blackeyedprime wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Regarding the price, you're overlooking the licensing + niche markup. "Thin upper legs with big upper legs" is NORMAL in Transformers and always has been. What toyline have you been buying for the past several years?
As for the robot mode not looking more Ghostbusters outfit-ish... this isn't Crossovers. The robot mode is supposed to be its own character, not a mech/Transformerization made in the image of one of the Ghostbusters or Hasbro miraculously making your fanart into a real toy.
And finally, why would you want him to be saddled with a AA battery box and a speaker that could quite possibly get in the way of transformation and/or articulation?
Transformers toys have mostly evolved from having looks of parts set back (like g1 Grimlocks head) or having great big gaping holes (compare Megatronus to Ectotron). ectotron has fifty steps taken backwards so much so its worse than a lot of the bad g1 figures.
Ha ha no. Set-back - or rather, set-FORWARD in Ectotron's case - lower legs are still a thing, when forced by the altmode. Such is the case with Ectotron, although it could possibly have been averted with telescoping legs (which Hasbro doesn't use anymore). Then again, a station wagon has a looot more back to it than a sports car.
And all things considered, the legs being set forward is minor. So minor, I didn't even notice it until you whinged about it.
You were also whinging about the upper legs being thin compared to the lower ones, which is an invalid complaint because that is the
default in Transformers outside of the movieverse. Also, "fifty steps taken backwards so much so its worse than a lot of the bad g1 figures"? Get real.
He has excellent molded detail, clear glazing, decent proportions, and of course
a complete articulation scheme. That last part alone puts more holes than Swiss cheese in your remark.
blackeyedprime wrote:As its own new character or a bad looking with less features generic armada hotshot? debatable.
. Every word from "or" onward is completely and totally wrong. He has a cool unique face, the hood becomes a badass-looking set of paldrons, he has a chestplate to give him a hint of Ghostbusters uniform, and he blends in fairly well with the existing G1 designs modeled by the Masterpiece line. With the look of the collapsing legs, the feet, and the hood becoming his shoulders, not to mention having full articulation he's more comparable to
Cybertron Hot Shot (in fact, the latter falls short on articulation).
blackeyedprime wrote:To be fair most transformers toys started out as wooden blocks and some designers even use lego (like Shoji Kawamori) so its not that hard as a fan to design fan art that has possible transformations in 3d as a real toy, side note I couldnt be bothered mocking up 3d renders and did play around with the lego set for some ideas.
In case you couldn't tell, I was scorning your seeming expectation that Hasbro would have made your precious special Crossovers-esque design into a real toy.
blackeyedprime wrote:How many recent transforming toys with lights and sounds have you bought that need a AA battery? wtf LOL
Okay, fair enough, Cerebros only used AAA batteries rather than AA like the movie 1 through 3 Leaders were saddled with (Grrrr). But that's as small as Hasbro would go, and would probably have resulted in either a fat back, or the battery box or speaker hanging off his aft, or his backpack being oversize...
...Movie 1 Megatron, ROTF Megatron and Jetfire, and DOTM Ironhide have thoroughly murdered any trust I had in Hasbro re: lights and sounds in a Transformer. And those were
Leaders. Who knows how badly Hasbro would **** up a Voyager with lights and sounds?
blackeyedprime wrote:Playmobils still one of the best Ecto1's out there even for adults, with lights and sounds,
As has been pointed out to you, that is a nontransforming toy designed to hold Playmobil figures. They didn't have to fit robot limbs and joints in there.
blackeyedprime wrote:hopefully the transformers Delorean can live up to playmobils standards (which their ecto certainly doesnt)
Apples to oranges, pal.
blackeyedprime wrote:To me the Transformers ecto misses a lot of the iconic things about the vehicle (the hood reduced to kibble,
Becoming a set of cool shoulder pads sure is "reduced", yep
What did you want, a hood-chest made using a station wagon hood?
blackeyedprime wrote:ghostbusters logos or even a tf one,
Yes, there sure aren't any Ghostbusters logos on it. OH WAIT. If you're talking about a lack of Ghostbusters logos on the hood? That's movie accurate. The Ecto-1's hood in the movie was plain white.
blackeyedprime wrote:red trimming/flare thats hidden behing the toys blockiness
The movie Ecto-1's red trimming was minimal and it's all present. And not really "hidden"; they even added some red onto his arms to go with it.
blackeyedprime wrote:and of course the lights and sounds)
Get your head out of your exhaust port and get over it already.
blackeyedprime wrote:I'd say basing it on more of a studio series approach than CW might help but if Ectotrons botmode rear wheels arent reminiscent of a ss bee then I dont know what is. The street fighter cross overs were tied mainly into figures that could hold the poses, ghostbusters on a comic design,
The comic design was based on the toy, which itself was designed to blend in with G1 MPs as best as possible.
blackeyedprime wrote:the delorean doesnt need to be a slave to either so it should give it room for a kick ass bot.
Assuming you'd know what one looked like if it fell on your head.
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I should really catch a non time train or a vehicle that doesn't have to reach 88mph to check my shiz out but if I do that, I will probably be forced to bring them back with me than keeping them in storage.
I had no idea! 
