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Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:49 am**

megatronus wrote:
gavinfuzzy wrote:Most figures are G1 themed... with a Prime bulkhead...

HOLD UP - I think that star on "Bulkhead" is our first indicator that this is, in fact, their Hound design!

Animated Bulkhead had star designs too. This definitely isn't an exact match for Prime Bulkhead, but more like 80% him. The rest of the 10% could be just generic Bulkhead details drawing from inspirations external to the Prime cartoon design, which could be where the star came from. Like, one might have remembered that Animated Bulkhead had stars but didn't remember that Prime Bulkhead didn't, and just assumed that he did and so gave them to this toy. Maybe.

Rated X wrote:How about instead of getting dumber toys we get smarter kids ? I mean seriously, back in the 80s one line fit all ages and it worked fine.

The very toyline you speak of was a dumb line by today's standards. Seriously, the toys of today are aiming to conform to the line of the 80s that you cite as having worked so well.

ZackRoyer wrote:Again, at least me and Rated X are complaining not about toys for us. What you want your kids to play with? Something that stimulate spatial and geometry notion, mathematical problem solving, artistic skills and so, or you want your kids to be playing with ****** toys that limit imagination and have no challenge at all?

The point of all toys are to let kids have fun. Education is second, if not lower, priority.

And how in the world do these things "limit imagination"? The whole gimmick of these things is to let kids go nuts with their imaginations, creating all sorts of crazy mix-n-match combinations between all these figures. These things let kids create their own figures. The power of creation and creativity in the palms of their hands.

Do you seriously think that the only kinds of toys that children like to play with are ones that convert from one mode to another? There are many categories of toys and there, and these fit the bill of the swap-and-build snap-together kind, which is a territory that the Transformers brand has long yet to explore.

ZackRoyer wrote:A nephew of mine (age 8 ) got ROTF leader class optimus prime (the "hardest" transformer you all b***h about) Did he cried like a little pussy because it was too hard? NO, he sat down for like 1-2 hours trying to transform and he was so happy when he concluded the transformation that I bet any of your kids will not have such feeling with ****** "simplified versions".

One child =/= every child.

Not every kid has the patience or the attention span to sit and waste 1-2 hours trying to get their toys from one mode into the other just so they can play with them.

It's not that the transformations are trying to be made dumber, it's that they trying to make them "quicker".

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:57 am**

Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
gavinfuzzy wrote:Most figures are G1 themed... with a Prime bulkhead...

HOLD UP - I think that star on "Bulkhead" is our first indicator that this is, in fact, their Hound design!
Animated Bulkhead had star designs too. This definitely isn't an exact match for Prime Bulkhead, but more like 80% him. The rest of the 10% could be just generic Bulkhead details drawing from inspirations external to the Prime cartoon design, which could be where the star came from. Like, one might have remembered that Animated Bulkhead had stars but didn't remember that Prime Bulkhead didn't, and just assumed that he did and so gave them to this toy. Maybe.

Rated X wrote:How about instead of getting dumber toys we get smarter kids ? I mean seriously, back in the 80s one line fit all ages and it worked fine.
The very toyline you speak of was a dumb line by today's standards. Seriously, the toys of today are aiming to conform to the line of the 80s that you cite as having worked so well.

ZackRoyer wrote:Again, at least me and Rated X are complaining not about toys for us. What you want your kids to play with? Something that stimulate spatial and geometry notion, mathematical problem solving, artistic skills and so, or you want your kids to be playing with ****** toys that limit imagination and have no challenge at all?
The point of all toys are to let kids have fun. Education is second, if not lower, priority.

And how in the world do these things "limit imagination"? The whole gimmick of these things is to let kids go nuts with their imaginations, creating all sorts of crazy mix-n-match combinations between all these figures. These things let kids create their own figures. The power of creation and creativity in the palms of their hands.

Do you seriously think that the only kinds of toys that children like to play with are ones that convert from one mode to another? There are many categories of toys and there, and these fit the bill of the swap-and-build snap-together kind, which is a territory that the Transformers brand has long yet to explore.

ZackRoyer wrote:A nephew of mine (age 8 ) got ROTF leader class optimus prime (the "hardest" transformer you all b***h about) Did he cried like a little pussy because it was too hard? NO, he sat down for like 1-2 hours trying to transform and he was so happy when he concluded the transformation that I bet any of your kids will not have such feeling with ****** "simplified versions".
One child =/= every child.

Not every kid has the patience or the attention span to sit and waste 1-2 hours trying to get their toys from one mode into the other just so they can play with them.

It's not that the transformations are trying to be made dumber, it's that they trying to make them "quicker".

flash ahh ahh

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:02 am**

I'm... not sure how I feel about these. On the plus side, there's a Generation One-themed Starscream I can get. One the downside, it looks like that SDCC Titan Guardian PVC with the little stumpy wings, only with more poseability.

I'd have to see in-hand images and reviews to make up my mind. Interesting idea, though.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:19 am**

They had some really similar Iron Man 3 toys to these and they were really warming shelves. These don't even look as good as the Iron Man toys did. So buckle in guys

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:20 am**

Grimlock's kinda interesting, though his head seems a bit... warped? His mouth in particular doesn't look quite as clean as the rest of him. Also odd how he's a mix of G1 and Movie, but not a bad kind of odd, a good odd in fact.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:37 am**

Happy 30th Anniversary Transformers fans!

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:42 am**

Seibertron wrote:Happy 30th Anniversary Transformers fans!

*raises glass* Indeed!

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:55 am**

~sniff sniff~ Green and orange samurai says Springer to me.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:03 pm**

AnnaChristine wrote:~sniff sniff~ Green and orange samurai says Springer to me.

But Springer's never been orange.

Or a samurai.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:17 pm**

Sabrblade wrote:But Springer's never been orange.

Or a samurai.

Hes got a headcrest and a sword. Only takes one idiot in the repaints department to decide repainting movie drift into Springer seems like a "great" idea.

Besides, for the colours, its the closest approximate TF I could fathom at the time.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:46 pm**

AnnaChristine wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:But Springer's never been orange.

Or a samurai.

Hes got a headcrest and a sword.

That pretty much describes like 40% of the toys from the past 30 years.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:57 pm**

I keep looking at bludgeon/drift and thinking to myself how good of a banzaitron he would make. The head is almost spot on to the action master. D:

Also for the people that are missing it, these are like revoltech actionmasters. XD

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:25 pm**

Megatron Wolf wrote:the future shelf warmers have just been unveiled folks, will hasbro never learn? built to rule was a fail, kreo was a fail & construct bots are a fail, stop with the construction toys cause you obviously arent good at it and its not what the market wants.

These aren't construction toys. And Hasbro's still in business, so I think they know what they're doing.

Every year people like you whine about the non-transforming TF products and say how stupid Hasbro is and how they're ruining the franchise. It's getting old. You're like those people who keep predicting the end of the world.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:44 pm**

GuyIncognito wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:the future shelf warmers have just been unveiled folks, will hasbro never learn? built to rule was a fail, kreo was a fail & construct bots are a fail, stop with the construction toys cause you obviously arent good at it and its not what the market wants.

These aren't construction toys. And Hasbro's still in business, so I think they know what they're doing.

Every year people like you whine about the non-transforming TF products and say how stupid Hasbro is and how they're ruining the franchise. It's getting old. You're like those people who keep predicting the end of the world.

The world is ending, just as soon as our sun turns into a red giant for sure.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:58 pm**

Sabrblade wrote:That pretty much describes like 40% of the toys from the past 30 years.

IKR? THATS THE BEST PART!!!! Hasbro are great at picking totally inappropriate recolors.

Hey... knowing our luck, that green and orange monstrosity is actually Elita one 8-}

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:06 pm**

AnnaChristine wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:That pretty much describes like 40% of the toys from the past 30 years.

IKR? THATS THE BEST PART!!!! Hasbro are great at picking totally inappropriate recolors.

Hey... knowing our luck, that green and orange monstrosity is actually Elita one

Your sarcasm ... I approve.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:28 pm**

I just saw the Marvel Mashers, and they're really quite nice looking.

These not so much, but if Hasbro keeps putting out different franchises in this style I could see them getting over with kids. Superheroes, Transformers and maybe Star Wars that all have interchangeable play options? That'd be pretty cool.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:42 pm**

Drift/Bludgeon really confuses me. It's overall design and deco clearly screams "Bludgeon", but the helmet design says "Age of Extinction Drift. What are you up to, Hasbro? :-?

reluttr wrote:The head is almost spot on to the action master. D:

Not really. Doesn't really match all that well as Banzai-Tron.

But I would definitely take a redeco as Banzai-Tron. :grin:

Also for the people that are missing it, these are like revoltech actionmasters. XD

So would that be a double negative? Revoltechs and Action Masters are basically the same thing, except Revoltechs are more poseable and collector-oriented, whereas Action Masters aren't as poseable and are smaller.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:25 pm**

Grimlock looks rather decent, actually. I've already got those new, super cool Prime figurines filling the position of desktoys, but I think I'll pick him up if I ever see him. :grin:

ZackRoyer wrote:Stupid rant

Well, you're a handful, aren't you?

I was going to have a field day with your post, but Sabrblade wrapped up my sentiments, so I saw another reply to be redundant. I've sent you a PM, also.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:19 pm**

Hmm. While I don't really like the Constructbots line as a whole, I've bought about half of it for customs (Guiltaur and my fixation on the G2 Cybertronian army; I need more green repaints, dammit!), so I'll probably end up buying like, 2 or 3 of these guys.

Speaking of Marvel Mashers, every time I see a Dr. Doom with swappable limbs, all I can think of is the possibility of a Death's Head custom. We are still getting a 6-inch Marvel Legend of him soon, right?

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:34 am**

If you guys are looking for a fun Hasbro toy for young kids... Go to nerf.

Really. I swear even grown men get a real kick out of it.

Well since nothing from the AOE line is catching my attention, that where most of my money will be this year. 8-}

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:06 am**

Oh wow!

Please let there be a Jazz lined up!

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:45 pm**

When did Drift have a baby with Bludgeon?

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 8:05 am**

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10152019124487000&type=1

And Heatwave is not the Rescue Bots version, but the original, Transformers: Timelines "Shattered Glass" version!

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2014 8:15 am**

Once again the Transformers Columbia Facebook group bring us word of new figures! This time it's a new set of Transformers Hero Mashers, Rodimus, Jetfire, and Autobot Heatwave. For those that may be unfamiliar with these they are a new line of figures that was debuted at Toy Fair back in February. While they don't transform, they can be disassembled and "mashed up" with other figure to create our own custom characters. Interestingly, Autobot Heatwave is not based on the Rescue Bots character, but the TFCC Timelines Shattered Glass version. Check out the images mirrored below:

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