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Random thought of the day: Why did the Decepticons get so many better figures than the Autobots in the Unicron Trilogy? Energon is the only one where there was any kind of explanation with the dumbass engineering of the Autobots figures.
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Keldroc posted:Nah, Prime is fine, with moments that reveal how good it really could have been if it hadn't been so in love with its own status quo. And most of IDW is head and shoulders above any of the other non-BW fiction in the brand's history. MTMTE may be the pinnacle, but it doesn't exist in a vacuum. Prime is exactly what Beast Wars would have been if Transformers was as financially successful back then as it is now. Realizing that has the unfortunate side effect of putting into perspective the enormous wasted potential of the show. It has some truly great moments but is so obviously burdened by the weight of a panel of shareholders having the final say in the show and the writers do their best to accentuate that by making the show so bizarrely dark. If nothing else Prime puts to rest the idea that the movies being terrible is the fault of anyone but Michael Bay.
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Jun 21, 2013 05:45
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Spiderdrake posted:Can you demonstrate a point in the show you felt can be clearly attributed to being 'written by committee' or 'beholder to shareholders'? Mostly it's endless obsession with pointless fetch quests that pad out what would otherwise be fairly tight seasons in an attempt to maintain status quo at all costs.
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Jun 21, 2013 06:11
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SpikeMcclane posted:Nah, that was 2007. 2004, Botcon wasn't an offical, hasbro backed event. The exclusive was an unlicensed KO of an actionmaster. It was also the first funpub botcon. What about the 25th anniversary?
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Jun 27, 2013 16:26
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I've still barely seen the second wave of Kreons. I saw them in one Toys R Us once. Everywhere else I know is still carrying the first wave.
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Jun 27, 2013 17:34
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Pics of the rest of the botcon exclusives got leaked. More CHUG seeker repaints, but Sandstorm comes with a repaint of the CHUG kup mold as Electro which is pretty cool.
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Jun 28, 2013 03:12
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Do any of you guys collect those Kabaya combiner figures? I'm wondering what the quality is like there.
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Jun 28, 2013 15:36
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Given what an unbelievable man child Bay supposedly is, had Cullen spoken up at all he'd probably have been instantly replaced by like... Martin Lawrence or Charlie Sheen or someone.
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Jul 8, 2013 22:10
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No Your Other Left posted:Has there been a single TRU Masterpiece release that wasn't utterly bungled? They order absurdly small quantities, have horrible distribution, get the stock scalped by employees, and now this. Grimlock and Rodimus were oddly enough fairly well distributed and I saw them on the shelves for months. Same thing with Thundercracker, but that had more to do with the almost $20 price jump that took place in the middle of the things shelf life. I've still to this day only seen the new MP Prime once ever.
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Jul 9, 2013 20:40
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Keldroc posted:That's due to two things. First, a large chunk of the fandom likes Black Zarak a whole lot more than Scorponok, for reasons I have yet to really understand. I just hope it doesn't make Takara decide to reissue Black Zarak as an Encore before/instead of Scorponok. Second, Black Zarak is arguably the most notorious sufferer of Gold Plastic Syndrome, and it's not uncommon to find that Black Zaraks' gold pieces have crumbled while still in a sealed box. Therefore a MISB Black Zarak is an interesting collector's item, because what's inside it could be broken and worthless, or it could be one of the most sought-after figures in the franchise's history due to how few intact ones survive. So you end up with people who keep that box sealed, because as long as it's sealed, it might not have succumbed to GPS. It's like Schroedinger's Transformer. It's both worthless and super valuable. Opening it forces it into one state or the other, so most people choose to keep the box sealed. I find it funny that the numerous reports that it is often cracked and broken inside of MISB packages actually manages to make it somehow more valuable instead of altogether worthless. Like there is literally no way of telling unless you open the box and are met with disappointment, so a whole bunch of people decided never to open the boxes and just throw money around on a theoretical reality. It's like playing the stock market but somehow more and less secure all at once. EDIT: What would you even do if you did find a perfect one? You'd basically have to immediately seal it in a hermetic bubble and never, ever take it out just to be safe. LightsGameraAction fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jul 10, 2013 |
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Jul 10, 2013 06:24
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Silhouette posted:I hope that CHUG Metroplex sells well so that CHUG Scorponok becomes a possibility. I'm hoping for both a CHUG and an encore, with any luck. Also I'd kind of like an Encore Monstructor, or some kind of update of that mold maybe, considering he was another pretty terrible GPS sufferer and he's been featured a lot in the comics lately.
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Jul 10, 2013 17:40
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The_Doctor posted:The CHUG Sky Lynx shaped hole in my life will not stand for much longer. Agreed. They chose the worst drat Beast Hunters mold to homage him too.
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Jul 10, 2013 21:50
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The MSJ posted:I had a Pyro, one of the only G1 era toys I owned other than some Micromasters cars. Had I known that GPS was a thing, I'd have bought a Headmaster instead. I have G1 Bristleback (the green and gold griffin guy from Monstructor) that I've owned since a child and ironically as much as I've heard about GPS being a huge deal with the figure, the only part that broke on him so far is one of his wings which snapped clean off and was molded in green plastic.
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Jul 11, 2013 17:10
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Honest Ray posted:I actually love the Space Cadillac FoC one. I think it's a cool looking Cybertronian alt mode plus the robot mode is so drat Shockwavey. I will agree that Shockwave is overall a super cool looking robot first and a transformer second as far as his figures go. I also always thought turning into a gun was kind of retarded. A gun which inexplicably didn't mass-shift like Megatron's did. He was just a big ol' flying space gun.
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Jul 17, 2013 16:53
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SpikeMcclane posted:It's R63 Armada Starscream. That's great, because it's silly enough on it's own, but also, no matter what they do with her, it's going to be hilarious to me to watch people react with vitriol. Aren't they just making a toy of her? I didn't think she was actually being written into any fiction.
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Jul 19, 2013 06:24
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SpikeMcclane posted:Grab your popcorn. Harmony Gold is sueing Hasbro over Jetfire. The original Jetfire? Isn't it about 30 years too late for that? Or the classics one? I'm just confused as to why now of all times.
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Jul 24, 2013 18:09
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Gammatron 64 posted:
It's pretty amazing how any given Optimus figure will come out or what have you and a dozen third party companies will have already jumped on making replacement stacks and a more "G1-accurate" gun and all that bullshit but everybody, Takara and Hasbro included, looks at that horrendous classics Galvatron and apparently goes "eh, close enough".
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Aug 9, 2013 20:13
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I still haven't snagged a blitzwing but he kinda sounds like a shitpiece with all these problems. Think I'll pass and see if Doubledealer fixes any of these issues.
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Aug 10, 2013 23:53
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Does anyone have any of those alternate-combination schemes for the Kre-O combiners if you managed to get the 5th member? I wanna beef up my Predaking.
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Aug 13, 2013 18:30
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Gammatron 64 posted:You know, I never thought of that, as just like Ultra Magnus, Star Saber is a guy wearing a suit. Or, in Star Saber's case, a guy wearing a suit that's wearing a suit, so he's wearing like 2 layers. My current theory is that when this all comes out in the wash Drift winds up donning the Star Saber suit. That is if in fact Saber's deal is the same as UM's.
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Aug 17, 2013 16:32
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Gammatron 64 posted:The idea of the US army building Dinobot mechs really amuses me. I love the idea of some general sitting around in the pentagon going "gently caress yeah! Our troops piloting robot dinosaurs! gently caress practicality, that's loving awesome! Besides, the shareholders over at General Dynamics think this is a fantastic idea, too and handed me this briefcase full of cash so I'd give it my blessing." The US Government then spends untold billions of taxpayer dollars to make said dino-tanks, which in practice are walking death traps that are huge targets for terrorists with RPGs and will topple over and explode for no good reason. I'm going to love watching a movie where the US Military has reverse-engineered Decepticon weaponry and not only will Optimus probably be totally cool with it because "It's their right to be prepared" or blah-blah some poo poo, but also the fact that this would obviously be enormously catastrophic for the balance of power around the world will probably be ignored in favor of "Look how cool the Army is NOW!"
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Sep 4, 2013 17:49
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The_Doctor posted:Now that is interesting, there being a Rewind figure out earlier this year. Any word on a mould? It's the Reveal The Shield Rumble/Frenzy tank mold that never made it to shelves in America but had a run in Japan under the United toyline. In other words, expect it to be the most expensive after-market figure of the TFCC exclusives next year.
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Sep 5, 2013 21:28
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Hey guys, I finally set myself up with a paypal account and I'm gearing up to sell a bunch of my collection, it's gonna take me a while to get through everything but I figure I'd throw some stuff up here first. I just have a few quick questions for the ones of you that have done this sort of thing before. Mainly dealing with how you cover shipping/what is the best shipping option to use for sending tf's and what you guys would consider good etiquette for making these transactions go down. Also where can I host images to upload into my post? Also I hate to be like this but nobody get too excited yet, most of the stuff I'll be selling right away is newer, as I need to get rid of it for space/money reasons. Also I'm hecka-busy on the weekdays so I'll obviously need you guys to exercise some patience with me. That said the faster you guys help me out the faster I can start throwing stuff up.
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Sep 22, 2013 23:59
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Was that on fast forward or something? That seems like an incredibly short stage for an arcade rail shooter. Especially since it costs $1.50 a play now or however much.
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Oct 11, 2013 14:41
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Knormal posted:I'm going to guess there was a mistranslation somewhere along the way and the dragon mode is actually a dragon boat. There's no way they're trying to pass that off as an actual beast mode. There's a slightly clearer pic here, they didn't even try to give it hind legs. Also that's quite an impressive random chest shelf Optimus is sporting. It looks like a Web Diver figure exploded over an Optimus Prime figure, but not in a good way.
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Oct 21, 2013 00:58
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Rhyno posted:Online? Because I'll be hosed if I ever wait in line on BF for anything. Especially in Walmart. I really want a $60 Metroplex, but not if I'm gonna get my rear end stabbed over looking at somebody's shopping cart the wrong way.
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Oct 25, 2013 04:34
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GrimGypsy posted:I don't know if a lot of you guys are hopelessly addicted to TF Kreons like I am, but I just found This and This. Menasor looks surprisingly cool in Kreon form, and I really want that Rodimus but I have terrible luck with their blind-bags.
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Oct 27, 2013 20:48
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Going off of that list, it mentions two "TRA" figures. What could those be? Last I checked that stood for Transformers: Animated.
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Nov 3, 2013 19:14
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strangehamster posted:There are an awful lot of loose Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy figures on eBay being shipped out of Korea, it's safe to assume they're KO's? http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=Transformers+Beast+Wars+Neo+Big+Convoy&_sop=15 Going by the box it's the same kind I bought years ago and it's just as good quality wise as the Universe Nemesis Prime version Hasbro released a couple years after that.
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Nov 3, 2013 20:06
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WendigoJohnson posted:I'm going to say that there's a pretty good chance of generations Leader Jetfire and Megatron being two original molds. They already made Metroplex the largest transformer ever for Generations, so what's two original leader figures? Considering the lawsuit with Harmony Gold is over I hope they design the figure to basically wag the middle finger at them as much as possible.
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Nov 3, 2013 21:33
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WendigoJohnson posted:Thy already did this recently with the SDCC GI Joe Jetfire vehicle. I thought the SDCC Joe exclusive was the reason Harmony Gold brought the lawsuit to begin with. Anyway, I'm just hoping they continue the proud tradition.
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Nov 3, 2013 21:42
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WendigoJohnson posted:
Really? I like the mold too but I'm ready for a visually distinct Hardhead already.
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Nov 3, 2013 22:18
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Spiderdrake posted:Man I thought I was the only person who liked Garnak! But yeah I liked the ring tone, that panel, the Whirl X-man line and Prowl's shot at the dinobots was good. Man I completely forgot how all that dead universe poo poo wrapped up in the past. Could you remind me just quickly what happened to each of the crew again?
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Nov 8, 2013 06:49
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Spiderdrake posted:The worst thing GD is it's been concluded repeatedly and none of this makes any sense. If you wanna use the Dead Universe again, maybe you should actually build a convincing reason that it's being used again? They seriously jammed two or three unrelated plot threads together and walked away from it after going 'good enough'. I genuinely want Barber to explain at some point the relation between the combiner project, using stolen data from Monstructor, the regenesis project, the dead universe, the two separate groups of titan hunters, and how any of this poo poo lines up. Ah thanks... that's all really confusing. I mean I remembered what happened in the original Chaos event, I forgot how everyone wound up where they are now. Every time the Dead Universe has been brought up I've thought that the end game for it was Unicron. Then instead they had all the Decepticons combine into a big demon thing called D-void except for Megatron because he's overpowered far beyond the point of being interesting anymore in the IDW-verse. Maybe they'll do it this time.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:13
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Knormal posted:I really don't mind them making simpler Transformers for the kiddie lines, it makes a nice sweet spot between Rescue-bot level babby Transformers and the ones for older kids and manchildren, but I have a hard time supporting them charging the same price for them. No way that costs the same to make as something like Blitzwing or Springer. I agree. Also, I didn't know they were making more of the deluxes other than Bumblebee, Twinstrike, and Smokescreen. If I could get a super-sized Abominus out of this I'd actually be down with it.
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Nov 9, 2013 07:20
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WendigoJohnson posted:I think we can forgive Grimlock since it's also being re-used as Beast Wars Megatron. That and every single other voyager has been done really well. So far they haven't reused any of the CHUG Beast Wars molds. I don't really mind, I wouldn't really want an organic-looking Headstrong or Horri-bull.
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Nov 10, 2013 23:03
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The Rage posted:Flip it over and look at the bottom By that logic almost every not-masterpiece Starscream toy is garbage.
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Nov 14, 2013 05:47
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Secht posted:I just watched Peaugh review the Unique toys 3 pack Sharkies. Always had a sweet spot for the G1 figure but only own one. They seem a little short but look fantastic in shark mode. I was secretly hoping we'd get a new mold during 30th but I guess that's unlikely. Anyway, for any Sharkticon fans out there, they look cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmtjSlydhSM Gnaw is getting a new figure in the Legends class(?) line for the 30th. The ones that come with mini-con partners.
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Nov 22, 2013 23:13
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The_Doctor posted:It can be done, although I've never been able to get it stuck on tight. It's a very loose grip, and not worth it. I never got it to work with Sunstreaker or Sideswipe but it works for my Red Alert for some reason.
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Toys R Us mark-ups have actually brought us to a place where third party figures are priced reasonably in-line with their mainline contemporaries.
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