Zeta Toys ZV-02 Core Star / 1Studio Cell (G1 Unicron)

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  1. GAUGE

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    I legit love puzzles. The most complex transformation I ever experienced in a toy that legit helped teach me Patience was Revenge of the Fallen Leader Prime. to this day I've never messed with a more complex transforming toy.

    my second would have to be Toyworld Constructor.

    But yeah to be honest, I've always enjoyed super complex puzzle type transforming toys.

    there used to be this one puzzle toy I owned when I was really young. This toy was basically some sort of box that you dropped a steel ball into and you'd have to configure it is such a way to create a path for the ball to get through and then exit through the other side. It taught me critical thinking.

    Anything that expands the brain to master critical thinking, I honestly enjoy. Puzzles as a whole have always fascinated me. I hate math puzzles, I just enjoy actual puzzles you have to solve with your hands. That is why this particular Toy here intrigues me so much.

    It truly looks like a really fun puzzle to me. in both modes. I hope to see many more toys like this in the future.
     
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  2. siccoyote

    siccoyote Worst side of the fandom

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    That colour in his legs is:
    Red = 95
    Green = 142
    Blue = 150
    That's a slightly desaturated Turquoise.

    Grey would be more equal on the Red amount.

    Also as said that's not from the movie.
     
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  3. GAUGE

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    I was on my phone in bumpy cab ride at the time. it happens sometimes. :lol 
     
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    Get ready for some angry folks coming in. Apparently one secondary retailer suggested that they have lost around 200 Unicron preorders largely on account of Zeta.
     
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    I find that hard to believe. After all, at this point, isn't the $150+ deposit on these secondary retailers non-refundable unless the crowd funding campaign fails?
     
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  6. Red2

    Red2 " ... and so the story goes ... "

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    Link?

    Hearsay?

    Anecdotal?
     
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    I don't know. Not all the deposits kicked in immediately for some of the secondary e-tailers. I know there were a handful that allowed you to cancel so long as the final orders were not submitted. It could also be that the extension gave people time to garner the money so they could simply go through Hasbro Pulse and not use an intermediary.

     
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  8. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    TBh I think its far more likely for people to come from this thread to trash talk hasbro's with that news. Its usually how people react when loyal to 3p only.
     
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    That's fair. I only offered the warning because one fellow said that he would rather see the entire 3rd Party market burn than lose out on Hasbro Unicron.
     
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    All good.
     
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    OmegaTaco Supreme Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb

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    Both parties have their loyalists and extremists. I look at stuff as a MP scale and design collector. I spread the cheddar to every company as long they have something that catches my fancy.
     
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    What most people can't seem to grasp is many complaining are still actually buying both figures. :lol 

    So the griping is just par for the course from those same people. :) 
     
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  13. Ryuu

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    Agreed there are things that haslab has made that I like and there are stuff by fanstoys zeta mmc and maketoys have made that I have liked to me I feel like it is what looks good to me
     
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    Yeah, I mostly just look for it to be decently built, look good, and worth the asking price in my eyes. Who cares if its official, 3p, or ko, Support whats better to you.
     
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    I still find hard to believe that Zeta could have such an impact on Hasbro, but if it's the case it would be really bad. I'm not going to support 3p if that means losing official products.
     
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    We are never going to lose official products because hasbro and takara make a lot of money off of them and takara has lost Pokemon so it will keep any and all assets to keep growth and money flow and Hasbro also because they are major companies and losing a major product like transformers is not on the table for either company
     
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    I had absolutely no problem cancelling my pre order and getting my deposit back for unicron. I had it with tfs-express
     
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    I'm only going by what the fine print read. Which is one of the reasons I didn't pre-order it. The other reason being the final cost.
     
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    Yeah, the cost was a big one for me too. I like it, but not enough to spend that much on it
     
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