leokearon wrote:Are those Drift's Swords they look tiny, they look like Fat, Stubby Nightsticks
Spleenzorio wrote:So is Scorn supposed to be a spinosaurus, and if so then why isn't he bigger than Grimlock?
Optimizzy wrote:Spleenzorio wrote:So is Scorn supposed to be a spinosaurus, and if so then why isn't he bigger than Grimlock?
Not all spinosaurus species were bigger than a T-rex.
GuyIncognito wrote:The "Ages 8+" is really interesting. Is that the first time we've seen that on TF figures? (Haven't they always been 3+ or 5+?) I guess that's the help differentiate these from the "simple" line.
Yeah, I'm not sure if anything higher than 8+ would really swing that well with the toy stores.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:The "Ages 8+" is really interesting. Is that the first time we've seen that on TF figures? (Haven't they always been 3+ or 5+?) I guess that's the help differentiate these from the "simple" line.
The 8+ is indeed odd, But understandable. Also happy they didn't go like 13+ or even 18+
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:Yeah, I'm not sure if anything higher than 8+ would really swing that well with the toy stores.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:The "Ages 8+" is really interesting. Is that the first time we've seen that on TF figures? (Haven't they always been 3+ or 5+?) I guess that's the help differentiate these from the "simple" line.
The 8+ is indeed odd, But understandable. Also happy they didn't go like 13+ or even 18+
So what we got here is:
- Rescue Bots: Ages 2 and Up
- Robots in Disguise: Ages 4 and Up
- Generations: Ages 8 and Up
It's likely all just a marketing ordeal. Hasbro probably wants to get people to notice that the Generations toys are aimed at the older demographics, but since they still have to market them as children's toys, they need to keep the age limit low enough to keep it in the kids range but high enough to not be in the same lower leagues as the younger RB and RID lines.MightyMagnus78 wrote:8+ is stupid IMO. I can't imagine that those deluxes are going to be that complex, certainly not as complex as ROTF leader Prime for example which is 5+.
My son spotted that 8+ straight away and interestingly he was more interested in Drift than he was in the Dino's.
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:It's likely all just a marketing ordeal. Hasbro probably wants to get people to notice that the Generations toys are aimed at the older demographics, but since they still have to market them as children's toys, they need to keep the age limit low enough to keep it in the kids range but high enough to not be in the same lower leagues as the younger RB and RID lines.MightyMagnus78 wrote:8+ is stupid IMO. I can't imagine that those deluxes are going to be that complex, certainly not as complex as ROTF leader Prime for example which is 5+.
My son spotted that 8+ straight away and interestingly he was more interested in Drift than he was in the Dino's.
After all, I doubt that the stores would wanna put "Age 18 and Up" items in the children's toy sections.
You know what Drift's role in the film will be?!T-Macksimus wrote:Been trying for 20 minutes to properly phrase my complete and total slam-fest of this incarnation of the Drift toy, it's character in the upcoming film and Bay's and Hasbro's involvement and their total lack of decency and respect in the creation of this character, and trying to phrase it all in such a way that I wouldn't get mobbed by an angry horde. It isn't working too well! I'll just leave it at "I find this figure offensive, his role in the upcoming movie to be in VERY poor taste and invite Hasbro and Michael Bay to take this deluxe class figure and shove it up their a**!"
Yep, that about sums it up.
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.'
T-Macksimus wrote:Been trying for 20 minutes to properly phrase my complete and total slam-fest of this incarnation of the Drift toy, it's character in the upcoming film and Bay's and Hasbro's involvement and their total lack of decency and respect in the creation of this character, and trying to phrase it all in such a way that I wouldn't get mobbed by an angry horde. It isn't working too well! I'll just leave it at "I find this figure offensive, his role in the upcoming movie to be in VERY poor taste and invite Hasbro and Michael Bay to take this deluxe class figure and shove it up their a**!"
Yep, that about sums it up.
The other figures are something of an unrecognizable nightmarish mess too but I find less at fault with them than I do Drift. Granted they fall somewhere between an attempt at making a Rorschach Test and H.R. Giger themed bondage equipment in terms of appearance (yes, even the Optimus figure) but hopefully the kiddies wont make that connection until at least their third round of nightmares.
And those are the redeeming qualities...
craggy wrote:the changes made to Drift so far seem no more divergent from his original portrayal than many of the other characters featured in the films so far. He's still a car, he's still an Autobot, he still has swords. If this film is anything like the last 3 I wouldn't worry too much about him getting enough screen time or character development to think there'll be anything that contradicts the Drift from the comics' past or personality.
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.'
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:craggy wrote:the changes made to Drift so far seem no more divergent from his original portrayal than many of the other characters featured in the films so far. He's still a car, he's still an Autobot, he still has swords. If this film is anything like the last 3 I wouldn't worry too much about him getting enough screen time or character development to think there'll be anything that contradicts the Drift from the comics' past or personality.
I REALLY want him to have a hideous accent though. Like a posh British accent or thick Russian. Or even South African. That would be great.
EDIT: by "hideous" I mean in relation to the character design, I don't actually think those accents are hideous.
*continues pedaling backwards down the street*
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