Tsutsukakushi wrote:Drawing inspiration from Fenfir's, Toystore/Company sponsored reviewers, thread. toystore-company-sponsored-reviewers-are-they-good-for-us-fans-3rd-party-ed-t102348.php-sid=1aa868b3b7aefcf271dcaca2332d68aa
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My POV below is.
Not willing to Tailor my 3rd party TF toy purchases to match The 1980's TF G-1 cartoon series characters scales. Because it was a low budget cartoon series. That had errors in almost every scene. Size scales between robots literally changed in every scene, episode and season.
Think the HasTak's Classics-Generations toy line has the worse scaled characters TF toys of all of the TF toy lines and within the CHUG toy line itself. Not willing to tailor my 3rd party purchases trying to match the Classics-Generations toy line scale.
rpetras wrote:I'm a bit of a scale Nazi, but I put things in "Transformers scale" which is based mostly on the bot modes, not the real world vehicles. I find that old G1 bot mode scale chart to be a pretty good reference for what the show characters were supposed to be in relation to one another.
If the "Deluxe scale" is your average height character, that is what I want for most of the Autobots.
I prefer my Seekers and the majority of the Decepticons really, to be voyagers. Leaders, like Prime, should also be voyagers.
I like my mini-bots to be mini. I thought the scout class (ie Windcharger) was perfect, but the larger legends that have been coming out lately work pretty well too (Cosmos). I'm still pissed that iGear screwed this up so royally.
For Combiners, I like Deluxe limbs, with voyager Leaders/torsos. Devastator is kind of his own thing, as is Predaking, since he was originally made of larger figures. But, I prefer bigger rather than smaller if given the choice. I prefer the individual gestalts to be about the same as one another, however, which is why the Warbotron stuff pisses me off so much.
Dinobots should be at least voyagers IMO, ultra is OK too ... the current crop of 3P Dinobots has been working perfectly for my CHUG collection.
I get that Metroplex doesn't exactly "scale", and I accept that some of the truly larger characters need compromise. I get enough crap for a 3' figure, a playset character that would take up a garage bay would not pass the home planning committee.
My rule of thumb is to compare characters.
"Character A should be larger/smaller/about the same as Character B".
If that is true, within reason, I'm happy.
If a character that should be a large deluxe or voyager, ends up as a small deluxe (Trailbreaker, classics seekers, FoC Shockwave) I'm less happy and look for alternatives.
rpetras wrote:I'm a bit of a scale Nazi, but I put things in "Transformers scale" which is based mostly on the bot modes, not the real world vehicles. I find that old G1 bot mode scale chart to be a pretty good reference for what the show characters were supposed to be in relation to one another.
If the "Deluxe scale" is your average height character, that is what I want for most of the Autobots.
I prefer my Seekers and the majority of the Decepticons really, to be voyagers. Leaders, like Prime, should also be voyagers.
I like my mini-bots to be mini. I thought the scout class (ie Windcharger) was perfect, but the larger legends that have been coming out lately work pretty well too (Cosmos). I'm still pissed that iGear screwed this up so royally.
For Combiners, I like Deluxe limbs, with voyager Leaders/torsos. Devastator is kind of his own thing, as is Predaking, since he was originally made of larger figures. But, I prefer bigger rather than smaller if given the choice. I prefer the individual gestalts to be about the same as one another, however, which is why the Warbotron stuff pisses me off so much.
Dinobots should be at least voyagers IMO, ultra is OK too ... the current crop of 3P Dinobots has been working perfectly for my CHUG collection.
I get that Metroplex doesn't exactly "scale", and I accept that some of the truly larger characters need compromise. I get enough crap for a 3' figure, a playset character that would take up a garage bay would not pass the home planning committee.
My rule of thumb is to compare characters.
"Character A should be larger/smaller/about the same as Character B".
If that is true, within reason, I'm happy.
If a character that should be a large deluxe or voyager, ends up as a small deluxe (Trailbreaker, classics seekers, FoC Shockwave) I'm less happy and look for alternatives.
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:That sounds about right to me, too. I'm not too hung up on scale, but I refuse to accept the old legends-class Trypticon as 'my' Trypticon.
Mkall wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:That sounds about right to me, too. I'm not too hung up on scale, but I refuse to accept the old legends-class Trypticon as 'my' Trypticon.
I lol'd. Still, I tracked down a complete G1 Trypticon to fill that slot until something better comes along. He looks pretty good.
alternator77 wrote: zero importance to me.
Rated X wrote:I’ve always been a cartoon scale guy, caring more about robot mode scale over vehicle. I always hated the vintage toy scale because it was designed around budget constraints and child playability, two things that mean nothing to me. The cartoon scale is more well-rounded, and represents a cast of characters who’s various sizes complement each other. I always said the cartoon was far from perfect, but it was drawn to correct all the inconsistencies between the hodge podge of different Japanese lines the Seasons 1 and 2 cast was created from. However, there are a few things I don’t care about in the cartoon scale that I can live without…
Mini-bots – I don’t like them up to Prime’s knees like a lot of people seem to like. I prefer them about up to Prime’s stomach in height. Scout class Windcharger is perfect scale. Igear Cosmos was also perfect. Igear Brawn and Gears were a bit too big, but their Rager and Spray were way too small.
Seekers – I like them to be the same height as autobot troops in deluxe scale. I know sometimes they were portrayed as being bigger, but other times they fought head to head with the Autobot cars and were the same height. It just looks better that way. I don’t care about the alt mode scale as much.
Faction leaders – I like Prime, Megatron. Rodimus, Galvatron, etc. to be voyager scale even if they were the same height as characters that are deluxe scale in the cartoon. A leader looks better when he is taller than his troops.
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