You don't want to sell me death sticks.

 

If I do that, they won't squeak.

They're only authentic in the academic sense.

Dammit you beat me to it.

This thread makes me laugh.

 

Not to mention Fitedeform Super Change Rorbot, Draqonsolider and It Is Big To Change Galaxy Jet Convoy.

 

I made a poo.

 

Definetely getting Megatron,but Starscream?No.Not even blue paint?C'mon.

 

Agreed about first edition. Those were so hard to find at times I don't consider those main line. lol. The way things are going, it will be a long time until they get to that level again. I remember towards the end of Prime when they were making those even simpler versions of the figures that they're trying to go for fast transformation times as to make for a better play pattern. Whatever. At least we have generations. And if the kids like it and they sell, why fix it. Sad as it may be.

 

It's as if people think these are made for, marketed towards, or exist for passionate Transformers fans (who already have multiple lines directed towards them,) and not to compete with cheap knockoffs in dollar stores or something...

 

Some of us have a hell of a lot more on our mind than toys. Most of us just do this for fun.

 

That Megatron actually looks pretty nice.

Cya
Raziel-chan

 

Can't argue with that! My bootleg Grimlock and constructicon set absolutely did not have run patches, and that was the only difference!

 

Go away! Next you're gonna tell us Transformers toys are meant for kids or something...

 

Hasbro might have to ban flea markets and garage sale.

Once my son figured out he could get four 2002-2010 era Star Wars figures with full articulation for $10, he doesn't want the new ones anymore. He said, "These new guys suck, they don't even have legs that bend. Can you get me more of those awesome ones from the flea market." He even asked if he could trade the Boba Fett he got last year for the one the flea market guy had.

There is no better example of the garbage Hasbro pulled than the $5 Star Wars figure with 19 points of articulation being replaced with a figure that is now $9 with 5 points.

My son's favorite Transformer right now is the Ultra Class Powerglide he got for $7 at the flea market. On heft and quality he blows any of the $40 leader class toys from the past six years out of the water. As a collector figure, maybe he isn't that great, but he's a far superior toy.

Hasbro has forgotten how to make toys. A $300 AT-AT is not a toy. It's an overpriced statement piece for a rich kid. At least when I was 8 the overpriced statement piece for a rich kid took up half a living room and could land the toys I had on top of it. Yeah, show a kid the GI Joe aircraft carrier and look at his face. What would Hasbro charge for that today, $5000?

 

I dont often have a lot on my mind and even I'm having a difficult time figuring out whats what.  


Edit to make myself sound slightly less stupid: I also don't pay super close attention to these lines anyway.

 

@ar78 I keep pressing the button but it only lets me give you +1! It's so true. The USS Flagg is absolutely a case where you can say "they don't make them like that anymore". I remember seeing pictures of it years after the fact - I'd never seen one in person, none of my friends were "lucky" enough to have one - and being kind of boondoggled by the sheer scale of it all. And it sold for $110 at the time!

$110! According to some inflation calculators it's the equivalent of anywhere between $210-$250 today. For an EIGHT FOOT LONG AIRCRAFT CARRIER PLAYSET.

I just /boggle when I think about it.

 

Toys these days have a strong focus on collectors and nostalgia, though. Generations for example. Kids can totally buy the figures, but they could have just as easily bought all new characters at that level of complexity/that aesthetic. Hasbro chooses to make old characters again because they know there's collector money to be taken. Meanwhile, RID is purely a "for the kids" line and it's loaded with gimmicks and colorful new characters.

 

The super-articulated figures that you say are $5 were actually $12.99 when they stopped making them for the main line. That said, they still make them as Walmart Exclusives and they are still $12.99.

Also: The "$9" figures out now have an MSRP of $6.99. So while they did drop articulation they also dropped price by about half.

That toy was not $7 new, it was $29.99.

 

That thing was 150-199 at Sears back in 1985 so what would it be today, adjusted for inflation ? 1500 ? 2000 ?

 

So they're 4.5 inches ... are they sorta like Deluxes?

 

You're right. And it's not like Hasbro has TOO MUCH on its plate.   After all, lots of their toys make it to market, no problem. And there have been no significant delays in the TR line, so why should we complain about another set of toys for yet another market?  

I'll be happy, like the rest of you, when these flood Dollar Stores in huge crates, while I'm still looking for phantom TR figures.  

On the other hand, I wonder how wise it is to put more on your production plate when you're struggling so hard to make/send proper movie toys to stores? Can we expect this Evergreen line BEFORE Cogman hits shelves?  

 

@ZapRowsdower Distribution =/= design & production, particularly since those issues exist with or without this new line. But as you wish. No desire to debate it.