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by **ausbot** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:16 pm

I was looking at the Animorphs toy line the other day and some of them were really good. Why have they not been remolded or even used at events like botcon as new pretenders or something similar?

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:36 pm

No. Nononononononono.

No.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm

zodconvoy wrote:No. Nononononononono.

No.

QFT

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:22 pm

They should be repurposed.

By melting them down and using their plastic to make Label Blaster.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:06 am

Animorphs was the sci-fi book to read when I was a kid. Their toys.... not so much.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:54 am

I don't see that these toys are so bad. They're at least as good as Beast Wars.

by **Valandar** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:26 am

Mykltron wrote:I don't see that these toys are so bad. They're at least as good as Beast Wars.

And seeing as how I don't like Beast Wars... :twisted:

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:28 am

In this instance, is 'repurposed' the same as removing the head and destroying the brain?

Because I would support that in regards to Animorphs.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:13 am

ausbot wrote:I was looking at the Animorphs toy line the other day and some of them were really good. Why have they not been remolded or even used at events like botcon as new pretenders or something similar?

Funny you should mention that, because 4 toys that were meant for Animorphs did end up with Transformers instead, the Beast Wars Mutants: Icebird, Razor Claw, Poison Bite and Soundwave. All they had to do was add robotic detailing to the sculpts plus the hidden robot head.

Why yes, I do plan on hunting them down.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:13 am

Mykltron wrote:I don't see that these toys are so bad. They're at least as good as Beast Wars.

That's not saying much.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:02 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:
Mykltron wrote:I don't see that these toys are so bad. They're at least as good as Beast Wars.

That's not saying much.

Infidels! Burn them!

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:28 am

Counterpunch wrote:In this instance, is 'repurposed' the same as removing the head and destroying the brain?

Because I would support that in regards to Animorphs.

This was the natural end of this thread. Anything more is fantasy....

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:02 am

GuyIncognito wrote:
Mykltron wrote:I don't see that these toys are so bad. They're at least as good as Beast Wars.

That's not saying much.

I want to argue against this just because I love the cartoon so much but that's not the point. But I do think that some of them are better than G1 *ducks*.

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:15 pm

The G1 ducks are fetching massive prices on a certain auctiony type site.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:27 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ausbot wrote:I was looking at the Animorphs toy line the other day and some of them were really good. Why have they not been remolded or even used at events like botcon as new pretenders or something similar?

Funny you should mention that, because 4 toys that were meant for Animorphs did end up with Transformers instead, the Beast Wars Mutants: Icebird, Razor Claw, Poison Bite and Soundwave. All they had to do was add robotic detailing to the sculpts plus the hidden robot head.

Why yes, I do plan on hunting them down.

Go for it, it's surprisingly rewarding to have all four of them.

There's a couple animporph figs that could work with new heads, hands and most likely feet. Over all though, it's too much trouble for a dead line.

by **Judas_Warlord** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:53 pm

These are the only two Animorphs figures I've ever really wanted. The second one is a combiner. Even if I don't get the first one, I REALLY hope I run into the second one some day...

http://www.tfu.info/1999/Yeerks/UltraVi ... isser3.htm

http://www.tfu.info/1999/Animorphs/JakeTriRex/jake.htm

by **VioMeTriX** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:12 pm

you resurfaced a 3 yr old topic for that?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:30 pm

VioMeTriX wrote:you resurfaced a 3 yr old topic for that?

You posted that instead of contributing to the discussion?

by **VioMeTriX** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:32 pm

well technically neither did you...lol

by **ausbot** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:26 pm

Three years later I still want my pretender Animorphs.

by **VioMeTriX** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:14 pm

have you tried ebay?

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:22 pm

I actually grabbed the centaur looking alien guys from Animorphs. They're pretty badass and the detailing is marvelous. I put them up on my misc monsters shelf with Cloverfield and some of my Godzilla figures. I think they're definitely worth having, especially since I snagged them super cheap.

As for the other figures in the line...eh...I guess they could maybe be retooled as Beast Wars figures, but I don't think they're quite as good as most Beast Wars figures, at least as far as articulation and proportions go in "bot" mode. At least if what I remember of them is accurate.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:17 pm

I wasnt fully aware of 'Animorphs' until Uncle Google set me straight...

:shock:

What the hella type of crapola was that?

I mean, seriously? A girl who morphs into a starfish?
A girl who morphs into a horse??
A rapper who morphs into a lion!

I cant believe Hasbro dared print the name Tranformers onto the packaging!!

I love it when Burn wades in and chastises! Another nkotb getting forgetting himself! :lol:

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:02 pm

I read the first Animorphs book some time before the toys got released. I was quite surprised to see them in shops, especially with the TF branding. Passed on them, because...well...you guys have seen them right? Bots might have been more palatable, but only a little.

by **VioMeTriX** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:20 pm

i am not a new kid on the block, ive been a member longer than you. also beast wars was the apology hasbro gave us to repair the wrath left from animorphs