The Energon Pub

by **postmortemmt** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:28 pm

Calling all War Within collectors.

A few months ago I had purchased off ebay the War Within OP VS Mega boxed set.

However recently I went to clean up/re-organize somethings and noticed something really weird and possibly annoying.

Is the leg disconnected from OP's hip normal?? **Please refer to attached picture**

Thanks y'all,

Sam

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:33 pm

Moving to toy discussion and yes, it is normal for these types of figures to be falling apart in the package.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:36 pm

Titanium figures tend to be a lot looser than regular figures thanks to the die cast: the plastic joints often can't support the sheer weight of the metal parts.

by **postmortemmt** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:42 pm

Sh**, my figure ended up becoming damaged through sheer badluck and some manufacturing issues ;/

I guess I'll have to get another one off Ebay...danm

Thanks guys !

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:00 pm

Any reason you think its damaged? It looks like the leg just popped off the ball joint. No real damage there. Once its opened its easy to plug the leg back into place.

Certainly nothing that requires a new set of Prime and Megatron.

Unless you absolutely can;t stand to have Prime with his leg disconnected inside the package.

by **postmortemmt** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:33 pm

Hey guys,

To be honest I've just commited a heresy and opened the box

Well it seems the leg had just slipped off the balljoint which was easily remedied and everything else is fine pity I had to open it though. Oh well MIB is always better than non-mint

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:45 pm

Word of advice fella - "Is this normal?" is not a good headline for a topic. The horrors often contained within will put most people off. :lol:

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:34 pm

postmortemmt wrote:Hey guys,

To be honest I've just commited a heresy and opened the box

Well it seems the leg had just slipped off the balljoint which was easily remedied and everything else is fine pity I had to open it though. Oh well MIB is always better than non-mint

The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:21 pm

El Duque wrote:The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

Agreed

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:49 am

Unicronic wrote:
El Duque wrote:The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

Agreed

I think most of us here feel the same way.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:03 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Titanium figures tend to be a lot looser than regular figures thanks to the die cast: the plastic joints often can't support the sheer weight of the metal parts.

Not just the metal, if they where made of nothing but plastic the joints would also fail, they are just too week to support anything but themselves.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:16 am

kirbenvost wrote:
Unicronic wrote:
El Duque wrote:The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

Agreed

I think most of us here feel the same way.

Also agreed.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:57 am

Mykltron wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:
Unicronic wrote:
El Duque wrote:The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

Agreed

I think most of us here feel the same way.

Also agreed.

Ditto! Gotta free'em

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:21 am

Stockade wrote:
Mykltron wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:
Unicronic wrote:
El Duque wrote:The real tragedy would be never opening it to enjoy the figures. Set the prisoners free!

Agreed

I think most of us here feel the same way.

Also agreed.

Ditto! Gotta free'em

Honestly, the amount of toy collectors here that haven't seen Toy Story 2, it's ridiculous :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:32 am

Love both Toy Story movies, hoping to see Toy Story 3 soon.

by **Zombie Starscream** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:48 pm

Mykltron wrote:Honestly, the amount of toy collectors here that haven't seen Toy Story 2, it's ridiculous

If it were really true that Transformers could come alive, most of these people here would either be crapping themselves with happiness, or sheer horror.

by **kookaburra** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:15 pm

I was hoping against hope that a Transformer would make an appearance in Toy Story 3.

"Freedom is the right of all MISB toys!"

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:15 pm

It's normal. IMHO, if this mold is re-released, Takara/Hasbro should follow their 1980's practice of changing the die-cast into hard ABS PVC. The series beside popping off the seams are so prone to paint chipping that the only way you'd like to keep the figs in good condition is to do a Toy Story 2 on them. Especially the WWI Optimus Prime. A great design but poorly or forced implemented die-cast parts and paint apps ruined it.