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Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

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Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Tronus_Rex » Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:04 pm

Anyone who grew up in the 80's has to look back now and just pause, reflecting; "Wow, we had the most awesome play-sets in the 20th and 21st centuries." Metroplex for the Transformers :BOT: 30th Anniversary :CON: is important, not just to TF fans, and 80's fans, it is important to everyone who enjoys toys - in general.

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We hit a peak in 1985 with Hasbro's true titan: GI Joe USS Flagg at 7 1/2 feet.
There are adult toys too, [in more ways than one], but, bikes, and motorized vehicles don't count for what I am discussion; play-sets.

Metroplex '13 is the tallest Transformer so far at 24-25", but is outweighed by Fortress Maximus by 1.5-2 pounds, [roughly 4lbs vs roughly 6lbs]. Yet, these two titans have plenty of other play-sets before them that are just as big.

There was, recently, Hasbro's Millennium Falcon, which dwarfed Kenner's original. Other Kenner play-sets for Star Wars were very incredible. Playmates TMNT toys, like the Tecnodrome were large. Ljn made some terrible video-games, but there toys were awesome, including the Thundercat toys like the "Lair". Just how many He-Man play-sets, did Mattel make? Hasbro made even more GI Joe aRAH sets, if not more, when compared to Masters'.

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The strange thing about all of this is that USS Flagg originally sold for just $109 US! Fort.Max sold for just over $100, but that toys engineering and manufacturer cost were different (apples and oranges, ETC), Metroplex '13 is only $100 almost 26 years later.

I really believe that, just as American citizens, we will see another generation with colossal kids playsets, [as well as adult toys :grin: ].

The economy is not nearly as strong as where it has been, but I believe that cost of living will go down, and energy will become cheaper than it has ever been in human history. I think the economy in just the US is going to explode in growth at least one more time, even given current conditions. *Ref:NOTE Also human capability to manufacture - anything, is always improving.

Could we see Hasbro top the Flagg? Imagine a new Fort.Max or other baseformer as large as the classic Flagg. Conditions for the average US citizen may improve enough that it's more than feasible to happen.

Flagg is extreme given the simple issue of just where to place a toy big. But even other playsets mentioned aren't that unmanageable.

Forget collectors, as parents, just buying a Gen.'s Metroplex for a child is very special given our own love and nostalgia for such things. Many of the kids who grew up in the 80's have kids now, and will continue to have more, & want to share the things that were special to the parent as a child to their own child.

Funny thing about toy tech., imagine Transformer toys that transform themselves and double as actually robots, this is almost a certainty. How about a playset or transformer toy that doubles as a functioning vehicle for a child and even an adult? The future holds a lot for ourselves, and our children, and grandchildren, and beyond.


*Ref:NOTE [This is based on hard facts - not positive thinking. One example: storing the energy of a lightning bolt. Catching lightning is actually easy, there are real methods for doing this. But no battery can store it, yet. There's a very credible tech./science company that says they will be able to achieve this within 10 years. Firepointe is the company name. 1 bolt of lightning has enough energy to power the US for 2 weeks.]
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby ScottyP » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:13 am

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Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:26 am

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ScottyP wrote:Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.


Omitting the Earth Jet mode, of course ;)
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Tronus_Rex » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:23 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.


Omitting the Earth Jet mode, of course ;)


What???? BLASPHEMY!!!! I say add more size changes! 12 forms, Zwei-Sixshot!!!

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby fenrir72 » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:20 pm

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Back then, the playsets were made in the good old USA. Same with the vehicles unlike now where everything is made in China.

Gawd! The USS Flag! Amazing...............those were the toys :BOWDOWN:
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Hero Alpha » Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:12 am

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I loved that USS Flagg, I never had one myself but a friend next door did and it was awesome. He also had blue carpet which was a perfect ocean :michaelbay: ! The biggest transformer I had was :BOT: Omega Supreme :BOT: and he was super sweet, think I got him for christmas in '85.
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby ScottyP » Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:05 pm

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Tronus_Rex wrote:
What???? BLASPHEMY!!!! I say add more size changes! 12 forms, Zwei-Sixshot!!!

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Mindmaster » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:58 pm

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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.


Omitting the Earth Jet mode, of course ;)


I have a better idea. Instead of implementing him as a Triplechanger, why not instead make him a Duobot; when trasnforming him into his vehicle mode, he spits into a jet and the carrier.

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby mooncake623 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:34 pm

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Hero Alpha » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:40 am

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Mindmaster wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.


Omitting the Earth Jet mode, of course ;)


I have a better idea. Instead of implementing him as a Triplechanger, why not instead make him a Duobot; when trasnforming him into his vehicle mode, he spits into a jet and the carrier.

Go on, tell me I'm a genius. :P



Yea you are good lol. This would be a good idea, kinda like Sky Lynx maybe.
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:50 am

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Hero Alpha wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Giant playsets are as fun as it gets! One of my pipe dreams is a Broadside toy that is as big as the Flagg.


Omitting the Earth Jet mode, of course ;)


I have a better idea. Instead of implementing him as a Triplechanger, why not instead make him a Duobot; when trasnforming him into his vehicle mode, he spits into a jet and the carrier.

Go on, tell me I'm a genius. :P



Yea you are good lol. This would be a good idea, kinda like Sky Lynx maybe.


The two components would still have to be out of scale for it to work :lol: I mean, look at these two figures from Machine Robo and Gobots:

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Tronus_Rex » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:24 pm

felzbug :BOT: on YouTube :CON: is dedicated to Transformer reviews, I wanted to mention him, & reference his 2 Metroplex '13 reviews. You might enjoy him & wish to follow. :KREMZEEK:



MegaMoonMan Metroplex Upgrades - Dec. 6th, 2013

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HKACG Metroplex - Aug. 7th, 2013

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:35 pm

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Tronus_Rex » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:38 pm

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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Rodimus Prime » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:44 pm

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All this talk of giant Transformers and aircraft carrier playsets has given me a scant (though definitely false) hope for an Armada Tidal Wave, somewhat in scale. (At least in the PS2 game.)
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Tronus_Rex » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:04 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:All this talk of giant Transformers and aircraft carrier playsets has given me a scant (though definitely false) hope for an Armada Tidal Wave, somewhat in scale. (At least in the PS2 game.)


Hmm...this is relative to my interests. >:oP






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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby GuyIncognito » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:15 pm

I've always felt Tidal Wave was an underappreciated figure. I'd love to see a reissue, repaint, or new Classics-verse/Generations version. In fact, I think Generations Metroplex could be repainted/remolded into a sweet Tidal Wave. It could be as easy as removing the wheels so it looks more like a water-born aircraft carrier, giving it a new head mold, and then repainting it. (And replace Scamper with a Legends-scale Ramjet.)
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Mindmaster » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:10 pm

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GuyIncognito wrote:I've always felt Tidal Wave was an underappreciated figure. I'd love to see a reissue, repaint, or new Classics-verse/Generations version. In fact, I think Generations Metroplex could be repainted/remolded into a sweet Tidal Wave. It could be as easy as removing the wheels so it looks more like a water-born aircraft carrier, giving it a new head mold, and then repainting it. (And replace Scamper with a Legends-scale Ramjet.)


While I'm not certain about retooling Metroplex into Tidal Wave, I would go out of my way to get a Generations Tidal Wave. Bonus points if they use the Legends Starscream mold to make Ramjet! :ic$:
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby RiddlerJ » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:42 pm

I have my Legends class Decepticons living in the 1988 Technodrome playset from TMNT. I bought it off Ebay specifically for that.

Because the Technodrome is awesome. :grin:
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby GuyIncognito » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:55 pm

TMNT has a new playset, and it's pretty big. If I was a kid into TMNT, I would be begging Santa for this:

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/play-sets-ro ... 0-12897673
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby Arctorro » Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:19 am

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RiddlerJ wrote:I have my Legends class Decepticons living in the 1988 Technodrome playset from TMNT. I bought it off Ebay specifically for that.

Because the Technodrome is awesome. :grin:
That is awesome!

GuyIncognito wrote:TMNT has a new playset, and it's pretty big. If I was a kid into TMNT, I would be begging Santa for this:

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/play-sets-ro ... 0-12897673
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Re: Metroplex '13, USS Flagg, the 1980's, and the Future.

Postby RiddlerJ » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:06 am

GuyIncognito wrote:TMNT has a new playset, and it's pretty big. If I was a kid into TMNT, I would be begging Santa for this:

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/play-sets-ro ... 0-12897673


I did see that and was drooling. I love playsets.

When you're a kid, there's something so satisfying about having an actual place for the figures to muck about as opposed as the kitchen table.
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