It's not an unreasonable expectation that it should work while it's charging. Many battery operated devices operate that way (you know, like your phone); I have a battery pack that charges other devices while it is plugged in and charging itself. Understandably, not all do (like wireless bluetooth earbuds, etc.). IMO, for what they charge for this, this should operate while charging. I mean, it can explode while charging - is it so much to ask that it, uh... works while charging?

 

Mine just showed up today, and I know some people on the thread have thrown some shade on him(myself included), but man, having him in hand he feels really impressive. I'm disappointed he can't remain plugged in and there's not as much paint apps as I'd like, but the sculpt is top notch and the materials feel great!

Poor Scourge, relegated to the back of the class.

 

Yes, but this is a toy, not a phone, ipad, work device or any other device, just a toy. The battery exploding situation was because the person tried to recharge a non-rechargeable battery. I've only heard of that one circumstance so that's not Xtransbots fault. I get what your saying and about the cost of the figure and all but I mean, I feel like it's something dumb to complain about, the price was high due to size, weight/die cast, lights/sounds, paint. I still stand by the fact that it's a toy, if you want to play with it, let it charge and play with it. If you can't be patient, then you can't play with your toy. Haha. I dunno. Sorry, that's just my opinion of it. Yours is yours and it's not wrong, I just think it's silly.

Also was it even advertised that it would work that way? I mean, if it was, then I'll shut my mouth and apologize, but if it wasn't, then it shouldn't be expected to, right?

 

I think this is just apologising for a pretty simple design choice which meant that the product *can't* work while charging, whereas if the charging port was placed slightly lower on the figure then people would have the option. It seems like a sloppy oversight.
Yes, I don't think it was specifically advertised that it would work that way - but if one is paying $180 for a moulded shell, a small motor, LED and voice chip then it would be nice if they put some thought into having as much functionality as possible.
The major flaw in your "it's just a toy" argument is that the electronics do have full functionality while charging. It's not like the product switches off, which would be understandable. It readily *wants* to operate while charging - but instead of simply allowing it to, an arbitrary design decision prevents it.

 

Precisely.

Personally, I'd rather they skip electronic gimmicks altogether to keep the price down and shorten the development timeline and complexity. But if they're going to go through all that extra effort and they're going to tout their engineering and quality assurance prowess, it's legitimate to call them out on rather apparent misses.

 

Nah, where's the fun in that?

 

do any of that are moaning about the usb cable own remote control cars , drones ect and do you moan and get pissed off that you can't play with them while the battery is charging? or do you do the normal thing charge play charge play charge play ect ect ect? .. seeing this TOY compared to powering and charging a mobile phone while it's be used is proper laughable  

 

Man! I want this this thing without the electronics! It looks great but I'd wager 60% of its price is the electronics that I'll never use. Gut this thing and paint the eyes and I'm a customer at $70-$80 bones. As it stands, this will get 0 of my dollars...

 

Dr. Egg review, and disassembly video below.

 

Big difference between an item that is meant to move in 3d space, and one that turns in place on a point. I get it you love XTB and are a fan boi, but jiminy crickets man, moving a usb port 2cm down to allow a stationary figure the ability to be powered via usb instead of insanely hard to find batteries is kind of a no duh moment. But thats assuming you designed it to be electric from the start and didnt just throw it in last minute in order to get an extra 100 bucks out of 20 bucks worth of electronics.

 

it's not being a fan boy it's just using your common sense , charge and play the usb don't need to stay in to do that and who's going to sit and play with it for hours needing the usb left plugged in? surely you will get enough out of one charge for your needs....the battery is not that hard to find there was some confusion at first yes

i hate this fan boy shit i buy from all companies and don't favour one over the other it's just people like you see posts in the threads and automatically think kiss ass fan boy to said company ...... we are all transformers fanboys and girls here

 

You could just admit it has shitty placement and should've been in the back, at the bottom. Including a color matched gray cable would've been optimal.

 

maybe it could have but it's not , it is what it is not the end of the world

 

Yes, and it’s simply bad placement that prevents functionality. You’re right, it’s not the end of the world but you’re the one defending it as if the criticism is.

 

i'm defending because it's simple plug it in to charge unplug it to use , plugging and unplugging is hardly going to shave loads of time off your life is it?  

 

Ugh, i have XTB lock and veritus on pre order but i am not above recognizing poor design. You can buy an item and still disagree with their design choices.

I hate batteries in my transformers and I loathe leaving them in for extended periods of time and would much prefer proper cable management. I can drill a hole in my display and hide a usb cable and keep it plugged in with no batter indefinitely and press the button whenever i feel like it. This is a figure that will sit on the shelf next to 2-3 other toys and not move for 99% of the people buying it. No one is waiting until sunday to bust out their quint judge and go down to the living room to press the button 5 times and be like hey kids, look what dad wasted a shit ton of money on, it says 5 things and spins!

I hated the voice options in freedom leader and strongly believe that they are what caused the copy right infringement that lead to toyworld getting raided.

 

You are missing the point, people would like to skip using batteries all together, and just plug it in to use it. Its not about charging.

 

I was pretty sure you were just trolling at first and rightfully needed to be ignored, but this response suggests that you simply don't get it.

This "toy", as you claim it is, actually has the same use case as a common table lamp. You don't really "play" with it. It's designed to sit on a surface and activate with minimal contact, like a table lamp. Set it on a surface, plug it in, and activate via switch on the device or remote. Same. Exact. Thing. Aside from relocating it once in a while, you should never have to handle it in any significant way with regards to any of the electronics.

When was the last time you had to mess with a table lamp to address the plug blocking the light from working every 3 seconds? Right. Never.

There are portable table lamps that run on rechargeable batteries too (some with remotes). A lot of those are actually found on Amazon made by generic Chinese brands, coincidentally. And guess what. They all work better than this product.

This thing fails at what it was designed to do. Plain and simple. Any attempt to defend or justify its many significant shortcomings is either trolling or downright fan-boi behavior.

 

it is a battery operated toy, nothing more, nothing less. it seems like the ones who bitched about the price, then the paint, then the size, then the electronics, couldn't find anything else to bitch about so now they have landed on bitching about a USB cable. For fks sake, get over it man, if you don't like it then don't buy it, there's nothing in this world making you like it or buy it. Get over yourselves, it's like you have to come back to this thread to have to justify your non-purchase to yourself for validation of your choice. Guess what, no one cares. Your continued bashing of a TOY and the people who bought that TOY makes you sound like a petty jack who has nothing better to do in their life but attack things you have no interest in. I would hope people's lives are more interesting than having to find some inanimate object to complain about.
I know you will attack me, call me a fanboi and whatever else you want to say that you think makes you look cool. Go for it, be my guest. At the end of the day it still makes you look like a bitter little man who has nothing better to do with their life than talk crap about a TOY.
As to the claim this TOY is no different than a table lamp I have one simple question. Does a table lamp move? No, it doesn't therefore the comparison is mute and frankly a rather labored attempt. I know, the "bash everything XTB" is in vogue right now and you're trying to be one of the "cool kids", but come on, at least try.

 

My daughter has a lamp that is a carousel. It moves. The cable comes out the bottom. I'm pretty happy with it.