Transformers T.E.C.H. Autofire Purchased at TRU |
09-30-2007, 05:00 PM
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#1 | | Generation All Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5,622 Location: Orlando, FL Collection Count: 5000+ News Credits: 3 | Transformers T.E.C.H. Autofire Purchased at TRU
Found this guy yesterday at a TRU here in Orlando. I believe it's the first reported sighting, as well as the last of the T.E.C.H. toys.
I'm not blown away by the T.E.C.H line, but have to hand it to them for the effort. The realistic sounds are terrific, and the alt modes look very convincing on most of them.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues.
ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved.
seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection?
ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH? | | 
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09-30-2007, 05:12 PM
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#2 | | I voted for Super_Megatron and all I got was this stupid user title. Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,739 Location: Lansing Michigan Collection Count: 486 News Credits: 2 | Quote: |
as well as the last of the T.E.C.H. toys.
| YAY! WOO HOO! CELEBRATE!!!!
I don't know anyone (aside from the internet) that owns these things. I've even seen kids reject them at stores. | 
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09-30-2007, 05:21 PM
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#3 | | David Kronman Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 13,447 Location: I'm in ur internets Collection Count: 710 News Credits: 1 | Screw you Valky, these are the greatest Transformer toys ever made and you are obviously blind not to realize it. You live in fantasy land my friend. 
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09-30-2007, 05:22 PM
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#4 | | God dammit Clayton! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,247 Location: C-Bus, Ohio Collection Count: What classifies as a "gaggle" | This is new? We've had this at my local Target for a few weeks now. I just didn't care enough about this crappy line to tell anyone.
I didn't think anyone else cared, either...  Sig courtesy of ConeheadConvoyX
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09-30-2007, 05:34 PM
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#5 | | Generation All Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5,622 Location: Orlando, FL Collection Count: 5000+ News Credits: 3 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Spartan Prime  This is new? We've had this at my local Target for a few weeks now. I just didn't care enough about this crappy line to tell anyone. | A board search on 'Autofire' returned no current news announcements, so up it goes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Spartan Prime I didn't think anyone else cared, either... | If they reissued the Pretenders in flourescent colors, I wouldn't care... but it would still be news.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues.
ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved.
seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection?
ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH? | | |
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09-30-2007, 05:36 PM
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#6 | | God dammit Clayton! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,247 Location: C-Bus, Ohio Collection Count: What classifies as a "gaggle" | Quote:
Originally Posted by ams If they reissued the Pretenders in flourescent colors, I wouldn't care... but it would still be news. | But that's because Pretenders didn't suck... What people wouldn't care about is recolored Action Masters.
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09-30-2007, 05:42 PM
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#7 | | Generation All Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5,622 Location: Orlando, FL Collection Count: 5000+ News Credits: 3 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Spartan Prime But that's because Pretenders didn't suck... What people wouldn't care about is recolored Action Masters. | 
I was going to use Action Masters for my example, and then thought, "No, too many people like those--I'll go with the Pretenders".
Seriously though, I'd definitely agree that the TECH toys have limited appeal, but they've been selling tolerably well here... perhaps due mostly to the shortage of everything else. We'll probably see more shelfwarming as the regular bots begin to reach saturation again.
In a perfect world, I would have preferred the TECH stuff to have robot modes and been a part of the Real Gear line (as a deluxe size). Oh well. *shrug* Quote: |
Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues.
ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved.
seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection?
ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH? | | |
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09-30-2007, 06:04 PM
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#8 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,050 Location: Halifax, New Scotland, Canada Collection Count: Never counted, like 50? | There out here in Canada too. Saw that one pictured and few others at TRU. | |
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09-30-2007, 06:37 PM
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#9 | | Elocution Onymous Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,847 Location: N. America Collection Count: 500+ (does that mean 501 or 599?) News Credits: 9 | Somebody once said this line was better suited as a GI Joe type toy, I agree. No bot mode+sucks=not a transformer. Although the G2 coloring certainly fits. | |
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09-30-2007, 07:13 PM
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#10 | | Quintesson Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 639 | I saw that at Walmart yesterday. No interest in that line so I didn't know it was new. | |
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