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by **User897** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:36 am

Will there be ANY retailers that won't use the plug? Will any of them press it into place or otherwise be easily removed? Man I hate this ****.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:42 am

This would be so much easier if G1 Megatron had never been a realistic gun in the first place. Had Hasbro used some other toy mold than any of the Micro Change Gun Robos, we wouldn't be having this issue (and perhaps Megatron could have transformed more often than he did in the cartoon, since his gun mode rarely ever proved useful since he could already fly in robot mode).

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:01 am

User897 wrote:Will there be ANY retailers that won't use the plug? Will any of them press it into place or otherwise be easily removed? Man I hate this ****.

I believe amazon japan wont have a plug. That is what I have read online.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:04 am

william-james88 wrote:
User897 wrote:Will there be ANY retailers that won't use the plug? Will any of them press it into place or otherwise be easily removed? Man I hate this ****.

I believe amazon japan wont have a plug. That is what I have read online.

with 3-4 shipping i can see why

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:14 am

william-james88 wrote:
User897 wrote:Will there be ANY retailers that won't use the plug? Will any of them press it into place or otherwise be easily removed? Man I hate this ****.

I believe amazon japan wont have a plug. That is what I have read online.

The Chosen Prime won't, either. See my earlier post.

by **User897** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:15 am

What's 3-4 shipping?

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:16 am

User897 wrote:What's 3-4 shipping?

i meant 3-4 day shipping
guess i mentally typed day :BOOM:

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:37 am

Bumblebee21 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
User897 wrote:Will there be ANY retailers that won't use the plug? Will any of them press it into place or otherwise be easily removed? Man I hate this ****.

I believe amazon japan wont have a plug. That is what I have read online.

with 3-4 shipping i can see why

I am hoping this works for me as this is who i put my order through.
Hopefully, everything goes smoothly....

by **SpaceKaseJase** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:27 pm

A-E also offers the orange plug. I verified that when I preordered it back in November.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:54 pm

FYI, if this is anything like MP-05 the plastic tray will also be modified to fit the plug. If I remember correctly G1 Megs' barrel extension also had to get a plug, I didn't see a mention about the extension on this figure.

by **Ultra Markus** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:11 pm

I don't see what the big deal about the plug is, its removable!
Besides them having to open the box to install the plug, everyone would open the box anyway when the get it
Only a small number of resellers would have a complaint because the can't sell a sealed box. oh well, sucks to be them!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:12 pm

Dagon wrote:Must be a slow news day, because this plug information was in the preorder announcements from BBTS and TFSource and pretty much everyone else, so this is several months old at this point.

While it's old news that US buyers may get stuck with an orange cap, this is the first time that Australia has been mentioned as requiring the orange cap.
See, that's how you handle things diplomatically.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:15 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:I don't see what the big deal about the plug is, its removable!
Besides them having to open the box to install the plug, everyone would open the box anyway when the get it
Only a small number of resellers would have a complaint because the can't sell a sealed box. oh well, sucks to be them!

people are worried the plug wont be removable and theres ones that want to keep it misb

@Burn ;)^

by **Dagon** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:04 pm

Burn wrote:
Dagon wrote:Must be a slow news day, because this plug information was in the preorder announcements from BBTS and TFSource and pretty much everyone else, so this is several months old at this point.

While it's old news that US buyers may get stuck with an orange cap, this is the first time that Australia has been mentioned as requiring the orange cap.
See, that's how you handle things diplomatically.

Yeah, I didn't mean to hurt so many people so deeply, but obviously I did. Since I'm an "asshat," I suppose it's only fitting that I find it hysterical that a throw away statement caused such fee-fee damage.

So, does anyone know if the plugs can be removed, and potentially how difficult that is to do? Because that was what my inflammatory post was actually about.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:10 pm

If it's anything like MP-05 it'll run the spectrum of easy to impossible. It depends on how the plugs are installed.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:43 pm

Dagon wrote:Yeah, I didn't mean to hurt so many people so deeply, but obviously I did.

Not me!

Since I'm an "asshat,"

We're all asshats at some point in our lives.

I suppose it's only fitting that I find it hysterical that a throw away statement caused such fee-fee damage.

Not going to speak for the others but I just wanted to clarify why I said to other staff why it should have been newsed.

As for it being removable, I was under the impression that those things had to be glued in.

by **Dagon** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:25 pm

Burn wrote:
Dagon wrote:
Since I'm an "asshat,"

We're all asshats at some point in our lives.

Granted, but if my initial post was the work of being labeled an asshat, then the value has totally fallen out of that market. The fact that I got jumped on by a staff member for a throw away line is far more offensive than what I posted.

Burn wrote:
Dagon wrote:

As for it being removable, I was under the impression that those things had to be glued in.

Amazingly, that was really all I wanted to know. This was my "problem," according to said staffer. Thanks Burn and Chuckdawg, who also weighed in.

by **Dagon** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:30 pm

Dagon wrote:
Burn wrote:
Dagon wrote:
Since I'm an "asshat,"

We're all asshats at some point in our lives.

Burn wrote:

As for it being removable, I was under the impression that those things had to be glued in.

[/quote]

Granted, but if my initial post was the work of being labeled an asshat, then the value has totally fallen out of that market. The fact that I got jumped on by a staff member for a throw away line is far more offensive than what I posted.

Amazingly, that was really all I wanted to know. This was my "problem," according to said staffer. Thanks Burn and Chuckdawg, who also weighed in.[/quote]

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:44 pm

That's some good quoting there. :-P

My understanding could be wrong though. I remember from previous discussions though there was talk that they HAD to be glued in, things may have changed though.

To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:54 pm

Burn wrote:To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

Only one thing to do.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:56 pm

Burn wrote:That's some good quoting there.

My understanding could be wrong though. I remember from previous discussions though there was talk that they HAD to be glued in, things may have changed though.

To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

Yes, it is supposed to be glued in, but there are no requirements for the glue used. Hence, some pop rigjt off, some are permanently bonded. Luck of the draw, really.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:04 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:That's some good quoting there.

My understanding could be wrong though. I remember from previous discussions though there was talk that they HAD to be glued in, things may have changed though.

To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

Yes, it is supposed to be glued in, but there are no requirements for the glue used. Hence, some pop rigjt off, some are permanently bonded. Luck of the draw, really.

Last time some people had to use some remover to remove the glue and it damaged the plastic.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:34 pm

Dagon wrote:
Amazingly, that was really all I wanted to know.

Then next time, thats all you need to write, it will stop the thread from derailing. Keep the other troll like comments to yourself next time please, there is no need for them here.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:39 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:That's some good quoting there.

My understanding could be wrong though. I remember from previous discussions though there was talk that they HAD to be glued in, things may have changed though.

To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

Yes, it is supposed to be glued in, but there are no requirements for the glue used. Hence, some pop rigjt off, some are permanently bonded. Luck of the draw, really.

Last time some people had to use some remover to remove the glue and it damaged the plastic.

Which company used super glue? I hope they use Elmers Glue instead. Water soluble. If it was hlj why not email them this suggestion? If it's local/domestic importers, then by all means, email them now.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:47 pm

fenrir72 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:That's some good quoting there.

My understanding could be wrong though. I remember from previous discussions though there was talk that they HAD to be glued in, things may have changed though.

To me though, if it's a requirement for legal reasons, then I can't imagine removing it would be an easy thing.

Yes, it is supposed to be glued in, but there are no requirements for the glue used. Hence, some pop rigjt off, some are permanently bonded. Luck of the draw, really.

Last time some people had to use some remover to remove the glue and it damaged the plastic.

Which company used super glue? I hope they use Elmers Glue instead. Water soluble. If it was hlj why not email them this suggestion? If it's local/domestic importers, then by all means, email them now.