Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
shajaki wrote:Then we get to Bruticus. I'd bet money that Bruti is second only in popularity next to Devastator. And for him we only got 1 original mold. I don't own him yet, but the one thing I can't look away from in every pic I see is his thighs. They still have those damn light bars from the Hotspot mold, and they're purple. Extreme nitpick? Yes. But it doesn't change the fact that it boils my blood.
Bruticus I think is the begining of the downturn. Scattorshot was a slap in the face, and the proper Computron will likely not have ANY brand new molds (no I'm not counting Groove, even if he was an exclusive import). Same with Liokaiser or whatever it's called. Does this mean this is the future of our combiners? To hope for one new mold with each new set of five? That's kinda sad.
When I got Superion and Menasor in hand, my first thoughts were that the 3P combiners were out of business. Only the hardcores were going to continue buying those. I never bought Uranos, but the UW Supes was perfect for me. I replaced my Intimidator with a PE upgraded UW Menasor. I opted for UW Defensor above the other 3P Deffy's. But then I sat there looking at my FP enhanced Energon Bruticus and wondered... does he need replacing? The only real gripe now with him is that he's slightly shorter than my other combiners on the shelf. But right now, there's a Bruticus on my shelf with 5 completely different molds to each other, AND all the other combiners next to him. With that and my hate for CW Onslaughts thighs, I wonder if I should even be replacing him. And at the this point, CW Computron would have to be one amazing (and unique) looking figure to replace my Quantron.
I guess the point of this rant is about my realization that 3P combiners still have their place. CW did an amazing job, but I fear they are trying to squeeze too much blood from that stone. This thread isn't particularly for or angainst either side, but where do you all land on this debate?
Yes, thank you. I buy that mold as a firetruck, but not as a military whatever the hell it is. With the drastic reshelling of other figures, I felt there wasn't enough changed with Onslaught to differentiate him with Hotspot.william-james88 wrote:Onslought no longer looks imposing and ends up with the same problem as Hotspot in having the feet outward instead of inward (check your hotspot guys, the design team inverted the foot orientation hard) and like you say, he still has the dumb lights.
I actually have no qualms with the Jet Blastoff, aside from the head. As many have argued, a jet makes more sense. But to keep Slingshots head.... just no guys...william-james88 wrote:The worst part to me is that since they are calling him Blastoff, he ends up being in the G2 Bruticus set making this the only G2 set to not have the correct molds that exist out there for the actual characters. Now that sucks.. hard.
Swindle is ok, but I take issue with Vortex. Not because he's a carbon copy of AB, since he's a non-character (sorry Va'al) I can simply ignore. It's that aside from the head, he is exactly the same as Blades. Hopefuly TT's Vortex (having four rotor blades) will help distinguish him.william-james88 wrote:I am ok with vortex since the original mold use was for a new character which wasnt necessary (and which I dont own) and Swindle is a total remold and someone who collects only G1 scramble city updates from Takara wouldnt own this mold yet so I find it fair game (even though the look doesnt work and he's very unpainted and his hands are showing).
Yup. I see Compy suffering the same fate as Bruticus.william-james88 wrote:So yeah, not a fan of how Hasbro is handling Bruticus and I am much less a fan of Computron.
I have no issues when a repaint is done right. With a mold that makes sense, that at least gets a new head. I'm usually pretty happy with that. But CW is a line based solely around that concept, and it's just become too much for me I think.william-james88 wrote:I feel fans are partially at fault in this repaint wars. There is this hypocrytical nature to the fandom which I dont get and no one wishes to answer. As soon as there is a figure with a semblance of another character we hear "Do a repaint into this, NOW!". Why?! Leave it be! Let is be its own damn toy.
Now I've lost you. You kinda make it sound like the same fans are asking for the repaints, then complaining when they get them. And I think it's more like a divide between the fans, one side for and one side against, and that happens all the time.william-james88 wrote:And then when hasbro does give the repaints, like with Liokaiser and Computron, we get complaining that they are repaints. The repaints were asked for and hasro delivered in the cheapest way possible, the way it was clamoured for. And no one is happy.
Or maybe you're just keying in to my whole thread here. I was praising at the start, saying how smart the re-uses were to which now I'm complaining. But as you know, the reason for my flip flop is simply that they've abused the system and now I want some original molds.william-james88 wrote:What I dislike more than lazy repaints is the fandom asking for them all the time and then complaining about it. I dont ask for them, I dont want them so you bet I will complain when they happen.
shajaki wrote:Now I've lost you. You kinda make it sound like the same fans are asking for the repaints, then complaining when they get them. And I think it's more like a divide between the fans, one side for and one side against, and that happens all the time.
Rodimus Prime wrote:We got Prowl and Smokescreen, but not Blue Streak? That mold even got Streetwise!
Even though I would have loved to see a Leader Class Rodimus, we could have gotten a deluxe Rodimus out of the Sunstreaker mold.
william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We got Prowl and Smokescreen, but not Blue Streak? That mold even got Streetwise!
Blue Streak will be a club exclusive, I believe it will be the custom class figure for Botcon 2016. So yes, we are getting all the 3 repaint brothers from that mold.
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
I think the cardinal mistake you're making is assuming that CW is done. We have no idea where Hasbro or Takara are going in the future, but you can bet that they won't let something like a simple money making repaint (Bluestreak/Seekers) pass them by. I fully expect them to release those guys in due time.Rodimus Prime wrote:As far as I'm concerned, they haven't gone far enough. If they were gonna cop out and do a repaint for most of the characters out of a base of 8 or 10 molds, they should have gone all the way. They missed out on a lot of characters who could have gotten a CW figure, even if it was a repaint.
We got Prowl and Smokescreen, but not Blue Streak? That mold even got Streetwise!
Even though I would have loved to see a Leader Class Rodimus, we could have gotten a deluxe Rodimus out of the Sunstreaker mold. And couldn't 'Streaker have been retooled into Sideswipe?
If a ghost version of Starscream could be made of 1 of the Aerialbots, why not a regular version, followed by Thundercracker and Skywarp? We got Leader and Legend Classes, we might as well get the deluxes. Who doesn't want a Seeker gestalt? Though I suppose Starscream would be the Voyager in that set.
We get Ironhide and Trailbreaker, but no Kup, as well as First Aid but no Ratchet? The doc is 1 of the most iconic characters ever, he should have gotten his own figure. Instead, we get a worthless filler nobody like Offroad. And since they did Victorion, tying the line into IDW, the First Aid/Ratchet mold could have been made into Pharma, right? As far as I know, Pharma is a new character, who could have gotten a figure! I would have bought it for sure.
We could have gotten Jazz and Nightbeat from the Dead End mold, couldn't we?
How about Inferno and a retooled Grapple from the Hotspot mold?
How about repaints of some Constructicons?
shajaki wrote:I think the cardinal mistake you're making is assuming that CW is done. We have no idea where Hasbro or Takara are going in the future, but you can bet that they won't let something like a simple money making repaint (Bluestreak/Seekers) pass them by. I fully expect them to release those guys in due time.Rodimus Prime wrote:...
Yes, you are confused, as I wasn't mad that First Aid and Streetwise were made instead of Blue Streak and Ratchet. I'm irritated at the fact that it seems so easy for Hasbro to churn out repaints, why couldn't they start with 2 of the original characters who are (I presume) held in high regard by the fandom? Especially Ratchet! I'm very happy to see First Aid and Streetwise, especially First Aid, due to his MTMTE personality, but I will always consider Ratchet a staple of Transformers lore who should be in every continuity or at least every toy line in 1 form or another. But as I said, it's all just my opinion.shajaki wrote:But I'm really confused by your argument. You're mad that they made First Aid and Streetwise instead of Ratchet and Bluestreak? FA and SW are ACTUALLY part of a combiner team. Those other guys are just a bonus.
Rodimus Prime wrote: I will always consider Ratchet a staple of Transformers lore who should be in every continuity or at least every toy line in 1 form or another.
YES. This. You basically just summed up my entire essay rant in one sentence.MelRains wrote:My 2cents on the topic at hand: I have absolutely no problem with them repaint these figures into oblivion for the generic autobots and decpticons, I think its fun. What bothers me is the extreme reuse of the molds for the actual combiner teams. These guys deserved to have a little more time and effort put into them. They should be special. Afterall this is Combiner Wars.
But all the Season 1 Autobots are second stringers to begin with. The actual combiner teams should be the higher priority as opposed to a pile of Autobots the never combined before this toy line. Besides, love them or hate them, the Vans and Datsuns have Classics figures. When was the last First Aid or Streetwise made?Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes, you are confused, as I wasn't mad that First Aid and Streetwise were made instead of Blue Streak and Ratchet. I'm irritated at the fact that it seems so easy for Hasbro to churn out repaints, why couldn't they start with 2 of the original characters who are (I presume) held in high regard by the fandom? Especially Ratchet! I'm very happy to see First Aid and Streetwise, especially First Aid, due to his MTMTE personality, but I will always consider Ratchet a staple of Transformers lore who should be in every continuity or at least every toy line in 1 form or another. But as I said, it's all just my opinion.shajaki wrote:But I'm really confused by your argument. You're mad that they made First Aid and Streetwise instead of Ratchet and Bluestreak? FA and SW are ACTUALLY part of a combiner team. Those other guys are just a bonus.
I think you're still misunderstanding my point. I have no problem with ANY of the combiner teams being produced 1st, and yes, I also think they all should have had their own molds. But as far as the REPAINTS go, what I'm saying is that Hasbro should have milked them for everything they were worth, and that there are plenty of characters they could have repainted the original molds into.shajaki wrote:But all the Season 1 Autobots are second stringers to begin with. The actual combiner teams should be the higher priority as opposed to a pile of Autobots the never combined before this toy line. Besides, love them or hate them, the Vans and Datsuns have Classics figures. When was the last First Aid or Streetwise made?
Ahhh kay. I getcha now. Yeah, each combiner member should have had original molds (or retooling of the Slingshot/Cyclonus levels). After that, everything else is fair game.Rodimus Prime wrote:I think you're still misunderstanding my point. I have no problem with ANY of the combiner teams being produced 1st, and yes, I also think they all should have had their own molds. But as far as the REPAINTS go, what I'm saying is that Hasbro should have milked them for everything they were worth, and that there are plenty of characters they could have repainted the original molds into.
shajaki wrote:I'm feeling pretty good about UW Bruticus, but I don't really have high hopes for Computron. But this has taught me to not get all "Ironhide panel panicky", so I'll definitely keep my negativity in check until we see more of it
For Onslaught, and Blast-Off's lack of new head, yes.william-james88 wrote:shajaki wrote:I'm feeling pretty good about UW Bruticus, but I don't really have high hopes for Computron. But this has taught me to not get all "Ironhide panel panicky", so I'll definitely keep my negativity in check until we see more of it
But your negativity and comments still hold water for Hasbro's Bruticus.
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