Megatron Wolf wrote:As i was about to hit submit i thought of another one, generations voyager grimlock. I dont see how anyone could think thats a good figure, fragile plastic, both modes are hollow, wonky joints that could snap at anytime, ugly looking plastic, i could go on but i wont.
Oh please go on when you have a chance, I do these lists to bring up subjects that we dont always talk about so I would love to hear what you (and everyone else) thinks is overrated (or not crapped on enough). I like how there are no wrong answers when something is so subjective.
Dr Lockdown wrote:Hm...am I the only one who thought the inclusion of MP Optimus in the thumbnail was partial clickbait?
Aside from that, I am really getting annoyed with the MP Seeker mould at this point.
Hasbro: Stop it. Get some help.
You can look at past lists, I always put the honourable mention as the thumbnail so as not to spoil who's on the list. And since I didnt want it to be percieved as clickbait, I made sure to have it be a pic of the main area flawd with this toy. And yeah, sorry about that BB21, I do realize we are speaking of crotches again. But its because its such an easy subject to laugh at that I am totally perplexed as to why some toys go out of their way to give it attention. Like that damn MP 10 with that hole and it being the most blatant robot kibble/detail in truck mode. Or like how you had to plug a key up 10th anniversary Megatron's rear to activate a gimick.
And about the seeker mold, its Takara redoing it and still using that 10 year old mold and milking it like no tomorrow. I know we like to mess with Hasbro but this time it's all on Takara.
thedistinctroom wrote:Lol!!
I couldn't disagree more with this list. However, it IS very well written, and gotta' respect yr opinions, m8.
Just funny, is all.
Thanks man, that means a lot
Zeedust wrote:I have to question Thunderblast's place at #1. Not because it's a good toy, but because I don't recall ever seeing anyone say they liked it.
I gave some examples above in the comments so that people could see where I am coming from with Thunderblast. But basically, here is my point. I am assuming you dont like it either, but do you think its one of the worst toys out there? Because I think it is a permanent shitstain on one of the best lines we ever had. And whenever I say that (with the points I give above) someone always goes, "come on, its not that bad". And I am always in disbelief, since i believe it is that bad. I think its airachnid bad and an insult to the idea of a transformers toy. If anyone thinks its any better than that, then that means this figure is overrated, to me.
steals_your_goats wrote:Zeedust wrote:IIRC (I admittedly put mine on eBay a while back), he actually does have wrist swivels. And personally, I like what they did with the weapons.
He does in fact have wrist swivels. I actually really like the leader grimlock. I think he looks better than the lumpy voyager in both modes and has better weapon integration. Sure there's a bunch of ways he's not perfect but I still think it's a pretty cool figure.
Yeah, you guys are right, he does have wrist swivels. In my rage I must have lumped all that I didnt like about both the voyager and leader into one. Thanks, I will go make the correction so as not to confuse any future reader. I still really find this toy as lackluster as before though
Emerje wrote: And to be fair, no matter how bad of a figure she might be, she is cartoon accurate in the end.
Emerje
But does that give the toy any credit if the show model is based on this piss poor toy?
Like I get how we could say that about Leader Movie Starscream. Its not a great design but at least its super accurate to the model made by animators before this toy.
Also, just curious, but wasnt her backpack slimmer in the show, with it higher above the ground? Thats how I remember it, but I could be wrong.
Sabrblade wrote:Out of curiosity, Will, do you have any thoughts on the RobotMasters Seeker mold? It was the very first time that the original 3 Seekers got new-mold modern toys based on their classic G1 (both cartoon and toy) designs, making them like a precursor to or a dry run for the Classics Seeker mold.
Also, it's funny that you mention G2 Smokescreen in the FOC Seeker section since, like both the Energon Starscream mold and the 2010 Terradive mold, the FOC Seeker mold shares the same core transformation scheme as the G2 Smokescreen mold.
Sadly I do not have an opinion on that mold since that whole line is not easy to come by being takara exclusive and at a time when it was less obvious to get exclusive toys than now. I hear it isnt great though.
And I was thinking of that with G2 Smokescreen. I LOVE that toy (as you can see from my sig) and I always try to mention how advanced it was for its time. I also love those balljoints. I know people say that modern articulation/engineering started with Beast Wars but I feel it starts with him. And hey, while you are here Sabr, why dont you give us your thoughts on the classics/generations line. I know you have expressed some very different views to most on it, do you think that would count as finding the whole idea overrated?