Kurona wrote:So how is everyone else justifying value for these sets in their heads?
The way I see it; the clones and Titan Masters are consistently good but they're not enough to justify the price at all - they're nice little bonuses but make up 15% of the price at best. Therefore for me, at the very least either the Leader has to be appealing or both the Deluxe and Voyager have to be appealing to justify the price at all. This is kind of why the Velocitron set falls short for me; Quickswitch is not appealing in the slightest and he makes up half of the boxset's price. And then Nautica is such a bad representation of a great character all that leaves is Laser Prime with a couple cute bonus figures, which isn't worth the asking price.
Meanwhile, the Cybertron set looks incredible - Magnus Prime is an immediate win and while Tidal Wave looks pretty lame, Metalhawk's an awesome representation of the character based on an equally awesome mold. With the Voyager the only kinda stinker in the set - and even then it's an alright mold I could have fun transforming occasionally - this is one I'd be very happy to pick up at RRP.
I still feel this is a frustrating situation - there's bound to be at least one figure in here one won't find themselves enjoying; at least with the CW boxsets the full combiner was what mattered the most so even if there were one or two or even all figures you didn't like in the set, it'd be fine because you'd have that combined mode. Not having that for these boxsets - and the fact they have no unifying theme - makes them extremely tricky to justify buying.
I find fastclash to be the most lackluster out of them all but that doesn't mean he's a bad toy. I just have zero attachment to him. Same with laser Prime, like I said I've never cared for that deco but I think the set is worth it, $100 or $150 does it matter? If you find enjoyment as a whole than don't beat yourself over the price. I'm not wowed by 2 of the 5 but I still stand by my perchase: Like I said it is a store exclusive for the accumulative price of the individual figures combined. That's not bad at all considering how insane some platinum stuff was being sold at. 3 deludes fot $60-100 that are now being clearanced on sites because no one wanted to pay that price.