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TaurusOxford posted:Takara gave everyone ample time to raise the 250 US dollars they'll need to buy it...which if TFW2005 was any indication, nobody who buys MPs wants to pay more than a 100 bucks for a toy. You say that like everybody in this thread doesn't say "I'LL WAIT FOR THE KNOCKOFF!"
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Lepecard posted:If you end up not wanting the little Combiner Hunter Arcee that comes with Onslaught then you should hit me up! Sorry, I think my mom's gonna steal her for her deskbots. Honestly, she'll probably try to steal the whole team.
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Mar 21, 2018 13:56
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Gimmie MP God Ginrai and G2 Megatron, please. I mostly just want guys from Beast Wars and G1 season 3 honestly. Are they really doing Rhinox next? I mean, I like Rhinox okay, but I'd really want Rattrap, Megatron, or Waspinator. I like Car Robots but I have a third party Black Convoy \ Scourge so I think I'm probably good. Fire Convoy \ Ultra Magnus would be cool but I can live without. I'm not too wild about the Unicron trilogy and the only MP figures from that I'd really want are from Galaxy Force. Maybe Optimus, Megatron\Galvatron and Starscream. And even then I don't really need them that bad.
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Mar 21, 2018 14:57
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The only time I'll buy a real MP is if they give me giant green tank Megatron.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Are they really doing Rhinox next? I mean, I like Rhinox okay, but I'd really want Rattrap, Megatron, or Waspinator. We have gotten zero word on what they're doing next, other than that the next goal is Megatron, and no that doesn't mean he's next - he's just the next goal.
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War Giant arrived and he rules... EXCEPT that one of his antenna was snapped in half in the box. Back to TFSource customer service. I can probably fix it myself but I shouldn't have to!
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They’ll pass it onto IF, who are glacially slow about customer service, apparently. Still waiting for TFS Express to hear anything about my Brawl issue from IF.
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Ugh. Guess I'll brave the snow to get some kind of adhesive. Any recommendations?
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Mar 21, 2018 18:51
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Rhyno posted:Megatron will be huge, jesus christ. Megatron's about the same size as Dinobot. He'll have more bulk on him but that's about as big as the BW characters get until Rampage shows up.
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Keldroc posted:Megatron's about the same size as Dinobot. He'll have more bulk on him but that's about as big as the BW characters get until Rampage shows up. Screw that, move directly to MP Optimal Optimus.
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DoctorWhat posted:Ugh. Guess I'll brave the snow to get some kind of adhesive. Any recommendations? You might get lucky? Definitely raise the complaint to them. But also, Gorilla Glue.
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So one problem with Transformers sales of late, and I profess no knowledge of how they could FIX this exactly Basically it seems like the toylines they put the most effort into are ones without any real backing behind them. Like, the whole reason why Transformers caught on the way it did was because of the TV series. The people behind it KNEW that going in. Yet since Prime, it feels like the TV show related toylines are an afterthought at best, while most of the love and effort goes to the non TV related lines. Even during Prime, honestly, though Prime got hit hard by the early 2010s. Of course the problem is that kids watch TV less and less and they don't really have a big channel to promote their new show TO. Their shows have also skewed a bit younger in recent years than, say, Prime or Beast Wars.
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Man, there are a ton of 3p legends Decepticons and nowhere near as many Autobots. My collection is going to be pretty lopsided since it's going to be a while until I start getting the dinobots. So far I've picked up: Decepticons - Seekers, Coneheads, Shockwave, Scourge Autobots - Ratchet, Ultra Magnus
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Burkion posted:So one problem with Transformers sales of late, and I profess no knowledge of how they could FIX this exactly My own suspicion is that post-PoTP toyline might have a more Hasbro-controlled comic than IDW's current continuity, but that's just a bet I'm taking.
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Rhyno posted:Screw that, move directly to MP Optimal Optimus. I would buy an MP of literally any other BW character over an MP Optimal Optimus. Frankly the original toy is close enough to an MP as it is.
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Keldroc posted:I would buy an MP of literally any other BW character over an MP Optimal Optimus. Frankly the original toy is close enough to an MP as it is. The monkey's paw closes a finger, and Takara announces, next year: MP Armordillo who am I kidding I'd be on that like white on rice
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yo i just got the last two dinobots from BBTS and i love them i love my metal dinosaur children i'd combine them but a) i'm lazy and b) i dont want to have to take it apart in a week when i move, i'll just do it when i move into the new place also chromedome is my new favorite car guy. he sits on my desk so i can transform him repeatedly BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Mar 22, 2018 |
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Rhyno posted:If it's true I'm not surprised by PotP being a 12 month line. Won't be surprised if Generations goes on hiatus either. they've already announced the name of the next line
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:they've already announced the name of the next line This was fragmented, I was saying I wouldn't be surprised if this happened after the next line. That is, if TFs are that bad of a performer for Hasbro.
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Burkion posted:So one problem with Transformers sales of late, and I profess no knowledge of how they could FIX this exactly I really don't get why they haven't just made a deal with Netflix or maybe Hulu to do a show for them yet
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:You have to work off of the janky popup images, yes. Reprolabels progress: I should not have started with Crasher. And since I did anyway, I should not have started with the big foil-backed decals. Goddamn, they're a bastard to work with. Doesn't help that they're not scored quite the whole way through, and I'm not the world's steadiest hand with a hobby knife.
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DoctorWhat posted:Sorry, I think my mom's gonna steal her for her deskbots. Honestly, she'll probably try to steal the whole team. No problem, I went ahead and got the Onslaught that comes with the bonus Arcee with an Ebay coupon. I guess from there, i'll decide if I want to finish the team or not.
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Burkion posted:So one problem with Transformers sales of late, and I profess no knowledge of how they could FIX this exactly You just discovered the problem with selling toys in the current day. Hasbro doesn't know how to fix this either, and nor do I. It is probably smarter to have the cheaper, simplier toys tied with the shows as they typically have a younger audience. Certain collectors might have loved the complexity of things like the ROTF line, but for kids and parents, those toys were a nightmare. I've heard plenty of articles how Star Wars toy sales are down the toilet, I wonder how Transformers compares? With Star Wars they kind of overproduced their toys plus made figures nobody wants like Mr. Not in the Movie Constable Zuvio and Admiral Holdo. drrockso20 posted:I really don't get why they haven't just made a deal with Netflix or maybe Hulu to do a show for them yet Well.... they tried Machinima... yeah. We know how that went.
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With this Toys R Us going out of business thing may mean some good prices on bots. If anyone knows anything spill the beans! 
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Who are you to doubt Constable Zuvio?
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Gammatron 64 posted:You just discovered the problem with selling toys in the current day. Hasbro doesn't know how to fix this either, and nor do I. I also think Hasbro overestimate how many army-builders are among Star Wars toys buyers. Black Series Stormtrooper figures always shelfwarm, and I don't even think they had a standalone figure of the most popular trooper, that guy who fought Finn in TFA. The Star Wars toyline was so successful initially because of their 3.75 inch figures, anyway. And Netflix is certainly a better bet for Hasbro. I can already watch Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots there, in addition to MLP:FiM. Netflix would be jumping at a chance to produce more shows with their IP. Many kids nowadays watch cartoons online on a tablet rather than TV anyway. Cartoon Network encourage kids to use their app instead of watching them on the TV, which is why only Teen Titans Go in aired on the channel.
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A Netflix show seems to be doing ok for Voltron too.
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Gammatron 64 posted:I've heard plenty of articles how Star Wars toy sales are down the toilet, I wonder how Transformers compares? With Star Wars they kind of overproduced their toys plus made figures nobody wants like Mr. Not in the Movie Constable Zuvio and Admiral Holdo.
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The MSJ posted:I also think Hasbro overestimate how many army-builders are among Star Wars toys buyers. Black Series Stormtrooper figures always shelfwarm, and I don't even think they had a standalone figure of the most popular trooper, that guy who fought Finn in TFA. The Star Wars toyline was so successful initially because of their 3.75 inch figures, anyway. Yes, Hasbro would be smarter to go for Netflix over Cartoon Network. Their idea of a streaming show was on Machinima, which was a bad idea. Arquinsiel posted:They're also back to 1980's levels of articulation for most of them. I sure do want a giant weapon that fires out a dart or some poo poo and combines with the grabber and the jetpack of those other two figures to make a super weapon! That really compensates for my figures not having knees but still costing the same. I wonder how much kids care about articulation? I really don't know. I don't think a kid needs a SUPER articulated figure with ankle tilts and whatever, but maybe vintage G.I. Joe levels of articulation might be nice. Just with, you know, no rubber o-rings holding the torso together. Those are horrible.
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As a kid I always liked the figures with elbows and knees more than the ones without. Sample size of one, but 
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I guess this is only tangentially related but the more I look at the diaclone reboot toys the cooler they get.
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From my own sample size of one When I was actually playing with toys age, as in pretend fights and the like, it didn't SUPER matter so long as the core joints were there. Move the head, move the legs at the hips, move the arms as the shoulders, maybe a waist joint. Though from my fuzzy memory, proper leg joints (hips and knees) were much cooler than elbow joints. My favorite toys in the world basically had functional legs but frozen arms below the shoulder. Though those same figures were also a nightmare to get to stand up, it didn't matter because you could do cool kicking poses and poo poo. Though I also remember enjoying figures like the Extreme Dinosaurs, even though they only moved at the shoulders, waist, and hips, (and some times head) entirely because of how big they were. Basically kids will forgive a lot of things so long as the final product is fun and enjoyable. Also probably the biggest problem with the Series Black figures, for this SPECIFIC discussion, is that they're way more prestige than Sally 8 Year Old would care or want. The parents are less likely to get those because they're easier to damage and are expensive.
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Elbows and knees made a huge difference for me. My G2 laser rod (I had Jolt) was automatically my best toy when I got it. The articulation he had relative to my other toys was amazing. Until the leg joints started to get loose and the waist rubberband crumbled, he was my favorite.
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They should just redo the original series, in generally the same style. Same goofiness, though less carbombistan and more purple gryphon.
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I had lots of Joes growing up, so like, anything less articulated than an early-90s Joe seems pretty regressive to me.
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There was one line of figures that had some pretty amazing articulation for the time period that I remember owning- the 7-8 inch MMPR figures. I forget if they had a specific name, but they came in the prestige boxes. They had odd proportions but the head was on this super nice ball joint at the base of the neck and it basically had the same kind of joints you'd expect to find on a 20-30 dollar figure nowadays, only missing an ab crunch and sideways ankle tilts. You could tilt the feet back and forth though. I've lost most of the ones I had though I still have my Blue Ranger from the time. Shockingly he's still able to stand up on his own without much issue. So it's not like figures with that level of posability didn't exist back then, you just were more forgiving.
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Grimlock was my favorite toy when I was a kid by virtue of 1. Ostensibly having knees and elbows 2. Owning Grimlock
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So various people on FB and TF sites are reporting in (many who work at TRU). The liquidation is on hold, the manufacturers want the product that TRU didn't pay for returned to them. So if this is true there won't be much worth grabbing when they do liquidate. http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/2018-03-22-toys-r-us-liquidation-sales-delayed/
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Rhyno posted:So various people on FB and TF sites are reporting in (many who work at TRU). The liquidation is on hold, the manufacturers want the product that TRU didn't pay for returned to them. So if this is true there won't be much worth grabbing when they do liquidate. Does TRU still do December 10 billing? I don't blame manufacturers / distributors if that's the case.
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