New stock photo of RID Team Combiners Menasor's components

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Nevermore, May 5, 2017.

  1. hendrijr

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    These are actually worse than Power Core Combiners which I didn\'t believe was possible. This entire line has been HasTaks worst effort for an animated show of all time. Even rescue bots have better figures. 
     
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  2. Seth Sunthay

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    Damn, i want generations figures with the Rescue Robots' designs
     
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    Hilarious. The only one detached from reality is you, but thanks for the insult. Being condescending to everyone seems to be your M.O. I'm sure that'll get you far in life.

    Apparently I need to spell this out for you:

    First of all, I wasn't only talking about the cartoon. I didn't think it was that hard to figure out. Clearly, the toyline shifted focus to Minicons in a major way for season 2, both in Japan and the west. Also, six episodes out of 19 is approximately a third of the season, so I'd say that's still significant, and the Minicons being criminals doesn't change the fact that more existed. You also seem to think that the presence of Minicons alongside said "monster-of-the-week criminals" means they're not a factor. Just because they weren't a focus, that doesn't mean there weren't suddenly more Minicons. To say otherwise is just quite frankly wrong - my claim was and still is accurate.

    Second, on combiners, we've had only 7 episodes of this new season, and the toyline has also put a huge focus on combiners as well. Hell, the entire line and the third season of the show are collectively called COMBINER FORCE. Saying "OH BUT ONLY TWO OF THE CURRENTLY SEVEN EPISODES MAKE COMBINATION IMPORTANT BLAH BLAH BLAH" is just stupid.

    Finally, that's not an outburst. It was a fact.
    You apparently have zero idea about how badly Cartoon Network mismanaged this show on a worldwide basis.
    How about the fact that the first English release was here in New Zealand, over a month before it aired in the US?
    How about the fact that they randomly started airing the second half of the first season in Singapore before anywhere else, or how they dumped the first half of the second season on Australian iTunes before airing it in the US? Or how the first seven episodes of Combiner Force are on-demand, just begging to be ripped, before they even aired on TV?
    How about the fact that Cartoon Network has a history of mishandling properties that aren't their own?
    Heck, in Australia and New Zealand, just as an example, they keep repeating the episodes over and over again, often starting with season one and sometimes not even getting to season two before they start it again, or they marathon it like crazy over a few weeks and rarely advertise it, making it hard for people to have a jumping-on point. And their lack of advertising is also a huge problem for the show.
    It's FAR from just the TIME they were airing it in ONE country, but the US market is significant and they arguably screwed it up in the US more than most other countries, which is obviously detrimental.

    You're also delusional if you believe that how a TV show is received can't change the course of its associated merchandise or general plans for the franchise or even just that show.
    Did you forget the part where they were going to cancel the show after season 2 and make an OVA instead? Their plans were in flux after some time into or after season one, that much was clear. Hell, sure, it's longer than Prime by all of six episodes (and that's not counting Predacons Rising), and yet it's STILL shorter than originally intended (71 episodes instead of 78).

    Now kindly refrain from attacking people (since you seem to do it to far more than just myself) with condescending remarks and half-baked facts.
     
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  4. Spontificus

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    Not Warrior, not Legion, not interested. I was really hoping that at least Motormaster would be decent, but even properly transformed, he comes nowhere close to matching the quality of normal Transformer. I guess it is okay for kids who couldn't afford a full Combined Wars set, but I wish there was a better option out there for the RiD versions of these guys. Heck, I'd even take a bunch of non-combining Warrior versions over these. Legion versions also.
     
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    4 limbs made from 2 molds. Its like they're trying to make Energon look like Masterpiece.

    And that's coming from an Energon fan.
     
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    This.....this all day.
     
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    It's a matter of taste, but the RID toys have been pretty stellar across the board. If not across the Deluxe price point, then almost as solid in Minicons, one-steps, and Legion.

    These do look bad. The line has not been though.
     
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    Such a shame, i was at least hoping for something akin to beast hunters terrorcons.
     
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    Agreed fully. As someone who doesn't watch the show or even collect the toys i still keep up. In hand reviews have constantly surprised me at their posebility and fun aesthetic.

    I really want a voyager cyclonus though, and that dlx ratchet that just came out. Best Ratchet in a while.
     
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    these look great for younger kids who want a combiner and are at a price parents will consider.

    i really like the rid15 toy line. it has lots of character and the toys are fun.

    i'll take rid15 and Generations CW/TR over "grown up" TLK movie toys any day. *my own opinion.

    actually we are pretty lucky to have 5 concurrent TF lines to follow! (RB, RiD, Gens and movie and Masterpiece ) what other fanbase can claim that!?! Hasbro is doing pretty awesome.
     
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    So many people bitching about something they're not going to buy.
     
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    Well here's someone who hasn't actually checked out a Warrior figure.

    Or any of the unconventional Legion figs (Groundpounder, Clampdown, Springload, etc)
     
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    the rid legions are excellent.
     
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    Hi. You must be new. Welcome to tfw2005.
     
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    These are amazing!

    It's like they managed to condense thirty five years of transforming toys into one package. G1 articulation, Happy Meal paint apps, early 2000s alt modes, Bayformer faces and plastic colors...

    Collectors should be all over these!
     
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    I own quite a few warrior figures and there's something about them that makes them feel a step below, in terms of the way they feel and transformation.
     
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    For real! Wow, what a cranky group of sourpuss old farts. :rolleyes: 
     
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    "Worse than Rescue Bots" is hyperbole to the max. You know that.

    Not to mention the idiocy of calling a toyline for the youngest children (Rescue Bots) crappy compared to the Generations line aimed at older crowds.

    It'd be like calling Duplo crap because you're 30 years old and buying the Ideas sets.
     
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    Dragstrip and his mold brother looks ok at best... As for everyone else, Very disapointing! MoterMaster should be black with some grey/gray and the other 2 are well below what i expected! But i might buy the set to do some minor work/paint on them to make them Just a step above Lack-luster!
     
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    I think the guy you're fighting with is the other guy. Merely stating my opinion on the quality.