Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:I'm super annoyed about new Prime. Or rather, that new Prime makes old Prime obsolete.
If there's going to be a release within 6 months that makes another figure obsolete, they should not be releasing that obsolete figure. It's not Hasbro's intention, but it breeds distrust & resentment.
william-james88 wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm super annoyed about new Prime. Or rather, that new Prime makes old Prime obsolete.
If there's going to be a release within 6 months that makes another figure obsolete, they should not be releasing that obsolete figure. It's not Hasbro's intention, but it breeds distrust & resentment.
Agreed 100%. And the now obsolete Prime was even rereleased with Wave 4 Voyager Ironhide.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:If there's going to be a release within 6 months that makes another figure obsolete, they should not be releasing that obsolete figure. It's not Hasbro's intention, but it breeds distrust & resentment.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:megatronus wrote:If there's going to be a release within 6 months that makes another figure obsolete, they should not be releasing that obsolete figure. It's not Hasbro's intention, but it breeds distrust & resentment.
Six months? I bought my Optimus Prime back in April so it's already more than six months and the new one isn't out yet. I don't know if Hasbro intended to make it 'obselete' so kind of hard to go back in time and not release it.
I still love my V1 SS Prime. The new one looks better in many ways but the current one has given me much entertainment these past nine months. It poses beautifully and balances so damn well. If it does indeed become 'obsolete' well, it's been a more fun purchase than many others I have made in recent years and looking forward to similar enjoyment with the new one.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:Development of these toys takes years, and you can bet that if this new Prime were released first, sales for the original one release earlier this year would be depressed. This was planned.
You might be entertained, which is great, but I'm annoyed that I'm being pushed into yet another voyager Prime purchase.
Carnivius_Prime wrote:megatronus wrote:Development of these toys takes years, and you can bet that if this new Prime were released first, sales for the original one release earlier this year would be depressed. This was planned.
You might be entertained, which is great, but I'm annoyed that I'm being pushed into yet another voyager Prime purchase.
Don't think either of us knows exactly how Hasbro/Takara plans, develops and releases these figures though.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:megatronus, you seem to be wilfully throwing out the rest of what Carnivius said. Like the possibility of Prime's tooling changes (especially the chest) being made in response to the feedback they got. And to realizing that the existing mold couldn't adequately support combination. Conception to shelf may usually (but not always, it can and has gone faster) take 2 years, but tweaking a figure that's already been finished takes a much shorter time.
Now, I won't say there wasn't some cynical planning regarding him, but I don't think it was planned obsoletion. Even if the tooling changes weren't a thing they'd have still made you double-dip on Prime to get the gun just like they made you double-dip on Ratchet and Starscream for accessories. From that standpoint the tooling changes are a nice thing since they add value beyond the accessory similar to Ratchet and Starscream's later-movie decoes.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:megatronus, you seem to be wilfully throwing out the rest of what Carnivius said. Like the possibility of Prime's tooling changes (especially the chest) being made in response to the feedback they got. And to realizing that the existing mold couldn't adequately support combination. Conception to shelf may usually (but not always, it can and has gone faster) take 2 years, but tweaking a figure that's already been finished takes a much shorter time.
Now, I won't say there wasn't some cynical planning regarding him, but I don't think it was planned obsoletion. Even if the tooling changes weren't a thing they'd have still made you double-dip on Prime to get the gun just like they made you double-dip on Ratchet and Starscream for accessories. From that standpoint the tooling changes are a nice thing since they add value beyond the accessory similar to Ratchet and Starscream's later-movie decoes.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:megatronus, you seem to be wilfully throwing out the rest of what Carnivius said. Like the possibility of Prime's tooling changes (especially the chest) being made in response to the feedback they got. And to realizing that the existing mold couldn't adequately support combination. Conception to shelf may usually (but not always, it can and has gone faster) take 2 years, but tweaking a figure that's already been finished takes a much shorter time.
Now, I won't say there wasn't some cynical planning regarding him, but I don't think it was planned obsoletion. Even if the tooling changes weren't a thing they'd have still made you double-dip on Prime to get the gun just like they made you double-dip on Ratchet and Starscream for accessories. From that standpoint the tooling changes are a nice thing since they add value beyond the accessory similar to Ratchet and Starscream's later-movie decoes.
I'm not ignoring Carnivius' points, I'm saying they're moot. It takes AT LEAST 2 years, often longer, to go from conception to production. By the time they would have received feedback on the first SS Prime, this second one would have already been planned far in advance and finalized.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Spider5800 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I don't quite understand people's frustration with bonecrusher...he looks the part to me and I'm my mind scales perfectly So you may not want him but I do, and devastator aside, I think Studio Series has knocked them out of the park scale wise. All this just goes to show how hard it is to literally please everyone!
He's just too short. He should be about the same height as Brawl (both about 25 feet tall), and maybe a head shorter than Prime (28 feet), but instead the toy comes up to Prime's belly.
He's clearly taller than Ironhide, but the toy looks to be about a hair SHORTER than SS Ironhide. It's frustrating because this is the second time they've done this to the same character, who for reason's i'll never understand, was only ever released as a deluxe in the past. This was a chance to FINALLY get him in a decent size, 10 years later, and they botched it again.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:As he's one of my favorites, I cannot wait for Bonecrusher!
also, why are people demanding he combine with Devastator? He wasn't even in the same movie! He is not a Constructicon! He was a very separate character and honestly quite a lot cooler in looks and design than the Constructicon Bonecrusher.
He has the name, but that's like demanding Brawl, Onslaught, Blackout (who is basically movie Vortex), Swindle, and some movie Blastoff that needs created combine, even though 2 are military, ones a car, ones a towtruck, and the other who knows what he would be.
It's the movies, let us have an awesome independent Bonecrusher!Spider5800 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I don't quite understand people's frustration with bonecrusher...he looks the part to me and I'm my mind scales perfectly So you may not want him but I do, and devastator aside, I think Studio Series has knocked them out of the park scale wise. All this just goes to show how hard it is to literally please everyone!
He's just too short. He should be about the same height as Brawl (both about 25 feet tall), and maybe a head shorter than Prime (28 feet), but instead the toy comes up to Prime's belly.
He's clearly taller than Ironhide, but the toy looks to be about a hair SHORTER than SS Ironhide. It's frustrating because this is the second time they've done this to the same character, who for reason's i'll never understand, was only ever released as a deluxe in the past. This was a chance to FINALLY get him in a decent size, 10 years later, and they botched it again.
This was an enlarged use of his model in RotF, it's not his actual size and model here. He was shown to be about the same size as Optimus, but he was hunched over and very wide. And he's a killer roller skater, first one to really use the "wheels in heels" thing.
Spider5800 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I don't quite understand people's frustration with bonecrusher...he looks the part to me and I'm my mind scales perfectly So you may not want him but I do, and devastator aside, I think Studio Series has knocked them out of the park scale wise. All this just goes to show how hard it is to literally please everyone!
He's just too short. He should be about the same height as Brawl (both about 25 feet tall), and maybe a head shorter than Prime (28 feet), but instead the toy comes up to Prime's belly.
He's clearly taller than Ironhide, but the toy looks to be about a hair SHORTER than SS Ironhide. It's frustrating because this is the second time they've done this to the same character, who for reason's i'll never understand, was only ever released as a deluxe in the past. This was a chance to FINALLY get him in a decent size, 10 years later, and they botched it again.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:yada yada yada
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:And another one added to the list.. Sigh.. I hate doing it so much but I get sick of excessive moon logic and people only reading half of what I say to bend it to their preset conclusion.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:to withdraw entirely from a debate without being able to engage a clearly stated argument, and then to couch that withdrawal in projection, is to reveal your own smallness
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