Webworld "I have no head," variants???

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Dr Kain, Sep 15, 2024.

  1. Dr Kain

    Dr Kain Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone seen these variants that are apparently based on the G1 episode "Webworld" before:

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    My Walmart is also full of them.
     
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  2. VKittyCat2023

    VKittyCat2023 Megatron should be a HELICOPTER

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    Someone stole them, it happens all the time.

    Or is this a joke post?
     
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  3. Dr Kain

    Dr Kain Well-Known Member

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    It's both. This is the first time I had ever seen the heads stolen. How is Hasbro okay with this?
     
  4. ACMagnus

    ACMagnus Phantom Thief

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    I mean, there is a reason AOTP is going back to windowed packaging.
     
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  5. Cool Hand Lube

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    Yeah, like @ACMagnus said, good reason for plastic windows to come back.

    So much for the whole green-washing "plastic-free packaging" BS. :lol 
     
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  6. Hobart Paving

    Hobart Paving I would prefer not to.

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    Because they already got paid for them.
     
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  7. LoranBasaraEvin

    LoranBasaraEvin Gunpla Grump

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    I mean... going for plastic-free packaging for environmental purposes is a good idea.

    Packaging the Transformers in robot mode as opposed to vehicle mode? Bad idea. Too many exposed parts that can pop off. The Velocitron figures got that right.
     
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  8. Dr Kain

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    And this is why stores aren't ordering half of their products any more.
     
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  9. GizmoTron

    GizmoTron Roobaticon Commander

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    Late much?

    Hasbro is moving back to plastic next year. So what else is there to say?
     
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  10. omegafix

    omegafix Mechanically Insane

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    I see this on almost a daily basis, heres just a few that ive come across
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  11. RKillian

    RKillian http://www.rktoyandhobby.com

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    B-b-but that never ever happens!
     
  12. Dr Kain

    Dr Kain Well-Known Member

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    So is there some value in taking Transformer heads? What can people even do with them?
     
  13. jametron

    jametron Take a good plane and shave off all the edges…

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    Nail. Head. Hit.
    I mean yeah, just in general, I very much miss when these things came packaged in alt. mode!! I miss unboxing a cool vehicle mode and then having to actually futz with it to see the bot mode!
    Nope.
    Sleep better at night knowing they ruined something that someone else enjoys… I guess?
     
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  14. Dirge121

    Dirge121 I'll be your end of days

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    It’s just dumb kids chasing clout on social media, still desperately clinging to the headless LeBron bit.

    I’m sure there are also some kids who are just genuinely shit people who just want to ruin things for others but that’ll be a small percentage.
     
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  15. Dinowave

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    There's also shitty collectors as well who steal heads. I just saw at a Walmart near me that had every Transformers intact with their heads, a vast selection too, but with only 1 exception. 1 of the 2 Star Raiders Thundertron pack was missing a head on Thundertron. Seems like someone who bought the Voyager Thundertron in the past and wanted the new head sculpt. Also at the same location, I saw a couple of toy swapping on Transformers (over the last year), with the ties and all. Looks like a job done by an adult.

    People like that are garbage.
     
  16. Dr Kain

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    I mean... I guess Zoomers have come to realize they will be lonely for the rest of their lives so they needed a new way of saying they got head???? :lol 
     
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  17. jametron

    jametron Take a good plane and shave off all the edges…

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    :lol 
     
  18. KFGatri

    KFGatri Madman with a Blue Box

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    Wow! You can save $6 on this now useless toy! Eliminating the plastic windows would have worked had Hasbro started packaging the toys in altmode. You can’t steal the head off a truck in most cases.
     
  19. Currywurst

    Currywurst WorryKurtz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Real talk now:
    How many people have done this kind of thing to be able to take the picture and complain about windowless boxes? o_O 
     
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  20. crazyjw18

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    Probably not many?
     
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