The Official Rant Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Capirus, Jul 31, 2018.

  1. artiepants

    artiepants Transformers '84!!!

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    Parts-forming the way Earthrise Cliffjumper and Arcee do it has no place in a mainline Transformers figure in 2020.
    Totally lazy engineering (and weird on Cliffjumper since he's about 100 miles from being Sunbow accurate anyways, so why not just make the backpack work)

    (and I know Arcee's can apparently stay attached, but then it's just 1/2 her car mode hanging off her back with zero actual transformation going on.)
     
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  2. G1Prowl

    G1Prowl Prick, apparently

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    Hell, I'd be down for more Legion class figures, especially repaints of all those G1 ones. I still need a proper Smokescreen in that size.
     
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  3. TickTockGoesTheClock

    TickTockGoesTheClock Dōmo arigatō, Mr Roboto.

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    I don't know if this was meant to be sarcastic but, each generation has a right to enjoy difference content. John Wick and Patton's Speech holding different meanings is what makes them special. While I'd wager that most of my generation has not read or heard either of those, that's ok because "Scott here" to people my age is equal to JW and Patton to you.
     
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  4. Fc203

    Fc203 Jazz is a Pontiac not a Porsche

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    Why did hasbro do this with ratchet
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  5. G1Prowl

    G1Prowl Prick, apparently

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    John Wick isn't that old of a movie, but you've made a point. The kind of people that watch that channel probably DO find massive awe inspired emotional attachment to what is essentially "Welcome to Walmart."
     
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  6. Scarlet knight

    Scarlet knight Emergency Food Connoisseur

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  7. Kaynowa

    Kaynowa #MakeTransformersStupidAgain

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    Or they just... find it catchy? More of a "transform and roll out" rather than "one shall stand, one shall fall."
     
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  8. halo4361

    halo4361 Float like a butterfly, sting like a manta ray

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    One thing I really hate is when people jack up prices in an auction non organically. I was looking at a set of minicons on ebay that started out at 14.99. I came back yesterday and some asshole put in a bid for for 45 dollars as the first bid. I understand shelling out a lot for something you want, but how is jumping the price like that at the first second helping yourself?
     
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  9. Maximus Danz

    Maximus Danz Trying to achieve something

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    [​IMG]

    Why should I pay $95 for a $50 figure with 5 new parts? Why should I pay $35 apiece for the same combiner molds I bought at $15 (which is why I didn't)? In the words of half of MP collectors, I'll wait for the ko.
     
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  10. Windsweeper II

    Windsweeper II Banned

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    Whenever I look at Siege figures I am appalled by the cheapness. Their lack of height compared to the superior PW line and the flimsy splattering of paint together with the useless pieces of plastic they used to bump oversized deluxes up to leader class prices made the line the low point of the franchise we all know it as.

    It's good to see Hasbro listened to the fans with Earthrise and brought us clean figures that don't try to look Cybertronian when they shouldn't.
     
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  11. TickTockGoesTheClock

    TickTockGoesTheClock Dōmo arigatō, Mr Roboto.

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    Are we talking about collecticon?
     
  12. The13Primes

    The13Primes hot shot fanatic

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    So im not the only one with that issue? Happened on both of mine and i still have no idea how
     
  13. Kaynowa

    Kaynowa #MakeTransformersStupidAgain

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    I had three copies and didnt have any issues with that.
     
  14. Iruini

    Iruini Some shitposter

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    it's really weird, the hinges would snap, also both scattershot's over time got these really floppy feet which would result in scattershot faceplanting,
     
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    Fc203 Jazz is a Pontiac not a Porsche

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    Seeing the cool walmarts display make me want to go to them but i cant :mad: :banghead: :cry :mad 
     
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  16. Mister D

    Mister D Bloosh Compatible

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    I can't remember the last time I bid for something on eBay, but as I recall I put in something close to my highest big, and they automatically registered it at the lowest price needed to be the top bidder. So if I bid $50, but the price was at $25, it would have displayed at $26. Is that not how it still works?

    And which minicons were you looking at?

    I have the complete Seacon set, and for the price, I am disappointed. Remolding resulted in design compromises you wouldn't have had with new figures, and I can't think of one figure that doesn't have one glaring flaw, and that's before you get to the stability issues with the combined mode.

    Given that these figures had a 75% markup from the originals, that's pretty poor QC.
     
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  17. jru42287

    jru42287 Ass Möde is a way of life.

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    I feel that. I'm also trying to hunt down a specific Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt, and Target has been the only place I can even look. My favorite car in my favorite color, and my only option is paying the Scalpers on eBay at 1500% of its actual cost.
     
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  18. Capirus

    Capirus The Gray

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    I tend to see rare Hot Wheels without realizing it. Got a picture of what you're looking for?
     
  19. jru42287

    jru42287 Ass Möde is a way of life.

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    It's this one:
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    Ideally, I wish I could find two, one to open and one to keep in package, but that seems unlikely.
     
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  20. RKillian

    RKillian http://www.rktoyandhobby.com

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    Hot Wheels just has so many shitty weirdo cars that it's rare to see anything recognizable. I haven't had any luck finding sites that catalog what's out there either.
     
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