LinaNui wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjNv8kUD54&ab_channel=PrimeVsPrime
Prime Vs Prime reviewed Skids. Looks like an ok figure but not a great start to legacy imo. Something just feels off about it.
AcademyofDrX wrote:LinaNui wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjNv8kUD54&ab_channel=PrimeVsPrime
Prime Vs Prime reviewed Skids. Looks like an ok figure but not a great start to legacy imo. Something just feels off about it.
I couldn't make it very far, sounds like the standard complaints from the hardcore adult collector with high expectations: too boxy, too many hollow parts, looks too much like a toy. It's a G1 Skids with clear cartoon and toy inspiration at the ~$20 price point. It is what it is. I would rather have less complexity and more intuitive transformations, and I'm willing to put up with hollow parts and other compromises to have that. For everyone else, there she the MP line and add-on packs. "This plastic toy looks like a plastic toy" never works for me as a criticism.
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.'
primalxconvoy wrote:Thanks for just linking to the pics and not the video btw. I will say no more on the matter.
Cyber Bishop wrote:
I love him and will pick him up on sight!
Sabrblade wrote:It's because it's Skids, guys. He was always the blandest-looking of the '84/'85 Autobot Cars.
It's because of his figure's late release in December 1984. He came out too late to be incorporated into Season 1, and wasn't part of the new lineup of Autobot Cars for season 2.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's because it's Skids, guys. He was always the blandest-looking of the '84/'85 Autobot Cars.
While I don't have any strong opinions about this Legacy Figure, I always felt OG Skids was criminally unused in terms of media exposure.
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.'
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.
The Quintesson Judges, Allicons, and Megatron, in particular, were affected the most the pandemic.LinaNui wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.
What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.
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.'
LinaNui wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.
What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.
primalxconvoy wrote:- Some exclusives not being released in Japan?
Sabrblade wrote:The Quintesson Judges, Allicons, and Megatron, in particular, were affected the most the pandemic.LinaNui wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Legacy needs to be frozen and delayed in favor of restocking most of Earthrise. The eBay markup on so many of the characters is obscene, and a lot of us were screwed out of being able to buy much of ER while it was on shelves.
What of earthrise has been hard to find? I have seen all figures multiple times. Wave 2 deluxe was the rarest, but still found them. Plus they are available all over online.
Emerje wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:- Some exclusives not being released in Japan?
Which exclusives haven't been sold in Japan? I thought Takara Tomy mall had caught up, or have they fallen behind again? I'm guessing you mean more recent things like Origin Bumblebee and BB Worlds Collide set, or are there still some older figures that are missing?
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