RID Warrior Gold Grimlock has to be the worst recent one for this. It more copper than gold like the pictures. Though oddly the one step is the "correct" gold colour
This one probably bugs me the most. I understand the sword being omitted because it was a Japanese accessory to begin with. I understand the double-barrel gun being omitted because the leg guns come off and serve the same function. But at some point the rifle was part of the Titans Return design, and they cut it for budget reasons while leaving it on the art. If I wasn't paying attention to the in-hand photos before release and saw this new Fort Max on the shelf, I'd think the rifle was included because it should've been an accessory and it's in his hand on the front of the box. Hasbro, if you're going to cut something out of a set, either get the artist to redraw that section or just spend 5 minutes scrubbing it from the box art in photoshop. The little blurb in small text may make this kind of false advertising legal, but that doesn't make it right.
Lucky the OP wasn't collecting during G1, eh? "How come I can't pose the robot like the picture on the box?" False advertising, indeed.
In fairness... wow, I'd forgotten just how BAD Ultra Magnsus's package art was. That is super-terrible.
Yup. 30 years with the same problem lol. It's worth nothing that most G1 products had box windows too so you could physically see what you were buying and not just the box art. Which was majorly beneficial in those days because of stuff like the magnus image vs the toys and the seekers. Knee bend on G1 seekers? Yeah right.....
I'd consider the latest slew of CGI renders box art tbh. And the IDW art on the front of the toys boxes has much more detail than the actual toys themselves.
I can't get over his right leg. Beyond the terrible perspective, apparently his leg is a solid block of L-shaped metal. He's like: "I have knees!" "But do you have joints?" "...crap. Back to the drawing board. Stupid 80's poseability...*grumble*" Maybe that's why he's got his chest thrust out and his head tipped back, like he's in the middle of suddenly tripping and falling.
You were the one who brought up Fort Max's gun in his box art that doesn't appear with the toy. The stock photos at the back of Fort Max's packaging do not have the gun, so why bring him up at all?
Even if it was "false advertising" how could it be a problem if you bought it in store, in open box package?
