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News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:00 am

Darth Rodimus wrote:I never have. But now that I think about it, I really should have. ROTF Blazemaster and his chicken feet.

I had trouble with Blazemaster in the form of a missing tail fin and the blades not been tight enough on his arm but was too lazy to return it so i pick up another off ebay for £3.50 it would have cost twice that to return it, I used it for parts so i did'nt feel i ripped myself off.

by **joesaysso** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:34 am

WheelJacked wrote:I purchased TFA Voyager Starscream one day on my lunch break. I opened him and transformed him a few times and just wasn't impressed with his simple transformation. At the end of my lunch break I went in and returned him for ROTF Voyager Starscream instead. That was much more satisfying a figure in my opinion. I did end up buying the TFA version in the future, mostly to complete my TFA collection.

Wow, I love the TFA seeker mold. Returning for a simple transformation is crazy to me. Transformers are supposed to be simple to transform. Aside from G1 toys being G1, the good thing about them was that they were easy and fast to transform. As a kid, you could actually play with your toys. I feel bad for kids today. Todays figures look great on my shelf but I don't know if I want to be a kid playing with them. You have to stop playing for 10 minutes just to transform one figure. If you have a big battle going on, forget it. Nobotty is getting transformed because it would take an hour. Anyway, sorry. Back on topic.

I'd only take a figure back if it were broken inside the box or has a QC issue that prevents the figure from doing what it is supposed to do. Disappointment is not a reason to take something back. Plus, I've had figures that I didn't necessarily care for right out of the box grow on me down the road as I played and posed it a few more times. If a figure doesn't grow on me and I still hate it after a while then I do something else with it. Kitbash, re-paint, whatever to make some use out of it.

by **DJLazer** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:10 am

Hftd ironhide.Dudes his transformation is f****** irritating.I ened up returrning it at walmart. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:57 am

This has become a very strange topic. Even having a potential flame war that quickly got dashed.

I have a pretty strict honor code when it comes to buying. I support the franchise and will pretty much buy anything deluxe class and up without any problem. Everything else, I'm conservative with for reasons that even I don't know.

I only return things when they have a clear problem that comes from the factory. That usually only happened with Animated for some reason. Once with a Transmetal Megatron years ago. (Lousy GPS)

Next, I think people should know that most returned and opened figures are not resold. They are thrown into a special place that I like to call the planet of junk. Translation: the dumpster.

I will admit that I take serious issue with people that buy a figure only to open it and decide to return because it wasn't what they thought it would be. To me that turns the art of collecting into something more barbaric. Fighting scalpers is bad enough.

Now the worst of the worst is when people buy and swap. By that I'm referring to when people that call themselves collectors have the balls to go buy a new figure and swap it out with the a figure that's somewhat the same, but older. ROTF was notorious for having returned and repackaged 2007 figures.

If you're going to buy something and end up not liking it, then I'd heavily encourage taking a hit on the money and just sell it to another collector who would want it.

I've said it many times before, I've never been dissapointed with a single figure I ever purchased and keep in mind I go after EVERYTHING as long as my wallet will permit me.

If you're dissapointed in a figure, then give it a chance to grow on you. ROTF Wheelie has a habit of doing that. Just don't let him near your leg and you'll be fine.

by **STINGRAY749** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:37 pm

Darth Rodimus wrote:I never have. But now that I think about it, I really should have. ROTF Blazemaster and his chicken feet.

I almost did the same thing. i keep transforming him wrong but then i figured it out on the way back home from IL. stopped at a walmart that i got blazemaster and my dad bought me Jolt too.

for tfs i've returned

1. i retrned rotf leader megatron, because he was missing the piece that goes over his knee.

2.the organil color of rts fallback hated the panels on his back

3.pcc double clutch with rallybots enough said

4.the one i'm going to return is scapel bought at tjmax. as soon as the box was open his legs fell off.

News Credits: 8 · by **Powermaster Jazz** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:36 pm

Nope. Never.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:53 pm

Never have myself. There's always something I like about them.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:39 pm

Sometimes I take them back after I've played around with them for a while just to get a fresh one. I don't like knowing there are all those fingerprints all over them.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:54 pm

DISCHARGE wrote:Sometimes I take them back after I've played around with them for a while just to get a fresh one. I don't like knowing there are all those fingerprints all over them.

You buy back the same figure you just returned?
That sounds awfully silly.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:20 am

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:
DISCHARGE wrote:Sometimes I take them back after I've played around with them for a while just to get a fresh one. I don't like knowing there are all those fingerprints all over them.

You buy back the same figure you just returned?
That sounds awfully silly.

So does returning a $10 toy just cause it wasn't exactly everything you thought it could be. I was just mocking the situation. Why would I take a toy back to the store just because it wasn't the epitome of perfection? If it was broken, yes, but not because it turned out to be a lunker. The store shouldn't have to pay because of buyers remorse.

News Credits: 3 · by **Dread_Wing** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:29 am

I have never returned one to a store, however when I got the '3 free deluxes' from Hasbro last year, (Movie Dead End, Ravage and Jolt) I did end up making a donation to goodwill. Damn, such crappy transformers.

by **The Dude** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:20 pm

PCC Mudslinger. Robot mode is ok, but the vehicle mode is almost impossible to get into and the combiner mode is just ugly.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:17 am

DISCHARGE wrote:So does returning a $10 toy just cause it wasn't exactly everything you thought it could be. I was just mocking the situation. Why would I take a toy back to the store just because it wasn't the epitome of perfection? If it was broken, yes, but not because it turned out to be a lunker. The store shouldn't have to pay because of buyers remorse.

So, a joke. I missed it completely.

News Credits: 1 · by **ShardFenix** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:03 am

Well I extensively watch reviews first like at minimum 2 and sometimes 3 so other than QC i tend to know what I'm getting into. That said I will buy figures i have if they are on sale and then take them back once a restock happens to get the figures i wanted. But then I know some of the people who work at my local TRU(college town) and they have no issue with this and know I do it. Even the manager is OK with it because the first time I wanted to do it I made sure to get him to approve it first.

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz-1982** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:11 am

TFCC Dion would have been taken straight back if I had bought him from a store. The quality was the worst I've ever had for any Transformer and he was as difficult as some of the Masterpieces to Transform.

by **SentinelA** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:59 pm

I've done so recently infact. I found ROTF Lockdown in Axer's package. I was stoked. Then got it home and the damn thing was a POS. Promptly returned it.

by **coybrafett** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:21 am

I wanted to return classics ironhide because he looked like a rubick's cube in vehicle form. I gave him the benefit of the doubt cause his robot form was ok so I kept him.
I also wanted to return my first rts jazz due to a defect. The part that flips over on his left window (the piece the speaker attaches to) is actually a duplicate of the window on the right side. Not really noticable at first glance, but if you look at it you can tell that it does not line up with the rest of the window which does not allow the left door to close all the way.
I ended up removing both windows so that now he looks more like the g1 figure.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:51 am

Neo Tallgeese wrote:I just got back from Dollar General and got my $5.00 back for Universe Makeshift (The minicon). Now normally I wouldn't pay five bucks for a minicon, but I just felt like picking up a Transfomer, but when I got into the car, I was so dissapointed by it, I just had to get my money back. The figure it self wasn't so bad (at least for a minicon) but the arms just kept falling off every time I moved them. Furthermore, the legs fell off every time I tried to transform him. Needless to say, that's a mistake I don't plan on repeating. I just hate waiting for new waves to come out. Anyway, back to the topic. Have you ever gotten a refund on a Transformer based on a dissapointment or Quality Control issue.

I have never returned a transformer, except for when I returned TFA Megatron because his lights didn't work and there was discoloring on his chest. Horrible, just horrible. :-x

News Credits: 1 · by **dirk2243** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:27 am

I'm returning DOTM Laserbeak once HA Soundwave comes out.

(never opened him since I was waiting to see what laserbeak looked like that comes with him). I'm not dissapointed really with this TF, just more impressed with the Pics of HA soundwave and laserbeak.

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:43 am

Movie 2007 Megs... but i returned it for a newer piece XD ...

there was only 1 left at the store i went too... and i got it for Christmas despite faulty gears and electronics... I dint open it and about 3 days later i went to exchange it for a functional one when the re-stocked :lol:

I got to say it's better than the ROTF one :lol:

by **alternator77** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:31 am

titanium optimal optimus what a POS!! it for 3bucks at a flea market
and rotf jetfire even after watching reviews i thought id give it a chance and was sooo dissapointed i returned him an hour later. then what do i get from my sister on my birthday you guessed it jetfire :BANG_HEAD:

im not one to sell any part of my collection so i still have him today,although hes missing a tail fin oh well >:oP

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:22 am

Returned for replacement a henkei Starscream with 2 left legs.

by **jaws** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:51 am

Movie 1 Nightwatch OP not on disappointment but 'cause I was undecided on it. Within the next couple of weeks I bought another one and kept it.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:06 pm

Figures I don't like get sold to other people, usually after a while when I lose interest in the figure. The only time when I return stuff to the store is when it's broken (and not my fault) or when I get a double as a gift.

by **dinojack86** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:54 pm

I don't think I've ever done anything like that due to disappointment- once it's out of the box the only thing I can really do is sell to another collector. Now I have settled on something and spent my hard-earned money on it then regretted my purchase once I found something I was REALLY looking for somewhere else. Then I usually return the first one, get my money back and go snag the one I wanted.

Reviews on youtube have been my best friend and my worst enemy. I'll see something here or elsewhere and say oh that looks cool- one of these days. Then I'll watch a youtube review and see the toy in action I have to have it then! Like the Kreos- once I saw them in action I had to get them.

On the other hand there have been some toys I've watched the review of and decided I'd rather not. Case in point: Ultimate Optimus Prime- when I first heard about him and saw the pictures I was astounded. Now that I've seen reviews it's 100% in the opposite direction.

I don't think it's terrible to return something out of disappointment as long as you put EVERYTHING back in the package and do your best to make it look the way you bought it.