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Kurona wrote:Powermaster Swag wrote:I'm sure they could have retooled Sky Lynx better than that! I had high hopes for this figure. Not any more.
I just question why they went for a Sky Lynx retool period and not just make Silverbolt into Leozack. Beyond just shamelessly getting more uses out Sky Lynx there's absolutely no reason for it over ditching the most popular member of Liokaiser.
Gearjammer wrote:You answered your question: it is a shameless attempt....
However, I will be silent no longer, since Hasbro had chosen to show off this abomination at SDCC. I knew they were going with a Skylynx retool the moment the photo was shown on the Computron boxed set (and hoped they wouldn't) and my response to Hasbro is this: boycott.
I can only hope that TT sends Hasbro to 'school' again. Let's see a six-bot group, and, in separate packaging (no boxed sets). That way we can see a Deathcobra limb and other combiners like Landcross, Raiden, Sixtrain, (including the Dinobots and Dinoforce/Dinoking)...
If Hasbro wants to build a team of five, why not try Predacons/Predaking vs Anibots/Dragonbeast?
To avoid all direct references to Hell, obviously.DeceptiGojira wrote:Fellbat? Why not Heckbat or Heflbat?![]()
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
He's a tail-ender. Tail-enders tend to be hard to find in stores.Vic Zanzibar wrote:Were there distribution issues with Sky Lynx? I never found even one at any stores in my area.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:He's a tail-ender. Tail-enders tend to be hard to find in stores.Vic Zanzibar wrote:Were there distribution issues with Sky Lynx? I never found even one at any stores in my area.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Gearjammer wrote:Kurona wrote:Powermaster Swag wrote:I'm sure they could have retooled Sky Lynx better than that! I had high hopes for this figure. Not any more.
I just question why they went for a Sky Lynx retool period and not just make Silverbolt into Leozack. Beyond just shamelessly getting more uses out Sky Lynx there's absolutely no reason for it over ditching the most popular member of Liokaiser.
You answered your question: it is a shameless attempt....
However, I will be silent no longer, since Hasbro had chosen to show off this abomination at SDCC. I knew they were going with a Skylynx retool the moment the photo was shown on the Computron boxed set (and hoped they wouldn't) and my response to Hasbro is this: boycott.
I can only hope that TT sends Hasbro to 'school' again. Let's see a six-bot group, and, in separate packaging (no boxed sets). That way we can see a Deathcobra limb and other combiners like Landcross, Raiden, Sixtrain, (including the Dinobots and Dinoforce/Dinoking)...
If Hasbro wants to build a team of five, why not try Predacons/Predaking vs Anibots/Dragonbeast?
See the following:Kurona wrote:whats a Dragonbeast
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Kurona wrote:Huh, seems cool.
Don't see how it'd be made over literally any other combiner but I'd buy it
william-james88 wrote:Looking at these pics from Logan, I realize that while Takara's Swindle has more intricate paint apps for detail, I really like the bold colours on hasbro. I dont like seeing that dull grey on Takara's combiner peg and it in no way blends to give the illusion of a car front. Hasbro has this nice full colour use all around that I find fun. I love that purple. But both are really nice, its a good example of companies doing things differently rather than one giving us more than the other.
Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
No, it definitely did, with a bunch of weak-@$$ repaints no less - except that they mostly lacked paint apps, so they were just re_____
Sowndwave76 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
No, it definitely did, with a bunch of weak-@$$ repaints no less - except that they mostly lacked paint apps, so they were just re_____
I don't know the business plans of a toyline... Meaning if/why/when stuff is on stand-by in-case it's so wildly popular that they can pull the trigger on those stand-by's and extend the life of the line...
But why wouldn't you plot it so that it's like a good song or movie where the start and finish are solid?
You know, the "leave them wanting more", not "leave them completely bored"...
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Sowndwave76 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
No, it definitely did, with a bunch of weak-@$$ repaints no less - except that they mostly lacked paint apps, so they were just re_____
I don't know the business plans of a toyline... Meaning if/why/when stuff is on stand-by in-case it's so wildly popular that they can pull the trigger on those stand-by's and extend the life of the line...
But why wouldn't you plot it so that it's like a good song or movie where the start and finish are solid?
You know, the "leave them wanting more", not "leave them completely bored"...
I won't start my speculating, as I know some people here hate that...
But with MP Cheetor, my fingers are crossed we have some TF beasts in our future that freshen-up this whole scene of toys.
I personally wouldn't bet that the LK line will deliver that.
Kurona wrote:It makes sense to me. The end of the toyline is when the hype has died down for it, and is generally when you want to shift the hype to the next toyline anyway. It makes sense to make the tail-end satisfying enough but not incredibly exciting so as to take the attention away from, in this case, Titans Return Wave 1.
Don't forget that tail-enders don't always come to retail. Recall how people were excited for DOTM Soundwave and Wheeljack (two relatively important characters in the movie) only to later see neither figure ever make it to U.S. retail due to their being released at the end of the line. You go out on a line too high, the worse the tail-ender syndrome stings.Sowndwave76 wrote:Kurona wrote:It makes sense to me. The end of the toyline is when the hype has died down for it, and is generally when you want to shift the hype to the next toyline anyway. It makes sense to make the tail-end satisfying enough but not incredibly exciting so as to take the attention away from, in this case, Titans Return Wave 1.
Yeah, but ending on a high note can still build into the anticipation of whatever's next. Even if it is a different line.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Sky Lynx is a reasonably desirable figure yet his coming out at the line's end has already made him hard enough for people to find (many still haven't found him).
-Kanrabat- wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Sky Lynx is a reasonably desirable figure yet his coming out at the line's end has already made him hard enough for people to find (many still haven't found him).
I was fortunate enough to happen uppon one at only 15$CAN + taxes. Guess I will never have the luxury to find another one to turn into The Big Purple Griffin.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
No, it definitely did, with a bunch of weak-@$$ repaints no less - except that they mostly lacked paint apps, so they were just re_____
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel like CW is ending with a lame fizzle rather than a good bang of an outro?
No, it definitely did, with a bunch of weak-@$$ repaints no less - except that they mostly lacked paint apps, so they were just re_____
Liokaiser doesnt seem to lack paint apps though, he just has the wrong ones![]()
And while the CW line may be fizzling out, the UW line will end on a bang. I am saying it now, when all is said and done UW Computron will be hailed as the best product coming out of Combiner Wars. Thnk about it, it has the best torso, homages a true Scramble City combiner, has a uniform colour scheme (from burgundy to yellow), and mostly made of retools of all different molds.
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