Last year with GOTG Hasbro put out some decent 2.5 inch human figures and some nice vehicles and now this year with The Avengers AOU they're doing the same thing but with play sets so I'm curious if you guys think Hasbro might do the same thing for the next TF movie line? I think it would be pretty sweet and we might get some nice playsets. It seems that there also doing it for the Jurassic World line, so why not for Transformers?
Hell. NO. That is a terrible idea IMO, humans only work in transformers toys if they have some form of interactability, without an established scale line wide, any humans would would look out of place at 2.5' with most transformers Human alliance, and masterpiece, are the only lines to successfully pull off human figures in a mass market release transformers branded figure Otherwise the only good human toys are ga'mede from the ehobby magnificus set and the Takara version of kicker, but only because I so blindly love microman
Well that hurt. I don't know, i think it might work. Of course Hasbro would figure out some dumb gimmick to make them compatible with the figures. I'm just saying they've done it twice now and rumor has it they're also doing it with JW so i assume they'll do the same with TF's. But that's just my opinion.
I don't care to have human figures in with my Transformers. Outside of being a jumbled mess, one of the major complaints of the TF Movies is that it focuses on the humans more than the bots. Don't need another reason for them to do this more.
It's just my opinion, no offense was meant The big difference is that the entire conceit of those properties, is humans (or humanoid aliens or robots of reasonable size) as the heroes Transformers human characters, in the movies at least, have been incapable of protecting themselves, or even mounting a respectable defense, without the direct involvement and instruction of the transformers themselves, hell in aoe, the only reason Cade can do anything of use, is because he finds an ALIEN weapon, without it he's helpless, as cemetery wind would be without lockdown directing their tactics, and serving the finishing blows himself And it's the same across all movies, the only reason they could take out transformers in dotm is because the autobots trained them how to do so, Sam was only important because of the allspark, and they needed someone to distract devastator in rotf so they could shoot him with, arguably the only effective weapon humans have ever employed against the transformers, All that is important because, I doubt a kid watching any of those movies would leave saying "Wow I want a Cade jaeger toy" Or any similar human character, and at the end of the day, they are the intended consumer, not the collectors, who may want a Kelsey gramer, or mark whalburg, or Megan fox, but we don't make up a large enough precentage of the potential profit, as those that want such toys are a small precentage of a small precentage Again this is just my opinion, and I mean no offense to anyone, but at the end of the day anything could happen, I don't work for Hasbro and as such don't know what they re going to do
Those 2.5 inch figures are absolutely pathetic. I could never see myself supporting a line like that..
I honestly disliked the HA line. They had their own scale, which just didn't fit with much else. The basics were rather bad, and the full-size ones sacrificed too much to be able to fit the humans (or Frenzy) on the bot-mode, like the shoulder seat on Barricade.
I wouldn't mind humans if they didn't look absolutely stupid together. I don't need exact scale, but I don't need a human the size of a tire or up to Prime's waist. So as long as they scaled with a line I wanted, I'd at least get one. Otherwise no way, you couldn't sell me Star Wars figures at that size, and I bought a shampoo bottle because of Darth Vader. Thought I was going insane recently when I saw some GOTG figures on clearance and had to grab a Star Wars figure for size comparison. They don't have to actually fit in, actually traded my HA Sideswipe, novelty wore off fast.
They kind of already tried this with cyberverse for DOTM and Prime (obvs not 2.5" figures, but with interconnecting playsets with smaller scaled transformers). I enjoyed the line, and I would support it again if they brought it back.
I'd be down for more HA But I actually thought of a human-ish character I would buy in any scale if Hasbro put it out Sari Sumdac Preferably one that transforms
The only way I would jump on this is if they revived the Human Alliance line, but I think it would be better received if the scale was lowered to a 1/35 instead of a 1/24. Having said that, I have all the Human Alliance line and love them (even if I don't like the movie designs) and wished Hasbro would of continued the line.
This would be great. Humans had lots of exposure in the movies. Plus some were great characters. It would wise for Hasbro make toys of characters that people enjoyed in the movies. Human Alliance figures were too small. They'd have to be at least GI Joe figure sized. That way you can give them accessories. Figures for Epps and Lennox would have been on par with the accessories that come with GI Joes. Cade would have to come with a little robot invention and a football.
Something I never understood about the merchandising for the TF movies. They have all these actors in the movie but they never really capitalized on their likeness. The toy line always seamed backwards to me. The main line should have been Human Alliance and the deluxe, voyagers, leader ext. should have been the secondary line. The HA figures are OK but they still need more refinement. Removable helmets, backpack, swivel grip, and the ability to hold a weapon are all musts. I would mind if they went to a slightly smaller scale, it would make them a little more affordable and the TF figures would be easier to handle.
