Lore Keeper wrote:Rated X wrote:F***k I hate the stupid toy accuracy. Why cant we get a purple head with slanted antenna and a white face? The biggest fail of Hasbro chug decos is their assumption that a mold based to resemble the cartoon should be painted like the damn toy to include homage to gang-molded coloring and silly tech decals that look like polka dots. Perfect Effect please fix this guy.
You mad, bro?
Rated X wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Rated X wrote:F***k I hate the stupid toy accuracy. Why cant we get a purple head with slanted antenna and a white face? The biggest fail of Hasbro chug decos is their assumption that a mold based to resemble the cartoon should be painted like the damn toy to include homage to gang-molded coloring and silly tech decals that look like polka dots. Perfect Effect please fix this guy.
You mad, bro?
Hell yeah...The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had. Its obvious the Sunbow animators took certain liberties to make the dumbed down toys look cooler. So making them homage the brick toys is a step backwards.
primalxconvoy wrote:Why has that Terrorcon got a (faux?) rubsign? Also, I'm probably going to repaint and/or swap parts from Hotspot to make Fire Chief ( http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_Chief ).
I wish Hasbro would make a mainstream release of Medix and re-release Alpha Bravo, Rook, Streetwise (as Streetstar) and make versions of the extra Protectobots (red jet, yellow drill tank, etc) so that we could use them to make different versions of Defensor and Guard City respectively.
Rated X wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Rated X wrote:F***k I hate the stupid toy accuracy. Why cant we get a purple head with slanted antenna and a white face? The biggest fail of Hasbro chug decos is their assumption that a mold based to resemble the cartoon should be painted like the damn toy to include homage to gang-molded coloring and silly tech decals that look like polka dots. Perfect Effect please fix this guy.
You mad, bro?
Hell yeah...The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had. Its obvious the Sunbow animators took certain liberties to make the dumbed down toys look cooler. So making them homage the brick toys is a step backwards.
Jim Maximus wrote:Picked mine up this morning here in Oregon.
Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
2nded!ZeroWolf wrote:Black hat you need to stop talking sense...
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Rated X wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Rated X wrote:F***k I hate the stupid toy accuracy. Why cant we get a purple head with slanted antenna and a white face? The biggest fail of Hasbro chug decos is their assumption that a mold based to resemble the cartoon should be painted like the damn toy to include homage to gang-molded coloring and silly tech decals that look like polka dots. Perfect Effect please fix this guy.
You mad, bro?
Hell yeah...The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had. Its obvious the Sunbow animators took certain liberties to make the dumbed down toys look cooler. So making them homage the brick toys is a step backwards.
Caelus wrote:Is it still "mansplaining" when a Brit does it to an Australian?
Munkky wrote:Seeing the art for Inferno's Combiner form again, I'm half-tempted to head-canon it into Nexus Prime, because the black on his shoulders looks slightly dark blue if you squint, which coupled with the red of the helmet reminds me of FunPub Nexus. Once Prime Master Nexus comes out (assuming it does at all), I could just stick it exclusively on Inferno, add Moonracer, Novastar and my CW Mirage and Sunstreaker that no one will buy on Ebay, and boom, you have "Nexus Prime".
Wolfman Jake wrote:Caelus wrote:Is it still "mansplaining" when a Brit does it to an Australian?
I think it's called "blokesplaining" in this case.
Rated X wrote:Hell yeah...The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Cobotron wrote:2nded!ZeroWolf wrote:Black hat you need to stop talking sense...
Zwolf! Glad you're back in action.
Emerje wrote:Rated X wrote:Hell yeah...The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Yeah! They should be cartoon accurate like they've been since the beginning!
Emerje
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
william-james88 wrote:Jim Maximus wrote:Picked mine up this morning here in Oregon.
Did you see anything else from POTP wave 2?Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
william-james88 wrote:What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
Rated X wrote:william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
Totally disagree. Youre talking about the point of CHUG from a corporate perspective. I'm talking about the point of CHUG from a designers perspective. And CHUG started in 2006 (arguably earlier with Universe line) The 1st Bay Movie was a year away. The Unicron Trilogy was over and the next show (Animated) was a few years away. So saying CHUG is strictly for "Brand Awareness" in-between shows/movies is a bit of a misstatement. I think its fair to say that CHUG was an experiment in 2006 but since 2016 it has pretty much been the main line. The last 2 movie lines failed and seem more like filler in-between CHUG lines.william-james88 wrote:What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
This I do agree with you. We have seen the line slowly shift from "Neo" alt modes to straight up G1 alt modes. I imagine the newer designers see the value of cartoon accuracy more than their predecessors who designed the Universe 2.0 lines. Especially when doing a homage to character with minimal appearances in the cartoon.
But I take issue with "G1 toy accuracy" when it homages decos that suck because of corporate decisions which have nothing to do with the fiction. My definition of "Toy accuracy" at its worst would be Hot Rod having orange hands or Blitzwing having a purple faces just because the G1 brick makers were too cheap to add a little more paint. Cheesy tech decals are another corporate concoction that I cringe that they love to homage. And now instead of giving actual "rub signs" like they did in Universe 2.0, they actually give you an imitation rub sign on Hun-Grrr's shoulder. How stupid is that ? If Hasbro is too cheap to do rub-signs this round, just go with the cartoon accurate identical faction signs on each shoulder. Also the red tech decals on the dragon necks forming the proper shape of Abominus chest plate is total fail. That's the reason he doesn't have proper dragon heads on his knees which was another important distinctive feature of Abominus. A hell of a lot more important than weird punk rocker goggles which the G1 brick didn't even have. The stupid parts integration sacrificed the figure overall. Look at the dragons belly and the robots back. Its all purple, for what ? For some stupid kid who is too dumb not to loose his parts? Toy accuracy is so lame. We have 2 Slugslingers that are almost identical in blue color even though he was practically dark evergreen in the cartoon. To me the essence of CHUG is fixing all the wrongs of the brick toys from the 80's. I remember how disappointed I was when I saw the Blast Off toy months after the much cooler cartoon version premiered months earlier. And after seeing the 1986 movie and seeing Ultra Magnus and then we get the crappy toy. I was like, whats up with that stupid white prime repaint with fake Magnus armor? Granted I was 10 years old and I didn't know anything about Diaclone or the history of how the brand came to be. But what I did know is the cartoon was so much cooler. Ironhide got a freaking head ! How about that ??? If we are going to homage everything stupid about a brick toy that made it a "toy" we might as well put fake screws too. Oops they did that too on Powerglide's forehead.
Jim Maximus wrote:william-james88 wrote:Jim Maximus wrote:Picked mine up this morning here in Oregon.
Did you see anything else from POTP wave 2?Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
There were two Hun-Grrs and two Elita-1 toys in my local Walmart. There was also the leader class Optimus Prime (I bought him last month) and the Rodimus Unicronus (spelled right I hope).
Rated X wrote:william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
Totally disagree. Youre talking about the point of CHUG from a corporate perspective. I'm talking about the point of CHUG from a designers perspective. And CHUG started in 2006 (arguably earlier with Universe line) The 1st Bay Movie was a year away. The Unicron Trilogy was over and the next show (Animated) was a few years away. So saying CHUG is strictly for "Brand Awareness" in-between shows/movies is a bit of a misstatement. I think its fair to say that CHUG was an experiment in 2006 but since 2016 it has pretty much been the main line. The last 2 movie lines failed and seem more like filler in-between CHUG lines.
william-james88 wrote:What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
This I do agree with you. We have seen the line slowly shift from "Neo" alt modes to straight up G1 alt modes. I imagine the newer designers see the value of cartoon accuracy more than their predecessors who designed the Universe 2.0 lines.
Especially when doing a homage to character with minimal appearances in the cartoon.
But I take issue with "G1 toy accuracy" when it homages decos that suck
because of corporate decisions which have nothing to do with the fiction.
My definition of "Toy accuracy" at its worst would be Hot Rod having orange hands
or Blitzwing having a purple faces just because the G1 brick makers were too cheap to add a little more paint.
Cheesy tech decals are another corporate concoction that I cringe that they love to homage.
And now instead of giving actual "rub signs" like they did in Universe 2.0, they actually give you an imitation rub sign on Hun-Grrr's shoulder. How stupid is that ?
If Hasbro is too cheap to do rub-signs this round, just go with the cartoon accurate identical faction signs on each shoulder.
Also the red tech decals on the dragon necks forming the proper shape of Abominus chest plate is total fail.
That's the reason he doesn't have proper dragon heads on his knees which was another important distinctive feature of Abominus.
A hell of a lot more important than weird punk rocker goggles which the G1 brick didn't even have.
The stupid parts integration sacrificed the figure overall.
Look at the dragons belly and the robots back. Its all purple, for what ? For some stupid kid who is too dumb not to loose his parts?
Toy accuracy is so lame.
We have 2 Slugslingers that are almost identical in blue color even though he was practically dark evergreen in the cartoon.
To me the essence of CHUG is fixing all the wrongs of the brick toys from the 80's.
I remember how disappointed I was when I saw the Blast Off toy months after the much cooler cartoon version premiered months earlier. And after seeing the 1986 movie and seeing Ultra Magnus and then we get the crappy toy.
I was like, whats up with that stupid white prime repaint with fake Magnus armor?
Granted I was 10 years old and I didn't know anything about Diaclone or the history of how the brand came to be.
But what I did know is the cartoon was so much cooler.
Ironhide got a freaking head ! How about that ???
If we are going to homage everything stupid about a brick toy that made it a "toy" we might as well put fake screws too. Oops they did that too on Powerglide's forehead.
Burn wrote:They're just toys dude.
Hotconvoy wrote:Jim Maximus wrote:william-james88 wrote:Jim Maximus wrote:Picked mine up this morning here in Oregon.
Did you see anything else from POTP wave 2?Rated X wrote:The whole point of chug is to give us the toys from the cartoon we never had.
Nope. The whole point of CHUG is to have toys on the shelves in between films and tv show based lines to keep brand awareness.
What is included in a CHUG line or how the toys look will change depending on which designer is in charge of the line, there is no set rule.
There were two Hun-Grrs and two Elita-1 toys in my local Walmart. There was also the leader class Optimus Prime (I bought him last month) and the Rodimus Unicronus (spelled right I hope).
Did you buy Rodimus Unicronus?
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