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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:59 pmRung is getting reissued in Earthrise like Astrotrain and Smashdown.sol magnus wrote:Don't have a Rung, so they just got me to pay for another Ultra Magnus.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:20 pmOkay, but that's all post-Dark of the Moon stuff. Compare a DOTM or Generations Voyager to, say, a Cybertron or ROTF Voyager and you'll notice more of a difference.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Maybe, maybe not. But the $20 price tag of 2005-2010 felt decent for a Voyager at the time relative to our earning power, which has not kept pace with inflation so well. And since 2011, Transformers have dwindled in mass while the prices have crept upward... But it could be worse.
Not as much as you think, in fact when weighed some current figures are heavier than previous ones. ER Hoist for instance is the heaviest of his wave at 3.2 ounces or 91 grams, and Wheeljack is an average 2.7 or 77 grams, same as Siege Mirage and surprisingly, TR Sergeant Kup. Just saying
Brokebot wrote:emlit wrote:Gotta love Walmart for reminding us that Transformer toys are not gluten-free.
They also give Californians cancer.
Those warnings are so we know materials present have the potential of being carcinogenous and we'd rather make an informed decision about whether to accept that risk rather than blunder about in blissful ignorance like the rest of you bozos 
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:05 pmBrokebot wrote:emlit wrote:Gotta love Walmart for reminding us that Transformer toys are not gluten-free.
They also give Californians cancer.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:12 pmZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Also, and more importantly to the corporations, they prevent some smeghead from suing and claiming "Well they didn't warn me!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:45 pmPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:19 pmJelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Also, and more importantly to the corporations, they prevent some smeghead from suing and claiming "Well they didn't warn me!"
At least the "I didn't read the warnings" excuse doesn't fly in courts, that should count for something... or does it?
Otherwise, pass. Rung can suck it.Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:21 pmPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:55 pmPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:59 pmPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:06 pmFlashwave wrote:Soo, yeah. If Walmart wants me to buy another Ultra Magnus I am gonna have to see PICTURES. Tempting though the description reads, I'm not plunking money down blindly.
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:09 pmMold layout would get in the way of having the red head on that, I think, so what you'd end up with is Delta Magnus' cab robot. Or else a Magnus with a blue torso and arms, and red head and legs.Skritz wrote:Some say its a Dark Energon Magnus so he might be covered in purple cracks or have some translucent purple. I think a Decepticon Magnus might just end up a boring black repaint, however. Or they could make it a double whammy and have an evil Magnus whose cab robot is Shattered Glass colored. Would be weird but who knows?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:49 pmMagnusSeeker wrote:When reading the details of the Ultra Magnus Spoiler Pack they say the figure is 7" tall I think. So that's the size roughly of a deluxe figure, correct? It may just be me but I passed on the UM Siege figure because of the size. I don't like how he's a "leader class" which makes him larger then almost all the other figures including Optimus. I'd prefer him to be the same size as Optimus....
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:03 pmPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:07 pmSkritz wrote:Some say its a Dark Energon Magnus so he might be covered in purple cracks or have some translucent purple. I think a Decepticon Magnus might just end up a boring black repaint, however. Or they could make it a double whammy and have an evil Magnus whose cab robot is Shattered Glass colored. Would be weird but who knows?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:55 amPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:00 pmPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:28 pmPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:37 pmPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:40 pmAcademyofDrX wrote:This is the third version of this mold and the third Mirage, would it really kill them to give us a Slapdash
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:50 pmJelZe GoldRabbit wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:This is the third version of this mold and the third Mirage, would it really kill them to give us a Slapdash
With a Mirage head?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:52 pmWolfman Jake wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:This is the third version of this mold and the third Mirage, would it really kill them to give us a Slapdash
With a Mirage head?
At least "Invisible" Mirage had a slightly different Mirage head.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:32 pm
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:37 pmNemesis Destron wrote:With Earthrise figures now appearing in retail stores I wonder how long it will be until we see price mark downs especially on one of our favorite shelf-warmers Shockwave.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:42 pmJelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Nemesis Destron wrote:With Earthrise figures now appearing in retail stores I wonder how long it will be until we see price mark downs especially on one of our favorite shelf-warmers Shockwave.
That... could be a bit of a logistic problem for thew stores, as they're considered the same assortment as the Earthrise ones. Not by Hasbro, mind you.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:55 pmTF-fan kev777 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Nemesis Destron wrote:With Earthrise figures now appearing in retail stores I wonder how long it will be until we see price mark downs especially on one of our favorite shelf-warmers Shockwave.
That... could be a bit of a logistic problem for thew stores, as they're considered the same assortment as the Earthrise ones. Not by Hasbro, mind you.
This could end up getting a bit weird. A few targets near me were overflowing with the cyberverse Cheetor with the battleship after Christmas and somehow marked all the Cheetors down while not marking down any of the others they have from the same size class. So Target's system must have some way of marking down a specific UPC code, but I suspect it may take more effort than simply marking down an entire size class. On top of that, I believe each individual Target decides when and how much to mark down. I've found some stores really quick to mark down and move product and others take forever.
And aside from Target, it just dawned on me that I don't think we've seen a single sighting of Earthrise in a Walmart yet, have we?
