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That Bot wrote:

Rated X wrote:I never knew about that. But to be honest its just another way to link things that don't really belong together to create a sales pitch.

You mean like how Hasbro linked Micromasters and Diaclone and a Macross Valkyrie and some random toys from other companies into Transformers in order to better sell the toys in their market?

Emerje wrote:Every year Fun Pub does basically the same thing for BotCon, take a bunch of cool molds and repaint them into new and pre-existing characters, and every year there's a small group of people who complain about the current set being the worst set ever like they've never heard of BotCon before. It's actually pretty amusing, it happens like clockwork.

People are also complaining about how incohesive and random this set is. Well then, this set wasn't made for you, otherwise you'd already be well aware of Fun Pubs ongoing storyline and know that this is entirely the point of the set. The figures are supposed to represent characters from different Transformers universes brought together for a common goal. You've got G1, movie, Beast Wars, Shattered Glass, and this unused prototype all forced into one team. If that doesn't excite you then you're not the target buyer.

I'm very excited about Oil Master, not just because it revives an unfinished character and concept, but also because for the first time ever Fun Pub is giving us an entirely new figure that we've never seen before (paired with a repainted Swerve). This is huge news and really throws the doors wide open for what we might see in the future. Nightbird perhaps? Maybe a Shattered Glass Pretender Dirge?

I do think it's a little funny that they went with Hasbro's unused concept rather than one of their many own.

Emerje

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

If it nets me a Powered Convoy repaint of the upcoming CW Ultra Magnus I'm going to be ecstatic. .. but I do hope that a repaint that awesome would get to be a retail toy as opposed to an exclusive.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

If it nets me a Powered Convoy repaint of the upcoming CW Ultra Magnus I'm going to be ecstatic. .. but I do hope that a repaint that awesome would get to be a retail toy as opposed to an exclusive.

Leader-sized molds are too big for the Club to consider. Only Ultra/Voyager and smaller are used by the Club.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

If it nets me a Powered Convoy repaint of the upcoming CW Ultra Magnus I'm going to be ecstatic. .. but I do hope that a repaint that awesome would get to be a retail toy as opposed to an exclusive.

Leader-sized molds are too big for the Club to consider. Only Ultra/Voyager and smaller are used by the Club.

I figured that would have been changed with the elimination of Ultra as a scale and the overall smaller size of Leaders. Oh well. TakaraTomy hopefully will do it then.

Agamemnon wrote:*coughScorponokcough*

Sorry, must be allergy season...

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:*coughScorponokcough*

Sorry, must be allergy season...

What about him? He was an ultra class figure, right?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:*coughScorponokcough*

Sorry, must be allergy season...

What about him? He was an ultra class figure, right?

Yup. That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:*coughScorponokcough*

Sorry, must be allergy season...

What about him? He was an ultra class figure, right?

Yup. That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

I'll have to disagree with you on that. Ultra class figures tend to be quite bulky, even if not much taller than voyagers.

Agamemnon wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:*coughScorponokcough*

Sorry, must be allergy season...

What about him? He was an ultra class figure, right?

Yup. That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

I'll have to disagree with you on that. Ultra class figures tend to be quite bulky, even if not much taller than voyagers.

Really? I have Energon Scorponok, and I think he's much bigger than all of my Ultras. He's definitely more in line with the current Leader releases, in my eyes...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He's much bulkier yes, but he was still classified as a "Command Class" figure, or Energon's Ultra Class analog. Again, we're talking price, not necessarily size

JelZe wrote:That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He's much bulkier yes, but he was still classified as a "Command Class" figure, or Energon's Ultra Class analog. Again, we're talking price, not necessarily size

JelZe wrote:That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He's much bulkier yes, but he was still classified as a "Command Class" figure, or Energon's Ultra Class analog. Again, we're talking price, not necessarily size

JelZe wrote:That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

Well, they are practically the same... right?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He's much bulkier yes, but he was still classified as a "Command Class" figure, or Energon's Ultra Class analog. Again, we're talking price, not necessarily size

JelZe wrote:That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

Well, they are practically the same... right?

Are you talking about size or price? Or both? IIRC, Ultra class figures during the UT days were anywhere from $22.99 to $29.99., depending on the figure and the store. Voyagers these days cost $24.99, but back then were $16.99 to $19.99. This is all from memory, so I might be wrong. As for size, as I said before, Ultra class figures aren't much taller than voyagers, but they're heftier and sometimes wider. I keep thinking of TFA voyager Optimus standing next to Armada Jetfire or Energon Scorponok. See the size difference? Even if most of it is due to Scorponok's huge claws?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He's much bulkier yes, but he was still classified as a "Command Class" figure, or Energon's Ultra Class analog. Again, we're talking price, not necessarily size

JelZe wrote:That's why I said "Ultra/Voyager" since the size difference between the two is IMO negligent compared to Deluxe with Voyager.

Well, they are practically the same... right?

Are you talking about size or price? Or both? IIRC, Ultra class figures during the UT days were anywhere from $22.99 to $29.99., depending on the figure and the store. Voyagers these days cost $24.99, but back then were $16.99 to $19.99. This is all from memory, so I might be wrong. As for size, as I said before, Ultra class figures aren't much taller than voyagers, but they're heftier and sometimes wider. I keep thinking of TFA voyager Optimus standing next to Armada Jetfire or Energon Scorponok. See the size difference? Even if most of it is due to Scorponok's huge claws?

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

I would love to see something along those lines, maybe mixed in with a few eHobby G1 character exclusives using the Classics/Universe 2.0/Generations molds we have.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:You know what would be a real easy idea for a future set. A Diaclone themed lineup. They could just do a lot of familiar molds in the pre-Transformer colors as new characters.

I would love to see something along those lines, maybe mixed in with a few eHobby G1 character exclusives using the Classics/Universe 2.0/Generations molds we have.

Actually for the past couple if years, the club has gone on record saying that Diaclone themed exclusives are most likely never going to happen because they worry there isn't enough of a fan base for them, and they'll sell poorly.