I honestly don't know why people don't. Or at least watch EmGo's Just Transform It! series. "It's a puzzle I wanna solve!" No, it's a puzzle you could break because you don't know what you're doing, people. But, have at it. Of course not. We wing it and it sometimes sticks, so we roll with it!
I mean, not really. As long as you don't ham-fist it like BSF (or it's not made entire of clear plastic), it's pretty obvious what's supposed to move and what's not supposed to move. There's really no risk of breakage unless you start forcing shit. And anyone who breaks a figure that way, let's be honest, is going to end up breaking said figure regardless. I always attempt first transformation with no instructions and I've never broken a figure that way. Cause I'm careful.
i want to rant about studio series pegs for wheels. Hasbro, why do you use plastic connectors for wheels instead metal pegs?
I think metal pins cost more and given how many they're using in joints now that they've redused ball joints, something had to get cut
To add, figures up to voyagers from last few years aren't even that complicated, expect occasional tricky step, like TR Megatron/Blitzwing legs locking point.
FedEx lies about delivery. They pulled that stunt on me recently too. E-mail Hasbro and try to nudge them towards sending a replacement. Be sure to mention that this is the second package that was "delivered" by FedEx but never arrived. If they seem reluctant to cooperate, suggest you might have to file for a chargeback. If they don't cooperate, call your card issuer and follow through on that threat. I would also call FedEx and insist on an investigation, especially since this is the second time they've done this. If you reach somebody in India and they do not understand, call back until you reach an American. I'm sorry you have to go through this to get something you paid for but if you're not persistent they'll lay back and profit from ripping you off.
I’m a bit mad that HasTak did Siege. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good line and I know people love it, myself included, but it was a waste. If that design had continued then sure, but seeing the redos of characters and the various exclusives of again, the same redos of characters, it’s just frustrating. In my view I just think that WFC as a whole was just planned poorly. There was no planned direction and it seems that they have these designs and consents lying around that they’re choosing from at what seems like the last minute. Sorry this was jumbled I just have a bunch of thoughts running around in my head right now lol.
Lines should not be One Year That's It when it comes to themes. We see repeatedly that great lines that are loved by fans get shortchanged and figures everyone wants either become hard to get exclusives or don't get produced at all because of this odd "We have to be done in 365 days!" mentality. I also feel this causes the designers to never get into a strong groove... just as they are learning how to truly make a line work they have to swap to something else. The best figures tend to be at the end of the year line... why not just do it two years? Heck, with the last two trilogies the third part has been a hodge podge already: POTP was Combiner Wars left overs and Kingdom is Siege/Earthrise figures with BWs. Combiner Wars for 2 years to 3 years due to size. Titans Return be 2 years. No POTP because they are merged into CW and TR. Siege goes 2 years and we get the Movie Decepticons in Year 2. Then Earthrise for 2 years to give us the Movie Autobots. Then move the Kingdom and make it pure Beast Wars.
I agree, but I think it should be taken a step further. Do away with the trilogies. They're restrictive and too messy. One wave expansion for Siege led to a smaller Earthrise line. They release so many figures over and over because of this format, I think. If they had one continuous banner series, there would be far fewer repeats and more chances for a full roster of any given team rather than mixing the different aesthetics
I agree that no more trilogies. Do a theme for two years, feel free to slowly begin introducing the next theme during the first, and don't make ALL FIGURES part of that theme, if possible.
It's actually gotten worse, originally the delivery date for the centurions was also monday, but they got changed to friday, and they ALSO never showed up despite being marked as delivered, so it's three packages all from the same shipper and carrier. I got a Sky lynx and astro squad pack on the porch monday from amazon fine, and housemates got 5 packages of clothes and stuff friday on the porch fine, but now three HasbroPulse via Fedex boxes, and only those, haven't shown up. I've called fedex, they don't have a method to report this in any way, spent about 2 hours on the phone, also no way to contact a hub or simply call a driver and ask if it's just a misunderstanding. I've opened a case with hasbro for all three packages, I still haven't heard back from Rotorstorm which was lost on 9/27. I've already ordered a new rotorstorm from bbts and am trying to find a friend I can buy their pit and a centurion off of for better than ebay. I also can't cancel my heroquest and other pulse orders, or change the addresses. I would be more secure if I could ship them direct to a hub then pick them up.
This is starting to irritate me. With Beast Wars getting a major spotlight in Kingdom and a whole comic series, other series are starting to get antsy and already talking about "when is it my turn?" as if it'll take long at all. We know the other series are coming, it's only a matter of time. I love the UT, I am super excited for it to make a grand revival, but let Beast Wars have it's time, please. They just got this and if one rushes the other, no one wins in the end
I don't see sense in animal alt modes. A fire breathing t-rex, cool, cool, but why? A bat, Mindwipe, why? It's not fast, compact or anything useful. A cat, well, they are fast and agile, but then why not a car. And there are Beast Wars characters, which are great, but i don't like their animal altmodes, and versions with vehicle pre-show modes feel like they lack a part of character.
I feel the same thing but with cars, literally just metal bricks on wheels. Was more into transforming animals as a kid, so the vehicle transformers never interested me unless it was a jet or tank. Generic cars are just overrated at this point. I mean there just toys, I still can’t see why people get all tight over Beastformers cause there have been dumber concepts that were taken way to seriously, like Headmasters.
What in the everliving F is that abhorrent excuse for a movie Devastator? If you were to have shown me that toy today, without any prior knowledge of what it was, I would have said, "What's that, then?" Because movie Devastator?...it just ain't. TakaraTomy, in the words of the AVGN, "WHAT were you THINKING?!?!?" Big boxy feet, tiny hands, a complete lack of any features that were trademarks of his massive, animal like self in the 07 movie. Hell, even big brass balls wouldn't help this mess of a figure. It looks horrible. The absolute worst representation of movie Devastator. He deserved much, much better. Even Ultimate Devastator did a better job as a combiner, and that...that really hurts me to type. Just complete and utter crap!
What use is a car off a road? What good is a jet once it’s been grounded? Wheels are only good if you’ve got a flat stretch of solid ground. Limbs are the way to go.
I saw boxes for ft battlegrounds at gs and they were just marked new so I asked about them. The employee was like pfft, transformers? We aren't actually getting any copies of that. I didn't say anything, I just looked around and noted that the store was 1/3 pops.
