JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Cheetor is an exclusive, existing outside of the regular assortment. More than likely he's shipped in solid cases too.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Probably the best $40 figure ever. Not a penny more.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Probably the best $40 figure ever. Not a penny more.
I personally find him worth the $55 I paid. maybe not the $80, but the $55 was worth it
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With as big and articulated and dense as he is, he would never have been a $40 toy even before the Great Thinning. $50, yes, but not $40. He's essentially a Unicron Trilogy Supreme-class figure (and specifically, a good one like Primus and Unicron), height and mass and all, adjusted for the inflation of today. I got mine as a Christmas present, but I would have happily paid the full $80.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Probably the best $40 figure ever. Not a penny more.
I personally find him worth the $55 I paid. maybe not the $80, but the $55 was worth it
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:@JelZeGoldRabbit We haven't entirely moved beyond mere headswap redecoes *looks at TR Krok, Quake, and Breakaway, PotP Inferno and Cindersaur, and Selects Hot Shot* But it's often nice when figures do go beyond that.
And in Slapdash/Road King's case, I would rather he be his own new/mostly-new mold rather than a mere headswap redeco.
Ah, fair enough.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:@JelZeGoldRabbit We haven't entirely moved beyond mere headswap redecoes *looks at TR Krok, Quake, and Breakaway, PotP Inferno and Cindersaur, and Selects Hot Shot* But it's often nice when figures do go beyond that.
And in Slapdash/Road King's case, I would rather he be his own new/mostly-new mold rather than a mere headswap redeco.
Those were all built-in, I specifically meant retools created after the figures are done.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Sweet, I was hoping we would see some reviews soon for the Netflix line. Mainly so we can see Ultra Magnus before he hits stores and know whether or not I want to cancel my pre-order if the deco isn't something I want.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Okay I admit I'm being salty about Jetfire. But it's because I was looking forward to him quite a bit and I got a borderline cyberverse figure. To me, basically he's an oversized KO of a deluxe figure. The only way he looks good to me is in jet mode from overhead. He just has too many unjustified gaps in his jet mode for such an expensive figure. The robot mode looks better, but again, for that price, he's not good enough. The T30 figure looks sharper paint-wise and even though his jet mode isn't accurate it's still a better value for the price. I know a lot of you will disagree and that's fine. Remember, this is just an opinion, don't lose your mind over it.
"borderline cyberverse"? That, my good sir, is going too far and veering into the ridiculous. There is simply too much intricacy in the transformation for that to be an apt comparison, and too much articulation in robot mode as well.Rodimus Prime wrote:Okay I admit I'm being salty about Jetfire. But it's because I was looking forward to him quite a bit and I got a borderline cyberverse figure.
That's considerably less ridiculous than calling him "Borderline Cyberverse", but IMO he still has too many moving parts in his transformation for it to be fair, plus he has a lot of features (like the ability to tuck the hands into the arms without having to leave an exposed gap) that are too far beyond the average Deluxe. You wanna talk OSKO, I refer you again to Supreme-class Starscream. Which is still a fun toy, but man is it irritating that HasTak pretty much just straight-up upsizing the Voyager and doing nothing to improve the arm articulation.Rodimus Prime wrote:To me, basically he's an oversized KO of a deluxe figure.
Here's your justification for those gaps (by which if memory serves, you are chiefly talking about the view of his shoulder balls in jet mode): Not much of a good place to stash the panels that would cover them in robot mode, plus they decided to splurge more on the accessories front (accessories inspired by the Valkyrie). And the robot mode has a full, functional articulation scheme (including the aforementioned articulated hands) as well as snap-on armor, and has that level of engineering while still being on par mass-wise with figures the same size from 15 years ago. They're called size classes for a reason Now, if on the other hand he was a featherweight like T30 and Prime Wars Leaders are, then I'd be ticked about the price... But he's not.Rodimus Prime wrote:The only way he looks good to me is in jet mode from overhead. He just has too many unjustified gaps in his jet mode for such an expensive figure. The robot mode looks better, but again, for that price, he's not good enough.
I disagree with you about his jet mode being better value. Accuracy has nothing to do with it, it's the unjustified lack of integration. Very little of his robot body seems to make up any part of the jet mode, and for no good reason. Would you consider Earthrise Arcee to be more value for money than T30 or Animated Arcee?Rodimus Prime wrote:The T30 figure looks sharper paint-wise and even though his jet mode isn't accurate it's still a better value for the price. I know a lot of you will disagree and that's fine. Remember, this is just an opinion, don't lose your mind over it.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I don't call the black splotches (which at the same time aren't quite splotchy enough) an improvement
blackeyedprime wrote:Weird, for figures with more paint on them they forget to paint some side parts of sideswipe black - I'll wait for earthrise sideswipe anyhoos and hope the siege figures improved on in a few areas.
ZeroWolf wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Weird, for figures with more paint on them they forget to paint some side parts of sideswipe black - I'll wait for earthrise sideswipe anyhoos and hope the siege figures improved on in a few areas.
I'm not sure we'll get a Sideswipe in Earthrise, his Siege alt looks pretty earth mode already.
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Hellscream9999 wrote:So they took some of the biggest shelfwarmers from siege and went balls to the wall with the aesthetic gimmick no one really cared for, and gave it to walmart? I wonder if this is in response to walmart not bothering to carry most of the transformers line anymore
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Nemesis Primal wrote:and Decepticon Mirage is a unique repaint that looks enough like a new character for me to rename them Crash Test.
Nemesis Primal wrote:Also I'm still not over the fact that we're not only getting a new Hotlink from the awesome tetrajet mold, but also that they made his flamethrower into a Battlemaster/Battlemasters so he could finally have it, that's a genius way to include that accessory for him. Heatstroke is a really good name for a guy who turns into a flamethrower too, I love it on all accounts. I'm now only one Seeker away from getting the three I really wanted as tetrajets, show me a Sunstorm and I'm set (although you may as well finish the Welcoming Committee at that point, I suppose).
Tekka wrote:What she doesn't realize is that Springer actually loves Rodimus.
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