I also think that's what went on with other evil faction, the Red Shadows. Hasbro just couldn't make, market any figures with those names until they got the rights issues sorted. But Roadblock and Baroness still went by their monikers. Hawk was still called Hawk, occasionally with someone using the Tomahawk name. When Devil's Due came out with a new Joe mag picking up where the original left off. Roadblock and Baroness' figs were released as total new characters. Saying on his filecard it another nickname code-name. So General Hawk was released as General Tomahawk. Some classic character names like General Hawk, the Baroness, and Roadblock couldn't be used with the new batch of figures. JOE line when Hasbro been re-releasing a lot of the classic figures after a couple years of the Real American Hero's absence. Back in 1999, 2000, something similar had happened with the G.I. But it read like that Hasbro had just let the rights to the toy line lapse, and haven't even bothered to renew the copyright. Matt Frank didn't say who maybe had the rights. I wonder how that would correspond with Earth turning out to be Unicron. Although I thought the CGI used in Prime would've done an excellent job with Tonrar and the other residents of Primordia. Probably would've been animated in the style of the follow up to PRIME, Robots In Disguise. It was intended as a backdoor pilot to other Hasbro properties like Stretch Armstrong, M.A.S.K., Candyland, and the renamed Inhumanoids, Primordia. And Ratchet who stayed behind on Earth at show's end. The One and Only wrote:A spin-off series to TF:PRIME was in the works entitled UNIT:E ( ) involving the human cast of the show. Was it revealed then who does have the rights if not Hasbro? Joe:ARAH mini series, " Pyramid of Darkness", the Fatal Fluffies. So that's why kaiju sized versions of the creatures from third G.I. Outlines were approved, but right in the middle of everything, Hasbro told the writer the Inhumanoids couldn't be used do the company no longer having rights to names. JOE, where he planned to have Metlar and company make their long awaited return. It came up during the controversial run of writer Aubrey Sitterson on G.I. Also, apparently Hasbro no longer has the rights to names or characters to the Inhumanoid line. Which probably Hasbro thought would cause too much confusion among the consumers. Partially because the parent company of the Inhumanoids, Hasbro, also at the moment the rights to create figures to Marvel Comics' characters. And rise up to wipe us out.įrank also stated that one of the main impediments to a long awaited revival of the Inhumanoids stemmed from legal issues. The premise for Primordia, was that the monsters featured, and probably some not featured in the UNIT:E made their presence known due to the threat Tonrar and the others thought humanity presented to the Earth over their abuse of the environment. Although I thought the CGI used in Prime would've done an excellent job with Tonrar and the other residents of Primordia.Īccording to GODZILLA: Rulers of Earth artist Matt Frank. At least the transformers and monsters did look cool in those, and I'd love to see the Inhumanoids reimagined in their style.Ī spin-off series to TF:PRIME was in the works entitled UNIT:E ( ) involving the human cast of the show. Say what you may about Transformers Prime, Robots in Disguise 2015, and even the Godzilla Monster Planet trilogy. I would love to see a Primordia series produced by Polygon Animation. SonOfGorgo wrote:This may or may not be necroposting, but I'll take the risk anyway.
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