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Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Va'al » Tue May 27, 2014 11:35 am

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KirbyForce1 wrote:Felzbug already made a review of this guy. Why was there no news post about his review? There was one about his Sharkticon Megatron review some time ago, so why not this one?


There was I think. Isn't this the Target exclusive that's packaged with the DotM Deluxe Prime that's all chromed out?


I could not find any previous Target Grimlock or Takara Leader Prime reviews in the news section, could you please show me a link?

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Rated X » Tue May 27, 2014 12:25 pm

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Rated X wrote:I dont know why they didnt just paint him like this to begin with.


Because it was originally a WFC figure, not a G1 homage.



And who's to say WFC/FOC characters arent homages ?

Lets see...

Turns into a T-Rex - check

Named Grimlock - check

Head with faceplate - check

Arms form T-Rex's legs - check

Grey and gold - check

Other than the added neo-weirdness to cater to the video game crowd, how is it not a G1 homage ?
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Tue May 27, 2014 12:29 pm

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Rated X wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Rated X wrote:I dont know why they didnt just paint him like this to begin with.


Because it was originally a WFC figure, not a G1 homage.



And who's to say WFC/FOC characters arent homages ?

Lets see...

Turns into a T-Rex - check

Named Grimlock - check

Head with faceplate - check

Arms form T-Rex's legs - check

Grey and gold - check

Other than the added neo-weirdness to cater to the video game crowd, how is it not a G1 homage ?


The original release wasn't a 100% homage as it was missing the red pelvis and the colors on the legs. At the most it was 75% :P
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Tue May 27, 2014 12:38 pm

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Let me ask you this, X. Would you be asking the same question if, instead of the FOC figure, they used the Animated Grimlock mold for this deco instead?

I'm not denying that FOC Grimlock was a G1 homage, but since Animated Grimlock also meets the same criteria (sans the mouthplate part) you've listed, would you still be asking the same about this deco if it had been given to a new use of the Animated mold instead of the FOC mold?
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby GuyIncognito » Tue May 27, 2014 1:40 pm

Sometimes I think Rated X argues just for the sake of arguing. The Generations Grimlock figure was designed to resemble FoC Grimlock, not G1 Grimlock. Here's a pic of the character. Notice the lack of "G1 style" details. For example, no red, green, and blue on the legs. Also notice the orange (not red) sword. This is what the Generations figure was designed to represent.

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Rated X » Tue May 27, 2014 4:36 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:Let me ask you this, X. Would you be asking the same question if, instead of the FOC figure, they used the Animated Grimlock mold for this deco instead?

I'm not denying that FOC Grimlock was a G1 homage, but since Animated Grimlock also meets the same criteria (sans the mouthplate part) you've listed, would you still be asking the same about this deco if it had been given to a new use of the Animated mold instead of the FOC mold?


Well let me start off by saying that I actually bought the animated mold of Grimlock because at the time I thought it was going to be the only time the Dinobots were going to get any kind of love from Hasbro. And yes, I would have loved to have that deco on the animated mold at the time when I bought it. It's just cooler in my personal opinion. On the flip side, I hate the idea of making the AOE Dinobots in G1 colors. Theyre so far from homages that I like them in the bright colors better. That Takara AOE Grimlock and Slag in G1 colors is like putting lipstick on a pig.

I would also have loved to have an Animated Starscream in G1 white instead of that horrible bluish purple with red stripes. If Hasbro could make that happen (and animated Thundercracker) Ive got my cash ready.
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Rated X » Tue May 27, 2014 4:43 pm

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GuyIncognito wrote:Sometimes I think Rated X argues just for the sake of arguing. The Generations Grimlock figure was designed to resemble FoC Grimlock, not G1 Grimlock. Here's a pic of the character. Notice the lack of "G1 style" details. For example, no red, green, and blue on the legs. Also notice the orange (not red) sword. This is what the Generations figure was designed to represent.

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Sugarcoat all you want, but FOC Grimlock IS a homage to G1 Grimlock. Did they make him "neo" to make him different from G1 ? Sure they did. But if you go back to my checklist of G1 Grimlock traits, it's all there...

It's a homage.

Now if you want to talk about AOE Grimlock, youre arguement might be more valid. AOE Grimlock is a homage by name only. I dont even consider it a T-Rex (dino ears WTF ?)
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Wolfman Jake » Tue May 27, 2014 4:52 pm

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Again, yes, each plastic injection mold lasts for only so many uses, but that's not the point. Hasbro and Takara can make more molds when the old ones are used up. Mold "degradation" is a fandom boogeyman. It's not a real issue, especially not in this age of manufacturing technology. There's no such thing as using a "mold" too much and then it's gone forever. What you need to be concerned with is systemic quality control issues when a certain batch of figures are produced. QC problems can be due to a number of different issues at the time of production, and how many times Hasbro and Takara have repainted or retooled a mold in the past isn't really one of them, not in the way most people think.

So, in review:
1) Yes, molds do "degrade" over time, or rather, for each time they are used.
2) Molds made in late 70's and early 80's are likely more costly for Hasbro and Takara to reproduce, so they stretch as much as they can from each, and you get wonky reissues like the G1 Combaticons.
3) Toys are made with computer technology now. The schematics for plastic injection molds are stored on computer, and can be pretty easily recreated thanks to modern manufacturing techniques and technology.
4) You could get a toy that's wonky because it was one of the latter made in a mold that was at the end of its production cycle, but that's not the only mold that exists. When it's done, it's thrown out, and a new one is used (or made if needed).

There is no reason at all to believe that, for instance, the upcoming Classics Prime redeco, is going to be riddled with poor QC because the mold was originally manufactured for 2006. If you get one that has problems, it might be because it was printed in a mold that was almost used up, or it could be any number of other reasons, like poorly prepared batches of plastic, manual manufacturing errors, taking the plastics out of the molds incorrectly, etc. Later runs of the toy might end up using a fresh mold, so two months into it's retail life, you might find better samples out there if the initial ones were problematic. Like I said, "mold degradation" is a boogeyman to transformers fans. It's an often blamed but poorly understood phenomenon that helps people place blame somewhere for their unsatisfactory toys because they don't know better.

A final thought for any who think that manufacturing replacement molds or even reverse-engineering toys back into useable molds for mass production is prohibitively expensive for Takara and Hasbro: Why is the market for high quality knock-offs so profitable?
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Re: In-Hand Images - Transformers: Age of Extinction Target Exclusive Grimlock

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Might those be Sunstorm boxes in the background :-?


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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Zobovor » Wed May 28, 2014 10:02 pm

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Wolfman Jake wrote:Again, yes, each plastic injection mold lasts for only so many uses, but that's not the point.


I want to preface my response by saying that I'm largely unaware of the history of this discussion forum, so I have no idea how many times or to what extent this subject has been discussed. I'm not even sure if you were replying to me directly or not. If I'm completely misunderstanding your position, I apologize in advance, but I do take strong issue with some of the things you're saying.

Hasbro and Takara can make more molds when the old ones are used up. Mold "degradation" is a fandom boogeyman. It's not a real issue, especially not in this age of manufacturing technology.


I don't see how this line of reasoning follows. Production molds have a finite life span. They are made of metal alloys with limited tensile strength. They can only endure so many production runs before they begin to show signs of heavy wear.

Most toys enjoy a small, comfortable production run of perhaps 100,000 or 200,000 and then their production molds are recycled. That's the industry standard. More rarely, the molds will be pressed into service multiple times. Now, obviously, there are alternative styles of mass-production (LEGO has been producing essentially the same bricks since the 1970's; Mattel's line of Barbie dolls or Hot Wheels cars are, by and large, all the same doll with different clothing or same car with different paint) but typically, a toy represents a unique character, enjoys a unique sculpt, and is quietly retired from service.

Transformers really is the exception to the rule. In recent years we've gotten new versions of toys that have been around since the G1 days, or earlier, and have already been produced dozens of times over. That's not normal. If you study the toys closely, particularly the ones with multiple mold-mates, there is almost always evidence of mold degradation.

There's no such thing as using a "mold" too much and then it's gone forever.


Then is there some other reason you're aware of why Takara has never been able to provide us with G1 reissues of Mirage and Sunstreaker and the Dinobots? Not being confrontational; I'm genuinely asking the question.

Molds made in late 70's and early 80's are likely more costly for Hasbro and Takara to reproduce, so they stretch as much as they can from each, and you get wonky reissues like the G1 Combaticons.


The Combaticons are a great example of this phenomenon because those poor toys have been trotted out so many damn times:

1) G1 Japan edition (launching Onslaught)
2) G1 die-cast versions (neutered launcher)
3) G1 plastic versions
4) Euro Classics (no rub symbol indents)
5) Battle Gaia
6) G2 editions
7) Car Robots Valdigus
8] Robots in Disguise Ruination
9) Armada all-grey "Urban Camo"
10) Wal-Mart "Tiger Force"
11) Takara G1 reissues

The molds were subjected to many modifications and tweaks over the years that it's not even funny. By the time the toys finally came full circle, you got G1 reissues with almost completely different functionality than the vintage G1 units. Some of the changes had nothing to do with mold degradation (adding weapon mounts for G2 Onslaught; giving the Car Robots weapons the ability to combine together) but some changes are absolutely the result of mold fatigue. There are pock marks all over the reissue Combaticons where the molds have begun to degrade. Weapons and accessories no longer fit correctly (Swindle can't hold his own pistol; Bruticus's chest plate no longer locks down).

Now, obviously, a lot of the toys that we get nowadays don't have such a long and sordid history because there aren't too many Transformers on store shelves that have been made available since 1986. We're going to get a new version of Beast Wars Terrorsaur pretty soon (in the form of a one-headed Age of Extinction Strafe), though, who is only a decade younger than the Combaticons, and whose production mold has also seen repeated use. I'll be very interested to get that toy and study it.

Like I said, "mold degradation" is a boogeyman to transformers fans. It's an often blamed but poorly understood phenomenon that helps people place blame somewhere for their unsatisfactory toys because they don't know better.


If there's a long history of fans blaming poorly-designed or badly-engineered toys on simple mold fatigue, I'm not aware of it. I won't speak to that point. With that said, mold degradation is a real phenomenon, demonstrable and measurable, and it surprises me that you're the second person I've encountered now who seems to think it doesn't exist.

A final thought for any who think that manufacturing replacement molds or even reverse-engineering toys back into useable molds for mass production is prohibitively expensive for Takara and Hasbro: Why is the market for high quality knock-offs so profitable?


The short answer is because Zhong Jin is exploiting a consumer demand that the official sources have failed to address.

Of course, Zhong Jin toys don't have to conform to safety regulations, are not subject to drop testing, and don't have to go through trademark approval. They don't pay licensing fees. Perhaps most significantly, they take shortcuts. Some of their products are quite excellent but some of them do not meet the standards of quality I would expect from a genuine Hasbro or Takara product.

My counter-question(s) to you would be: If reverse-engineering molds isn't too expensive for Hasbro or Takara to consider, then why don't they just do it all the time? Why does Hasbro always, always wait for Takara to spend the money to test and/or restore a mold before they reissue a toy themselves? Why are so many reissues of older toys, especially ones with many mold-mates, always riddled with production flaws that did not exist on the original releases? Why would Takara spend the money to retool things like G1 Jazz's face or Cliffjumper's face if it weren't necessary? Can you offer some alternate explanation for the pock marks and poorly-fitting accessories that is not related to mold fatigue?


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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Wolfman Jake » Wed May 28, 2014 10:54 pm

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Zobovor, you seemed to clip out certain bullet points from my post while neglecting the others that I believe would have answered your questions before you asked them. Suffice it to say, yes there is a long history of blaming mold degradation or "fatigue" for QC issues, especially if a certain mold has been released more than once. But, my point is not that molds don't wear out and become unusable, it's that they don't wear out and become irreplaceable. More molds can be made when the older ones wear out, and maintaining fidelity with the original product is easier than ever. It's a non-issue not because it doesn't exist, but because it doesn't affect the manufacture of toys in the catastrophic way many fans believe it does. This is especially true of anything made in the last decade or so.

As for the original G1 toys, again, I suspect that it's a lot harder to reverse engineer them for some reason or another, maybe because the original molds are quite scare, so finding good "source material" to manufacture new molds may take a lot of resources. For instance, Sunstreaker was never remolded or redecoed at all, so maybe the original molds are so scare, they've been misplaced over time. On the other hand, you have molds that never say die, like G1 Optimus and Soundwave, which have each gone through several revisions, but nonetheless, endure.

Even if reverse engineering a mold takes money, it must still not be that prohibitive of a cost that knock-off/bootlegs can't turn a tidy profit. If it didn't, no one would bother. It's not just that a hole in the market is there to fill, it's that it's easy to fill, that makes it a worthwhile venture for knock-off manufacturers. However, I think you bring up an excellent point about the licensing, safety testing, and whatnot, that can increase costs on the R&D end of things. While reverse engineering a mold may not cost THAT much objectively, it may not turn enough of a profit for Takara/Hasbros bottom line (such things tend to upset the board of investors). Think of how many reissue G1 Sunstreakers would have to be sold to equal the profits from just "High Octane Bumblebee" from the Generations Age of Extinction line. That said, the modern molds that are getting a lot of use, Classics Optimus Prime, Classics Starscream (et al. Seekers), and even Bumblebee are cash cows for Hasbro, so yeah, it's worth it to keep replacing those molds to produce more product. Kids (and collectors) can't get enough of the big characters. So, you can see how eyes can roll when another retool or repaint of a popular mold comes along and people panic that it will flop around like a rag doll and fit together like a Sweedish CD rack, just because they've seen that mold before.
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Wed May 28, 2014 10:56 pm

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Based on this image, I'm starting to think that Optimus' shield might have two configurations in the movie. A compacted form that looks like the Leader class figure's shield, and an expanded form like this and the First Edition figure's shields.
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Megatron Wolf » Thu May 29, 2014 12:46 am

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ok that prime looks just like a gundam, swap out the head and its a dead ringer.
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Shadowstream » Thu May 29, 2014 9:56 am

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...is this really the sorry state of Gundam designs these days?
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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...is this really the sorry state of Gundam designs these days?


Looks nothing like a Gundam. Looks pretty good to me- I just hope we get a better transforming version of this OP later down the line. I mean, chrome is all well and good, but dat backpack!
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

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Megatron Wolf wrote:ok that prime looks just like a gundam, swap out the head and its a dead ringer.

...is this really the sorry state of Gundam designs these days?


Looks nothing like a Gundam. Looks pretty good to me- I just hope we get a better transforming version of this OP later down the line. I mean, chrome is all well and good, but dat backpack!


If it's the same one pre-orders are already sold out at BBTS
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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby william-james88 » Thu May 29, 2014 2:07 pm

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Delta Magnus wrote:
Looks nothing like a Gundam. Looks pretty good to me- I just hope we get a better transforming version of this OP later down the line. I mean, chrome is all well and good, but dat backpack!



I totally agree. That is my main issue with this Prime and the reason I will never buy it. The new movie esthetic is going for sleeker robots with an asian flare but the trend of simplifying the transformation works in the reverse of that since we end up with bulky transformers that have big backpacks and lots of alt kibble showing up without integrating with the robot(ex: Leader Optimus, Voyager Galvatron, Deluxe Bumblebee, Deluxe Crosshairs, Deluxe Drift).

Here's my favourite example of the movie and toyline going on totally reverse paths:

Movie Drift


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Re: Official Age of Extinction Products Discussion Thread

Postby Peridot » Thu May 29, 2014 5:45 pm

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william-james88 wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:
Looks nothing like a Gundam. Looks pretty good to me- I just hope we get a better transforming version of this OP later down the line. I mean, chrome is all well and good, but dat backpack!



I totally agree. That is my main issue with this Prime and the reason I will never buy it. The new movie esthetic is going for sleeker robots with an asian flare but the trend of simplifying the transformation works in the reverse of that since we end up with bulky transformers that have big backpacks and lots of alt kibble showing up without integrating with the robot(ex: Leader Optimus, Voyager Galvatron, Deluxe Bumblebee, Deluxe Crosshairs, Deluxe Drift).

Here's my favourite example of the movie and toyline going on totally reverse paths:

Movie Drift


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Deluxe toy of Drift

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Um. Asides from the kibble and somewhat inaccurate colors, that Drift is about as movie-accurate as it gets.
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