Super Impulse World’s Smallest Transformers G1 Figurines

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by laserghost, Jun 10, 2019.

  1. primalxconvoy

    primalxconvoy Banned

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    Way too expensive, and certainly NOT a proper\"WST\".  I\'ll stick with my TT versions (that actually transform) thankyouverymuch.
     
  2. Vector Oracle

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    Yeah, these are way too expensive for their size. These mini-statues are probably limited-run tchotchkes that appeal to a small handful of people, so I'll stick with the cheaper small things like Battlemasters and BotBots.
     
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  3. Capperclawed

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    Yea i'm still not terribly impressed by these. The size is charming as far as small statuettes go, but its really strange that they are pushing these as worlds smallest transformers when they don't transform. I know there's plenty of figures that don't transform now a days in order to give us a better representation of the characters, but we already have the WST stuff. Its just strange to me that everything else in this line from super impulse seems to be such a straight laced small version of whatever its supposed to be, but they got weird with it just this one time for Transformers. Could they get the license but not the rights to use simple, or g1 molds? Is it a parts issue? This all just doesn't seem well thought.
     
  4. Mega Prowl

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    $13.00?! And here I thought Hasbro would lower their prices, but nope, we\'re getting expensive prices for these things, I\'m fine with most of their products, but I know when enough\'s enough, they\'re just overpricing their best products to make us give them everything our wallets have.
     
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    Looks okay, but doesn't transform and is leeching off the name WST. Plus the price is just nuts.
     
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  6. Haywired

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    I'd be interested in Joes to go more in scale with actual TFs in my collection, but the price is too high for those tiny bits of plastic.
     
  7. Oniconvoy

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    You know that this isn’t a Hasbro product, right?
     
  8. chuckcjc

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    lol, got a good chuckle from these two comments.
     
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    Hmm... I wonder if he could fit in Siege Jetfire's cockpits.
     
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    Music Primetimus Prime

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    It's not that strange when you consider Hasbro's stance in not allowing licensed 3rd party manufacturers to create transformable figures.
     
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    ...delayed till the end of September...:rolleyes: 

    I hope to see a wider distribution of these figs than just the one store...:fingers crossed:
     
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    Ok then...
     
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    They seem to be $6.5 (strangely, Starscream is $9.9), which is cheaper that the $13.00 price tag we reported before.
     
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    I want to get the Prime primarily to put an animation accurate minifig in Commander Class Jetfire's cockpit.
     
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    It looks like they can't move. :(  But perhaps since the Gi joe counterparts to these guys are the same size and move, maybe, just maybe they will. I sure hope so.
     
  17. silentdarth

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    I found these guys at the  dollar tree, but they\'re not carded. They\'re in packs with the corresponding character on the package. 
     
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    Well, if someone wants some figures for Trypticon to swallow or to go with some character base modes, I suppose there's that.
     
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    The packaging costs more than the figure. Amazingly they actually look worse than the Dollar Tree Minifigures. If you want a mini Transformer, save yourself a lot of cash and buy the ones at Dollar Tree. If you don\'t have a Dollar Tree near you, ask someone to buy you the whole line and mail them to you.
     
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    The entire point of “World’s Smallest” is to make a miniature version of a preexisting toy/game/product that can somewhat facsimile as the original in its function, I.e. tiny Hot Wheels that can still roll.

    So why don’t they transform?
     
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