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Sabrblade wrote:This is Fun Pub we're talking about, though. They're sticklers for making things all tie together with their fiction (bios included).Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Since when is obscurity an acceptable excuse for misrepresentation?Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:This Windsweeper bio is like if someone wrote a bio for BW Cartoon Dinobot and somehow managed to completely avoid even hinting at his key character trait of being an honorable warrior.
Perhaps, but considering Windsweeper is pretty obscure... I think it can be excused.
It's fine if you don't care about the character. I've no affections for him either. But this bio undeniably missed what made Windsweeper Windsweeper. It's disappointing that it didn't represent how the character is known to be when it's not meant be a new incarnation with a new personality.
Probably the fact that it's just one bio, which a lot of people won't use as their basis for the character anyway.
And I mean, this isn't exactly new. Tech specs and on-box bios for characters almost always misrepresent or simplify characters; just look at a ton of the Transformers Prime box bios.
I'm not saying it's great, but it's not exactly a big deal nor is it a unique new problem
They're still counted as Fun Pub product due to their coming with Fun Pub toys.william-james88 wrote:The bios for thunder mayhem arent written by funpub but by freelancers picked by hasbro. One of them is Protoman, you could ask him on cybertron.ca
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.'
But isn't it the case that FunPub is providing info/direction for the points covered in the bios? It seems safe to assume that details such as the voices, Matrix of Malice etc were requested by FunPub to support their Thunder Mayhem plotline.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:This is Fun Pub we're talking about, though. They're sticklers for making things all tie together with their fiction (bios included).Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Since when is obscurity an acceptable excuse for misrepresentation?Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:This Windsweeper bio is like if someone wrote a bio for BW Cartoon Dinobot and somehow managed to completely avoid even hinting at his key character trait of being an honorable warrior.
Perhaps, but considering Windsweeper is pretty obscure... I think it can be excused.
It's fine if you don't care about the character. I've no affections for him either. But this bio undeniably missed what made Windsweeper Windsweeper. It's disappointing that it didn't represent how the character is known to be when it's not meant be a new incarnation with a new personality.
Probably the fact that it's just one bio, which a lot of people won't use as their basis for the character anyway.
And I mean, this isn't exactly new. Tech specs and on-box bios for characters almost always misrepresent or simplify characters; just look at a ton of the Transformers Prime box bios.
I'm not saying it's great, but it's not exactly a big deal nor is it a unique new problem
The bios for thunder mayhem arent written by funpub but by freelancers picked by hasbro. One of them is Protoman, you could ask him on cybertron.ca
Sabrblade wrote:I mean, isn't describing what the specific character is supposed to be like that a bio comes packed with the entire point of a Transformers toy's pack-in bio in the first place? It's a simple job, really.
That one got reconciled later.Zeedust wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I mean, isn't describing what the specific character is supposed to be like that a bio comes packed with the entire point of a Transformers toy's pack-in bio in the first place? It's a simple job, really.
I've seen much worse. Take a look at Animated Sunstorm's sometime.
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:That one got reconciled later.Zeedust wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I mean, isn't describing what the specific character is supposed to be like that a bio comes packed with the entire point of a Transformers toy's pack-in bio in the first place? It's a simple job, really.
I've seen much worse. Take a look at Animated Sunstorm's sometime.
well sure. But they only have aome much room on the cards. However, the impression I got from the bio was a Slob out to make the universe a messier place, not an OCD Chaosmaster. Mind you, I was still coming off my anesthetic, so I an't thinkin straight. And I am NOT rolling over to get him right n9w, too much ow involved.Sabrblade wrote:They're still counted as Fun Pub product due to their coming with Fun Pub toys.william-james88 wrote:The bios for thunder mayhem arent written by funpub but by freelancers picked by hasbro. One of them is Protoman, you could ask him on cybertron.ca
And regardless of whether the bio ties in with "Of Masters and Mayhem" or not, and regardless of whether it was written in-house by Fun Pub or not, this is G1 Windsweeper's first new toy since his original. Would it not stand to reason that the bio ought to describe the basic personality of the character it is meant to reflect, instead of barely reflecting the kind of character that G1 Windsweeper is?
I mean, isn't describing what the specific character is supposed to be like that a bio comes packed with the entire point of a Transformers toy's pack-in bio in the first place? It's a simple job, really.
Scotty P wrote:Just a heads up to those who have subscribed to the service and do not know yet- FSS 4.0 figure 5 should be arriving today for many, my tracking # indicates this as well. It's Bludgeon as expected (assumption was that Bluestreak would ship with Impactor)
Nothing to do for now but be on the lookout later this afternoon.
So far I've only handled Hot Spot. Is this error a serious problem and/or easily fixable?Ebonyleopard wrote:Looks like Bludgeon has the same assembly error that Pyra Magna had with the knee triangle peg facing the wrong direction.
durroth wrote:ya know, I thought thunder mayhem would look dumber than he does in person. The main thing that honestly annoys me about him, overall, is he suffers from flat headback. Otherwise I kinda enjoy him. Also, you can make a pretty wicked looking scissor weapon by putting the swords forward pegs into the holes in each side of one hand. You have to twist the fist a bit to get it to fit because of the long handles, but it looks badass. The misassembly is relatively easy to fix, there's only one pin on the outside to worry about (the one holding the foot on) and then you just need to punch out a second one on the inside. hoping someone comes up with an insertable matrix chamber to keep it nice and snug in bludgeon and easily removable.
william-james88 wrote:durroth wrote:ya know, I thought thunder mayhem would look dumber than he does in person. The main thing that honestly annoys me about him, overall, is he suffers from flat headback. Otherwise I kinda enjoy him. Also, you can make a pretty wicked looking scissor weapon by putting the swords forward pegs into the holes in each side of one hand. You have to twist the fist a bit to get it to fit because of the long handles, but it looks badass. The misassembly is relatively easy to fix, there's only one pin on the outside to worry about (the one holding the foot on) and then you just need to punch out a second one on the inside. hoping someone comes up with an insertable matrix chamber to keep it nice and snug in bludgeon and easily removable.
Popping pins is so damn scary for me.
kurthy wrote:william-james88 wrote:durroth wrote:ya know, I thought thunder mayhem would look dumber than he does in person. The main thing that honestly annoys me about him, overall, is he suffers from flat headback. Otherwise I kinda enjoy him. Also, you can make a pretty wicked looking scissor weapon by putting the swords forward pegs into the holes in each side of one hand. You have to twist the fist a bit to get it to fit because of the long handles, but it looks badass. The misassembly is relatively easy to fix, there's only one pin on the outside to worry about (the one holding the foot on) and then you just need to punch out a second one on the inside. hoping someone comes up with an insertable matrix chamber to keep it nice and snug in bludgeon and easily removable.
Popping pins is so damn scary for me.
I'm not a modder so this scares me, too. So I'm more than a little disappointed.
william-james88 wrote:kurthy wrote:william-james88 wrote:durroth wrote:ya know, I thought thunder mayhem would look dumber than he does in person. The main thing that honestly annoys me about him, overall, is he suffers from flat headback. Otherwise I kinda enjoy him. Also, you can make a pretty wicked looking scissor weapon by putting the swords forward pegs into the holes in each side of one hand. You have to twist the fist a bit to get it to fit because of the long handles, but it looks badass. The misassembly is relatively easy to fix, there's only one pin on the outside to worry about (the one holding the foot on) and then you just need to punch out a second one on the inside. hoping someone comes up with an insertable matrix chamber to keep it nice and snug in bludgeon and easily removable.
Popping pins is so damn scary for me.
I'm not a modder so this scares me, too. So I'm more than a little disappointed.
Most people who purchased this arent skilled with those tools neither. Most have chosen to just live with it. But just be aware of this since if you force things you will end up with stress marks.
Alpha Weltall wrote:Lets hope that G2 Hotspot won't have this problem even though it's an easy fix.
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.'
Alpha Weltall wrote:For the record, neither of my G1 CW or UW Hotspots and Onslaughts have the misassembly. I just got Victorion the other day and Pyra Magna had the problem as did Bludgeon today. For Pyra Magna I unscrewed the legs and shaved the problem piece down and all that happened was the small, seemingly useless glued peg between the light bar broke but that's it. The screws hold everything together anyway so there wasn't a need to glue that tiny peg or to have it at all for that matter. For Bludgeon, I just stuck my exacto knife in and cut the piece off without taking the legs apart and nothing happened other than the removal of the little piece that was cut off.
I've heard of people just clipping the piece off with a toenail clipper too so removal of the problem piece isn't that difficult and doesn't require popping out any pins unless you don't want to cut the piece off and would rather keep your figure completely intact. I personally like transforming my figures over and over so to me, having completely working knees was a must. For those of you that just keep them combined and displayed, this may not be necessary to do at all.
I guess I'll have to do this again when I get a G2 Onslaught. Lets hope that G2 Hotspot won't have this problem even though it's an easy fix.
Ebonyleopard wrote:Alpha Weltall wrote:For the record, neither of my G1 CW or UW Hotspots and Onslaughts have the misassembly. I just got Victorion the other day and Pyra Magna had the problem as did Bludgeon today. For Pyra Magna I unscrewed the legs and shaved the problem piece down and all that happened was the small, seemingly useless glued peg between the light bar broke but that's it. The screws hold everything together anyway so there wasn't a need to glue that tiny peg or to have it at all for that matter. For Bludgeon, I just stuck my exacto knife in and cut the piece off without taking the legs apart and nothing happened other than the removal of the little piece that was cut off.
I've heard of people just clipping the piece off with a toenail clipper too so removal of the problem piece isn't that difficult and doesn't require popping out any pins unless you don't want to cut the piece off and would rather keep your figure completely intact. I personally like transforming my figures over and over so to me, having completely working knees was a must. For those of you that just keep them combined and displayed, this may not be necessary to do at all.
I guess I'll have to do this again when I get a G2 Onslaught. Lets hope that G2 Hotspot won't have this problem even though it's an easy fix.
You're little peg broke too (Glad I'm not the only one that had that happen. Seems like they glued the peg in because it won't separate easily on it's own. I just super glued it back once I used and Exacto Knife and just cut the little triangle peg off (Goes through real easy). I'm not even sure what the page is on there for anyway, since there's not lost functionality once it's gone.
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