I have the DOTM one; what needs to be modified? Also what do you think is a good SS Deluxe? (One that you have handled personally)

 

While not necessarily bad, SS has a lot more reused engineering than you think.

Here are good examples (not counting repaints) :

• SS-01 - retool of TLK Bee
• Ratchet - reused from DOTM Ratchet
• Crowbar - retool of TLK Berserker
• Starscream - upsized DOTM Starscream
• Lockdown - borrows heavily from Cogman
• Jazz - essentially a shrunken HA
• SS-18/Beetlebee - reuses much of SS01 and TLK’s engineering
• Barricade - also just a shrunken MPM

By that logic the only good SS figures would be Blackout, Megatron, Dropkick etc. Not a lot to pick from...

I don’t think reused engineering is a bad thing when it’s done correctly. Look at Jazz for example, a lot of people here love him despite the fact that in the end he’s just a simplified version of an 8 year old toy.

What matters is not how original the transformation is, but how good the final result is (playability, accuracy, durability, etc.). After all, these toys were made to be played with, not to be analysed for a 5 paragraph essay in engineering class.

 

Tbh i really liked the new design but that voice they gave him was NOT Ratchet, it sounded more like he was just a ground soldier like brawn or cliffjumper than a medic.

 

The dangling roof rack needs to be compressed inside and have the spare wheel sitting on his back, moving wrist joints, a thicker torso, Hummer brushgaurds that can split apart for his chest and the sirens on his shoulders. Stinger's by far the best I played with, the biggest downside was his pelvic and the car tailpipe just left there with nothing to cover but it didn't ruin the whole toy.

 

Nobody "owes" you anything, and insulting people over toys you are personally dissatisfied with is preposterous.

 

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Sure.

 

This is just hasbro being lazy

 

How? This is a brand new mold

 

This is not what he looked like in the movie, they went with a design that kids woud reconise to sell more and grt more money 

 

i like the new mold. looks like a real ordinary ambulance.

 

Did you ever think that the toys were designed before the movie was finished
Thats why they have movie styled figures (prime and ratchet instead of g1 designs)

 

Huh.

 

Im an idiot

 

How would kids recognize this design which they're not familiar with over the one used in the actual movie?

 

I can tell you’re upset & I’m sorry, but what you said is exactly Hasbro & Takara’s goal. Sell toys to kids. Make money. I think this is a one-step changer, not one of the Masterpiece series figures marketed to collectors.