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Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

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Postby megatronus » Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:09 pm

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Anyone else feel the brand might be over-extending a bit?
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby Peridot » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:02 pm

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...So...much...tangential...merchandise! :shock: Did we go back in time three decades, or what?
megatronus wrote:Anyone else feel the brand might be over-extending a bit?

Not really. G1 had just as much, if not more redundant licensed products. Stuff like this tends to increase brand awareness.
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby megatronus » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:24 pm

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Metro Prime wrote:...So...much...tangential...merchandise! :shock: Did we go back in time three decades, or what?
megatronus wrote:Anyone else feel the brand might be over-extending a bit?

Not really. G1 had just as much, if not more redundant licensed products. Stuff like this tends to increase brand awareness.

:-?

I'm fairly sure it's the other way around. People don't buy Transformers candy [or insert extension here] and then become aware of the brand - they are aware of and like the brand, and thus buy the product.

Either way, though, you're right - all of this stuff is bound to come out eventually.
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby CrankyOldTruck » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:50 pm

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It was all fun and games until I saw the drum kit, keyboard and mic. set. Seriously?? And all RID themed? Sorry, but no. Unless that keyboard has a preset/Demo with Stan Bush doing the full 1986 version of "The Touch" then those things don't need to exist in conjunction with this brand. This is Transformers not Hannah freaking Montana. You want to give the kids music, give 'em a working Soundwave/Blaster MP3 players and a 20$ off mail in coupon for lessons at Guitar Center packaged with it. Then let them use their toys for imaginary battles like they were intended.
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby william-james88 » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:13 pm

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It was all that spy gear that threw me off. I remember back when I was a teen how spy gear was the new in stuff, but I have no clue how it needs to have the backing of the transformers brand. Kinda takes the cool cutting edge aspect out of it and makes it more kiddie.
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby Agamemnon » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:21 pm

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Because, if only transformers toys were intended for kids... ;)

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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby william-james88 » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:23 pm

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Agamemnon wrote:Because, if only transformers toys were intended for kids... ;)

[Edit] And I know, water is wet. I use my son as a test. He's 8. If he says something is cool and that he wants it...


But those walkie talkies and spy gear arent transformers toys. Or are they?
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby Agamemnon » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:50 pm

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Agamemnon wrote:Because, if only transformers toys were intended for kids... ;)

[Edit] And I know, water is wet. I use my son as a test. He's 8. If he says something is cool and that he wants it...


But those walkie talkies and spy gear arent transformers toys. Or are they?

Depends on what you mean... While they may not actually transform, they have the theme. Wouldn't that make them "Transformers toys?" And you'd be surprised what kids will come up with related to playing transformers. I remember my best friend and I using baseball bats and other things pretending to be Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, and Optimus. We had a blast!

Of course that was just the other week... 8-} (Yes, I'm kidding. This was circa 1985 or so...)
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby dragons » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:01 am

Agamemnon wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Because, if only transformers toys were intended for kids... ;)

[Edit] And I know, water is wet. I use my son as a test. He's 8. If he says something is cool and that he wants it...


But those walkie talkies and spy gear arent transformers toys. Or are they?

Depends on what you mean... While they may not actually transform, they have the theme. Wouldn't that make them "Transformers toys?" And you'd be surprised what kids will come up with related to playing transformers. I remember my best friend and I using baseball bats and other things pretending to be Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, and Optimus. We had a blast!

Of course that was just the other week... 8-} (Yes, I'm kidding. This was circa 1985 or so...)


how dissapointing i was going to look for video of it on youtube with two of you using baseball bats disguise as transformers :-(
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Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - Miscellaneous Transformers Items

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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:23 pm

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You know what this reminds me of?

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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby Agamemnon » Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:22 pm

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dragons wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Because, if only transformers toys were intended for kids... ;)

[Edit] And I know, water is wet. I use my son as a test. He's 8. If he says something is cool and that he wants it...


But those walkie talkies and spy gear arent transformers toys. Or are they?

Depends on what you mean... While they may not actually transform, they have the theme. Wouldn't that make them "Transformers toys?" And you'd be surprised what kids will come up with related to playing transformers. I remember my best friend and I using baseball bats and other things pretending to be Megatron, Soundwave, Skywarp, Mirage, and Optimus. We had a blast!

Of course that was just the other week... 8-} (Yes, I'm kidding. This was circa 1985 or so...)


how dissapointing i was going to look for video of it on youtube with two of you using baseball bats disguise as transformers :-(

Picture a 10 year old with a baseball bat strapped to his arm pretending it was Megatron's Fusion Cannon, only to say that I was a spy, and was really Mirage. (I got Mirage and Hound's abilities mixed up as a kid...)
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Re: Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - General Event Thread

Postby a Cobra Viper » Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:54 am

Those Metal Earth pieces look awesome. I wanted some of the Star Wars ones, but never dropped the cash for them.
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