o.supreme wrote:Not that I was intending on getting them anyway, but the prices on those Amazon exclusives do seem a bit high. Phantomstrike and Alphastrike are only marked up 2 and 3 dollars respectively. But the *Fan Vote* one marked up by $10 seems a bit much. Hopefully since I only want Aragon to be my Grand Max Cog, I can sell the other two and recoup some of the cost.
Agreed on the Amazon pricing. I can forgive the "rounding up" on the Alphastrike and Phantomstrike sets. It's only a few more dollars each. But the "Fan Vote" 3-pack is just greedy. It chould have just been $60, or even $65 if they wanted just a little bit of a mark-up. It's especially off-putting when you consider that the Target Exclusive Rainmaker 3-Pack and Micromaster 10-Pack are both LESS than the cost of the individual size classes involved. The Rainmakers are a $90 value at only $79.99 and the Micromasters are a $50 value at only $39.99. That's a nice savings of $10 each. Thanks, Target! Amazon is just being greedy, methinks.
carytheone wrote:ZarenPRIME wrote:I wish we had actual product shots of these two animated versions. Other than brightening up the colors I can't see there will be much difference? ANyone?
There is all that cell shaded like detailing. Looks really neat, but not to my taste. I'd also like to see some actual product shots. Hopefully they'll look as good as the 3P cell shaded offerings.
I can't help but feel that these figures will only look their best from certain angles.
I've preordered "Classic Cartoon" Optimus Prime and Megatron, but just to make sure I have them when actual product shots and in-hand pictures finally come out. I worry that painting these figures to look like they've got lighting effects on them will look doofy in a lot a poses. Shading in animation changes depending on the depicted light source and position of the character. My display shelf isn't a two dimensional animation cell where I can pretend the light is coming from off screen. There are real light sources in my room, and I can change the angle I'm looking at my figure at will. I can't change the shaded deco to match. I really wish these two were just "clean" deco versions of their regular releases without the battle damage and with the few added paint app details, like on Optimus Prime's pelvis and Megatron's abdomen.
