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A '''redeco''' is a toy which uses the same molds as a previously-released toy, but has been reproduced with different plastic colors and/or different paint applications. | A '''redeco''' is a toy which uses the same molds as a previously-released toy, but has been reproduced with different plastic colors and/or different paint applications. | ||
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A redeco uses exactly the same tools or molds as the original toy. If any changes have been made, even something as simple as giving the toy a different head or additional pegs for locking body parts into place, it is more properly categorized as a [[retool]]. | A redeco uses exactly the same tools or molds as the original toy. If any changes have been made, even something as simple as giving the toy a different head or additional pegs for locking body parts into place, it is more properly categorized as a [[retool]]. | ||
The term '''repaint''' is also in wide use among fans as a synonym for "redeco". "Redeco", however, is the term used by the people on [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' team. | The term '''repaint''' is also in wide use among fans as a synonym for "redeco". "Redeco", however, is the term used by the people on [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' team. Additionally, the term "repaint" is technically wrong, as more than the paint applications are changed when a toy is redecoed. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 21:29, 13 May 2006
A redeco is a toy which uses the same molds as a previously-released toy, but has been reproduced with different plastic colors and/or different paint applications.
For example: the first three Generation 1 Seekers, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, are redecos.
A redeco uses exactly the same tools or molds as the original toy. If any changes have been made, even something as simple as giving the toy a different head or additional pegs for locking body parts into place, it is more properly categorized as a retool.
The term repaint is also in wide use among fans as a synonym for "redeco". "Redeco", however, is the term used by the people on Hasbro's Transformers team. Additionally, the term "repaint" is technically wrong, as more than the paint applications are changed when a toy is redecoed.
