ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I have it and it looks just fine to me.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The T30 Swerve mold didn't hold up as Gears even when it was new.
This teeny head looks just fine to you?
*shrug* Okay.
cruizerdave wrote:Why is it the central gimmick of the current line is the blast effects, but almost none of the toys come with any? You either have to buy the super expensive commander of titan class figure or try to track down the Battle Masters, which are overpriced nonsense that a lot of retailer don't even bother carrying.
Come on Hasbro, if the gimmick is blast effects, drop a few in every box! They can't be that expensive to make.
cruizerdave wrote:Why is it the central gimmick of the current line is the blast effects, but almost none of the toys come with any? You either have to buy the super expensive commander of titan class figure or try to track down the Battle Masters, which are overpriced nonsense that a lot of retailer don't even bother carrying.
Come on Hasbro, if the gimmick is blast effects, drop a few in every box! They can't be that expensive to make.
He did, briefly. I got him on preorder along with Inferno and, after a month of daily stalking on Amazon, SS86 Scourge popped back up as well.TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosity, did Huffer ever show up on Amazon? I can't seem to find him there now.
...but they're also still including blast effects with the Cyberverse Deluxes and now some of the SS86 figures, and giving all of the G1 characters and some of the BW characters compatibility with them in this line, so I feel like it's probably more something budget-related than them backtracking because of the plastic issues.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:cruizerdave wrote:Why is it the central gimmick of the current line is the blast effects, but almost none of the toys come with any? You either have to buy the super expensive commander of titan class figure or try to track down the Battle Masters, which are overpriced nonsense that a lot of retailer don't even bother carrying.
Come on Hasbro, if the gimmick is blast effects, drop a few in every box! They can't be that expensive to make.
This may be me grasping strings, but Hasbro may have decided against them for the future because the plastic used for them could damage the toys in the long run. To be precise, depending on environment the soft plastic breaks down too quickly, essentially "melting" into the plastic of the toys. Ick.
Rodimus Prime wrote:He did, briefly. I got him on preorder along with Inferno and, after a month of daily stalking on Amazon, SS86 Scourge popped back up as well.TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosity, did Huffer ever show up on Amazon? I can't seem to find him there now.
Exactly. The blast effects are a sideshow.william-james88 wrote:cruizerdave wrote:Why is it the central gimmick of the current line is the blast effects, but almost none of the toys come with any? You either have to buy the super expensive commander of titan class figure or try to track down the Battle Masters, which are overpriced nonsense that a lot of retailer don't even bother carrying.
Come on Hasbro, if the gimmick is blast effects, drop a few in every box! They can't be that expensive to make.
The central gimmick, as with the previous 2 lines in the same trilogy, is having modular deluxe bots that can interact with the other classes.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Exactly. The blast effects are a sideshow.william-james88 wrote:cruizerdave wrote:Why is it the central gimmick of the current line is the blast effects, but almost none of the toys come with any? You either have to buy the super expensive commander of titan class figure or try to track down the Battle Masters, which are overpriced nonsense that a lot of retailer don't even bother carrying.
Come on Hasbro, if the gimmick is blast effects, drop a few in every box! They can't be that expensive to make.
The central gimmick, as with the previous 2 lines in the same trilogy, is having modular deluxe bots that can interact with the other classes.
I think the reason so few WFC figures come with blast effects is that HasTak don't want to sacrifice any of the precious plastic allowance on Micromaster/Core through Leader toys to an effects piece. So that leaves Commanders, Titans, and Battlemasters for packing them with. They may be cheap, but every milligram is counted when it comes to figures so..
It does leave the gimmick unfortunately under-supported. Really what HasTak should do is sell bags of blast effects; the volume would make it economical.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It does leave the gimmick unfortunately under-supported. Really what HasTak should do is sell bags of blast effects; the volume would make it economical.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote: Really what HasTak should do is sell bags of blast effects; the volume would make it economical.
aronjlove wrote:This Twitter post has many pics of Kingdom Wave 1 Deluxe figures being unboxed and this one stuck out as I hate these freaking plastic ties.
No. Not what I was talking about, or what I'd want. I'm talking blast effects, and only blast effects, bagged up like candy.-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It does leave the gimmick unfortunately under-supported. Really what HasTak should do is sell bags of blast effects; the volume would make it economical.
This could be easily done as another Select figure like the Centurion Weaponizer pack. A Weaponiser deluxe with a plethora of blast effects, many that would be exclusive molds and colors to this specific set, of course.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:No. Not what I was talking about, or what I'd want. I'm talking blast effects, and only blast effects, bagged up like candy.-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It does leave the gimmick unfortunately under-supported. Really what HasTak should do is sell bags of blast effects; the volume would make it economical.
This could be easily done as another Select figure like the Centurion Weaponizer pack. A Weaponiser deluxe with a plethora of blast effects, many that would be exclusive molds and colors to this specific set, of course.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:It baffles me why Hasbro seems so dead set against any official Transformers weapons (only) or accessory (only) packs. Everything must include a transforming bit. Don't even push them in stores, online only plain selects packaging is fine, just make the damn things.
Seriously, with current plastic limits on classes in place, you could make a really decent number of things from a core class plastic allowance, most of which would be simple to design, require zero assembly and likely "put them all in a bag, then a box" packaging.
-Kanrabat- wrote:The Matchbox style cars, the "collector cars", the masks, the Nerf guns, and so on, disproves the theory.
They must think accessories by themselves won't sell. They are half right because the Centurion pack is still not sold out at Pulse. I wonder if the thing would have sold more if it were like 15$ cheaper without Centurion?
-Kanrabat- wrote:They are half right because the Centurion pack is still not sold out at Pulse.
Nuclearxpotato wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:The Matchbox style cars, the "collector cars", the masks, the Nerf guns, and so on, disproves the theory.
They must think accessories by themselves won't sell. They are half right because the Centurion pack is still not sold out at Pulse. I wonder if the thing would have sold more if it were like 15$ cheaper without Centurion?
The Centurion Pack is restocked? Since when??
Edit: Wait nvm, it's out of stock.
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