No word on the deco yet but Siege Springer is supposed to be redecoed and rereleased in an Amazon exclusive Wreckers subline in a two pack with either a Mammoth or a Spinosaurus fossilizerprimalxconvoy wrote:Galvatron looks great. The price is perfectly acceptable as this figure aimed at the (many?) collectors who didn't buy the Kingdom version due to the cr@pple-damage paint.
Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
Autobot N wrote:No word on the deco yet but Siege Springer is supposed to be redecoed and rereleased in an Amazon exclusive Wreckers subline in a two pack with either a Mammoth or a Spinosaurus fossilizerprimalxconvoy wrote:Galvatron looks great. The price is perfectly acceptable as this figure aimed at the (many?) collectors who didn't buy the Kingdom version due to the cr@pple-damage paint.
Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
You're as bad as the "WAAA the plastic is KO grade" people.primalxconvoy wrote:Galvatron looks great. The price is perfectly acceptable as this figure aimed at the (many?) collectors who didn't buy the Kingdom version due to the cr@pple-damage paint.
Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
They release multipacks because multipacks are outside the normal slots and thus can get figures out without tying up a normal slot, and in the case of what we've seen in Buzzworthy it gives them an opportunity for things that might not have gotten a shot otherwise. They're also popular with parents since they're almost always less than the figures would cost individually and are good for giving a kid a lot of figures in one shot. Yes, it's a bit annoying when you only want one thing in a value pack, but that's been a fact of toy collecting FOR DECADES.primalxconvoy wrote:Thanks, that's interesting. The only problem bring us that,if true, Hasbro didn't listen too the criticism about releasing multi-packs to Jack-up the price of the only figure most people wanted in those packs.
primalxconvoy wrote:Autobot N wrote:No word on the deco yet but Siege Springer is supposed to be redecoed and rereleased in an Amazon exclusive Wreckers subline in a two pack with either a Mammoth or a Spinosaurus fossilizerprimalxconvoy wrote:Galvatron looks great. The price is perfectly acceptable as this figure aimed at the (many?) collectors who didn't buy the Kingdom version due to the cr@pple-damage paint.
Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
Thanks, that's interesting. The only problem bring us that,if true, Hasbro didn't listen too the criticism about releasing multi-packs to Jack-up the price of the only figure most people wanted in those packs.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You're as bad as the "WAAA the plastic is KO grade" people.primalxconvoy wrote:Galvatron looks great. The price is perfectly acceptable as this figure aimed at the (many?) collectors who didn't buy the Kingdom version due to the cr@pple-damage paint.
Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
As someone who actually owns several of those figures - as opposed to acting like the battle damage eclipsed the plastic colors and avoiding them - and has had them in hand, even having Springer on display, I can confidently say the battle-damage paint, while dorky, is easily-tuned-out light speckling.
Kingdom Galvatron's is even less than that, being just a few scuff marks, and actually has a bit of thought to it instead of being mere airbrush spatter. I only passed on him because I already had the TR version and I dislike the compromises on that one less (especially since it's still a triple-changer).They release multipacks because multipacks are outside the normal slots and thus can get figures out without tying up a normal slot, and in the case of what we've seen in Buzzworthy it gives them an opportunity for things that might not have gotten a shot otherwise. They're also popular with parents since they're almost always less than the figures would cost individually and are good for giving a kid a lot of figures in one shot. Yes, it's a bit annoying when you only want one thing in a value pack, but that's been a fact of toy collecting FOR DECADES.primalxconvoy wrote:Thanks, that's interesting. The only problem bring us that,if true, Hasbro didn't listen too the criticism about releasing multi-packs to Jack-up the price of the only figure most people wanted in those packs.
primalxconvoy wrote:As for multi-packs, I cannot accept your opinions regarding this. As far as I can recall, inflating the price by bulking-up one figure with lesser figures has been more of a staple of Hasbro rather than Takara/in Japan (where I am). I don't accept it's a "normal part of TF collecting".
DeathReviews wrote:It's nice that Legacy Galvatron is cleaned up. But not nice enough to pay another $50+ to get a second copy. Like many others, I fixed the shoulders on my copy of Kingdom Galvatron, so he's OK now. The differences in paint aren't worth double-dipping on this figure, at least not IMO.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The deco that would interest me most would be Toxitron.
Wolfman Jake wrote:By the way, is anyone else having trouble getting the roof of Legacy Skids to tab together properly in vehicle mode? I'm afraid to use too much force and crack all of that transparent plastic.
Exactly. I thought a clean version would go right into SS86.primalxconvoy wrote:Now all Hasbro has to do, if they've ACTUALLY "listened to the fans", is re-release all of the other figures they ruined the same way without the awful paint. Siege Springer would be a good place to (re) start.
Starseeker wrote:After watching some reviews, I decided to go over to Target on my lunch break and picked up Bulkhead and Silverstreak. I was at first a bit iffy about this line, but a lot of the figures are looking cool. Having these two in hand, especially Bulkhead since he's a new mold, he is pretty awesome. I'll play around with then more tonight. I think I'll pick up most of the new figures when they're available.
I agree Galvatron looks great and I'll certainly look to pick him up since his Kingdom figure never showed up in my area. I did get the Selects version, but I'd like to have him in his normal colors too.
As far as battle damage goes, yeah it had no business being on the first Galvatron figure. I do however like the battle damage on the Siege figures. It was something different and fit the theme of the line. My only gripe would be that they should have been more consistant with it. Some figures have a lot of it, while some have very little (or not at all in the case of Refraktor). Then in some cases, the Netflix figures made them look better (Megatron, Scrapface, Army Drone). Just my opinion, of course.
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.'
Sowndwave76 wrote:Found the following on Instagram...
Obviously take with a grain of salt; neither of these may be legit.
Menasor teaser??
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Found the following on Instagram...
Obviously take with a grain of salt; neither of these may be legit.
Menasor teaser??
It's not a teaser, it's a silhouette of some fan art (probably from Deviantart)
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.'
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