-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Nexus Knight wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:Are you trying to act like Action Masters aren't Transformers? They're G1, which everyone knows is the only real Transformers. Kids these days, no respect for the history.
Dude... they were a dumb concept then and they are now. Why take away the main gimmick of a toy and still say it's that? Yes, they had transforming items with them, but... any regular toy can have equipment that changes forms, so that's not even special.
I 100% agree with you, BUT ... Action Masters exist. If every other gimmick is getting a modern take, then why not Action Masters?
Having collected several last year, they have NOT held up well at all (much like a few G1 figures), so a modern update with decent joints would not go astray at all.
Amen.
And I think with that Banzaitron, they nailed it. Even with the "transforming" pet.
Too bad that for me and you, it's a 100$ figure.
If a Canadian online retailer pick him up and the overall price is cheaper than importing from the USA, I'm thinking of getting him regardless. I'll wait for a video review though, to see if he'll be a kind of "Masterpiece" Banzaitron.
Oddly enough, while I agree that the action master gimmick was absolutely dumb. the toys themselves were actually kinda cool and a lot of fun. Kind of like M.A.S.K. on cybertronian steroids. While I still have my megatron, I sadly lost his tank over the years, but that was one of my fave vehicle toys. If action masters was a subline more akin to battlebeasts, where they are all new characters instead of our beloved main cast, I have a feeling it would not get the hate it gets now.
Despite my feelings that these look odd, coupled with the fact that I also have to echo the sentiment that $55 is a hard pill to swallow (particularly with the R.E.D. line out there), as someone who owns some Super7 ULTIMATES toys I have to say that so far they have been worth the price of admission. my Ultimates Baxter Stockman is easily one of the biggest, coolest and most impressive things I own. (emphasis on the huge, he towers over a lot of my other toys)
Given the recent announcement of the Thundercats Thundertank coming, we might even see eventual vehicles (all be-it ridiculously expensive ones) for this line.
sadly, even with all that, this line is still not for me. Though obviously I will have to buy the Starscream.