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So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby SJ21 » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:01 am

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I would love to have this Voltron, but it just isn't going to happen. Too expensive.

On a related note, if anyone has a complete Voltron figure that they want to get rid of because they are getting this new one, let me know!
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby robofreak » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:34 am

I got mine like 5 days after I ordered. Much less hassle than Red Lion.

Black Lion is gonna be massive.
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby Wheeljack35 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:40 am

That slow service caused my Yellow Lion to be two weeks in getting here. Matty won't allow me to change to UPS I guess when your locked into a subscription your can't change the shipping method

I agree Black Lion will be huge
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby Wheeljack35 » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:57 pm

I just got my Green Lion Voltron sub today

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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby MGrotusque » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:19 pm

I;d like to get them but they are too expensive for my liking. Plus i feel the designs are a little too simplistic and "toy" like. My favourite Voltron is the original die cast version and these new Matty lions don't really have that same flavor goin on for me. I feel it's a bit of a missed opportunity to make a really cool/bad ass Voltron. At the very least they should have chromed the legs for crying out loud. But for the most part i feel the molds just need more detail. The only thing i think they have going for them is the enormous size. Which is pretty cool though.

Either way......i'm not biting.
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby Wheeljack35 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:01 pm

monstergrotusque wrote: At the very least they should have chromed the legs for crying out loud.



Yep alot of us have been saying that
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby robofreak » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:18 pm

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monstergrotusque wrote: At the very least they should have chromed the legs for crying out loud.



Yep alot of us have been saying that


I'm against chrome. Hate that stuff.

I think these work well for what they are. They don't try to be an MP by any means. I think the primary focus here was to create a Voltron that could have decent sized pilot action figures and not look horrible when combined.

I would have preferred ball and socket for the lion legs instead of the ratchet joints, but that's cause the lions could really benefit from being able to do neat attack poses.
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby robofreak » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:43 pm

4 lions down. Now we wait until October for Black Lion and finish this thing off.

For now, I have lions sitting around my place.
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby Wheeljack35 » Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:20 pm

robofreak wrote:4 lions down. Now we wait until October for Black Lion and finish this thing off.

For now, I have lions sitting around my place.


Same here when I get the Black Lion all I want to do is form Voltron
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Re: So, who is biting on the new Voltron figures?

Postby d_sel1 » Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:02 am

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monstergrotusque wrote:I;d like to get them but they are too expensive for my liking. Plus i feel the designs are a little too simplistic and "toy" like. My favourite Voltron is the original die cast version and these new Matty lions don't really have that same flavor goin on for me. I feel it's a bit of a missed opportunity to make a really cool/bad ass Voltron. At the very least they should have chromed the legs for crying out loud. But for the most part i feel the molds just need more detail. The only thing i think they have going for them is the enormous size. Which is pretty cool though.

Either way......i'm not biting.


While we on the subject of the die cast Voltrons, this revived an old debate. I remember in 80's that was both a smaller set of lions which combined into a smaller Voltron and larger set of lions. From a pure toy standpoint (not a collector item, ego, etc), which Voltron was funner to play with. Most kids wanted the bigger version (and we never had enough money to sneak in either one into my toy collection, I had rubber one instead), but I actually wanted the smaller version, because there are more available Robeast nominees for a smaller Voltron (Masters of Universe, some TFs, etc, w/ the rubber one I had, the Evil Horde Slime was not off limits). In contrast, the only fair Robeast nominees for the larger Voltron was the likes of Fortress Maximus, Scorponok, etc (Shockwave might have been too short).
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