Unpopular toy opinions

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by NotRamjet97, Mar 28, 2015.

  1. LoneDragon

    LoneDragon I dare to be stupid!

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  2. MrLemming

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    Oh jeez, you just reminded me of some of the older figures (I believe TR did this?) where they'd literally have the act of folding up both fists into the forearms as separate steps each.
     
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    Totally, but I only want his reviews!
     
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    The Transformers Authentic figures... the irony is they look like knockoffs.
     
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  5. Enterlaw

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    I don’t care who hates me for this, but here goes:

    I think combined wars Devastator and POTP Predaking are straight up the best combiners ever and I think all all combiner work (looking at you, Seacons) should stop IMMEDIATELY and be reissued at that size and scale. Not just reproduced, either, I mean tooled up so they’re solid at that size.

    I did, however, like the idea of alternate/backup limbs, so they can sell one of those separately as well.

    Carry on.
     
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  6. Kaynowa

    Kaynowa #MakeTransformersStupidAgain

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    I'd be with you on Devastator but Predaking looks abysmal, especially with the individuals. The legs have the entire thigh and half a pelvis on their backs and Predaking's abdomen is 90% air. Also aren't his arms backwards?
     
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  7. Enterlaw

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    I don’t think Predacons look that bad, with one exception, that exception being Rampage. The arm connection pack looks bad. The animals look way better they originally did. Easily. Perfect? No. But you have to make exceptions for combiners. Always.
     
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  8. jru42287

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    On the subject of instruction manuals: I don't know if I've just gotten used to how most Transformers transform, but I don't really use them beyond the Masterpiece figures anymore. With Studio Series, I've found that I can pretty easily just figure out the transformation on my own. Only problem is when you have a joint that's super-tight. It makes you think it's not supposed to move.
     
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  9. Dachande

    Dachande MULTI-QUOTE- USE IT. Super Mod

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    I haven't used them in ages. Most times they're more confusing than the transformation ends up being, so going by "feel" is easier in the long run.

    Studio Series Blackout was a patience-tester, though I was still able to skip the instructions.
     
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  10. Maximus Danz

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    Usually, I just articulate it for a minute and then I basically know how it transforms (I don't know why that's just how I work) The one exception in the last year has been Spinister who has a hilarious Transformation that I Love to death!
     
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    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    The catch there is that those aren't multiple robots designed to become one big robot, they're one Titan class robot designed to become a group of smaller robots.

    I.e. it's not Mixmaster who becomes a leg of Devestator, it's the leg of Devestator who becomes Mixmaster.
     
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    I use them so I know where to start, and usually by the middle of the process I've abandoned the instructions in favor of just trying to do it on my own.
     
  13. Shin Densetsu

    Shin Densetsu I WILL DESTROY YOU Content Contributor Veteran

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    Instructions have also been objectively terrible for the last few years.
     
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  14. jru42287

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    It also helps that most come packaged in bot mode these days.
     
  15. KuroKage2001

    KuroKage2001 Gib Tigerhawk combiner

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    Not sure how unpopular it is but I’d rather get a new Transmetal 2 or Beast Machines Black Arachnia than a season 1 and 2.
     
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    Ok. I see what you’re getting at. And fine, great, grand. Let’s do it.
     
  17. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    I don't think you understand the trade off that happened. Using Devestator/Constructions as the example (and please bear in mind I don't own Devestator or Predaking so I'm purely going off what I see in pictures), sure the combiner is great - but that's to be expected since that's the main mode - but the 'individual' figures? Not that great. Look at Bonecrusher: SCRAPPER:
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    He has NO elbows and his knees are simply hinges that look weird. And these guys are I think about Voyager size so this is inexcusably bad if you try to consider Bonecrusher SCRAPPER as a stand-alone figure. He isn't, of course, since in a way, this is actually the "alt mode" of Devestator's arm.

    The other thing to consider is the price. Titan class is $150 and not everybody has the kind of space to have multiple figures of that price and size. The closest things I have is the original 2003 Armada Unicron, Energon Omega Supreme, and the slightly smaller Masterpiece Skywarp (Walmart edition), and they are a PAIN IN THE ASS when it comes to the footprint they take up in the display shelves. They're all crammed into the bottom right now because I simply can't fit them anywhere else. The existing combiners from Combiner Wars are fine as-is, given they're a voyager and four deluxes plus optional scout/legends, BUT as stand-alone figures they're very good (Except Brawl, something went horribly wrong there with his arms since he can't do a 90 degree elbow bend AND hold his hand-foot-gun like most of the other deluxes). Plus, after price breakdown with current MSRP listings for size classes...

    Deluxe = $20 * 4 = $80
    Legend = $10 * 1 = $10
    Voyager = $30 * 1 = $30

    80 + 10 + 30 = $120

    So, that's a whole $30 (before tax) that the current scramble city combiners cost AND they're interchangeable a designed AND the individual figures can be stand alone. That's a better value than a $150 set of figures who are compromised in various ways because they aren't so much individual robots as they are simply one big robot split into six components and only have one configuration of combination back into the big guy.
     
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  18. mx-01 archon

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    That's Scrapper :p .
     
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    That's also the Hasbro version. The Takara versions all have elbows and honestly Long Haul is the only one whose bot mode suffers.
     
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  20. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    Google search lied to me.

    That and I made that post right before starting my hour long commute so I was focused more on the crappy joints than character accuracy, admittedly.

    Except the Takara one is more expensive AND in the time since, Hasbro's been making Takara release the exact same figures instead of them having superior versions, IIRC.