Unpopular toy opinions

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by NotRamjet97, Mar 28, 2015.

  1. GogoDG

    GogoDG The Emperor of Destruction, with a new face

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    I never saw the point in micromasters too. I used them as small (like legends toys) transformers along with minicons. This way, for example I used Sparkplug (minicon) as Bumblebee, Tote as Ironhide and so on and so forth.
     
  2. Basilisk

    Basilisk It will give you infinite pleasure!

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    Yeah because the storm twins sometimes show up when the repairs happen.
     
  3. Lovecraft

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    I'm a fan of the uniform height of toys made at the "Warrior" scale in RID.

    I was initially a little phased like most at the absence of larger traditional toys, but as the years went on and I look at my shelves to see so many characters I enjoy represented faithfully in one design philosophy I'm not disappointed at all.
     
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    Universe 2.0 had an Onslaught recolor called Hardhead. Might not be a great Hardhead but it's a great figure on its own.
     
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    While we're here I love AOE Lockdown. Perfect? No. But it's got a solid headsculpt, the face gun, a well done car mode, and a decent amount of paint.
     
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    AutobotAvalanche Number One in Boogieland

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    The UW Combaticons look awful in all modes.
     
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    Jhund Screws>Pins

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    Don't really care for 80s visors-like eyes and mouths combo as faces for bots , prefer normal eyes and mouths or eyes and faceplate .
     
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    A Sunbow G1 Optimus Prime would surpass by million of times the MP-10
     
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    I'm still not a fan of MP-10. It's a good fig, no doubt, but it isn't great. For me, MP-01 is better in most regards.
    The biggest issue I have with MP-10 is kind of silly and inconsequential to most, but I don't like it that he can't sit properly. Not all figures can, but I would expect the number one bot to he able to be more posable.
     
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    I liked Cybertron Jetfire
     
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  11. DOTM Bumblebee

    DOTM Bumblebee Funny Little Man

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    Power of the Primes Optimus Prime looks like the best Transformers toy ever, and no Third Party Di-not-bot is going to interest me a hundredth as much as the upcoming Hasbro Dinobots. I cannot wait for this new Transformers: Generations line.
     
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    Til you look at it from the back, and the atrocious Alt mode.
     
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    His altmode is a bit janky, but I cannot disagree with his robot more in any single way.

    And ditto for the dinobots. Absolutely perfect.
     
  14. Slingshot

    Slingshot Back In the Game

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    I really don't like the gimmick of PoTP. It's lazy and disappointing, especially since it's succeeding two of the greatest lines in TF history. Instead of being something unique like the previous two, it tries to mesh the two together... and fails miserably. "Prime Masters"? What a lack of creativity. They're nothing but TitanMasters with different back panels.
    Besides the gimmick, a lot of the figures look downright terrible. Grimlock's chest in robot mode is ugly and the figure really suffers because of the shoehorned gimmick. It doesn't help that I'm not a fan of the G1 Dinobot designs (AOE had much better designs).
    As for the leaders, what a disaster. Rodimus Prime is out of scale with his nemesis from TR, Optimus Primal doesn't turn into his season 1 alt mode, which renders him useless to me, and Orion Pax looks like one of the shittiest robot modes we've gotten in awhile. It doesn't help his alt-mode is terrible, with his arms sticking out in the back of the truck. The trailer also looks poorly painted. PoTP is looking to be the worst line from the entire CHUG lineup.
    So far, the only good figures shown thus far are the Terrorcons , Beachcomber, and Moonracer.
     
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    I like the ANH Luke Skywalker headsculpt
     
  16. GogoDG

    GogoDG The Emperor of Destruction, with a new face

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    Prime Masters were a huge missed opportunity for Powermasters or even Brainmasters. The PMs are only used with their pretender shell and gun thingy.
    And I want a Generations Star Saber.
     
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    I liek primal turning in a ship/skateboard.
     
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  18. Norm West

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    I agree with this, everything
     
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    Most of the CW toys were shit anyway.
     
  20. PikaManiac

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    I second this. In fact, I am in the opinion that characters should not be bigger or smaller just because they should be, but because there is a need to incorporate a gimmick.

    For example:

    Minibots are supposed to be small, so they should all be Legends Class.

    Triple Changers need more parts, so they should be Voyager Class.

    Soundwave and Blaster need to hold their Mini-Cassettes, so assuming their Mini-Cassettes are Legends Class, they should be Leader Class.

    Cityformers should be Titan Class because their gimmick is to be a city for smaller robots.

    However, characters like Optimus Prime, Megatron, the Seekers, Shockwave, Dinobots, and even Jetfire, what is the point of them being bigger for the sake of an imaginary non-existent scale that is based on personal opinions that differs from each person, and being imposing? They just take up more space.

    I can see Optimus Prime as a Leader Class because of the inclusion of his trailer. Jetfire could be a Leader Class if there is a need incorporate a gimmick such as to transport smaller Transformers like Titan Masters.
     
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