Transformers Spotlight: Trailcutter Coming in April
Friday, January 18th, 2013 9:31AM CST
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Posted by Mkall on January 18th, 2013 @ 10:48am CST
Posted by LordTwann on January 18th, 2013 @ 11:48am CST
Posted by kirbenvost on January 18th, 2013 @ 12:15pm CST
Posted by rpetras on January 18th, 2013 @ 12:35pm CST
kirbenvost wrote:What the heck, is his name officially Trailcutter now? Seems like Hasbro's just running with it if they're using it in the comics now too. Don't know why they couldn't just call him Autobot Trailbreaker on the toy packages.
^^ This.
Trailcutter is way to close to turd cutter
Posted by Megatron Wolf on January 18th, 2013 @ 1:03pm CST
Posted by Darth Bombshell on January 18th, 2013 @ 1:29pm CST
Megatron Wolf wrote:wow not even the comics can call him trailbreaker, this name change crap is getting out of hand
They HAVE called him Trailbreaker in the comics.
Posted by Mkall on January 18th, 2013 @ 2:33pm CST
rpetras wrote:kirbenvost wrote:What the heck, is his name officially Trailcutter now? Seems like Hasbro's just running with it if they're using it in the comics now too. Don't know why they couldn't just call him Autobot Trailbreaker on the toy packages.
^^ This.
Trailcutter is way to close to turd cutter
The terms Autobot or Decepticon can only be placed in front of a word that is too common for Hasbro to lay claim to, such as Jazz or Tracks. This creates a phrase which Hasbro can lay claim to. When the word is claimed by a different company, such as Ford (I think), then adding words in front won't work.
Posted by Coptur on January 18th, 2013 @ 2:35pm CST
Posted by Random on January 18th, 2013 @ 3:08pm CST
It would be neat to have an updated figure. Wait and see, I guess.
Posted by Blurrz on January 18th, 2013 @ 4:27pm CST
Posted by Hairball178 on January 18th, 2013 @ 5:01pm CST
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/18/ ... m=facebook
Posted by Stormrider on January 18th, 2013 @ 7:13pm CST
Posted by Darth Bombshell on January 18th, 2013 @ 8:10pm CST
Blurrz wrote:That's funny... he's Trailbreaker in MTMTE.
It occurs to me that they have to use that name to promote the comic, since they can't use the actual character name because they don't have the copyright to it.
Posted by jordie5150 on January 19th, 2013 @ 12:13am CST
Hasbro loves to control the names of their products. And the link above is a possible reason for the change.
Posted by leokearon on January 19th, 2013 @ 1:58am CST
Posted by Coptur on January 19th, 2013 @ 5:30am CST
Posted by Stormrider on January 19th, 2013 @ 5:48am CST
Coptur wrote:Hold on a second why do we need to know how they have special powers????? What a nonsense story arc just use the power chip rectifier tech from the cartoon
Good point. I feel like a dounce.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on January 19th, 2013 @ 7:07am CST
leokearon wrote:Livo has his cover for the spotlight up on his Deviantart page
I might be in the minority here, but I'm not a big fan of Livo's artwork. Really hoping the "B" cover looks better.
Posted by Cooter on January 19th, 2013 @ 4:45pm CST
Darth Bombshell wrote:leokearon wrote:Livo has his cover for the spotlight up on his Deviantart page
I might be in the minority here, but I'm not a big fan of Livo's artwork. Really hoping the "B" cover looks better.
Your in the majority on his art work, I just hope its only a cover
Posted by Sodan-1 on January 20th, 2013 @ 12:08pm CST
Cooter wrote:Darth Bombshell wrote:leokearon wrote:Livo has his cover for the spotlight up on his Deviantart page
I might be in the minority here, but I'm not a big fan of Livo's artwork. Really hoping the "B" cover looks better.
Your in the majority on his art work, I just hope its only a cover
For me, it's like Marmite: I neither love nor hate it.
Not sure if this would be the case, but do protected names only apply if it's in the naming of a product (in this case the comic)? Couldn't IDW call the comic Spotlight: Trailcutter, but then refer to the character within its pages as Trailbreaker?