The Energon Pub

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Can anybody provide pics of the Canadian backing cards? I'm still curious.

Sorry, I've been really busy. I can take a pic and upload tomorrow. Unless someone else gets to it first, that's okay too.

Diem wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:So in the EU all they get is a single sentence describing the character, instead of a paragraph? That kinda sucks. But I wish the US would adopt the smaller packaging as well.

Still better than the Japanese Movieverse figures, which had only the ENGLISH text for the bios.

As a European, I HATE the multi-lingual cards - everybody here speaks english, we don't need 11 other languages we don't speak telling the same sentence. I'd rather import every figure from the US.

Chaoslock wrote:

Diem wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:So in the EU all they get is a single sentence describing the character, instead of a paragraph? That kinda sucks. But I wish the US would adopt the smaller packaging as well.

Still better than the Japanese Movieverse figures, which had only the ENGLISH text for the bios.

As a European, I HATE the multi-lingual cards - everybody here speaks english, we don't need 11 other languages we don't speak telling the same sentence.

Agreed. But again, still better than getting the bios in one language that no-one speaks!

The packaging of the European releases have always had differences to that of the Us releases mostly just the lack of a bio in favour of a sentence or two in different European languages, now however the differences is a little larger.
Thanks to seibertron.com member JelZe GoldRabbit we have a nice comparison between the US and European packaging of the Transformers Prime line. The difference is a slightly different design and well, the size of the card:







This might be part of Hasbro's new attempt at being more environmentally friendly or it might be another cost saving method, which the European packaging always was. Furthermore Transformers Prime marks the first time that Russian is put on the packaging bringing the language count to a whooping 13 languages!

hey.. if this in any way helps hasbro save some money to either keep costs down or give us more stuff.. i'm all for it, do it to the north american cards as well.

This is just a cost saving thing, European packaging has always been about saving money, that and making more money than in the US.

I remember the old German bios on the boxes from the old days, I kinda miss those days.

I'd much rather see them shrink the card, fold it into a small box, just big enough to contain the bubble insert and put a hanging hook on it. They'd cut down on paper and plastic, plus collectors would be happier. Much easier to save the boxes, just fold 'em down.

I'd be most happy with a packaging that is resealable... either a box, or a Japan style card. (where you can cut the tape and slide the card out.)

It's also really nice when they can stack neatly... and stand up by themselves for display.

Sorry guys, my memory is faulty. The Canadian cards are the same size as the US ones but they're tri-lingual with a single line of a bio on the back in each language. I thought they were the smaller ones because I remember how surprised I was the first time I saw them in the store. I guess they're smaller than previous lines already, but still not as small as the EU cards.

kirbenvost wrote:Sorry guys, my memory is faulty. The Canadian cards are the same size as the US ones but they're tri-lingual with a single line of a bio on the back in each language. I thought they were the smaller ones because I remember how surprised I was the first time I saw them in the store. I guess they're smaller than previous lines already, but still not as small as the EU cards.

That's ok, thanks for the heads up

Still pretty odd that only Europe has the smaller card.

gothsaurus wrote:I'd be most happy with a packaging that is resealable... either a box, or a Japan style card. (where you can cut the tape and slide the card out.)

It's also really nice when they can stack neatly... and stand up by themselves for display.

Yes! I would love the japan styled card, where i can throw away the bubble but save the card without damaging it.

Wow, I didn't even think about that notion. Yeah, that's a great option, too. Toss the plastic and walk away with a pristine card.