Sledge wrote:They should've made this one first time round? What an inane argument. The technology and designers behind these are continuously improving. The guys who made this figure have learnt from the last one, and they've had a couple of years more to work on it.
Again, I really don't understand the issue here. I'm just gonnna chalk it up to "some people just want to bitch at Hasbro." They produce an improved version of a character two years later, and people complain. If they'd just put out the old one, you guys would have been bitching about how they should have improved it. Hasbro put out a cartoon accurate Universe Starscream and people bitch that it's too dull. They put out a toy/comic accurate Cyclonus, and people bitch that it's not as good as the feckin' LILAC Henkei version. Yeah, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I'm getting tired of this kneejerk "Hasbro suck" reaction to everything they do.
You seem to really like arguing... I think it's perfectly possible that they could have designed this one originally. There were some pretty intricately designed figures in the first movie line, and they've had decades of experience designing figures now. They were clearly trying to make a quick buck when they released a lot of figures and then released them again with better paint jobs under the Premium banner, so it's not inconceivable that they waited to release a better Optimus Prime mold, knowing they could make twice the profit. But their whole objective is to make a profit and they had to figure out some way to do that when the characters are the same, so it makes sense.
However, as I stated before I can't afford to buy them both, so I may pass on this new one. I'm not complaining that they made it at all,
I simply stated that I will probably not buy it. Good for Hasbro on improving their products.
I'm not one of these 'Hasbro-haters' as you seem to think, simply a smart, critical consumer. I don't buy every figure they put out. I compare Hasbro and Takara releases to decide which one I like more, because I can't afford both, or I don't want duplicates of the same figure. I'm buying the Hasbro Cyclonus, because to me it looks more like Cyclonus in my mind, so therefore it's the better figure
to me. Hasbro sometimes drops the ball with their paint apps or quality control, but honestly so does Takara. Both companies have done a lot of good things, made a lot of good products and catered to fans quite a bit, and I look at both when considering which figures to add to my collection.
So to sum this all up, I do believe releasing more than one Prime is a somewhat necesary money-making scheme, I don't dislike the new mold, I just probably won't buy it because I have the first one, and for the record I don't hate Hasbro and constantly bitch about their products.
All I said was:
kirbenvost wrote:Meh. I'm fine with the previous Leader Class Prime I've got. I'm kind of tired of this whole Movie business, with the continual 'better' releases of the same character. Maybe if they changed the paint job and got rid of the silly flames, but for now I'll skip it.
I simply stated my opinion on the Movie line in general, and gave reasons why I don't need to buy this one. Nowhere did I complain that they even made it.
