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by **SnipeShade** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:24 pm

First, I try opening up the box to Starscream Voyager class.
-It takes me like 10 minutes to open it up enough to get to the figure itself.

Next, it takes me another 10 mins or so just to remove Starscream from the wires and rubber bands. (without doing it hastily or breaking off piece on SS.

AND THEN, when I finally get Starscream out, some 15 minutes later I'm ALMOST done transforming him. : ( Mostly because his joints were sooooooo stiff, I was afraid I was doing something wrong. Especially his knees, they didn't move for slag till I just went for it and bent it. Then I heard -click, click- and realized it was really JUST THAT HARD.

Is this normal? Is this how it is for most people and their toys? >.<

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Hacker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:26 pm

it depends wat toy, it tokk me a while to get mine outta there box's epesialy deluxe as to not ruin the box and as for transformation......its fun lol i think it took me 5/10 mins to transform Voyager SS

:grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **twee** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:28 pm

I hate how discreet those stupid clear rubber bands are. I took the longest time trying to figure out why the hell my Voyager Prime's legs wouldn't separate until I saw a glint of light and found that there was a stupid rubber band tying them together underneath the moveable parts.

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:30 pm

Leader Prime is a pain to open I think. The ties around his body are bad enough, but the ones over his feet keep him nicely bonded to the package.

by **Greed** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:36 pm

Usually I just use scissors and don't really have a problem but the Blackout/Scorpinok combo from TRU nearly gave me a aneurysm when I tried to get them out of the box. The transformation of Blackout was also annoying due to his crappy automorph.

by **Decatron** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:37 pm

Taking out of packaging is tedious on most of them, but transforming is easy. Nailclippers work the best to cut the wire, instead of trying to unravel it.

by **Ironhide Texas** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:39 pm

those clear bands are pointless

by **SnipeShade** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:58 pm

twee wrote:I hate how discreet those stupid clear rubber bands are. I took the longest time trying to figure out why the hell my Voyager Prime's legs wouldn't separate until I saw a glint of light and found that there was a stupid rubber band tying them together underneath the moveable parts.

Pontimax 01 wrote:Leader Prime is a pain to open I think. The ties around his body are bad enough, but the ones over his feet keep him nicely bonded to the package.

haha...Yea I had trouble with those too. I was thinking "Where the heck do these bands go around??"

Those boxes are in all seriousness PLASTIC PRISONS!!! >.<

by **Nujevad** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:07 pm

To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

by **Slumble B** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:24 pm

I think it took me more time to free Voyager Ratchet from his plastic prison than it did to transform him.

SB

by **Sportimus Prime** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:30 pm

Even with nailclippers, those dang twist ties irritate me. Just when I think I got them all, there is at least 1 that I missed holding the figure in place. Primus, and LC Prime were a total pain to free out of their packaging. Transforming the new Transformers (for me, "new" means starting from Cybertron to present) is a pain as well. Not because they are hard to transform, but because I do this stupid thing of actually looking at the instructions which more often than not, suck.

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:35 pm

Nujevad wrote:To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

Except for LC Prime and his Try Me "Please wear out my automorph!" finger hole. God knows how many people had their fingers in my Prime.. :???:

by **SnipeShade** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:48 pm

Pontimax 01 wrote:
Nujevad wrote:To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

Except for LC Prime and his Try Me "Please wear out my automorph!" finger hole. God knows how many people had their fingers in my Prime..

XD oh yea...totally.... *tries not to be immature*

by **Sportimus Prime** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:52 pm

Pontimax 01 wrote:
Nujevad wrote:To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

Except for LC Prime and his Try Me "Please wear out my automorph!" finger hole. God knows how many people had their fingers in my Prime..

Ewww...

I can say that at most, hardly anyone put their fingers in my Prime because I bought him as soon as he was put on the shelf.

by **zemper** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:18 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:
Pontimax 01 wrote:
Nujevad wrote:To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

Except for LC Prime and his Try Me "Please wear out my automorph!" finger hole. God knows how many people had their fingers in my Prime..

Ewww...

I can say that at most, hardly anyone put their fingers in my Prime because I bought him as soon as he was put on the shelf.

yeah, me too, as soon as the movie line hit the shelves in my local Toy Kingdom (it's like TRU also), hurriedly went there from work and reserved the LC OP (we could reserve toys here, but only ONE figure & for a limited time only. it works to prevent scalping. heh heh).

though i had to tell the employee who was staffed at the TF section to QUIT TOUCHING LC prime's chest when i finally bought him. sheesh, some people don't know proper etiquette sometimes...

News Credits: 1 · by **Bonecrusher27** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:37 am

SnipeShade wrote:later I'm ALMOST done transforming him. : ( Mostly because his joints were sooooooo stiff, I was afraid I was doing something wrong. Especially his knees, they didn't move for slag till I just went for it and bent it. Then I heard -click, click- and realized it was really JUST THAT HARD.

This is quite normal for Starscream. Piece of advice (all usual disclaimers apply

) use a small phillips head screw driver to loosen up the knee joints somewhat. Otherise the plastic is going to give sooner or later, being that stiff.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:16 am

I prefer the Japanese packaging. Two moulded plastic pieces that fit together to hold the figure in place. Cut four pieces of tape and take the figure out. Putting it back into the box is just as easy to display or store the item when not displaying it. Reissue G1 US TRU Soundwave is like this. 10 times better than the present packaging which ruins the carded figures. The JPN carded figures for that matter are even better. Cut the tape on the back. Slide the card away and access the figure. Just as easy to put the figure back on card. 10 times better as I said.

by **Cornicer** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:40 am

Sportimus Prime wrote: Not because they are hard to transform, but because I do this stupid thing of actually looking at the instructions which more often than not, suck.

Agreed, though it seem worse with the movie toys than the Unicron-trilogy ones.

It took me a good 15 minutes to decipher Jazz's instructions because it took me FOREVER to figure out what to do with the hood.

Those instructions are like Hieroglyphics sometimes.

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:59 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:
Pontimax 01 wrote:
Nujevad wrote:To each their own, I happen to like all of these restrictive devices, makes sure that the figure I got is in the best condition possible and was not tampered with during delivery or handling.

Except for LC Prime and his Try Me "Please wear out my automorph!" finger hole. God knows how many people had their fingers in my Prime..

Ewww...

I can say that at most, hardly anyone put their fingers in my Prime because I bought him as soon as he was put on the shelf.

Be wary of diseases that comes with so many guys inserting their thing into the hole.

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:03 pm

SnipeShade wrote:First, I try opening up the box to Starscream Voyager class.
-It takes me like 10 minutes to open it up enough to get to the figure itself.

Next, it takes me another 10 mins or so just to remove Starscream from the wires and rubber bands. (without doing it hastily or breaking off piece on SS.

AND THEN, when I finally get Starscream out, some 15 minutes later I'm ALMOST done transforming him. : ( Mostly because his joints were sooooooo stiff, I was afraid I was doing something wrong. Especially his knees, they didn't move for slag till I just went for it and bent it. Then I heard -click, click- and realized it was really JUST THAT HARD.

Is this normal? Is this how it is for most people and their toys? >.<

That's why it COST $19.99. It's made for ONE HOUR of enjoyment.

$19.99 for FIVE MINUTES would be highway robbery.

by **SnipeShade** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:59 pm

[quote="Auto Bot"][quote="SnipeShade"]First, I try opening up the box to Starscream Voyager class.
-It takes me like 10 minutes to open it up enough to get to the figure itself.

Next, it takes me another 10 mins or so just to remove Starscream from the wires and rubber bands. (without doing it hastily or breaking off piece on SS.

AND THEN, when I finally get Starscream out, some 15 minutes later I'm ALMOST done transforming him. : ( Mostly because his joints were sooooooo stiff, I was afraid I was doing something wrong. Especially his knees, they didn't move for slag till I just went for it and bent it. Then I heard -click, click- and realized it was really JUST THAT HARD.

Is this normal? Is this how it is for most people and their toys? >..<