Sculyblast wrote:Weird question: Did Hasbro release any numbers on how well beast-transformers sell in comparison with vehicle-transformers?
It is hard to see when a toyline only contains beasts, or only cars and planes... but with Kingdom and Legacy we actually have a nice dataset to see how big the market appetite for beast-transformers is.
And it certainly doesn't help that the distribution of the main Legacy line (in the US, at least) has been completely slipshod from the start, with Walmart over-ordering Wave 1 and skipping certain later waves entirely, while Target also got too much Wave 1 and very little of certain other waves that Walmart skipped over. Galvatron and Blitzwing are chronic shelf-warmers, and so too is Jhiaxus.AcademyofDrX wrote:Sculyblast wrote:Weird question: Did Hasbro release any numbers on how well beast-transformers sell in comparison with vehicle-transformers?
It is hard to see when a toyline only contains beasts, or only cars and planes... but with Kingdom and Legacy we actually have a nice dataset to see how big the market appetite for beast-transformers is.
No one releases sales numbers like that, that's not how this works. In streams they'll talk in generalities like "the non-G1 were ordered as much as the G1," but without giving any specific sources or explaining what that means. We can only speculate.
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:And it certainly doesn't help that the distribution of the main Legacy line (in the US, at least) has been completely slipshod from the start, with Walmart over-ordering Wave 1 and skipping certain later waves entirely, while Target also got too much Wave 1 and very little of certain other waves that Walmart skipped over. Galvatron and Blitzwing are chronic shelf-warmers, and so too is Jhiaxus.AcademyofDrX wrote:Sculyblast wrote:Weird question: Did Hasbro release any numbers on how well beast-transformers sell in comparison with vehicle-transformers?
It is hard to see when a toyline only contains beasts, or only cars and planes... but with Kingdom and Legacy we actually have a nice dataset to see how big the market appetite for beast-transformers is.
No one releases sales numbers like that, that's not how this works. In streams they'll talk in generalities like "the non-G1 were ordered as much as the G1," but without giving any specific sources or explaining what that means. We can only speculate.
In specific regards to the beast toys, the Deluxe wave with Tarantulas seemed to only ever turn up at Best Buy of all places, the Voyager wave with Inferno and Armada Starscream took forever to show up in any stores, well after Legacy Evolution started showing up, and even with a package refresh in Legacy Evolution, Transmetal II Megatron didn't even make it to brick-and-mortar stores at all.
Anyone complaining about beast toys in Legacy existing have nothing to complain about, since none of them are taking up any shelf or peg space in stores because of how downright scarce they have been when compared to everything else in the line. If anything's taking up space, it's Skids, Galvatron, and Jhiaxus who just won't go away.
What? Why? Cybertron Snarl had nothing to do with Thundertron.Razorbeast88 wrote:Now with legacy Thundertron, they need to release cybertron Snarl (fangwolf) as his second in command
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:What? Why? Cybertron Snarl had nothing to do with Thundertron.Razorbeast88 wrote:Now with legacy Thundertron, they need to release cybertron Snarl (fangwolf) as his second in command
But why his second-in-command? Snarl's an Autobot, while Thundertron is evil.Razorbeast88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What? Why? Cybertron Snarl had nothing to do with Thundertron.Razorbeast88 wrote:Now with legacy Thundertron, they need to release cybertron Snarl (fangwolf) as his second in command
For funsies
They have similar color schemes
They both have beast alt modes
I think that's enough to look cool together lol
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:But why his second-in-command? Snarl's an Autobot, while Thundertron is evil.Razorbeast88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What? Why? Cybertron Snarl had nothing to do with Thundertron.Razorbeast88 wrote:Now with legacy Thundertron, they need to release cybertron Snarl (fangwolf) as his second in command
For funsies
They have similar color schemes
They both have beast alt modes
I think that's enough to look cool together lol
Emerje wrote:Entertainment Earth charged me over a week ago for Tarn and still haven't shipped him. I sure hope they don't cancel him on me. He's still listed as ready to pre-order for October, maybe they're making me wait for the next batch. Just strange that they charged me but didn't ship a few days later.
Emerje
Or simply watch the show. There's lots of places to watch several Transformers cartoons for free.Razorbeast88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But why his second-in-command? Snarl's an Autobot, while Thundertron is evil.Razorbeast88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What? Why? Cybertron Snarl had nothing to do with Thundertron.Razorbeast88 wrote:Now with legacy Thundertron, they need to release cybertron Snarl (fangwolf) as his second in command
For funsies
They have similar color schemes
They both have beast alt modes
I think that's enough to look cool together lol
Snarl went through some sh!t and left the autobots lol or he's a spy sent by the autobots to gain their trust idk
Maybe Thundertron can be more of a chaotic neutral like Barbosa. Of course by now you know that I know nothing about their actual characters and I need to pay a visit to tfwiki for some research haha
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.'
On the original toy, the peg leg's beast foot would detach and become an accessory for his robot mode. Someone (I can't recall who) once described that to me as "He can rip off his own foot and beat you to death with it. That's metal as sin!"Brokebot wrote:Knowing nothing about the character, why the hell does Thundertron have a peg foot, but his beast mode doesn't? Does it fall off when he transforms, and he has to go fetch it when he goes beast mode? Is it a "Prime's trailer" thing? Pirate aesthetic aside, that's dumb as hell.
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.'
Emerje wrote: Give me an orange Ginrai.
Emerje.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote: Give me an orange Ginrai.
Emerje.
First, he'll need to be completely remade from the ground up. The Titan Return version suck sloppy ass.
A proper Ginrai should be a Commander. I don't know if the Commander budget would allow for God-Bomber. If it can't, God Bomber could be a voyager like Trashmaster. Maybe God-Bomber could have his parts that will also be relatively compatible with the other figures to allow some interesting shenanigans.
Sabrblade wrote:And it certainly doesn't help that the distribution of the main Legacy line (in the US, at least) has been completely slipshod from the start, with Walmart over-ordering Wave 1 and skipping certain later waves entirely, while Target also got too much Wave 1 and very little of certain other waves that Walmart skipped over. Galvatron and Blitzwing are chronic shelf-warmers, and so too is Jhiaxus.AcademyofDrX wrote:Sculyblast wrote:Weird question: Did Hasbro release any numbers on how well beast-transformers sell in comparison with vehicle-transformers?
It is hard to see when a toyline only contains beasts, or only cars and planes... but with Kingdom and Legacy we actually have a nice dataset to see how big the market appetite for beast-transformers is.
No one releases sales numbers like that, that's not how this works. In streams they'll talk in generalities like "the non-G1 were ordered as much as the G1," but without giving any specific sources or explaining what that means. We can only speculate.
In specific regards to the beast toys, the Deluxe wave with Tarantulas seemed to only ever turn up at Best Buy of all places, the Voyager wave with Inferno and Armada Starscream took forever to show up in any stores, well after Legacy Evolution started showing up, and even with a package refresh in Legacy Evolution, Transmetal II Megatron didn't even make it to brick-and-mortar stores at all.
Anyone complaining about beast toys in Legacy existing have nothing to complain about, since none of them are taking up any shelf or peg space in stores because of how downright scarce they have been when compared to everything else in the line. If anything's taking up space, it's Skids, Galvatron, and Jhiaxus who just won't go away.
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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