transformers_va wrote:o.supreme wrote:transformers_va wrote:Nemesis Destron wrote:I'm still hopeful that a Stunticon set is on the horizon by
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Fingers crossed! A box set would be a welcome addition
Of course if you go the
SS RotF Constructicon route, or TT Gen Selects route and release the set 2 or 3 years
after the initial toys come out with some shiny new accessories and/or a new paint job for an astronomical price, that is a jerk move as well.
I've also heard rumblings/requests for Legacy Menasor to be repainted as G2. Please No! They tried this with CW, and they ended up on clearance for $39, and they didn't even get to finish with Defensor!
If that's the case, that would be unfortunate. However,
weren't (most of) the movie Constructicons out already, before Studio Series 69 was announced?
Yes that's basically what I said above.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Reissuing a combiner team long after it's gone from the store shelves and the only alternative is EvilBay (at 80$ a deluxe), it's a far cry from a "jerk move".
It's the far opposite actually.
That would be fine, if they released them as individuals the exact same way they did the first time, but having a new premium box set with extras they know many people who bought the first are going to double-dip, which is, a Jerk move.
Randomhero wrote:They won’t announce a box set during the initial run because it will harm the single figure releases
The Combiner Teams from 1985-1990 had gift sets along with the individual bots on shelves at the same time, it didn't seem to hurt sales back then. Also as stated above, TT UW sets were announced either at the same time, or slightly before their Hasbro CW counterparts were on shelves, so informed customers could make a choice and not have to buy both.
william-james88 wrote:This. Plus boxsets in general are essentially the same as any other rerelease or repacks, they are a way for people who don't have the toys to get them. So if people can get the toys, then there is no reason for a boxset. And if people happen to double dip, then even better, though that isn't the primary purpose of a boxset.
I'm pretty sure most people who got Selects Volcanicus & Abominus were not first time owners. They were either begrudgingly upgrading, or selling off their PotP versions to try to recoup some of the loss of purchasing the same toy again. I mean Volcanicus is objectively not a great toy, it was highly criticized, and most who wanted Dinobots wanted big beefy leaders like what SS86 is doing now. I dont think from 2018 to 3 years later in 2021, there was a large sum of people that were thinking "darn I missed out on Volcanicus", so much that TT did a slightly upgraded reissue. Same with Abominus. While I am in that "Animation Accurate" niche, it is just that, and not enough to warrant a whole reissue I would think, unless they thought they could sucker enough people who bought the first one to purchase it again.
Bucket/Want List: Botcon 2016 Customization Class Ratchet (G2 Deco), or Customization Class Ratchet (Marvel Comics Deco) **would also be willing to pay for an Unpainted Botcon 2016 Ratchet, TT Legends Fortress Head (only) with working Electronics
Wish List of Modern Combiners: Road Caesar, Monstructor & Dinoking (proper size to fiction), Landcross, Guard City, Battle Gaia, & G2 Defensor. Wish List of Titans:Metrotitan,Majin Zarak