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In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby xyl360 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:48 am

After seeing the pics, I just couldn't resist. I don't own a DOTM Megs yet (in fact, I only own 3 or for DOTM figs total) but seeing the way this version looks plus the fact that I have never owned a G1 Megs, I just had to get it.

I'll just have to work out how to remove the silly orange plug from G1 Megs' barrel, but that shouldn't be too tough.
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby prowl123 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:19 am

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Dammit! Now I have to get another OP just for this!
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Bonecrusher27 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:15 pm

yami4ct wrote:Japan and the US have very different Action Figure markets. Where Japan's market is nearly completely made-up of collectors willing to spend more to get nicer looking toys. The US market is made of children and parents who don't care about the minor details, they only care that the price is low. Paint, if you can believe it, is very expensive. Especially when you're talking about the hundreds of thousands of units hasbro is producing. Adding a few small paint apps means adding quite a bit of cost to the entire run. Hasbro could either do two things there. They can either raise the price, which they will not do as it is established the main market for TFs in the US is price sensitive children and parents, or take what might be a fairly significant profit hit. It's likely the paint they give us now is in the sweet spot of enough to make the toys look alright, but still give them a nice profit. As for why they can't do small run collator oriented repaint lines, it's likely the market for that is too small to justify a new production run.


Thanks, that really helped. For ourselves in Singapore, we're so pampered with such a huge influx of Takara stuff, and have so many toy collectors to sustain the market, that I hardly remember sometimes that these toys were meant for KIDS. It's also a surprise sometimes when I see toys which are Lawson's exclusives, Target's exclusives etc, and how people can't find this or that toy, because almost ALL of it gets here and it's not a big deal.

On the other hand, maybe some consolation may be found in the fact that the Hasbro toys are up to half as cheap where you are. By the time they get to us, it's ridiculous. A deluxe costs USD$23, a Voyager USD$44, and Leader USD$88.
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby kirbenvost » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:50 pm

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Huh. I like the silver apps on the chest/grille and head crest, but other than that, still too brown.
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby cannonfodder4000 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:08 am

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Megatron Wolf wrote:if hasbros version looked like that id actually think about buying it, well on sale that is


Yeah, who cares if the mold's good and it has alot of paint apps! it's still not worth twenty bucks!


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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Megatronsdemise666 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:16 pm

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Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"



i dont think you have to worry about that

cause leader class starscream has the same brownish color and he hast had GPS



and why are people complaining about paint apps?

i wonder if they know that a tube of really good paint is like 30$ dollars for one color

and the tube is small

im not sure what paint hasbro and takara use but im pretty sure its expensive
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Swiftknife24 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:52 pm

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Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"


'GPS'?

Global Positioning System...?
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:44 am

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Swiftknife24 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"


'GPS'?

Global Positioning System...?


Gold Plastic Syndrome. It's a rather nasty affliction contracted by toys using metallic plastics, especially light gold or bronze colors. Basically it makes the toy crumble when you even breathe on it. It's especially prevalent in later G1 into G2 toys, but cases have been found well into RiD.

I wouldn't worry about that with current toys however, as Hasbro has tweaked the plastic formula ever since the problem became known, and there haven't been cases since Armada (Super Base Optimus Prime suffers from a design flaw, not GPS).
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Swiftknife24 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:32 pm

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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"


'GPS'?

Global Positioning System...?


Gold Plastic Syndrome. It's a rather nasty affliction contracted by toys using metallic plastics, especially light gold or bronze colors. Basically it makes the toy crumble when you even breathe on it. It's especially prevalent in later G1 into G2 toys, but cases have been found well into RiD.

I wouldn't worry about that with current toys however, as Hasbro has tweaked the plastic formula ever since the problem became known, and there haven't been cases since Armada (Super Base Optimus Prime suffers from a design flaw, not GPS).



Ahh thanks! I think I know what you mean; my Beast Wars 'metallic' Rampage suffered from peeling...
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:01 pm

Motto: "The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."
Swiftknife24 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"


'GPS'?

Global Positioning System...?


Gold Plastic Syndrome. It's a rather nasty affliction contracted by toys using metallic plastics, especially light gold or bronze colors. Basically it makes the toy crumble when you even breathe on it. It's especially prevalent in later G1 into G2 toys, but cases have been found well into RiD.

I wouldn't worry about that with current toys however, as Hasbro has tweaked the plastic formula ever since the problem became known, and there haven't been cases since Armada (Super Base Optimus Prime suffers from a design flaw, not GPS).



Ahh thanks! I think I know what you mean; my Beast Wars 'metallic' Rampage suffered from peeling...


That's chrome flaking, another unrelated problem. Transmetals and some Beast Machines toys have been given chromed parts, but the paint on it doesn't stick without the proper primer.
With GPS it's the plastic itself that's the problem, to be exact the metallic flakes that prevent it from properly bonding. Because of that, it breaks like a warm piece of chocolate, instead of snapping like regular plastics do.
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Re: In-Hand Images of Takara Transformers Chronicle 2 Pack - DOTM Megatron

Postby Swiftknife24 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:20 pm

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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"


'GPS'?

Global Positioning System...?


Gold Plastic Syndrome. It's a rather nasty affliction contracted by toys using metallic plastics, especially light gold or bronze colors. Basically it makes the toy crumble when you even breathe on it. It's especially prevalent in later G1 into G2 toys, but cases have been found well into RiD.

I wouldn't worry about that with current toys however, as Hasbro has tweaked the plastic formula ever since the problem became known, and there haven't been cases since Armada (Super Base Optimus Prime suffers from a design flaw, not GPS).



Ahh thanks! I think I know what you mean; my Beast Wars 'metallic' Rampage suffered from peeling...


That's chrome flaking, another unrelated problem. Transmetals and some Beast Machines toys have been given chromed parts, but the paint on it doesn't stick without the proper primer.
With GPS it's the plastic itself that's the problem, to be exact the metallic flakes that prevent it from properly bonding. Because of that, it breaks like a warm piece of chocolate, instead of snapping like regular plastics do.


Ah okay, I think I see what you mean; thanks! ^^
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