o.supreme wrote:God Sunstreaker wrote:Dragstrip: He looks cool and I'm curious about the other Stunticons. However I'm happy with my Combiner Wars version. The CW Dragstrip looks great, is fun, and has those beautiful chrome wheels. Anyway, the CW Menasor was pretty weak, but with all the upgrade kits, which I purchased, it looks amazing. I want to seem more of these new Stunticons before I decide to drop $130 on a new set. I mean, I bought every CW/PotP Combiner to complete the set. About all I want at this point is an official Devastator in scale with the rest. The other thing I like is that I have all 7 CW Stunticons and I like that extra upgraded squad. I'm curious if they're going to make all 7 or just the core 5.
A new set of Legacy Stunticons is going to run you upwards of $180, unless they go on sale ($22 each for 4 deluxes, then $85 for CC Motormaster + tax.
I understand Legacy is a new design team, and unfortunately 8 years later here I am about to bow out again. Sure there are a few bucket list items I'll be picking up from older lines, and keeping my eyes on anything TT does that may be special or unique outside of Hasbro, but that's about it.
Right, I completely forgot that Motormaster is the rumored commander class. Ok, so I stand corrected, $180 for a new combiner. That's even harder to swallow.
I mean, I got CW "Wild Rider" off BBTS for close to $50. I also got the G2 versions.
I love my combiners
I almost bought three versions of Superion. I was late to the party and tracked down all the CW Aerialbots specifically because I didn't like Skydive's blue dorsal wings and I liked the orange on Silverbolt instead of the yellow. And I got all 7 of those bots as well including the "Slingshot" And they are my favorite set. I think they've stayed in Superion mode for 4 and a half years now either sitting on my desk or on a shelf.
So I've spent a lot.
However I do like the G1 look. I did recently pick up the Siege Springer despite the fact that I love the thrilling 30 "IDW" Springer. And I did it because I wanted a shelf with the '86 movie bots and the IDW springer just looked off compared to the Kingdom and Studio figures. I still have hold out for good quality and high reviews unless there's no options, for example, there's a missing space for Arcee and I was tempted to pickup the Earthrise/Kingdom one to fill the slot even though every review says it's weak compared to the thrilling 30 Arcee, which I have. It's just up with the girl bots in my daughters room. I have a missing spot for Airrazor for the same reason, but since I have Tigerhawk it's not really a vacancy I care much about.
I'm in a similar boat with you I think. I stopped collecting for about 15 years. I stopped around energon and the minicons. And I came back because of Arcee, Springer, and the G1 Seacon reissue. Then I stumbled onto thrilling 30 Metroplex, Masterpiece Star Saber and the CW Aerialbots and got back into it. I was going to stop after the CW-PotP trilogy, but I wanted a Sideswipe and which got me to notice Ironhide, and Hound and then I just basically got the entire trilogy. Right now I just have Skid, and Kickback on pre-order. All I really want at this point is to complete Kingdom with Pipes, Tigertron, and Slammer, and updated version of Gears and Swerve, and Sunstorm. I think I'd pick up a Titan class Nemesis or other TF starships as well.
However I want to get out of collecting as well. This must be an '80's kid thing and I just got hit with the perfect advertising hook that was season 1 and 2 of Transformers that the rest of us got hit with. All this stuff brings me joy but I have a family now they they bring me more. Like the TF stuff is a nostalgic happiness, but that's my past.
Maybe there's kids out there that like Prime, and Beast wars, but all of that is derivative. It's all trying to copy the original in some way but make it different/better. G1 was the phenomenon. And it's still going-ish. But guess what: my son doesn't care about this stuff. He likes watching the shows but doesn't care about the toys and he's 7, right in that sweet spot. My daughter likes the toys but she's 2.
Maybe Optimus Prime has the staying power of Disney's Mickey Mouse or DC's Superman but, we'll see. My parents like Mickey Mouse, but I didn't care for him and my son doesn't even know it exists. Hasbro may need to reinvent itself in the next few years to stay relevant. But a robot that turns into something else: it's a cool toy concept but as a character driven story, does it really make logical sense? I guess time will tell.