by -Kanrabat- » Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:31 pm
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I backed it. Primus help me .... I backed it.
I'd totally buy a G1 Unicron. I really would! It's kind bad, but it has that vintage charm. I can't see it being sold at mass retail, though. It would very much be just a collector's thing.
by Powered Convoy » Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:32 pm
by Chriphord » Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:38 pm
Powered Convoy wrote:He's up at TakaraTomy Mall. 75,600 yen, which I was expecting he'd be 75,000.
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g80000 ... mm190726tf
by Emerje » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:32 am
unicron1200 wrote:So I just got done listening to the newest Twincast Podcast, and was interested in what Scotty P and Megatronus were saying about it (it was also refreshing to hear people so enthusiastic about Unicron). Something interesting that they brought up about the abs, and something I agree would be cool, is potentially making them a translucent red or having some clear plastic in front of them to make it seem like they were glowing in a way reminiscent of the transformation scene from the movie
by Sabrblade » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:52 am
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.'
by o.supreme » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:37 am
by -Kanrabat- » Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:27 am
Sabrblade wrote:Add RobotKingdom to the list of online retailers doing Unicron preorders for the international markets.
Or at least, they did preorders. They've already closed their preorders in less than a day. That was brief.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/e6830.html
by Sabrblade » Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:26 pm
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.'
by -Kanrabat- » Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:49 pm
Sabrblade wrote:RobotKingdom's Unicron preorders are open again, with free shipping to Hong Kong buyers.
Like BBTS, they have a down payment required.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/e6830.html
by D-Maximal_Primal » Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:29 pm
by Chriphord » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:20 pm
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
by william-james88 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:25 pm
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
by D-Maximal_Primal » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:27 pm
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
I interpreted quite the opposite. The toy only comes from 1 place, nomatter who sells it, so its only logical that all orders, nomatter where they originate, go to that one place.
by william-james88 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:24 pm
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
I interpreted quite the opposite. The toy only comes from 1 place, nomatter who sells it, so its only logical that all orders, nomatter where they originate, go to that one place.
Will, you are baffling me. You told me late last week i think it was that what I just said was the absolute truth, and that's been the truth that I've been hearing from the brand team in the interviews that were done with them
by D-Maximal_Primal » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:32 pm
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
I interpreted quite the opposite. The toy only comes from 1 place, nomatter who sells it, so its only logical that all orders, nomatter where they originate, go to that one place.
Will, you are baffling me. You told me late last week i think it was that what I just said was the absolute truth, and that's been the truth that I've been hearing from the brand team in the interviews that were done with them
I dont recall. I instead remember saying the opposite in our internal discussion. Maybe thete was misinterpretation and I was not clear.
by Sabrblade » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:00 pm
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.'
by Emerje » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:52 am
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So far, with the interviews with the brand team and the information we have gotten, only Pulse orders count towards the number. the TTMall numbers don't count, and that order will still only happen if Pulse successfully reaches 8,000 backers.
I interpreted quite the opposite. The toy only comes from 1 place, nomatter who sells it, so its only logical that all orders, nomatter where they originate, go to that one place.
Will, you are baffling me. You told me late last week i think it was that what I just said was the absolute truth, and that's been the truth that I've been hearing from the brand team in the interviews that were done with them
I dont recall. I instead remember saying the opposite in our internal discussion. Maybe thete was misinterpretation and I was not clear.
I had sent this to news on Wednesday, with the interpretation from Twitter that TTM would count towards the 8000 crowdfunding goal. I was told that this was not the case and that takara would offer the figure only if Pulse successfully funded the project. And it was supposedly newsed as such.
We really need someone who is fluent in both Japanese and English
Robotkingdom wrote:(Total around HKD4599.9/USD584.9 requesting deposit only, FREE shipping to ALL local Hong Kong Order, any foreign orders need shipping quotations)
by william-james88 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:12 am
D-Maximal_Primal wrote: takara would offer the figure only if Pulse successfully funded the project. And it was supposedly newsed as such.
We really need someone who is fluent in both Japanese and English
by AllNewSuperRobot » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:44 am
-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, I too, would want a Derp-G1-Unicron. I'd love such a thing to be real. Unfortunately, such a thing would also require a backers campaign.
by Sabrblade » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:13 am
The star turned into a ball. And not a ball that could even be played with like a ball.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, I too, would want a Derp-G1-Unicron. I'd love such a thing to be real. Unfortunately, such a thing would also require a backers campaign.
Why would you think that? Why would Hasbro, a multi-million valued toy maker, the number one in the world in 2019, need backers to put a prototype toy from 1986 into production? It's not like it would take a more than five minutes for modern designers and their equipment to knock up an archaic G1 figure.
Bottom line, they were fools to not release him back in the day, no matter the cost... Where was the logic in making a kids film to sell toys and not selling a toy of the star?
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.'
by AllNewSuperRobot » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:22 am
Sabrblade wrote:The star turned into a ball. And not a ball that could even be played with like a ball.
by Sabrblade » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:26 am
Of course they could. Because of there now being a big enough collector market of nerds weird enough to want such a thing. The 80's didn't have that. Unicron's altmode simply wasn't feasibly marketable enough back then.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The star turned into a ball. And not a ball that could even be played with like a ball.
A ball with horns
Meanwhile, Ultra Magnus turned from a car carrying truck to a brick. It was the 80's. It didn't really matter as much back then, as kids had "imagination", to fill in the blanks.
They could probably make 100 G1 Unicrons today, in a couple of hours, just from offcuts of SIEGE figures
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.'
by ZeroWolf » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:27 am
by AllNewSuperRobot » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:39 am
Sabrblade wrote:Of course they could. Because of there now being a big enough collector market of nerds weird enough to want such a thing. The 80's didn't have that.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The star turned into a ball. And not a ball that could even be played with like a ball.
A ball with horns
Meanwhile, Ultra Magnus turned from a car carrying truck to a brick. It was the 80's. It didn't really matter as much back then, as kids had "imagination", to fill in the blanks.
They could probably make 100 G1 Unicrons today, in a couple of hours, just from offcuts of SIEGE figures
Sabrblade wrote: Unicron's altmode simply wasn't feasibly marketable enough back then.
ZeroWolf wrote:Plus that figure looks bad... It makes Energon Prime look thin. Now the Neo Unicron.
by Sabrblade » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:58 am
And all of those toys could do stuff or be easily handled by kids. Unicron's original toy would have been this big, heavy plastic ball that had no play features in planet mode.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:You didn't need a collectors market back then. Your target audience was the kids and just looking at the number of toys sold for TMNT, for example, they made a lot more money/sales through kids than collectors.
All of those toys you pictured were small and thus easy for kids to handle and play with. Unicron's planet mode would have been much bigger and heavier for kids to manipulate. They'd have a much easier time running around with (but not bouncing) a basketball or a soccer ball, and an even more fun time actually bouncing said basketball or soccer ball.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
You need to appreciate the 80's was a different time. With enough of a marketing push anything sold. As I said, the fact that Unicron was the star of the first Transformers feature length Movie, would have sold his toy before people even physically played with it.
That's not really fair to say since, had it been made, it would have been the only toy of its size. The thing was between Scorponok and Fort Max, height-wise.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The fact it actually had independent limbs, makes it the best looking figure of its size, the G1 line ever produced...
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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