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Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:40 pm**

I transformed my black out 2 times and the tabs broke Where it holds the pannels holding his arms in robot mode. Damnit you hasbro

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:44 pm**

it seems hasbro's been cheaping again

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:58 pm**

Ive noticed peapole are having problems with blackouts. Stress marks are every where on him.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:36 pm**

I must have gotten really lucky, I have had no problems with any of my Movie Voyages. I've transformed Blackout at least six times, love him, and don't have any problems with the tabs or any stress marks.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:40 pm**

I like him but I have stress marks on mine also. One tab was stressed from the factory.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:17 pm**

my voyagers are goin strong

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:19 pm**

featofstrength wrote:my voyagers are goin strong

Same here. I've transformed Ironhide and Starscream a good 8 times each and have had no problems with either of them. I will say however that you have to be extremely carefull to make sure the pieces line up before shoving or you will break something.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:24 pm**

One of taps on my Blackout somehow got twisted 30 degrees. I had to use a small pair of pliers to bend them back, I almost broke it off.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:46 pm**

Kup98ss wrote:I like him but I have stress marks on mine also. One tab was stressed from the factory.

One of mine is too (on the figure's right). That's disappointing.

It doesn't seem like the tabs are necessary anyway.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:16 pm**

I returned my Blackout today a Employee at target got me another one in the back. and he is perfect

(picked up a starscream also)

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:23 pm**

I feel your pain. Both Hasbro and Takara have gotten cheap and expensive at the same time. Even Mp Megatron has cheap tabs. Also may it come to no surprise that the upcoming Transformers film will be cheaply done too.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:32 am**

I still stand by my conviction that the only problem with Blackout is his fugly ass robot mode, and that's Michael Bay/ILM's fault, not Hasbro's toy department's fault.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:26 am**

Darn I thought I had no problems with my son's Blackout but when we tried to transform him back to Helicopter, a lot of parts wouldn't hold in place, especially the front nose part kept turning up. When you try to put it in place, the back under tail part pops out!!! Seems like all the locking mechanisms are loose. I had this same problem with wreckage.
Man what is wrong with this line of figures. :-x

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:49 am**

I noticed alot of potential breakage when I took my movie figures out of the boxes and put them up. I'm glad I just put mine up on shelves and don't screw with them after hearing all the problem you guys are having.

Sounds like I shouldn't touch my movie figures ever again. :))

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:53 am**

Omega Sentinel wrote:I noticed alot of potential breakage when I took my movie figures out of the boxes and put them up. I'm glad I just put mine up on shelves and don't screw with them after hearing all the problem you guys are having.

Sounds like I shouldn't touch my movie figures ever again.

These toys are not meant to be played with it seems.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:01 am**

and I'd like blackout too... shame. I will have to transform them once and pick a form to keep it in. I like to take pics of them to put on my website.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:03 pm**

That's really too bad... I collect TF's that transform into military vehicles, so I was probably going to get Blackout, but now I don't know...

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:13 pm**

On my loose Blackout, I think I am gonna just use some super glue on the knobs and build up some thickness so they hold when snap together.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:31 pm**

Mine is staying in the box.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:58 pm**

I'd really like this figure, if he could transform. The damn nose section is out of whack and continues to pop up... and I just noticed some stress marks.

Goddamn it.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:22 pm**

I just got blackout today and he is fantastic, a bit of a pain to posse-but hay no one is perfect!!!

The apearance, joints, and transformation all perfect.

Maybe the europe issuse are better quality?

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:54 pm**

My blackout's suffering from stress marks. I risked wiggling them but they still seem pretty strong, not gonna break any time soon, I hope.
And yup, my vehicle mode wont stay put. I put a tiny bit of blu-tack in the legs where the pins on his tail go so that they STICK in place, then its just a matter of pushing the nose down every now and again while I'm whirling him around my bedroom

Absolutely love both modes though. He's absolutely the sex.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:59 pm**

Mine has stress marks as well, but the tabs aren't broken. I'm more worried about popping the main shoulder off. I love the figure though. Mine is pretty good.

Posted: **Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:21 am**

my blackout has some bad stressmarks after only 2 or 3 transformations.

and I picked up Scorponok yesterday just to go with him

x2

Posted: **Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:38 pm**

Skorponok's cage bit doesn't swing around on my Blackout. :-(

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