gonna throw up the comparo? there are vertain things i love about his mold more than mp sunstreaker so….it'll be nice having both. haha
GRAW
Do want!!!
kiyoshioni
I already have, others need to join in and help them to see that it's wanted. Even a limited con exclusive would be nice.
Edit
Stolen from the Diaclone thread:
I need this, I need this bad.
darkeros
Why don't you write their facebook page ? They are really successfull at repaints
kiyoshioni
Did someone say Police Deco Sunsurge? YES please….oh, nothing announced yet? Damn, I'll keep waiting then.
unexistance
is there a hope for a Police Sunstreaker? since official MP-39 seems a bit of a let down in alt-mode
ChromeMagnus
ChromeMagnus
Mine came from him as well a few months back. I also got a pair of red KFC G2 MP Sideswipe hands to swap out with to give him more articulated hands. The biggest chore is getting the badcube hands off. I still haven't been able to do it.
Maz
Great pic
Amazing that so many people still don't know about those switched colours, and still believe Spinout was the intended name for Sunstreaker! Omnigonix actually adopting Spinout for their Sunstreaker did not help matters.
All the best
Maz
Sportimus
My Blaze from Baba arrived today. I was kind of surprised that the red was not as bright in regular light as he appears in pictures. It is a very nice shade of red regardless, and Blaze looks pretty amazing to me. It's too bad that so many seem to be very critical of BadCube's design. I don't think it's perfect, but I do believe that it deserves more credit than it gets. Sentinel Blaze is a very awesome addition to the old MP Shelf. Sun streakers other brother is very tastefully done. Another 3P MP that's worth every penny I paid for it, and then some.
Technoid
Now I do have a SideSwipe and Sunstreaker in their originally intended Colors
Wheeljoker
They've already got that covered..Takmall exclusive,2000 pcs. Works every time…on suckers like me. I'm on my third MP style Megatron with a Sunsurge on my shelf that will be joined by an overpriced official
LarELar
I started down a path of a diaclone shelf, but enjoyed putting sentinel with tiger track; sideswipe with omnigonix; plus the dai stack with mp01, mpp10 and mp09 in hot rod mode.
Fun fact (for me at least) is that sentinel was the Segway to this site's bst as I bought the figure off a member of tfw and he told me about the items he was selling here but not in eBay, and for less. X-many months/thousands of dollars later, my variants have gone beyond picking different interpretations of similar characters that would share a mold within the same company's own line to custom figures (and boy can that be a bottomless pit).
LarELar
Surprised I haven't seen a green ratchet yet.
kiyoshioni
I had no idea it got retconned! This makes me want it more!
I still really want a BC police deco Sunsurge. The TT aesthetics don't fit in my collection which is a huge bummer.