Sabrblade wrote:Autobot032 wrote:I'm rather disappointed. I thought for sure we'd see better than First Edition once the line came out. Dumbing down the toys for kids is bad enough (because most kids are smarter than this), but making them inaccurate and ugly while they're at it? That worries me. That tells me that Hasbro IS dropping the ball and now they just don't care.
RID Arcee and RID Vehicon are definite improvements over their inaccurate and kibble-laden First Edition figures.
That's your opinion, and it's not shared by everyone. Nor is it fact. We need to set up a comparison photo thread... The FEs aren't perfect, but they are more accurate in some ways, while PRID wins in others.
Overall, neither one is a perfect match, but I'd much rather have FE any day.
Arcee's backpack is ridonkulous.
Vehicon, other than the back kibble and the elbow connections...well, FE wins.
Lord Onixprime wrote:Autobot032 wrote:I'm rather disappointed. I thought for sure we'd see better than First Edition once the line came out. Dumbing down the toys for kids is bad enough (because most kids are smarter than this), but making them inaccurate and ugly while they're at it? That worries me. That tells me that Hasbro IS dropping the ball and now they just don't care.
It's not got anything to do with how smart kids are or aren't. Complex figures are not fun to play with. I know that personally, because I was still a kid during RID. By the time I had transformed 4 of them, I was uninterested in playing anymore and would put them away. A line like Armada on the other hand, I'd have 20 figures on the floor at once and had a blast.
As a collector, RID is superior, but as a kid during play time, Armada was superior. So, as long as they pull off decent, as close to show accurate as they can get figures, I'm not going to sweat them being simplistic.
This is a fair statement. Complexity can kill the fun in a toyline, I can't argue with that. However, complexity sold rather well in these past few years and while I saw complaints, I didn't see anyone outright say they gave up or that their kids would. Or, if they did, the post numbers were so small that I failed to recognize them.
I'd say PRID's running change is due to trying to cut costs and use complexity as an excuse to do so. I've seen plenty of posts where people said their younger siblings or child(ren) were capable of transforming complex figures without breaking them, or breaking a sweat.
Still, I agree that complexity can kill the thrill once you see how much time is consumed.
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