I see how some of the comments can be ridiculous and nuts. But I am a man about getting moneys worth. It's like the whole Kat Williams and his kid wanting a PS3 and one game or he could get a Nintendo 64 and 100 games for the same price. It's all a trend and whats hot. But if my son truly truly truly wanted a Bakugan, I would get it for him. I could see how the kids are a bit turned off by having to basically rubix cube a truck into a robot and see the quick instant satisfaction of a Bakugan by just putting it on some thing metal and click presto a dragon. I hear myself talking like my parents now "We didn't have this a kid. We had to build our toys out of drift wood and glue!!" that type of thing.
Wow, this article is a fail at every conceivable level. Not only did they pick a kid who wrote off the entire brand without looking at the thing, they can't even count the toys in the darn picture right. See? Nobody loves Hightower.
I'm not gonna condemn the kid, I'm gonna condemn the guy who wrote the article and chose the quotes to add to it. Hell, one toy they reviewed quoted the kid before he ever played with it. Of course it's also the same few kids, most likely one of the reviewers relative's kids or something, so it doesn't even mean that much. There wasn't even anything actually reviewed, there were product descriptions and random comments from kids who probably never even got their hands on the things.
Hum, wait so the overly complex transformation of some of the movie toys and Devastator that's really lacking ends up as something a kid doesn't like. Oh say it ain't so I thought it was just us old geezers that weren't happy.
I think it probably the "author"'s children or neighbor kids. They couldn't get a random assortment of kids so they just got 4 kids from one family and another 1 from another. Tahdah we got kids!. Get 5-6 random kids and let them each play with the different toys. Also choose better quotes. Most are pointless and just plain stupid. "I don't like Transformers." - Gee great quote. "It looks cool." -- Same kid on the Airhogs. "It looks like the strongest one of all." -- again same kid I don't think the kids ever actually played with the toys. I think the "author" was told "We are going to call these random toys the must haves for christmas. Most will warm the shelves, but that doesn't matter. Take these pictures, find some kids, show them the pictures and ask them what they think of the toy.." The kids obviously never played with the actual toy, nor do the kids (or author for that matter) understand CONSTRUCTIVE analysis or how to review. Thus this article fails...
BINGO! The quote for the Eyeclops Night Vision Goggles proves it. "These are better than the ones I have -- as long as they fit, I'd wear them." CNN must have really been in need of some quick filler.
Didn't you hear, apparently this David Kronan is the epitome of his 2nd grade class. He can juggle Bakugans and sing Eye of the Tiger at the sametime. I tell you, he's the Da Vinci of our era.
I seriously doubt $Shockwave$ was actually advocating committing a heinous violent felony against a child.
(Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf not included.) <=== well duh but i agree did the kid even get to touch Devastator? despite the fact i won't pay full price for him id like to get him for my collection once he goes on clearance, i would have given this "review' more credence if they had the thoughts of 3 or more kids on instead of just this one, makes me wonder if the writer is the true TF hater and the kid did not like as it seemed so complicated
Well, I guess David's right; Transformers suck. Might as well start collecting Bakugans now since that's what's all the rage, just like Pokemon and YuGiOh. WHY DID I WASTE SO MUCH MONEY ON TRANSFOMERS?!?!
I don't like Bakugan, but that combiner set is begging for a fan to repaint it into an obese Reedman. What is this... I don't even... GRAGH. *headdesk*
No kidding. A little misplaced anger there, no? And this as well. Why are many amateur writers and bloggers so much more coherent than the pros recently?
What a horrible article. I think the part about the Maxus Helios was cool, because he calls it Maxus Dragonoid, even thought the picture and respective caption clearly state that it is not. And David Kronman is just a typical bakugan-stealing kid. If he doesn't like Transformers, who really cares? You don't need to hold a grudge against a name in an article.
