Talk:Ripclaw

The official advertising copy on Hasbro toys hop calls Ripclaw a "He". Given the lack of any other info is that discrepancy worth noting? --ZacWilliam1 13:47, 8 February 2013 (EST)

My communication with Hasbro Customer Service affirmed that "Ripclaw (Kre-O)" is based on "Ripclaw (Prime)", so I have to assume the single pronoun on the Hasbrotoyshop page is an error (or else the customer service rep was badly misinformed). Ayellowbirds (talk) 19:42, 17 December 2013 (EST)

"Being based on a character" isn't always the same things as "being that character". That's pretty much what a homage is. --Sabrblade (talk) 19:58, 17 December 2013 (EST)

Yeah, because you're going to homage a toy that's coming out concurrently as part of a mass media franchise push.

The truth of the matter is that the Kre-O team didn't know Ripclaw was supposed to be female during development of the set, which I learned when I talked to the marketing liaison to the Kre-O design team at Toy Fair 2013; he learned that Ripclaw was female from me. What this means for the actual gender of the Kre-O character and associated Kreon, I'm not sure, since the BH Kre-O sets don't have bios, but my obvious preference is for Kre-O Ripclaw to be female like the Prime version. --Monzo (talk) 21:32, 17 December 2013 (EST)

Thanks, Monzo. That doesn't exactly make things better, but it does clear up what was going on over there.Ayellowbirds (talk) 15:46, 22 December 2013 (EST)

Toy Caption

Is there a particular relevance to the pun used for the toy image caption that I'm not getting? It makes basic sense and the link clarifies for anyone unfamiliar with the term, but, it still feels pretty loose. Especially since most of the images on this page go without, is it appropriate to reference a stereotype of this kind in a caption without a stronger connection? To be clear, that's not a rhetorical question or a judgement. It doesn't unambiguously cross a line of bad taste (though I'm obviously wary) and I don't know wiki policy on the matter.

Thoughts? MeGrimlockKing (talk) 01:42, 30 April 2020 (EDT)