Talk:Licensed vehicle alternate modes
I know there's no article yet, so I'm just using the talkpage as a sounding board. Is this an article that would be worth starting? I personally think there's a lot of great material we can discuss here, from the first unlicensed but blatantly matched Diaclone toys, to the first lawsuits from auto manufacturers, to the initial deals Hasbro and Takara worked out with Chrysler allowing the Dodge Viper in RiD, and the subsequent licensing talks and back-and-forth regarding Alternators/Binaltech. It'd be a great forum to discuss the difficulties with Volkswagen as well. Also a good place to list all toys with officially licensed vehicle modes. What do you guys think?--RosicrucianTalk 00:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Another main reason I'm sounding things out here is that I don't have all of this info at my fingertips other than knowing that there was a change in thought regarding real-life vehicles at several points during the brand's history, with significant signposts being the changeover to the animated movie characters during G1, the first official licensed vehicles in RiD, the largest application of it in Alternators, and the final result of Hasbro and GM skipping along the beach to the tune of "So Happy Together" as of the live-action movie.--RosicrucianTalk 15:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Doesn't RID Axer's box also carry licensed vehicle info? Or is it Sideways who does? --M Sipher 21:47, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- It might well. It's a work in progress and I freely admit that my knowledge is less than complete here. It just seemed like the sort of article we should do. If I'm missing something or getting something wrong, feel free to join in.--RosicrucianTalk 21:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Side Burn
Putting together some of the peculiarities of how the licensing went in RiD and I want to make sure I'm getting this right. To my recollection Side Burn's first toy was not an officially licensed Dodge Viper, and it was not until the Super Side Burn (and later Universe) deco that the viper symbol was put on the car and the Dodge trademark info molded into the toy. I'm also under the impression that none of the corresponding Car Robots figures incorporated these changes. Is this correct? Is there a particular story here that needs to be told as to why the changes got made?--RosicrucianTalk 00:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
