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News Credits: 2 · Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:12 pm

My nephews Blackout will not stay in copter mode also and BB won`t stay in alt mode either

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:21 pm

WIIM wrote:Mine is staying in the box.

Shrödinger's Blackout box :lol:

( =you won't know if the peg is stressed, until you get Blackout out of the box, but as long as it stays in the box, it is stressed and unstressed at the same time )

My Blackout also has stress marks on it, it was just hell to get each of the straps off of him.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:58 pm

haha.

Naj jokes, that is very unlucky, and the toys have been very fragile, that is why I am getting Movie Legends, because they don't seem easy to brake.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:59 am

As toys made for kids the movie line fails.

Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:51 pm

i always try to move it as slow and far as possible from those tabs, mines seem to be about to brake if i force em, thats why i do it slow and far from it! hmmmmm...if it brakes ill sell mine even its broken and ill buy starscream lol!

Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:23 pm

Return it if you have both the receit and the box Sonic Wing. They'll give you another or something else. In Walmart you can usually exchange it for something else or get your money back.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:59 pm

gogleman374 wrote: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

Kept mine in helicopter mode after I read the reviews. Smart move I guess.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:44 pm

g1transformers wrote:Kept mine in helicopter mode after I read the reviews. Smart move I guess.

This is a ridiculous state of affairs! Hasbro is supposed to make toys that are played with, not to be kept in boxes or just transformed one time, and even that delicately!

Has anyone ever organised a writing in to Hasbro to complain about the quality control? Seems like most people are just accepting it. It's okay if it's collectors who just have it in one pose or few, and i'm one of those who don't really play with them. But I have an idea reading these forums that many of you buy these as toys for your kids. I wouldn't want to buy my kid a toy he'd have to handle not to play, but as a work of art or a bunch of flowers. I might as well send him to a flower arrangement class.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:12 am

I've transformed my Blackout a bunch of times, with no problems. Maybe people who have broken theirs are using too much force.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:37 am

Chaoslock wrote:
WIIM wrote:Mine is staying in the box.

Shrödinger's Blackout box

I see what you did there. Kudos.

Anyway, could anyone that breaks their Blackout please state your age and exactly what type of mutant hands you have (claw, hook, squid, meat, or other) so that we can guage the legitimacy of your claims?

I mean, yes, the figure is wobbly and yes, it is an odd mix of soft and hard plastic, but he's one of th easier transformations in the line. What the hell is going on?

Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:54 am

Mine isn't broken but it also isn't coming out of robot mode anytime soon.

There's a small tab on his left side that locks the cockpit portion in place and it's bent just enough that it takes some wiggling to get it to lock into robot mode. No amount of wiggling will get it to lock into helicopter mode. This happened after the first transformation. I tried to straighten the tab with some needle nose plyers but didn't want to twist too hard in fear of breaking the tab off.

I'm 29 and repair electronics down to the component level on a daily basis. I resent the implication that it's something I did wrong and not shoddy work by Hasbro. Just because you got lucky with yourse doesn't mean I fraked up.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:32 pm

upther wrote:Mine isn't broken but it also isn't coming out of robot mode anytime soon.

There's a small tab on his left side that locks the cockpit portion in place and it's bent just enough that it takes some wiggling to get it to lock into robot mode. No amount of wiggling will get it to lock into helicopter mode. This happened after the first transformation. I tried to straighten the tab with some needle nose plyers but didn't want to twist too hard in fear of breaking the tab off.

I'm 29 and repair electronics down to the component level on a daily basis. I resent the implication that it's something I did wrong and not shoddy work by Hasbro. Just because you got lucky with yourse doesn't mean I fraked up.

So,.. you don't have claws for hands?