by Jelze Bunnycat » Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:55 pm
william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:how many "Optimus Prime" figures with a different design each does a line need?
as many as can be sold come christmas.
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by william-james88 » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:03 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:how many "Optimus Prime" figures with a different design each does a line need?
as many as can be sold come christmas.
Parents think: "Laser Prime, Magnus Prime, or Optimus Prime? Must be different guys, I'll get them all"
Kids know: "Mom and dad got me three Optimus Primes! YAY"
by D-Maximal_Primal » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:08 pm
william-james88 wrote:So I got Sixshot again today after having sold my first one to a friend in need. My TRUs are now FILLED with them. It turns out there is a big difference in quality from the first batch that only came to walmarts in Canada. The knees are super tight here and it pegs in well at the centre in jet mode.
by D-Maximal_Primal » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:18 pm
by Overcracker » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:25 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:32 pm
Overcracker wrote:Hasbro needs to stop using Google Translate for their bios and hire actual Translators. Some of those are painful to read.
)by DecepticonFinishline » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:46 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:50 pm
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Do the Titan Masters for Magnus, Metalhawk, or Tidalwave have names?
)by Hydrargyrus » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:52 pm
by Kurona » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:01 pm
MagicDeath wrote:Did we ever get images of the bios for the other set? I still have the poster thing.
by ZeldaTheSwordsman » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:26 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Why exactly shouldn't it have been there? Ginrai was a fairly logical assumption given Metalhawk's presence. Considering, y'know, Metalhawk was of Masterforce origins. The TM partner looking like Optimus (Where's your source for this by the way? The only thing I've seen stated about color changes to it is that the legs and head were made blue.) would not exactly pin the toy down as either of them, it would simply mean the TM partner was changed to reflect the cab robot rather than the Powermaster/Godmaster.
There was enough evidence to suggest that Magnus Prime was a form of Ginrai, but not enough to officially establish him as such. With the bio revealing the function of City Commander, one that Ultra Magnus had, plus the missile launchers that are normally not present on the Ginrai mold suggest it's supposed to be him, not Ginrai. But nothing conclusive just yet until he appears in fiction. TFWiki is far from an official authority, but companies do use it to excess (look up Roadburner to see what I mean).
Sabrblade wrote:Except that Metalhawk actually is Metalhawk. Hasbro has used the name "Ginrai" in the past, so if they wanted Magnus Prime to be Ginrai, there was nothing stopping Hasbro from naming him "Ginrai". Yet, he was given a name that has nothing to do with Ginrai since Ginrai is neither a Prime nor a Magnus. It made no sense for an Optimus Prime-lookalike named "Magnus Prime" to be Ginrai.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Why exactly shouldn't it have been there? Ginrai was a fairly logical assumption given Metalhawk's presence. Considering, y'know, Metalhawk was of Masterforce origins.
Sabrblade wrote:The in-hand pics of the Titan Master that we saw awhile back, which had the Titan Master colored to look like a mini-Optimus Prime.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The TM partner looking like Optimus (Where's your source for this by the way?Thing is, when it comes to the Ginrai character, it's the small dude that matters the most since that little dude is the character's real self while the larger toy is just a lifeless mech. And that small dude certainly don't look like Ginrai.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The only thing I've seen stated about color changes to it is that the legs and head were made blue.) would not exactly pin the toy down as either of them, it would simply mean the TM partner was changed to reflect the cab robot rather than the Powermaster/Godmaster.
by Optimum Supreme » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:26 pm
Overcracker wrote:Hasbro needs to stop using Google Translate for their bios and hire actual Translators. Some of those are painful to read.
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Do the Titan Masters for Magnus, Metalhawk, or Tidalwave have names?
by Cheetron » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:38 pm
by Hydrargyrus » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:42 pm
Kurona wrote:MagicDeath wrote:Did we ever get images of the bios for the other set? I still have the poster thing.
by Optimum Supreme » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:56 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:how many "Optimus Prime" figures with a different design each does a line need?
as many as can be sold come christmas.
Parents think: "Laser Prime, Magnus Prime, or Optimus Prime? Must be different guys, I'll get them all"
Kids know: "Mom and dad got me three Optimus Primes! YAY"
by Optimum Supreme » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:56 pm
by ZeldaTheSwordsman » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:59 pm
Optimum Supreme wrote:Overcracker wrote:Hasbro needs to stop using Google Translate for their bios and hire actual Translators. Some of those are painful to read.
Or better yet, cut the multilingual stuff all together, wastes so much space and just looks messy.
by Sabrblade » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:01 pm
Balking? Dude, this current Hasbro team has a hard on for Japanese G1. They'd take every opportunity to use whatever Japanese character names that they'd could if they wanted to.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hasbro and FunPub using the name "Ginrai" in the past does not preclude Hasbro balking at using the Japanese name in the present.
Hasbro used the name "Ginrai" in their 2003 Commemorative Series reissue of Powermaster Optimus Prime.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Especially since that usage was on a toy sold at a convention and thus aimed directly at fans, while this is being aimed at a general market.
Except that that guy stuck permanently to the name "God Ginrai" and never reassumed any of his other robot mode configurations, maintaining his God Ginrai configuration as his new default robot form, which the Magnus Prime bears little resemblance to and more like that of Super Ginrai, a form that was only ever assumed by the human Godmaster.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Except that said mech came to life as a true Transformer by the same name at the end of Masterforce,
Certainly - https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/comparisons-of-transformers-titans-return-magnus-prime-and-takara-legends-ginrai/38433/ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Also, link to these "In-hand" images?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
by o.supreme » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:12 pm
Sabrblade wrote:this current Hasbro team has a hard on for Japanese G1. They'd take every opportunity to use whatever Japanese character names that they'd could if they wanted to
Sabrblade wrote: Hasbro used the name "Ginrai" in their 2003 Commemorative Series reissue of Powermaster Optimus Prime.
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by robotcaveman » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:15 pm
by Sabrblade » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:36 pm
No, and wrong thread.robotcaveman wrote:Is there anything about rid warrior class Thundercracker?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
by TF-fan kev777 » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:36 pm
robotcaveman wrote:Is there anything about rid warrior class Thundercracker?
by Overcracker » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:50 pm
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Overcracker wrote:Hasbro needs to stop using Google Translate for their bios and hire actual Translators. Some of those are painful to read.
The Spanish looks ok, really. I'll have my wife look at it, she's half Mexican.
by Overcracker » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:51 pm
by ExciKaiser » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:12 pm
Overcracker wrote:Hasbro needs to stop using Google Translate for their bios and hire actual Translators. Some of those are painful to read.
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