Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm willing to call out Hasbro when they legitimately screw up. Poorly designing Trypticon's hip joints such that they self destruct after being used is a screw up. Missing out on doing Apeface and Snapdragon in Titans Return was a screw up. Wave 2 of Power of the Primes drying up within weeks at retail is a screw up. Predaking is not a screw up. That's not shilling or fanboyism. That's being fair, objective, and logical. I don't think you're at all being fair if you're resorting to jokes about platinum plated prostate massagers and calling these designers "incompetent." Get off your high horse.
It's marketed squarely at collectors- and it falls short of the expectations any *right-thinking* collector would have.
Black Hat wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Black Hat wrote:is farcically out of scale with the other combiners. Predaking continues the trend of sacrificing quality and design (especially in the individual modes) in favour of sheer sizeIronhidensh wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Fans just don't know what they really want.
Lore Keeper wrote:Predaking looks good overall. He's not perfect, but he's not the garbage fire some people make him out to be. My only real issues with this set are the decision to make Razorclaw the same size as the rest of the Predacons (leading to massive, unsightly kibble on Headstrong and Tantrum) and the lack of his very iconic sword. People that want Razorclaw to be perfectly in scale with his teammates are forgetting that Predaking himself is already out of scale with other combiners. The sword is not a surprising omission as none of the PotP combiners have dedicated weapons. Seems to be an across the board cost cutting decision. Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
ZeroWolf wrote:It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
Lore Keeper wrote:Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
mblase75 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
They should've at least updated the box art to remove the knuckle spikes, though.
ZeroWolf wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Predaking looks good overall. He's not perfect, but he's not the garbage fire some people make him out to be. My only real issues with this set are the decision to make Razorclaw the same size as the rest of the Predacons (leading to massive, unsightly kibble on Headstrong and Tantrum) and the lack of his very iconic sword. People that want Razorclaw to be perfectly in scale with his teammates are forgetting that Predaking himself is already out of scale with other combiners. The sword is not a surprising omission as none of the PotP combiners have dedicated weapons. Seems to be an across the board cost cutting decision. Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
o.supreme wrote:I wonder if the box will be the same size as CW Devastator, or slightly smaller. (Just thinking of how I will stack my growing collection of boxes in my closet)
Lore Keeper wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Predaking looks good overall. He's not perfect, but he's not the garbage fire some people make him out to be. My only real issues with this set are the decision to make Razorclaw the same size as the rest of the Predacons (leading to massive, unsightly kibble on Headstrong and Tantrum) and the lack of his very iconic sword. People that want Razorclaw to be perfectly in scale with his teammates are forgetting that Predaking himself is already out of scale with other combiners. The sword is not a surprising omission as none of the PotP combiners have dedicated weapons. Seems to be an across the board cost cutting decision. Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
I thought about this too. But, if you look at how they go in, there easily could have been grooves on the underside of the feet to allow at least some small spikes.
SpikeyTigertron wrote:o.supreme wrote:I wonder if the box will be the same size as CW Devastator, or slightly smaller. (Just thinking of how I will stack my growing collection of boxes in my closet)
I'd guess it's close to the same size. That being said, do you keep them when there's no insert (to speak of)? I was shocked when some of the Energon (Japanese versions) were literally just twist ties into cardboard. While I'm usually one to keep all my Masterpiece boxes... I just can't see the reason to for ones with "impractical" repack-ability. That said, I suppose for some of those you could fold-flat the boxes (and chuck the inner cardboard).
SpikeyTigertron wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Predaking looks good overall. He's not perfect, but he's not the garbage fire some people make him out to be. My only real issues with this set are the decision to make Razorclaw the same size as the rest of the Predacons (leading to massive, unsightly kibble on Headstrong and Tantrum) and the lack of his very iconic sword. People that want Razorclaw to be perfectly in scale with his teammates are forgetting that Predaking himself is already out of scale with other combiners. The sword is not a surprising omission as none of the PotP combiners have dedicated weapons. Seems to be an across the board cost cutting decision. Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
I thought about this too. But, if you look at how they go in, there easily could have been grooves on the underside of the feet to allow at least some small spikes.
This is true. Maybe there were issues getting the molding clean, for the cavities or something. Alternatively they could have made "edges" of the foot longer/deeper hand had the spikes facing down (toward the floor).
Wolfman Jake wrote:SpikeyTigertron wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Predaking looks good overall. He's not perfect, but he's not the garbage fire some people make him out to be. My only real issues with this set are the decision to make Razorclaw the same size as the rest of the Predacons (leading to massive, unsightly kibble on Headstrong and Tantrum) and the lack of his very iconic sword. People that want Razorclaw to be perfectly in scale with his teammates are forgetting that Predaking himself is already out of scale with other combiners. The sword is not a surprising omission as none of the PotP combiners have dedicated weapons. Seems to be an across the board cost cutting decision. Lastly, while not bothered by it, I am confused as to why they removed his knuckle spikes. I can't see a functional reason they would need to be removed.
It's so they could be put away in the feet for storage when not in use. Having the spikes would mess with the clearance.
I thought about this too. But, if you look at how they go in, there easily could have been grooves on the underside of the feet to allow at least some small spikes.
This is true. Maybe there were issues getting the molding clean, for the cavities or something. Alternatively they could have made "edges" of the foot longer/deeper hand had the spikes facing down (toward the floor).
Retractable spikes would have been a nice fix, but that would have probably upped the "parts count" quite a bit.
I do now!!
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.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Black Hat, I'm more than willing to call out Hasbro when they legitimately screw up. Poorly designing Trypticon's hip joints such that they self destruct after being used is a screw up. Missing out on doing Apeface and Snapdragon in Titans Return was a screw up. Wave 2 of Power of the Primes drying up within weeks at retail is a screw up. Predaking is not a screw up. That's not shilling or fanboyism. That's being fair, objective, and logical. I don't think you're at all being fair if you're resorting to jokes about platinum plated prostate massagers and calling these designers "incompetent." Get off your high horse.
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