o.supreme wrote:Were there trading cards in the T30 line?
Yeah putting old RiD back issues in as "Combiner Wars" comics was weird. That was a strange time.o.supreme wrote:Were there trading cards in the T30 line? It may have been just a part of the Prime Wars Trilogy. I kind of wish in the US we would have got them instead of the pack-in comics on the deluxes from wave 2 on. I happen to get some of the deluxe trading cards because the some of the deluxes I got happened to be from non-US markets. I wasn't trying to collect them all or anything, but my son thought they were neat .
Megatron Wolf wrote:Hasbros using this wasteful packaging to "justify" the price hike, its also why theres no more trading card with the figure. They'll say "we got rid of the card to "improve" the packaging". I already had a feeling i was priced out of this line but seeing this makes it official, no way these will be under $20 in that packaging. Hasbro you just lost a 30 year return customer
Megatron Wolf wrote:Hasbros using this wasteful packaging to "justify" the price hike, its also why theres no more trading card with the figure. They'll say "we got rid of the card to "improve" the packaging". I already had a feeling i was priced out of this line but seeing this makes it official, no way these will be under $20 in that packaging. Hasbro you just lost a 30 year return customer
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Gods, some of the collector cards from Combiner Wars... I had a look at scans of them on a site, and a number of them are completely wrong when it comes to the art. Optimus Prime, Hot Spot, Motormaster, and Drag Strip are some of the big offenders
Cyberpath wrote:The simpler the package the better as far as I'm concerned. Like, don't even put artwork on it. Makes it easier to throw away.
Skritz wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:Hasbros using this wasteful packaging to "justify" the price hike, its also why theres no more trading card with the figure. They'll say "we got rid of the card to "improve" the packaging". I already had a feeling i was priced out of this line but seeing this makes it official, no way these will be under $20 in that packaging. Hasbro you just lost a 30 year return customer
I'm pretty sure the price hike isn't just from packaging alone but a mixture of factors, such as:
-Their bottom line hurt by The Last Knight and The Last Jedi shelfwarming. How fitting given their name.
-The figures do seem to be a bit less cheap than what we got during early T30 and they aren't engineering one mold to be 5-6 figures. They are using paint and not crappy stickers this time around.
That said yes, the price hike is annoying but I doubt it is purely packaging. It is also possible Hasbro is testing out the market for trying to have Generations appeal even more to older collectors, hence trying to market this as a more high end product with paint apps, more articulation (a lot of at least partial ankle tilt in Siege so far) and more accessories, especially after the drought of anything more complex than a solid plastic slab in TR or a crappy baby-carrier combiner hand in POTP.
I think they're honestly trying to make a more 'high end collectible' line while at the same time dealing with money issues. We forget that, technically speaking, Generations is purely optional. It does not get advertisement with a cartoon and it definitely appeal more to older fans.
Skritz wrote:
I'm pretty sure the price hike isn't just from packaging alone but a mixture of factors, such as:
-Their bottom line hurt by The Last Knight and The Last Jedi shelfwarming. How fitting given their name.
ZeroWolf wrote:Haven't we already seen the RRP for these?
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Catching the eye of customers in the stores. It has ALWAYS served that function in Transformers.
william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Haven't we already seen the RRP for these?
We have not, Hasbro has not disclosed that info (as far as I know).
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Seriously, did you people forget about the fact that these figures are coming with more accessories (and more complex accessories) than they've had in a while, while still being the same size as most prior Generations deluxes? And the paint detailing (even going by the stock photos and not the toy show prototypes)? Sheesh!
Skritz wrote:The POTP accesories, however, were mostly the same mold or a variation of the same engineering. Only the details on the plastic chunk changed and even then there's only 2-3 variations. Even less for feet.
Skritz wrote:Shockwave still looks like some late-series bad guy mobile suit from some older Gundam series. Not that it's a bad thing.
william-james88 wrote:Skritz wrote:The POTP accesories, however, were mostly the same mold or a variation of the same engineering. Only the details on the plastic chunk changed and even then there's only 2-3 variations. Even less for feet.
All my potp guns for deluxes look unique to me. Were they not for the most part?
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