Silver Galvatron wrote:I thought Ironhide was tough to transform, but NOooo, I actually spent more time on the mid-section on BO than IH. I knew the head chest spring piece wasn't meant to have playroom, but took me like 10 mins to snap it in the proper position. On top of that, the rotator blade weapon kept getting in the way, so removing it during transformation was wat i should've done da 1st place. Boy, could've save me some hassle. But in d end, it was worth it all.
Seibertron rocks dat hard.
DevastaTTor wrote:You know, most teens and adults are having a really hard time transforming the movie line. How the hell is a 5-10 year old going to have any fun with these? There just seems to be so little actual playability with them
Back in the day when I was all G1 (a kid in the 80’s-I didn’t do the 90s and early 2000s lines), they were just so damn easy to go from alt to robot and back. Now I know that they didn’t have the detail or the articulation and they came from less complex character designs but this is out of control. When we sit around and have to spend 10 minutes on one portion of the transformation or have to post something for help on something falling off or not transforming, something’s more than a little wrong. This is like an entire line of Masterpiece figures without the great detail.
Raymond101 wrote:Is that a compliment to the movie toyline, then?
Raymond101 wrote:Fair deal. But I'm not 'lapping them up' - I don't think you're being very fair to a lot of people who bought and love movie Prime, while at the same time hating a lot of the figures from the movie line. See, I consider myself pretty lucky to be collecting movie figures, although I'd be the first person to complain about the playability of these figures. I love Leader Prime and Megs, Megs I love even more for the sole reason I took the time to repaint him and customize him. I got Ratchet, Ironhide, Concept bumbles and Arcee because not only I liked their figures, I like the Autobots in the movie too.
Conversely, I have an axe to grind with the Decepticons. I have yet to find a good reason to buy Leader Brawl, the only 2 deluxes I have are Wreckage and Bonecrusher. Blackout I regret getting except for the alt mode.
So I am not indiscriminate in choosing my figures. It's only been this year since I started collecting Transformers again, but I remember that was my same mentality in Beast Wars era.
DevastaTTor wrote:
I guess I really look at it just from the fun factor. I just can't see myself as a kid having the appreciation or the patience for this kind of design. Now that I have a young son, I would love for him to get into and enjoy some of the things I did/do but I'd feel bad giving him these toys when the design is just too overly complicated and frustrating. I sure hope that Hasbro gets back to basics for the Animated line lest they loose their younger audience/the future of Transformers collecting.
Raymond101 wrote:DevastaTTor wrote:
I guess I really look at it just from the fun factor. I just can't see myself as a kid having the appreciation or the patience for this kind of design. Now that I have a young son, I would love for him to get into and enjoy some of the things I did/do but I'd feel bad giving him these toys when the design is just too overly complicated and frustrating. I sure hope that Hasbro gets back to basics for the Animated line lest they loose their younger audience/the future of Transformers collecting.
If you look at it from the fun factor only, movie line = failure. No way around it imo. Conversely the Unicron trilogy would have been A+. The complaints seemed largely to centre around the show rather than the figures. I wouldn't complain since 1. I haven't seen the shows and 2. I'm Asian, so I would probably like the style of the show anyway.
This movie era seems to have been popular while controversial, and the toyline itself has been spectacularly successful while at the same time being controversial and quite obvious with some flaws. But hey, I've had my fix of display pieces via the figures I previously mentioned. I am especially proud of customized Leader Megs. I am all ready for the Animated series to come now, although I do regret not getting into Unicron series during my hiatus. I never even thought I'd get back into Transformers back then.
Raymond101 wrote:Basically the figure can't really get worse, it can only get better.
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