Toy Fair 2016: Official Images of Platinum Robots in Disguise and Cyclonus and Sweeps Sets #HasbroToyFair #TFNY

Those look... interesting???

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of the translucent parts at all. not sure what they were thinking.

I think it's a reference to the transformation scene in the movie when their becoming Galvatron and Cyclonus etc.

Deadput wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of the translucent parts at all. not sure what they were thinking.

I think it's a reference to the transformation scene in the movie when their becoming Galvatron and Cyclonus etc.

i thought the same thing. but i do not like being able to see through the figures.

Here's an idea for a Platinum Set!

Troop building Junkions and Sweeps. No silly gimmicks like translucent plastic, just troop builders, a set people would actually be interested in instead of tacky reuses of old molds.

Burn wrote:Here's an idea for a Platinum Set!

Troop building Junkions and Sweeps. No silly gimmicks like translucent plastic, just troop builders, a set people would actually be interested in instead of tacky reuses of old molds.

Or two 3-packs of the seeker limbs, if you look, airraid has a triangle cut-out under his cockpit, almost as if the head it were to conceal ended in a cone shape

MemphisR56 wrote:

Burn wrote:here's an idea

Y'know, when I heard the rumours of a cyclonus' armada set, and a junkion set, that was exactly what I was hoping it to be.

But instead we get this SHIZZLESNIT show

Ironically, I wonder if hasbro considered doing that (it would be cheap) but thought that we (consumers) would say that that was 'lazy' of them, and changed it at the last minute

Hellscream9999 wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:

Burn wrote:here's an idea

Y'know, when I heard the rumours of a cyclonus' armada set, and a junkion set, that was exactly what I was hoping it to be.

But instead we get this SHIZZLESNIT show

Ironically, I wonder if hasbro considered doing that (it would be cheap) but thought that we (consumers) would say that that was 'lazy' of them, and changed it at the last minute

It seems possible. But considering some of the mold choices (e.g. Classics Hotrod, Universe Galvatron & Titanium Rodimus) I'd say they're very much dissociated from any idea of what the fans want, at least for the platinum sets.


I just keep wondering 'who are they for?'.
The pricepoint is too high for your average casual fan to go "oh wow, i remember these guys!", a lot of the more seasoned collectors will already have most of the molds and characters in one way or another, or even be looking to get new versions in the case of Galvatron. The diehard G1 fabs will look at the inaccurate deccos and be turned off.

The decco doesn't even seem to be the sort of premium paint job stuff you'd get from an e-hobby or asain market 3-pack set to justify that price.

Who actually wants to buy these?

Burn wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

The latter being me. Never got Wreck-Gar, could use Scrapheap as a buddy for Junkheap, and I sorta like Rodimus enough to replace the RTS one that came with Cyclonus.

But agreed; translucent plastic only works for light piping. Imagine my discomfort when I realized BotCon 2014 Pounce and Wingspan had translucent hinges in their calves....

itscramtastic wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Burn wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

The latter being me. Never got Wreck-Gar, could use Scrapheap as a buddy for Junkheap, and I sorta like Rodimus enough to replace the RTS one that came with Cyclonus.

But agreed; translucent plastic only works for light piping. Imagine my discomfort when I realized BotCon 2014 Pounce and Wingspan had translucent hinges in their calves....

Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

I refer you back to option 1: "Gotta have 'em all"

Deadput wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

I refer you back to option 1: "Gotta have 'em all"

Except that it's not the same thing.

Wanting all of a specific thing is not the same as wanting everything.

I agree that it's the same but not, so less "Pokémon: Gotta Catch 'Em All" and more "Dare! Dare to believe I'll buy the toys! They hold my future in their hands!"

Both of those references need to be sung, one louder and with the passion of Stan Bush.