Transformers Authentics boxed figures

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by f90happy, Feb 1, 2018.

  1. Rodimus Prime

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    Yeah, I'm just hoping to see an Evergreen figure like these guys.
     
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    I think all of those minifigures show potential for an excellent toy of the character. (Especially Megatron and Soundwave!) Like a Classics 2.0, that's hopefully better organized/scaled.

    But if they end up looking like Animated/R.I.D Warriors I'll probably skip.
     
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    I know what the MSRP is, and I know what I paid, too, with sometimes the Titans Return toys $14.99 or even $9.99 for a while at Wal-Mart and Target, and sometimes the RID Warriors sneaking up as high as at $15.29. But even with the actual MSRP, oh wow, $15 vs. $17, what a difference two whole dollars is. The Warrior class is still way overpriced, when for a couple of bucks more you got arguably the far greater value, which is big reason why it's understandable that for some the RID line was a big waste of time.
     
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    Oh goody, more rehashing. 
     
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    Hope these turn out to be good. I will be happy if a decent Voyager sized Optimus and Soundwave wave come from this. Optimus, especially. I like the modernized G1 look and wish to finally lay to rest my Combiner Wars version.

    Maybe this will even continue and give us a Hound, although that will be jumping the gun. The slight deviating from the original designs is quite interesting. I will be fine with redos of characters so long as Generations keeps chugging along with some more late G1 guys.
     
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    Seconded! Hound is one of the characters I'm most eager to see as an "Evergreen Deluxe".

    This (Evergreen/Authentics/Whatever) could be a solid option to have "recognizable vehicle guys on the shelf" if they run a Gen. Beast Wars line simultaneously.
     
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    No, it doesn't. So far I've found ONE RID mold that fits in with CHUG, and that's Stormshot. I'm leaning more and more that he doesn't as time goes by. Seriously, the longer I'm on this site the more I think most people's criteria for the definition of "CHUG aesthetic" is "comprised of plastic".
     
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    What is Everreen. This means Go Green?
     
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    I suppose these stretch the IDEA of CHug to breaking point.
    But the (likely terrible) show that goes with this toysline sounds super-bad (meaning not good)
    I'm also not sure if it's a whole new universe or an RID spin-off either.

    Oh well we will see when we see (which might not be that far away).

    I agree with the earlier points that the majority of Modern RID is ill-suited to a Classics theme. But that said it is I guess not that far away from the South American stuff in appearance either.

    I think there is certain some very strong potential for them to make nice Voyager toys out of the designs - there is also the potential to mae them cheap and nasty too.
    Crumbs imagine if they put them in these posh boxes and the contents is like a TLK Allspark figure !!!
     
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    is this japanese porn? i mean whats up with that purple censorship?! kinda childish and frankly its getting old!
     
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    Do people need a glossary on every page? That question has seriously been answered a dozen times already.
     
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    Or people just have different tastes.
     
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    Okay, taste is different than having the mental acuity to detect actual similarities and differences. It's basically saying that an 84 Cavalier has the same design aesthetic of a 57 Bel Air. The difference is that jarring, and it has nothing to do with taste.
     
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    It means that Hasbro is finally getting around to releasing Botannica and her flora-based crew.

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    But you're wrong. Objectively. 2 dollars makes all the difference when it comes to parts count, just look at how Tiny Turbo Charges differ from Titan Masters thanks to those 2 measly dollars. They go from 1-step 2-to-3 piece figures to much meatier toys.

    Go ahead and keep calling it overpriced, wont change the fact that the member's expectations for the price point were out of line, and as usual, he was embarassingly whiny about it online, as Yuajta tends to be.
     
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    I acatually really really do want a BOTANICA, although I hate her whole plant thing, I would like to have her as she was a part of the cartoon and I am a cartoon character collector when it comes to Transformers, even going as far as buying the Battle Beast that showed up in the headmasters cartoon

    I doubt it will ever happen but I really really would like a deluxe of even smaller toy of her and nightscream for that matter
     
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    Ok, I will keep calling RID overpriced. Given the fact that those member's appear to have the expectations of a smart consumer who doesn't see the value in toys with such cheaper quality than their Generations counterparts but somehow still cost the same, I don't think it's so out of line.
     
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    Please don't tease me like that. :( 

    I consider it actual criminal activity that there is no plastic representation of her at all.
     
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    And I'm being attacked WHY exactly?
     
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    Huh. Imagine that. Hasbro trying another neo-g1 line.