Would you buy G1 humans and if so how would you want them released?

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  1. Max Rawhide

    Max Rawhide Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' ... uh, never mind

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    There might be a few I might be interested in: Jessie, Charlene (washing Skids), Bomber Bill (driving Huffer), Robot Master, G.B. Blackrock...

    But them being Marvel characters makes them unlikely to happen. Plus, they'd be small. Also, the MP human figures are rather ugly looking (thanks to the joints), fragile (same) and look unfinished due to their small size. But on the other hand I'm not really interested in tiny statues like came with MP Tracks or DX9 Powerglide, or the girl figures that came with BT* and Kiss Players.

    Only solution would be to make them too big compared with the TF's, but then they'd be too big to display with them.
     
  2. RKillian

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    No, and here's why.

    Diaclone drivers: Not interesting in the toys they were designed for and modern toys aren't designed to use them.

    "Masterpiece" accessories: Shoddy construction and blank faces.

    -Masters: Hate the HeadMaster gimmick (tolerate TargetMasters and PowerMasters) and don't care for the exosuit design required to make them work for related gimmicks.

    Statues: Not interesting enough to look at. Because that's all you do with statues.

    1:18 scale: Look, they're wildly out of scale with the TransFormers toys so that really negates much of the point of having them. They might fit in with GIJoe but would they really? I would almost say Matt, Nick, and AJ would do better, merely by virtue of being a team of astronauts that wouldn't have to completely intergrate with the Joes to work. It would be harder to make that case with mostly civilians. Marissa, the only military character among them, would work but they already did her through the club, reducing the potential purchasing market.
     
  3. Purple Heart

    Purple Heart Some other time..

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    Make them at the GI Joe scale.
     
  4. RodimusRex

    RodimusRex Well-Known Member

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    The only way I see that is if humans assumed kind of a Titan/Prime Master class.

    Kind of a human with mini vehicle that becomes a weapon.

    In which case, we’d be looking at around 12 per year, half bad guys.

    Even favoring the toon, you’d end up pretty quickly needing sources outside the G1 toon.

    Thinking of prominent characters as a lineup:

    Spike Witwicky
    Circuit Buster
    Daniel Witwicky
    Kicker
    Captain Fanzone
    Marissa Fairborne
    Agent Simmons
    Ginrai

    Dr. Arkeville
    Old Snake
    Abraham Dante (Sunstreaker Headmaster)
    G.B. Blackrock
    Henry Masterson (The Headmaster as a Titan master)
    Santos
    Joshua Joyce
    Prometheus Black/Meltdown
     
  5. JediFlaherty

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    Still hoping for a Season 3 Sari Sumdac.
     
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  6. RodimusRex

    RodimusRex Well-Known Member

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    I do feel like if I had to pick 6 Animated characters to make the Generations jump (again, in one case, it would be):

    Bulkhead
    Motorcycle Prowl (Fine with a new name)
    Lugnut (Never sure if the old one really counted)
    Slipstream
    Lockdown (Technically IDW adopted the Bayverse one but I think proper CHUG looks awesome, especially with the card game art)
    Sari

    For my money, almost everybody else already looks pretty much like themselves minus Wyatt’s artistic flare.

    That TFCC Sari was awesome although I’d prefer her as Scout class.
     
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  7. Insurgent

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    Do them like the rotf human alliance size and build, and yes, I'd get them probably.
     
  8. Soundwavelover2004

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    Nah would be weird buying humans
     
  9. Riddler87

    Riddler87 semi-retired transformers collector

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    If they did like a 3 pack of Spike, Sparkplug and Carly or Dr. Arkeville for round $15 I would consider it.
     
  10. Scowly Prowl

    Scowly Prowl Still calculating variables...

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    Easy pass. The MP scale ones are kind of pointless, and that's all I would really be interested in. I highly doubt we'll get something in the class of SH Figurarts, and even then, there are so many forgettable G1 humans.
     
  11. stephen

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    If we are looking for a reasonable size I think Mega Construx looks it goes with the current Micromasters and Battlemasters.
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  12. RodimusRex

    RodimusRex Well-Known Member

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    Are Mega Construx feet 3mm ports that can attach to blast effect ports?

    I have a ton of MOTU ones but they’re all still on the card.
     
  13. stephen

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    You cannot attach the effect parts to the weapons. I know the flamethrower from one of the COD guys has his own effect part, but sadly the ends of the rifles, lasers, rocket launchers and other guns are too small for the Siege effects. I tried the sniper rifle since the end piece is thicker, but sadly it is too thick. There maybe a weapon that will fit one, I just have not found one on any of the ones I own.
     
  14. RodimusRex

    RodimusRex Well-Known Member

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    I meant do their foot pegs allow them to use effects ports as stands.
     
  15. stephen

    stephen Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, I thought you ment the weapons just a sec. (checking) They do yes. A bit snug, but they do fit.
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    I would buy all of them...

    Maybe make them the size of M.A.S.K. figures... and same articulation.

    My preference would they do it in big multi-figure gift-set packs.

    It would be really cheap to do, but they would probably gouge us with a super high price.
     
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  17. Nightrain

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    I would want them designed and packaged like GI Joe or Microman, depending which company. Scale doesn’t matter to me.
     
  18. RKStrikerJK5

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    Okay first off all this talk of 'scale' here amuses me greatly. :D 

    Second off, yes. I've been wanting good human figures for years. Lord knows a lot of them deserve figures. They've been quite important through the years.

    How I'd do it, GI Joe scale, 3.75-4 inch figures, good articulation. Maybe two or three-packs?
     
  19. Predakwon

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    I've bought all the GI Joe Crossover figs. I love these. I'm down for some more GI Joe Style. Especially vehicles.

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    Nope, I'm not into Transformers for the annoying humans.