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Bionicle: Transformers Edition?

Still, I'll admit they actually look pretty cool. I'm loving the Megs and Soundwave, same with Optimus. The others are pretty neat too, I like Wheeljack. I may think about these...

Noideaforaname wrote:I bet these would be amazing custom fodder.

That's what I was thinking as well... Megatron has an awesome head sculpt.

Hm, the triple changers (Megatron, Bumblebee, Blitzwing) don't use all of their parts in all of their modes (e.g., Megatron and Bumblebee do not have wheels in robot mode). That very nearly kills my desire to collect them.

Hot on the heels of "Kre-O" - Hasbro's answer to Lego, and "Kre-O Minis" - Hasbro's answer to Lego Minifigures - comes "Construct-Bots" - Hasbro's answer to Lego Bionicle.

Between Bot Shots, the shrunken and hollow "Generations" derived entire from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, the mediocre simplicity of the upcoming Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters line and now this, quite frankly I have to ask: are Hasbro even still in the business of making transformable robot figures anymore?

That Bot wrote:

JOP wrote:are Hasbro even still in the business of making transformable robot figures anymore?

Um....

JOP wrote:Bot Shots

JOP wrote:Generations

JOP wrote:Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters

Yes. All of those things you listed are transformable robot figures.

Nice sarcasm there. but i agree with JOP and its what ive been saying, unless we as fandom and more importantly money spending shoppers do something about this the trend downward will continue. how do we make a change? stop buying the sub par junk and stick with the better stuff we want. bot shots, the new bionical-ish crap, the smaller deluxes, the over priced voyagers. now i am not saying buy nothing at all... but if we could all gear ourselves towards buying better figures and let the rest sit on shelves, it will send a message. this is how companies work, they have analysts that say wahts selling and whats not and what direction to move in. right now we seem to be eating up the junk yet still complaining about it... time to send a message folks, and its up to each of you to decide what that message is. i am personally only buying mastepieces and alternity figures. i knows these are tailored to collectors and i cant expect hasbro to always cater to these lines, but i am letting them know i wont stand for the other stuff until the QC improves. the little mainline stuff i might buy will only be the best of whatever line i buy.


and That Bot, from the way youve responded to me, and now i see a few others... i guess you are the new local smartass... good job

As some have mentioned earlier, these make good kitbash fodder if nothing else. I can see kids loving these, though.