Title:
Thrust Powerlinx with Inferno
Description:
Powerlinx Thrust with Powerlinx Inferno (Super-Con, 2003)
Takara release date: September 27, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles
Part of the later-series "Powerlinx” line of redecos, Powerlinx Thrust got a new color scheme that was a "reversal” of the Generation 1 "conehead” Dirge, primarily light brown with dark blue and black accents. The packaging for this release, however, showed him in a color scheme more like his G1 namesake, burgundy with black (and some bone-white accents). His coloration was changed to the brown-and-blue too late to change the packaging photography.
The change was made due to Takara choosing a mostly red color scheme for Demolishor (Demolishor’s was called "Ironhide” in Japan, and the color scheme was based on the Generation 1 version of said character). Originally Hasbro had different plans for their redeco of Demolishor, but those plans were dropped to match the animation, which was already based on Takara’s products. Hasbro then thought there would be too much red on the shelves at the time, so Powerlinx Thrust’s coloration was modified, as the figure would not appear on the cartoon. There are some similar colors used between the two versions of the toy, likely due to the quick change in scheme.
Powerlinx Thrust was not released in the normal Takara Legend of the Microns line, but did get a "USA Edition” release in Hasbro packaging through LaOX stores.
This toy was also repurposed as Dirge via Ask Vector Prime.
Takara release date: September 27, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles
Part of the later-series "Powerlinx” line of redecos, Powerlinx Thrust got a new color scheme that was a "reversal” of the Generation 1 "conehead” Dirge, primarily light brown with dark blue and black accents. The packaging for this release, however, showed him in a color scheme more like his G1 namesake, burgundy with black (and some bone-white accents). His coloration was changed to the brown-and-blue too late to change the packaging photography.
The change was made due to Takara choosing a mostly red color scheme for Demolishor (Demolishor’s was called "Ironhide” in Japan, and the color scheme was based on the Generation 1 version of said character). Originally Hasbro had different plans for their redeco of Demolishor, but those plans were dropped to match the animation, which was already based on Takara’s products. Hasbro then thought there would be too much red on the shelves at the time, so Powerlinx Thrust’s coloration was modified, as the figure would not appear on the cartoon. There are some similar colors used between the two versions of the toy, likely due to the quick change in scheme.
Powerlinx Thrust was not released in the normal Takara Legend of the Microns line, but did get a "USA Edition” release in Hasbro packaging through LaOX stores.
This toy was also repurposed as Dirge via Ask Vector Prime.
Theme:
Armada
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2002
Date Added:
2022-04-24 15:24:30
Date Added:
2022-04-24 15:24:30
