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After two years of truly exceptional free figures, I must admit I am very underwhelmed by this figure. No matter, I will get it regardless...

I think we all saw this repaint coming, though I must admit I expected it from Hasbro directly, not the club, especially given the fact that his face already resembles Depth Charge and the dude even comes with a trident. I certainly expected this repaint long before I ever expected Space Case (which is what we got instead).

I'm down for some more Beast Wars love, so bring him on. He'll be my pre-Beast Wars Depth Charge, now all I need is a Starhopper (and a Transwarp Cruiser for X-9 Ravage ).

Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge?

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

gavinfuzzy wrote:Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge?

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

They added a month onto my subscription once due to an inconvenience. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, I'm still not resigning myself to conformity. Y'all are just easily bought.

Vicalliose wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Hold up. I think I found a small loophole. Remember how the subcribtion deadline for Runamuck was extended to around 20th March due to their systems crashing? So, say someone signed up on 18th march this year, and got a Runamuck. So it expires 18th March 2012 and he gets another Depthcharge?

Dayum, I should have thought of that before i eagerly signed up in January.

They added a month onto my subscription once due to an inconvenience. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, I'm still not resigning myself to conformity. Y'all are just easily bought.

Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.

I like the figgure (always had a soft spot for Beast Wars). I'm just dissipointed that, with ALL the possible molds, we don't get a pre-beast wars "Protoform X". We insted get "Circuit" and "Kick Off".

Dr. Heavy B wrote:Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.

I'm hardly a "nonconformist" in general, I won't lie. I'm just not tolerant of the club anymore. I was hoping they would die after this year's debacle, but it seems plenty of people are ready to jump back on the bandwagon after they showed off their exclusives. But the transformers fandom in general has a "take what we get" attitude, which is something I really despise. Hell, that attitude it's what's wrong with the world in general from my point of view.

I'm in. I'm not a fan of either the mold or Depthcharge but because I enjoy being a member of the Club. I like the little magazine and it's brief flashes of comic story and insight into the history of the brand.

Depthcharge will be stuck with the 10th Anniversary Primel & Megatron, U2.0 Dinobot & Cheetor, and the repaint of Backstop in Rhinox's colors. Seriously, how are there not more Beast Wars Classics figures?

Alpha Weltall wrote:This looks pretty decent and I wouldn't mind getting it at all.

However, I think that the Emperor Palpatine/Imperial Shuttle would make a much better Depthcharge. The white version would be very easy to work with and you could probably use the head from a BW Depthcharge. Not to mention it would be closer to the size of the Beast Wars toy too.

But he's clearly a Jhiaxus waiting to happen. Even the head has the same overly detailed organic look that Jhiaxus had in the G2 comics!

Vicalliose wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:Thats right buddy. You're a nonconformist, just like EVERYONE else.

I'm hardly a "nonconformist" in general, I won't lie. I'm just not tolerant of the club anymore. I was hoping they would die after this year's debacle, but it seems plenty of people are ready to jump back on the bandwagon after they showed off their exclusives.

It wasn't the exclusives that did it for me. Hell, I was ready to abandon ship this year too after what happened. What changed my mind however was that the first thing Brian Savage did at the Club panel was apologize for it all and give us signs that things are improving. There are questions whether or not they can handle the figure subscription; maybe they can and maybe they can't but I'm going to let them try.

I don't want The Club to die off. It's not because of any real loyalty to them, but if The Club were to go away, then someone else will try to take their plae and we'd have to suffer through years of watching the replacement try to get things going.

I agree with what was said in the podcast, Scourge shoulda been the freebie and this just in the subscription. I'm not a fan of that Laser Prime mold (although I have found my problem with it is much more as Prime than the mold itself...though it's a bit wonky, the repaints have actually come out pretty nice looking) but I have enough interest in Scourge that I would have for sure kept my membership. As it is, I'm leaning toward not renewing. Don't care at all about this fig, I'm starting to lean toward just skipping the one fig I wanted in Breakdown and instead waiting for him as part of a 3rd Party combining Menasor, and Scourge I could probably even live without or have a local order an extra.

Funny how FunPub was talking about "if you think this year's Club figs are something, just wait till you see next year's!" I'm starting to think anytime you hear that, be prepared to be utterly underwhelmed...even without the hype machine trying to pump you up and tell you to hold onto your seat. Despite 7 new figs on tap, I think this next year's offering will be the weakest in years.

Question: Why does anyone who does not own the 2006 BotCon Dawn of Future's Past box-set give a damn about getting this toy?

I mean, good on me. I have a group of figures who will welcome a new addition (after five years since Airrazor). But...why should anyone without that set care about Depthcharge?