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John Lee posted:jeez what is this futuretech
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SatansOnion posted:all but the firehouse would be insultingly cheap and nasty even as the toy included in a fast food kids’ meal (and hell, that firehouse doesn’t look that much sturdier than the kind you were supposed to “make” with the cardboard happy meal box) Hate to break it to you, but these aren't for kids.
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Apr 17, 2021 16:03
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They are porcelain.
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Apr 17, 2021 16:31
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I looked at the room full of Lladros, Ray.
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Apr 17, 2021 17:40
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evobatman posted:They are porcelain. I don't give a rats arse what they're made of, I'm not paying 28 bucks for this bastard thing. 
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Apr 17, 2021 17:47
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Nostradingus posted:Hate to break it to you, but these aren't for kids. That's the truth. If you ever see a stupid-expensive toy, of questionable taste or not, it's probably aimed at a 30/40-something computer toucher who can afford it. And related to that -- but not a knockoff -- is this unironically amazing thing which I've posted in a couple of places already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0SEYM9jHVg It's $700 so again, not meant for kids. But I am looking forward to the inevitable knockoff which
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Apr 17, 2021 19:14
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I feel that badly-painted porcelain is somehow much worse than badly-painted plastic.
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Apr 17, 2021 19:18
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Badly painted porcelain is more environmentally sound, at least?
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Apr 17, 2021 19:29
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Instead of precious moments porcelain figures the old people of the future will have porcelain figures of 80s movie characters and comic book characters that their grandkids will not recognize and make fun of them for
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Apr 17, 2021 19:30
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The United States posted:Instead of precious moments porcelain figures the old people of the future will have porcelain figures of 80s movie characters and comic book characters that their grandkids will not recognize and make fun of them for I got my doubts the market for these has kids.
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Apr 17, 2021 19:43
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The United States posted:Instead of precious moments porcelain figures the old people of the future will have porcelain figures of 80s movie characters and comic book characters that their grandkids will not recognize and make fun of them for Pop culture is old enough that old people can have figures of Mickey Mouse and the Moomins that they inherited from people who would be even older were it not for the fact that they're dead as you can't really inherit a live person.
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Apr 17, 2021 23:25
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Fantastic Foreskin posted:I got my doubts the market for these has kids. They do. Just look for all the the little Narutos and Padmes.
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Apr 18, 2021 00:05
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Nostradingus posted:Hate to break it to you, but these aren't for kids. well, yeah, and I’m saying they’re not even very good at being nerdy shelf litter, on account of their sloppy blobby  look. they’re for no one. exquisitely worthless
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Apr 18, 2021 01:28
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Pop culture is old enough that old people can have figures of Mickey Mouse and the Moomins that they inherited from people who would be even older were it not for the fact that they're dead as you can't really inherit a live person. There was a war about it, even.
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Apr 18, 2021 01:36
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That's really neat. I would be super disappointed if I paid $700 for it though. I cannot watch the entire video. It's gross like a mukbang; the person in the video is like, gasping for air and flipping out over a completely normal item they purchased. I wish I had been that excited about any toy ever as a kid.
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Apr 18, 2021 06:44
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Trabant posted:That's the truth. If you ever see a stupid-expensive toy, of questionable taste or not, it's probably aimed at a 30/40-something computer toucher who can afford it. You really should have posted this version instead, but yeah, amazing robutt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlQSegO5pM
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Apr 18, 2021 07:52
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WITCHCRAFT posted:That's really neat. I would be super disappointed if I paid $700 for it though. The expression on her kid's face is priceless though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0SEYM9jHVg&t=322s
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Apr 18, 2021 08:25
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Lodin posted:You really should have posted this version instead, but yeah, amazing robutt. Man I want that soo bad.
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Apr 18, 2021 08:28
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Pop culture is old enough that old people can have figures of Mickey Mouse and the Moomins that they inherited from people who would be even older were it not for the fact that they're dead as you can't really inherit a live person. Moomin mugs are gonna be considered genuine heirlooms considered that some of them can be worth thousands of dollars.
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Apr 18, 2021 09:17
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"Keep your hands off my Darth Vader hummels, they're worth a fortune" Some goon probably
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Apr 18, 2021 09:23
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I have a friend who likes Ghostbusters and Christmas so I tried to get them the Stay Puft marshmallow man tree ornament that Hallmark put out in 2012 but the average price online comes out to about $100 Australian (including postage). The 2019 Hallmark Peter Venkman ornament is going for about $50. I'll pass on those.
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Apr 18, 2021 09:58
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Marcade posted:There was a war about it, even. The Moomin-Mouse conflict is seen by most historians as just a part of the Hyperwar but sure. Alhazred posted:Moomin mugs are gonna be considered genuine heirlooms considered that some of them can be worth thousands of dollars. It's generally the 50s cups that are going for thousands, not the modern mugs.  Anyway it's a bubble.
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Apr 18, 2021 10:36
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Lodin posted:I don't give a rats arse what they're made of, I'm not paying 28 bucks for this bastard thing. I would pay 28 USD for Joker Five
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Apr 18, 2021 10:36
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The United States posted:Instead of precious moments porcelain figures the old people of the future will have porcelain figures of 80s movie characters and comic book characters that their grandkids will not recognize and make fun of them for Hey, I can fully justify why I have some funko pops (the ones I have were before funkopops were made for literally everything, and how often do you see merchandise for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? That movie was awesome, but rarely acknowledged by anyone involved in it)
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Apr 18, 2021 13:00
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The Moomin-Mouse conflict is seen by most historians as just a part of the Hyperwar but sure.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:57
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You utter uncultured swine!
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Apr 19, 2021 01:18
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Lodin posted:You really should have posted this version instead, but yeah, amazing robutt. "Hey Optimus Prime, CONVERT!" "Remember when you had to convert your toys yourself?" Converters, more than meets the eye! 
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Apr 19, 2021 01:39
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Wifi Toilet posted:"Hey Optimus Prime, CONVERT!"
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Apr 19, 2021 03:13
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Yeah, and Hasbro could use "transform" as a verb back in the 80s and 90s because no-one at the time cared enough to aggressively pursue the brand. Plus, it being the heyday for action figure toylines, I imagine that if they had lost Transformers as a brand they would have just shrugged and moved on and raked in piles of cocaine money selling some other dumb thing. Now they've got nearly 40 years of brand equity and it's still selling okay in a market that's largely converted (heh) to video games, etc., so they've got more to lose. It's asinine, but capitalism (and trademark law) makes asses of us all.
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Apr 19, 2021 03:36
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If they lost the Transformers trademark in the 1980s, I can almost guarantee Hasbro will rebrand the line as "GI Joe Metamorphers" or something. It's not like they haven't done something similar. Animorph toys were sold as a subline of Beast Wars despite the fiction not being connected in anyway.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:19
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Whatever happened to Go-Bots, anyway? ...they said, refusing to google it.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:23
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Dareon posted:Whatever happened to Go-Bots, anyway? They went.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:27
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Dareon posted:Whatever happened to Go-Bots, anyway? Hasbro own them now. They occasionally show up as Transformers characters. Usually as toys, but the most recent Transformers cartoon on Netflix (Earthrise) has Bugbite in it. Hasbro can use their name and characters, but not their toy designs as anything beyond homages because Bandai owns those. A few years ago Bandai made updated versions under their Machine Robo line.
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Apr 19, 2021 07:31
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Dareon posted:Whatever happened to Go-Bots, anyway? They did a absolutely bonkers comic a few years back. 
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Apr 19, 2021 07:45
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The MSJ posted:Hasbro own them now. They occasionally show up as Transformers characters. Usually as toys, but the most recent Transformers cartoon on Netflix (Earthrise) has Bugbite in it. Don't forget that they often show up in the comics when they need a bot to be killed. 
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Apr 19, 2021 08:40
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Lodin posted:Don't forget that they often show up in the comics when they need a bot to be killed. Don't worry, they backed up his kokoro spark or whatever it's called onto a ZX MicrodriveTM
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Apr 19, 2021 09:07
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You fool! You utter buffoon! Everyone knows Go-Bots don't have sparks. They're cyborgs and not robutts.
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Apr 19, 2021 10:47
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Don't worry, they backed up his kokoro spark or whatever it's called onto a ZX MicrodriveTM you fool, you need 1.2 MB to store the entire soul of a transformer 
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Apr 19, 2021 12:09
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Pastry of the Year posted:you fool, you need 1.2 MB to store the entire soul of a transformer That idiot thought he could "back up" someone by writing their name on a card lmao.
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Apr 19, 2021 12:19
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Pastry of the Year posted:you fool, you need 1.2 MB to store the entire soul of a transformer The allspark is a blockchain and transformer minds are part of it, so you don't need the whole mind on the floppy, just the key Non Fungible Transformers
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