zodconvoy wrote:Zodconvoy wrote:9) Transtech toys now! Maybe not the whole line but just the marquee names: Optimus, Megatron, Starscream and a few others. I know some of the designs were used in A/E/C but I still want them. That Prime in Voyager or Leader class with the same treatment as Primal Prime would be amazing! Even if its just in Japan, I'll still buy it. Even without the show, I'll still buy it. And don't say it won't happen without a show: Robot Masters, Alternators, Classics, War Within. Hell, even Return of Convoy didn't have a show and I bought Star Convoy twice!
I posted that 5 days ago in Counterpunchs "Unpopular Transformers Opinions Volume 1: aka The War Within" forum and after that you listed 36 things, none of which mentioned Transtech. And Counterpunch pointed out with you:
Last week it was the RiD guys, the week before you were bent on Masterpiece, this week it's Beastwars.
Seriously, Skywarp2, with your known ties to Hasbro and your plain as day marketing questions, not to mention your constantly changing opinion on all but the baseline concensus, are you a real person? That's not to imply that you don't exist but that you're really some Hasbro marketing employee. Or, from the wavering opinions, half the marketing department.
Let's see what you've said that hasn't changed:
1) Takara is better than Hasbro
2) Michael Bay is a jerk
3) A/E/C sucked in general but some parts were awesome
4) Toys must look real but not too real cause that sucks
5) Diecast everything but not too much
6) Classics was a great line except that it sucked
7) Masterpiece is for G1 only
And it keeps going but its all baseline responses. It's the same thing as the generally accepted popular opinion. This week it's be "Beast Machines sucks!!!" then next week, "I think Hasbro should do a 10th Anniversary rerelease for Beast Machines? How cool would that be???"
And if you are just a very indecisive fan stop saying things suck because at this rate you love it and want it reissued be Hasbro but you'll want the Takara reissue soon enough anyway.
Actually Counterpunch is very apt at making things look a certain way..
What you don't realize is that my perceptions and views have changed over the course of the last year, and thats due to my increasing knowledge of the Transformers universe. I have become more and more of a fan and opened my eyes to more possibilities then ever before.
So yeah to the untrained or an over assumption and unenlightened person I.E."Vicious Transfan posts" I can't make up my mind, but what you have seen is my slow awakening to the Beast Wars series, My eventual Liking of the new Movie, and the opinion that Hasbro isn't all bad.
Heck I had been out of the actual hobby for years due to my obsession with DC comics, and Marvel Comics, Marvel legends and DC direct..but after Dream Wave hit, I was back on the Transfan wagon..so yeah when i first came on the forum scene I was all about sticking up for Pat Lee, until i found out how he dicked over his employees.. and then saw the light of day..I like certain books from IDW, namely their Beast Wars gathering series, but not a fan of Escalations art or story.. never been a fan of Furhman..so I'm kinda on the bench on how i feel about IDW for now..
As far as my connections to Hasbro, my friend who works there I haven't seen in a very long time, we just recently as of last year got together and hung out in NY for awhile to catch up and I found out he was working at Hasbro..I had just joined Seibertron and was still new to the whole world of Transformers..beyond G-1..So when i saw the movie coming up and all, i was eager to find out inside info as soon as i could.. my friend would get some inside knowledge and pass it along.. soem things are being done, some aren't and thats due to how a major company works, they change alot..and sometimes at the last minute..
I am not an employee of Hasbro.. i wish i was, I could come up with some kick ass toy lines based on the Transformers.. but alas I'm just a fan too..as far as Hasbro polling us, who knows.. My friend did tell me that they browse our sites often, and relate the loudest voices and the most posts on a subject to product changes..they also have a committee that browses the GiJoe fan sites and Starwars figure sites to find out what fans and core groups think is cool.. and what Hasbro believes will sell..
So leave me alone, i'm learning and growing over time.. i've learned alot about other transformers series in the last year, and more then i have ever known was possible..
But I think my opinion is as such:
1) Takara is better than Hasbro, in packaging and in paint Applications, and QT control..but Hasbro is nearest and cheaper, but i have always found the Takara molds just overall better..
2) Michael Bay is a jerk, Don Murphy had to be for obvious reasons
3) A/E/C sucked in general but some parts were awesome, not many but some where.. Heck it was basically a rehash of G-1 so yeah thats true..there would be some redeeming aspects about it..
4) Toys must look real but not too real cause that sucks, yes realism is key to a successful toy.. paint applications and show accuracy should be key...too much realism would be costly and cause an 18 and up tag to go on it, and the series would fail..
5) Diecast in small amounts in most cases would be cool, but not the whole item..like Titaniums, which suffer because of too much Diecast
6) Classics was a great line, except that it sucked due to many items being reserved for highly expensive Botcon exclusives and it also died too quickly..Oh and megatron could have been done as a tank that looked closer to his original form, instead of a Damn Nerf Gun!!!
7) Masterpiece is for G1 only, but I would not mind Takara do a Masterpiece line that incorporates the movie bots.. call it MM-01 Movie Masterpiece..
Beast Machines was a terrible cartoon!! the toys were nice and all, but not really what beast wars should have turned into..
9) I loved RID, Beast Wars, BW Neo, BW 2, Transformers Victory, Transformers Zone, G-1, Robot Masters, and the Movie Line up..
10) i don't really like Headmasters, i have no specifics, i'm just not very keen on that series, even though it lends itself to Starsaber at some point...
Lastly, i liked the toy concept of what transtech was trying to bring, but not all the designs make me go oozy all over.. there are a few though that are just fascinating to me.. and I would love to have seen made.. like Silverbolt for instance
Any ways, in answer to your question, yes I'm a real person, but lets not assume **** about people and judge without understanding the reasoning behind their opinions and posts..I was simply opening myself to other lines and series, and over time as I learned more, I would change either my opinion or verify my initial one..thats why it seems like I keep on about new series or switching up, but its not every week or so, its like every other month...or 3 weeks.. besides who wants to read a rehashed post over and over again?? it'd be like hasbro producing a series like G-1 and using the major plot points over again rehashing unicron, galvatron, Starscream, ect...
Oh wait, they did that with A/E/C...
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:19 am
