The Energon Pub

Grahf wrote:Ah, the wonders of photoshop. I'll probably get the Legends, but I'm satisfied with the other figures I already own. Looking at that pic of Voyager Prime though, is there any way to mount his guns like that on his shoulders on the original mold?

Yup. I got it to work on my First Strike OP.
Pull the nose of the truck down so it hangs off his back instead of it being flush against the back.

Fold the arms to the front at the main hinges, to get them out of the way.

Then just rotate the guns around over his shoulders, and fold his arms back.

You may need to fiddle with the nose of the truck a bit to get the guns to look right.

Overcracker, you are my new hero. Much thanks.

Ah, excellent, Legends class Arcee, she should be in the proper scale with the rest of the transformers then. If they come out with all three then I might just skip buying the delux figures.

Voyager Defender Optimus and Deluxe Mission Leader Sideswipe are must-buys. Other than that...I'll either be getting NEST Bumblebee or Cannon Bumblebee with battle mask. As for the rest of this lot, no. But I will be getting Scattorshot, Wideload, Deluxe Ratchet, and a few select others.

I don't have a job,cuz I'm 13. Can't get a job til I'm 15.

Hope some come out in time for Christmas, or I'm doomed. Unless they have them around my birthday on February 14. Then I'll get 'em. Otherwise, I'm broke.

Autobot032 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else remember when repaints were an opportunity for creative/wild color schemes or new characters?

I'm beginning to become disappointed with the new creative direction Hasbro is taking on certain elements of their product.

Exactly.

Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are excellent examples of making a repaint work.

Now, it seems like they're repainting just for the sake of doing so.

What, you guys don't think dirty truck Ratchet, Chinese symbol Prime, and extra racing stripe Bumblebee are cool and worthwhile?

Kibble wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else remember when repaints were an opportunity for creative/wild color schemes or new characters?

I'm beginning to become disappointed with the new creative direction Hasbro is taking on certain elements of their product.

Exactly.

Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are excellent examples of making a repaint work.

Now, it seems like they're repainting just for the sake of doing so.

What, you guys don't think dirty truck Ratchet, Chinese symbol Prime, and extra racing stripe Bumblebee are cool and worthwhile?

LOL

I'm waiting for them to throw red paint on the back end of one of these figures and we'll just call it the Red-Ass Baboon repaint. I mean, they're nearly to the bottom of the barrel at this point.

Autobot032 wrote:

Kibble wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Anyone else remember when repaints were an opportunity for creative/wild color schemes or new characters?

I'm beginning to become disappointed with the new creative direction Hasbro is taking on certain elements of their product.

Exactly.

Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are excellent examples of making a repaint work.

Now, it seems like they're repainting just for the sake of doing so.

What, you guys don't think dirty truck Ratchet, Chinese symbol Prime, and extra racing stripe Bumblebee are cool and worthwhile?

LOL

I'm waiting for them to throw red paint on the back end of one of these figures and we'll just call it the Red-Ass Baboon repaint. I mean, they're nearly to the bottom of the barrel at this point.

Let's not forget the strong possibility of a rehash of the "Premium Line", which is the biggest "F You, we'll squeeze every dollar out of you that we can" that Hasbro has given us yet.

Couple that with the fact that most of just plunked down another $30 for a Powerglide who should have been red in the first place and it's hard to argue that exploitation of the collector demographic is not part of the Hasbro marketing strategy right now.

When you can't even get a lazy straight yellow repaint of Sideswipe into Sunstreaker, you know the effort isn't there.

There isn't going to be a Premium line for RotF, although trust me, I'd rather have Premium than all this junk.