krenger99 wrote:It's funny how many people hate on iGear. I don't know about you but they're giving me all sorts of options when it comes to buying masterpiece style transformers that I can afford. No way can I shell out Takara prices for a toy let alone the fact that Takara doesn't put stuff out on any consistent basis. And if they do, it's got Prime at the end of its title. Hasbro Masterpiece's are damn near non-existent. There's what, Optimus, Grimlock, Starscream/Skywarp, and now Rodimus. Good luck getting your hands on those before aftermarket mark up. iGear's Ramjet is looking damn sexy and so are those rainmakers. This Ironhide and Ratchet look pretty clean too, and that's saying a lot for an 80's minivan. Yeah, iGear rips off everyone's designs but if Takara and Hasbro put stuff out more regularly, affordable, and available, businesses like iGear wouldn't get the attention they get. That's my two cents. Sorry for the great wall of text. 
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There is a lot of internet "bandwaggon" hate. See, little boys have nothing else better to do than complain, and since they can hide behind their computer screen, and there is no one to put them in their place, they cry on the internet like a little girl. The other reason why we see a lot of this on the internet (you can see it no matter what fandom, no matter what forum), is that people's lives are so pointless and shallow, that complaining about something makes them feel important. Makes them feel more of a man, I guess. But yes, there is a lot of bandwaggon hate for iGear. Just ignore the little bitches.
Same people who cry IP infringement on iGear also love and collect Fansprojects, headrobots, Perfect Effect and others. Total hypocrites. I can't tell you how many of them bash on iGear, then turn around later and say, "Oh, that Dirge is tempting," or "I hate iGear but only if they made a scaled MP-05 Megatron or Ultra Magnus with trailer...". Again, they're little bitches. Ignore them.
Bottom line is this. Hasbro complains how they loose money. Yet, they make no effort to sell product fans want. They have their own website, and can sell product there, but their quantities are so small, that unless you don't have a life or work for a living, you have better chance of getting hit by lightning twice than finding anything on Hasbro's website. All Hasbro cares about is polluting stores with shelf warming DOTM toys. That's all we'll see for the next 3 years. When they do get around to do another line, we'll probably get plagued with their typical tactic of releasing as little product as possible, so they can tell us they don't make money and the Classics toys don't sell. This happened with Classics 2.0, especially towards the end of that line, and the ENTIRE Classics 3.0 (RTS, GENERATIONS) line.
Takara isn't much better. MP toys have been around since 2004. There will be 10 releases by the end of this year. 6 of them are MP Convoy (Optimus Prime). I won't be surprised if MP-11 is MP-10 convoy WITHOUT the trailer. As much as I love the MP line, we're going to die of old age long before characters like Ironhide and Ratchet get released by Takara. So, again, thank you iGear.
That being said, I am grateful to Takara for the MP toyline, and to Hasbro for the Classics toy lines. There have been some amazing toys they developed the last ten years too, such as Animated, Binaltech/Alternators, Titanium, ect. MP Toys are my favorite. They're not for everyone. They are elaborate, frail, and expensive. I can understand why some people shy away from them. I'm glad Takara kept doing other installments, as It was originally just suppose to be MP-1 Convoy. But this line, probably due to the costs and time to engineer, rarely sees new figures. It's a slow process. And I am happy other companies are giving us other characters that we just won't see with the official Takara releases.
3rd Party companies, like iGear, keep the fandom alive during these long droughts of movie toys and endless releases of MP Convoy, with a few filler molds inbetween. I am very grateful that we will finally be getting Ironhide and Ratchet.
Igear stated they are considering doing the ENTIRE 84 line in the PP-01, PP-05 fashion. Slightly smaller scaled Masterpiece toys. That is such amazing news, and I am very excited to see what iGear and other 3rd party companies have in store for us. It's a great time to be a Transformers fan thanks to the other 3rd party options available to us.
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