um.... 4 years? Sir, we gotta talk... Let me tell you about a time long ago from 1984 to 1990 or so...

 

I think his point was that this new mold has been around since Titans Return which is four years old at this point so expecting it to change suddenly doesn't make sense. It's irrelevant what the G1 figure did because when they redesigned Brainstorm for Titans Return this is what they did and that's the figure being reissued.

 

meh, idc, you can also take most of the new transformers and their crappy cheap plastic and shove it, too. Mine actually had metal in them, and I'm passing them down to my kids. The only better thing about newer TFs is better articulation.

In a time when we have better plastics available, and can make more precise shapes and fitment, there's really no excuse on the mold-makers part to not make a removable, splittable gun for Brainstorm. Especially ~30 years after the original had it, afaik.

 

Some people just like to look for a reason to complain

 

All complaining for any reason is bad, except complaining about complaining, which is somehow good because reasons.

 

Yeah that's what it feels like running through some of these threads lately.

 

Might want to learn some etiquette there bud or at least be a little more polite when you try to express your opinion since you apparently decided that you cared enough to make a comment in the first place. Also, got to love the "back in my day" nonsense. Man I grew up with the original toys too and they're gone and this isn't the '80s anymore.

 

I love how you completely changed the conversation because you got called out for not reading/comprehending the original post like it in any way saves face.

 

"Preorders open at noon on October 16th!"

Ten days later...

 

Walmart gonna Walmart.

 

Preorders open up only for those in stretch pants or sleeveless shirts ...

 

I mean, honestly... Im not all that upset preorders didnt open. That would just instill false hope in me for them to step on me again.

 

Hmmm, this would be a good outlet for a domestic release for most of the CW compatible molds come to think of it. Even Unite Warriors Computron.

 

I have no idea why people are still using Walmart’s website. It the most unreliable market site I have ever seen. Your only setting yourself up for a bad time when you pre-order something. Because of your order isn’t canceled, you’ll get your item long after it’s flooded your local store.

 

Agreed. You're better off waiting for them to hit retail and searching there. Wal-Mart's website is just a shit show.

 

And even if you can’t find them at retail(which sure as hell doesn’t seem to be a problem for the Netflix line), Ebay is honestly 100% more reliable then Walmart. I’d much rather pay a mark up then use Walmart’s site.

 

I posted this a couple years ago, but I always want to repost it whenever someone talks about "The Good Ol Days of G1 Transformers":
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I was born in 1975, so I was 8 when G1 first came out. I was absolutely mesmerized by those figures, and those magical toys are why I'm on this forum 30+ years later. I have never wanted any product like I wanted those toys from 1984 through 1986.

And you know what? Today's Hasbro offerings are FAR superior.

To begin with, today's standard of articulation makes those G1 figures look embarrassing. Consider the Decepticon planes: those were THE figures that made me fall in love with Transformers in the first place. Now gaze upon them in all their parts-forming, cone-o-cephalus, sticker-visor'd horror. Brick? More like robo-rigor mortis. Those figures were around $15 in 1984, the equivalent of about $36 dollors today. These days, I won't buy my 5 1/2 year old son Cyber Battalion figures because they don't have knees. No knees is an absolute deal-breaker. Meanwhile, my single most wished-for (yet unfulfilled) childhood dream toy - Thundercracker - had ... shoulders. That's it. Shoulders. Nothing else. Just ... shoulders.

I hear a lot of people mention the grandeur of G1 diecast. Sure, diecast conferred a bit of heft, but in those days we didn't give a shit, because heft doesn't matter when your figure breaks apart into hefty little pieces. Fully intact TFs were rare. Headless Soundwaves and Buzzsaws abounded on playgrounds. Backpacks held Trapper-Keepers and Prowls missing a windshield. And let's not forget the thalidomide baby of the bunch, Mirage, who was prone to spontaneous bisection when his 0.05 mm center peg sheared clean in half during routine transformation. Kind of a bummer when that happens to your $10 ($25 in 2018!) birthday present.

And you better be wearing your Bugle Boy cargo pants, because there was no 'weapon storage in alt mode', and all those chrome rifles and seeker fists and landing gears had to go in your goddamn pockets. How many kids still had the horizontal tail fins for their Christmas Seekers come New Years Day? I actually knew a kid who threw away the horizontal tail fins of his Skywarp the day he opened it, because he was "just gonna lose 'em anyway". Sorry you lost the left fist of your Starscream! What, did it fall out from where you wedged it between his feet in jet mode? Sorry, kid, Shapeways won't exist for another 25 years! Better come up with a head-canon story about how Screamer lost his hand trying to overthrow Megatron!

And all those photos of Toys R Us aisles stacked high with Transformers are pretty stunning, especially when compared to the depressing shithole that is Walmart. I know, I know - those photos elicit powerful nostalgia in me, too. But the reason the shelves were packed and stacked was because that was the ONLY place to get Transformers. Sure, there were a smattering at department stores or Sears, etc, but that was it. You had no other options. Toy hunting was a requirement, one that many parents weren't too keen on undertaking during hectic, multi-store errand trips in the pre-Target/Walmart days.

And if you missed out on a figure? LOL, sorry sucker! I know its your birthday, kiddo, but here's the thing: they stopped shipping Thundercracker. You missed him. He's gone forever. But don't worry! The aisles are packed with his shitty replacement, Dirge. Sure he looks stupid, but at least he doesn't have tail fins to lose! Happy Birthday!

Today's Hasbro figures are infinitely better articulated. For all the cries about hollow-ness, their design and ball-joints mean they are MUCH less prone to breakage than G1 figures. They almost all can store their weapons in alt mode, and they don't treat vital parts of their anatomy (fists) as accessories that can be lost by a child. They are almost all readily available from retailers whose virtual stores are open 24/7 and will ship to your doorstep.

And if you want a figure from a few years ago, you don't have to search for a broken, incomplete, soiled one at a creepy rummage sale. If your daughter wants Animated Blackarachnia for Christmas in 2017, you can open up the eBay app while lying in bed at 1 AM in mid-December, find a decent deal, and get it for her. And right before you hit 'confirm', you'll pause, and you'll think about how when you were a kid you missed out on Thundercracker, and there was nothing you could do about it.

This is the Golden Age I never saw coming. This is the second chance I never thought I'd get.

 

I'm about that same age as you Thundercracker Blue, and I agree with everything you said. (Incidentally Service Merchandise was my go-to for TF but toys r us was like going to heaven omg).

I almost can't believe how little playability those original toys had, but everything evolves and develops. CAD, advances in materials, the machines that make them etc.

But at the time, they were absolutely mesmerizing. Words can't express it, it was awesome.

I remember missing out on Starscream and getting Ramjet because he was white. It was the best 9-year-old me could do.

 

that's true, what's worse: Preorders that never materialize to make, or Preorders that never materialize into actual orders like everything I've preordered from WM so far this year.