Paradron Medic Two Pack

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Starfire22, Aug 27, 2020.

  1. ArcanielRE3

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    Most reluctant figure purchase I have ever made. Screw you Hasbro, for locking a character as important as Ratchet behind an exclusive 2-pack with a god damn generic. Dishing out $40 for a product doesn't feel very good when you only care about half of said product.

    I expect countless Paradron Medics to flood eBay once December arrives lmao
     
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  2. MidnightBliss

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    This is why I shouldn't go to work! I missed the first few hours of preorder window. Glad I got one in. Hope it isn't cancelled.
     
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    I gotta say, I’m sort of underwhelmed.

    No accessories for Ratchet is a major letdown. Paradon is ok I guess.
     
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  4. Fafnir72

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    This! :mad: :banghead: 


    They were never together in the Season 3. Ratchet was killed by the 'cons in the 1986 Movie remember? Paradon Medic showed up when Rodimus was the Prime.If you follow the JP Legends, he was hail and hearthy alive. So maybe of scene they were together, in the JP Legends version.
     
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    I am almost certain this is because of the near-monopoly Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target now have on the market. 10 years ago they may have been satisfied with stuff like a G1 redeco of a movie figure or a toy with "Battle Damage", but now they have the pull. Wal-Mart can be like "Okay, we'll carry Transformers, but WE get Earthrise Bumblebee." Target clearly wants Seekers. Obviously Amazon gets Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet etc. Hasbro can't say no to a retailer because each one of them is nearly 1/3rd of the market now. There's a reason why Generations Selects-- the stuff released on smaller retailers like Pulse, BBTS, Entertainment Earth, etc.-- is mostly obscure stuff like Hothouse, G2 Sandstorm, Black Roritchi, etc. That's how they can release what they need to get their money back on the molds now. I think Hasbro would LOVE to release Prowl, Ironhide, Bumblebee, etc. on Hasbro Pulse. People are blaming Hasbro for this, but I think this is the big 3 retailers driving this. This is what happens when there is no physical toy retailer like TRU left in the U.S.
     
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  6. Bob Schoonover

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    They don't really match up with any of those planet names, but who knows. I'd lean no, personally
     
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  7. Starscream Gaga

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    Oh, I'm sorry. Dead Optimus Prime or Cell-Shaded Megatron is fair game but a Ratchet in his MARVEL colours instead of his SUNBOW colours? That's scraping the bottom of the barrel, honey.
     
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    Thank Primus they got the white paint on Ratchet right this time. I absolutely hated that ugly cream white on SIEGE figure.
     
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    It's also ignoring the fact that red-helmet Ratchet just looks better. And I'm not even a Marvel Comics guy
     
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    100%.

    Marvel is far from my favourite continuity but if every Megatron or Ratchet from now on would be in their Marvel colourschems rather than their Sunbow colourschemes I would be a very happy fan.
     
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    Yes, those two were scraping the bottom of the barrel.
     
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    I totally agree with this and couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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    I personally would buy the crap out of a marvel version of the siege/earthrise figures!

    Purple Soundwave, Red Helmet Ratchet, gimme!!!
     
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    So what's your point? Red-Helmet Ratchet is, like, 50% of his G1 fictional appearances and yet the white helmet is always the one chosen for toys. This isn't a Sunbow-homage line either so there's no reason it couldn't have been the red colourscheme and it's Ratchet so there isn't even toy accuracy to consider. Just give us the better looking head.
     
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    that’s not how that actually works but okay
     
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    Damn, I swore myself I was skipping all Siege redos, but this set is really really really tempting me.

    This Ratchet with the dark colors in the hands and thighs looks different enough to Siege Ratchet to repurpose as a generic medicbot like those that appeared from time to time in IDW. Lifeline I have less interest in, since I hace the Funpub one from the T30 mold. Also, I'm a sucker for sets like this and the whole 1 of 5 thing really sets off the completionist in me.

    As I said regarding the BW updates, I don't really sell my figures, but I'm seriously considering it. In this case if I decide to sell of the Funpub Lifeline I could easily pay for this set and have some money to spare.

    For the time being, I'm skipping figures of characters I already have because money and space are tight, but this set and Bluestreak are making it really hard for me to follow my own rules.
     
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    10 years ago all the cool stuff went to Toys R Us and we were waiting in line before the store opened to fight for similar exclusives. Nowadays stuff goes to Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target because they're the only nationwide stores that sell toys and will take the exclusives. Nothing has really changed.
     
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    Could you explain, then? I'm fully willing to admit my hypothesis is wrong man, but you gotta give me more than snark.
     
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    WfC is most definitely a cartoon centric line for the most part. There are definitely exceptions, but it's clear the direction they're leaning in. So, too bad for you that they're not interested in doing the lame toy equivalent of video game player 2 color schemes.