Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:It also didn't help that they had the Cookie Monster campaign running at the exact same time.
I disagree with you on that hard. The size would be awful. 24" is grossly oversize for a Megazord toy. At 10 1/4", the Soul of Chogokin one is well within the usual range of 10-12" (although shorter than the original version's 11 1/2"). The Soul of Chogokin version is popular because not only does it have die-cast, it remains in the proper size range for a Megazord while also being fully articulated and having fully-articulated components (as opposed to the normal retail fare of being at the same articulation level as G1 combiner limbs, when they have articulation at all).Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It also didn't help that they had the Cookie Monster campaign running at the exact same time.
They should give us a Cookie Monster costume for Unicron for doing that.
Seriously though, I was thinking their next HasLab should be a big 24" Dino Megazord. Considering what people pay for all those Bandai Japan versions I think it would be an easy sell at $400 with lots of chrome. This one is $300 and only 10" tall and been reissued at least twice. Hasbro obviously wouldn't add die cast, but the size would more than make up for it.
Emerje
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:They made so many mistakes with Unicron, and by extent Cookie Monster too. Those reeked of overconfidence, and they both suffered. Sentinel shows how much better they are doing with this one. I actually wish unicron had waited a year or 2 to come out, I think they rushed that one, especially since he is the most expensive one.
Also, I have been talking to some main marvel collectors as well as some marvel collectors who also collect transformers, and there were some interesting points brought up about the 2 fandoms/brands.
the general consensus from those conversations is marvel handles it's brand far better than Hasbro with TFs, and that TFs rely too heavily on nostalgia. TFs constantly go back to the same source, while marvel balances it all out, something for everyone out and available at wider retail at all times. And as a result, they have both a larger fan base and a more active one since fans of every generation have something to look forward to, almost the opposite of what TFs are doing.
Couple a wider, happier, marvel fandom with a large potential troop builder, sole focus on 1 project, tiers for bonus parts, and a more palatable price, it shows just how much more cohesive, happy, and excited the marvel fandom is compared to tfs.
If they had simplified engineering and made Unicron $100 cheaper, I don't think that alone would have made a difference.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Well, CHUG has always been nostalgia-based. What annoys me is crap like Bungledbee where the non-nostalgia franchise gets hijacked.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, no way would I want a giant Dino Megazord that towers over all of my other megazords. I'd want a Dino Megazord that's properly in scale with all my other megazords so that they could all team up together in a big megazord bonanza.
Plus, Imaginext already made a gigantic 27.5-inch Megazord that looks nice as it is and is even bigger than the giant Movie Megazord, so the concept has already been done, size-wise.Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, no way would I want a giant Dino Megazord that towers over all of my other megazords. I'd want a Dino Megazord that's properly in scale with all my other megazords so that they could all team up together in a big megazord bonanza.
I guess I just think differently. I don't care about scale when it comes to one-off figures. I don't play with my toys so I just like nice shelf pieces, be it 4" or 24". I have that big 23" Mattel Voltron, I think it's great aside from being twice the price it should have been (it's much more toy than collectible, the Netflix Voltron line is better made), I don't need it to be the same size as the other Voltrons in my collection (which are all different sizes anyway. For that matter all of my Megazords are pretty different sizes as well. Bandai even did a line of Jumbo Megazords in the 2000s.
Maybe it's just me.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hopefully. Although someone did point out that the Sentinel is a smaller figure that had a lower primary threshold to cross.
What about the other notion of 2021 (the year in which HasLab Unicron will be released) being the 35th anniversary of TFTM?ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hopefully.
I'll say it before and I'll say again: The performance with Unicron really does smack of them relying on the Unicron-focused 6th Bayformer movie to generate hype, and frantically fumbling about when that rug got pulled out from under their feet.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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