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10-17-2008, 10:17 PM
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#281 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,842 Location: Static Spark Ward Collection Count: 108 News Credits: 6 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Malikon  that's a really interesting point. I really hope more kids start liking the Classics/Universe toys then. | Why? The line seems to be doing great overall. The kids do seem to have a good amount of interest in it (as far as I can tell anyways). Now if Hasbro had said it was lack of support that was the reason for their plans to put the line on hiatus, then I would have said pretty much the same thing, but as-is the line seems to be doing well enough. It's got the perfect combination, imo, of what both the kids and the fans like. Pretty much the only reason it's being put on hiatus next year is because it doesn't really have any form of media to support it (not even a commercial so far). Quote:
Originally Posted by optimus major this man is a genius | | 
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10-18-2008, 01:36 AM
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#283 | | TF:A is better than you. Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,309 Location: Birthplace of Aviation Collection Count: More than a few by a bunch News Credits: 1 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Formas Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or whatever then end up calling it. To paraphrase what Kick said, the price increase is partially being done in order to cover increased QA/QC. Not sure how they're doing that, but you'd assume it would include more personnel or more efficient machinery. | It costs more money than ever before to make sure the Chinese factory workers actually seal-coat the painted clear parts when told to.   How the Animated toy line REALLY came to an end | |
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10-18-2008, 06:27 PM
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#284 | | ****** Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,767 Location: North Cackalackey Collection Count: 60+ News Credits: 3 | Quote:
Originally Posted by fosterlager Maybe no broadcast advertising, but I've seen print ads for Universe in comics and Toyfare I believe. | That's how I missed out on the ('06) Classics. The only toys advertised were Cybertron. | |
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10-18-2008, 06:41 PM
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#285 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,842 Location: Static Spark Ward Collection Count: 108 News Credits: 6 | Quote:
Originally Posted by fosterlager Maybe no broadcast advertising, but I've seen print ads for Universe in comics and Toyfare I believe. | Good point, but it's still no where near the advertising that Animated and the Movie have/will have. Quote:
Originally Posted by MushroomPrime That's how I missed out on the ('06) Classics. The only toys advertised were Cybertron. | I was lucky enough to have been on the boards for a while, so I new about them months before they were even released. I still remember seeing those first black and white pictures of Prime and Megs, and the outcry of certain fans about Cliffjumper being a repaint of Bumblebee. Quote:
Originally Posted by optimus major this man is a genius | | |
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10-27-2008, 09:56 PM
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#286 | | Defiler of Energon Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 181 Location: The Mountains Collection Count: Hundred somethin | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramrider You're forgetting the key word, "yet". Having a figure in one line doesn't mean there won't be one in the other; it simply means that Hasbro (or indeed retailers) don't want to put two very similar figs on the shelves at the same time. Hence why Universe Ratchet isn't coming out for a while - but we do know it's coming soon. | A novel point. That's probably why we got Smokescreen instead of Jazz. Well, the good part of movie Jazz being dead is he can be ready for the first wave after hiatus!
And I thought the reason why we didn't get Ironhide in the original classics was because he was in the movie. If having a similar movie character could keep them from appearing in the animated series, they wouldn't have put Ratchet in either. They probably didn't want to have that many characters when they could easily be condensed, so we get a Ratchet that acts like Ironhide.
The whole Universe on hiatus thing does bite, but I can see why. Hasbro's got way too many lines running at once. It's unreasonable to expect them to keep it up. And I'm sure they'll have a ton of movie figures to release when the time comes, like last time. Maybe instead of them doing repaints in the movie line (and I mean repaints of figures of older lines, like Energon or Cybertron), they'll bring Universe back a little earlier. | |
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11-12-2008, 01:33 AM
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#287 | | G1, MP and Encore FTW!!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 933 Location: Heaven--- Glad Animated died! The show and toys are pure Garbage :) Collection Count: 54/Mostly G1 | Is there going to be any G1 Love in the Hasbro line any time soon?, Or is it going to entail nothing but the crappy Animated garbage toys that have been coming out lately? | |
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11-12-2008, 02:47 AM
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#288 | | M127 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,407 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Collection Count: 200 + News Credits: 6 | Dude, you should really read the stickied threads... You ask new questions in there.   Quote: |
Originally Posted by NemesisBruticus I NEED ACCEPTANCE. | | |
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11-12-2008, 02:59 AM
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#289 | | Quintesson Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 651 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Feralstorm It costs more money than ever before to make sure the Chinese factory workers actually seal-coat the painted clear parts when told to. |  That is one of the most offensive things I have ever heard...... and I'm white. | 
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11-12-2008, 03:21 AM
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#290 | | Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,419 News Credits: 2 | Originally Posted by Feralstorm
It costs more money than ever before to make sure the Chinese factory workers actually seal-coat the painted clear parts when told to. Quote:
Originally Posted by @l3x That is one of the most offensive things I have ever heard...... and I'm white. |
Actually i thought it was funny as hell.... | |
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