Review of Transformers Legacy Deluxe Skullgrin

Quantum Surge wrote:Chefatron, not PrimeVsPrime

(Potentially) Stolen Transformers (& the YouTubers that Review Them)
https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads ... post-45224

Stormshot_Prime wrote:My hopes for a proper Pretenders-gimmick-revival continues to diminish, but I'll be damned if I don't get this guy. Core Iguanus is pretty great, so I have no doubts this guy and Bombshell will be solid figures as well. At this point I hope Bludgeon is a hit, if not I might cry.

primalxconvoy wrote:I thought the Seibertron staff agreed that videos of potentially stolen TFs wouldn't be posted at the main news site, but only screenshots?

TK415 wrote:Hi,

"it has now been uncovered where people get toys early for reviews"

Sorry, I don't think I read that article.

Could someone post the link here?

Thanks

Emerje wrote:Will posted it a few weeks to a month ago, I can't find the post. The gist of it is that it's Hasbro's problem and if they aren't doing anything to fix it like getting the channels shut down, asking us not to post the videos or, you know, stopping the leaks out of the factory, all things they're capable of doing, then why should we care? Emerje

Burn wrote:Guns are soft plastic? How soft are we talking here? Soft like Cybertron Vector Prime's sword?

Because that does not hold up well in the tropics.

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:Will posted it a few weeks to a month ago, I can't find the post. The gist of it is that it's Hasbro's problem and if they aren't doing anything to fix it like getting the channels shut down, asking us not to post the videos or, you know, stopping the leaks out of the factory, all things they're capable of doing, then why should we care? Emerje

They posted what I stated above, or they posted what you said?

william-james88 wrote:Oh and FYI to anyone who was wondering, official stance on PVP has been stated to staff. Anything you may think is off is for Hasbro to look into it, not us. You can report it to Hasbro and if they tell us to take something down, we will comply. Aside from that, anything news worthy will be posted and proper links and credits will be given. If anyone has issues, they can contact the site owner through the "contact us" link at the top of the site. Any talk concerning this on the boards will be seen as not relevant to the toys and subject at hand, and will be dealt with accordingly to site rules. If anyone wants to start a separate topic where they can talk about the ethics of toy reviews, they can.

Emerje wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Emerje wrote:Will posted it a few weeks to a month ago, I can't find the post. The gist of it is that it's Hasbro's problem and if they aren't doing anything to fix it like getting the channels shut down, asking us not to post the videos or, you know, stopping the leaks out of the factory, all things they're capable of doing, then why should we care? Emerje

They posted what I stated above, or they posted what you said?

Sorry, "it" being the official stance of the site. I found the post from Will, it was in the SS topic on August 15 so nearly two weeks ago.

william-james88 wrote:Oh and FYI to anyone who was wondering, official stance on PVP has been stated to staff. Anything you may think is off is for Hasbro to look into it, not us. You can report it to Hasbro and if they tell us to take something down, we will comply. Aside from that, anything news worthy will be posted and proper links and credits will be given. If anyone has issues, they can contact the site owner through the "contact us" link at the top of the site. Any talk concerning this on the boards will be seen as not relevant to the toys and subject at hand, and will be dealt with accordingly to site rules. If anyone wants to start a separate topic where they can talk about the ethics of toy reviews, they can.

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:Yeah that's because new information was more or less given after I posted that.

Nemesis Destron wrote:To bad Pointblank's 3rd Party counterpart is Masterpiece size.

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's 2 for 2 from Chefatron's recent unpleasant reviews for Pointblank and Burn Out. He definitely convinced me on skipping on both figures leaving more for YOU people.

To bad Pointblank's 3rd Party counterpart is Masterpiece size.

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's 2 for 2 from Chefatron's recent unpleasant reviews for Pointblank and Burn Out. He definitely convinced me on skipping on both figures leaving more for YOU people.

To bad Pointblank's 3rd Party counterpart is Masterpiece size.

Really? He said the plastic on Burn Out felt 'cheap' next to Skids. Is that even credible?

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's 2 for 2 from Chefatron's recent unpleasant reviews for Pointblank and Burn Out. He definitely convinced me on skipping on both figures leaving more for YOU people.

To bad Pointblank's 3rd Party counterpart is Masterpiece size.

Really? He said the plastic on Burn Out felt 'cheap' next to Skids. Is that even credible?

I have Burn Out and have 0 issues with that toy. I know cheap plastic when I feel it, that toy is fine.

DeathReviews wrote:Still - it leaves a sour taste in the mouths of everyone who doesn't have a network of internal spies and thieves in the factories to give them the edge. Like with hacks and cheats in online games, it conveys the bad message: "if you can't beat the cheaters, join 'em".

Cyber Bishop wrote:I really don't let reviewers sway my decisions for my purchases, everyone has their opinions, I get what I like.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even then, I often bought "hated" toys that turn out amazing, and other times I bought toys that was deemed the "second coming of Jesus" but I found them to be just "meh" or horrible.

I say reviews are just a guide, not the absolute.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even then, I often bought "hated" toys that turn out amazing, and other times I bought toys that was deemed the "second coming of Jesus" but I found them to be just "meh" or horrible.

I say reviews are just a guide, not the absolute.

This right here but so many weak minded people or sheeple follow these youtubers like they are some kind of God and their words are gospel.

F-them

Cyber Bishop wrote:
This right here but so many weak minded people or sheeple follow these youtubers like they are some kind of God and their words are gospel.

F-them

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Even then, I often bought "hated" toys that turn out amazing, and other times I bought toys that was deemed the "second coming of Jesus" but I found them to be just "meh" or horrible.

I say reviews are just a guide, not the absolute.

This right here but so many weak minded people or sheeple follow these youtubers like they are some kind of God and their words are gospel.

F-them

Studio Series Stinger was the last time I let an outside review truly sway my opinion. It was a mold reviews did not like, but I got it 2 years later and truly loved it, and that was that.

I am still excited for Skullgrin though

DeathReviews wrote:Boo on soft plastic in general. The only time I can see the excuse of using it is on parts that might get a lot of stress, and need some flexibility to keep them from snapping. But that doesn't seem to be the case with Legacy Skullgrin. None of the parts where they used soft plastic would seem to 'benefit' from it having been used. Especially those weapon accessories. Like Blitzwing's sword, there was no reason to use the rubbery materials, they just went cheap and lazy.

As to allowing the publicization of figure reviews from dodgey sources? Well, in the end that's seibertron's business. Just like it's Hasbro's business if they don't want to prevent leaks and pilfering from their factory floors, in return for some early 'buzz' on their work.

Still - it leaves a sour taste in the mouths of everyone who doesn't have a network of internal spies and thieves in the factories to give them the edge. Like with hacks and cheats in online games, it conveys the bad message: "if you can't beat the cheaters, join 'em".

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Except for me, I'm the king of the fanboys after all.

o.supreme wrote:Well...I probably wouldn't quite put it that way, but I agree. Toy reviewers, like critics of any kind, are just sharing an opinion, which anyone can do. I've never been influenced by them.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Except for me, I'm the king of the fanboys after all.

Burn wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Except for me, I'm the king of the fanboys after all.

You're one of the few that actually ENGAGES with the fandom and no just dump your reviews and run like those that infest the video reviews forum.

o.supreme wrote:[quote="sol]I totally forgot there was a video review forum.[/quote]

Yeah. I know it's there, but I mostly ignore it, for the exact reason Burn mentioned. So many YT just want to promote themselves. There are actually 3 or 4 I can think of that are actually active members here who do more than post videos which is nice, and I'll give them active praise.

It's funny also because of the many dozens of toy reviewers I don't subscribe to any of them, but the Algorithm always brings up them up, so I don't really have to search or wonder what they are posting.[/quote]

sol magnus wrote:

o.supreme wrote:[quote="sol]I totally forgot there was a video review forum.[/quote]

Yeah. I know it's there, but I mostly ignore it, for the exact reason Burn mentioned. So many YT just want to promote themselves. There are actually 3 or 4 I can think of that are actually active members here who do more than post videos which is nice, and I'll give them active praise.

It's funny also because of the many dozens of toy reviewers I don't subscribe to any of them, but the Algorithm always brings up them up, so I don't really have to search or wonder what they are posting.[/quote][/quote]
I can only speak for myself...I'm a poster first and foremost. I started doing YouTube videos to get ready for my stop motion series I've been quietly working on for years. But - if you're going to do something, try to do it the best you can.

There was mention made of 'self-promotion' and non-engagement. I'm not really that guy. I just love this stuff. Sure, I'd like to have a big audience. I'd like to speak on my creations and the subject of those creations. There aren't a lot of outlets in this hobby - which can be very lonely. We're all social creatures at the end of the day.[/quote]

ZeroWolf wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

o.supreme wrote:[quote="sol]I totally forgot there was a video review forum.[/quote]

Yeah. I know it's there, but I mostly ignore it, for the exact reason Burn mentioned. So many YT just want to promote themselves. There are actually 3 or 4 I can think of that are actually active members here who do more than post videos which is nice, and I'll give them active praise.

It's funny also because of the many dozens of toy reviewers I don't subscribe to any of them, but the Algorithm always brings up them up, so I don't really have to search or wonder what they are posting.[/quote][/quote]
I can only speak for myself...I'm a poster first and foremost. I started doing YouTube videos to get ready for my stop motion series I've been quietly working on for years. But - if you're going to do something, try to do it the best you can.

There was mention made of 'self-promotion' and non-engagement. I'm not really that guy. I just love this stuff. Sure, I'd like to have a big audience. I'd like to speak on my creations and the subject of those creations. There aren't a lot of outlets in this hobby - which can be very lonely. We're all social creatures at the end of the day.[/quote][/quote][/quote]
A stop motion series you say, Transformers based?[/quote]

DeathReviews wrote:Still - it leaves a sour taste in the mouths of everyone who doesn't have a network of internal spies and thieves in the factories to give them the edge.

ZeroWolf wrote:Always wanted to try something like that myself but lacked the skills. Good luck with it

william-james88 wrote:While the toys may still be in the production stage, orders are placed a year early. So that means that before the year ends we have a pretty good idea at many of next year's releases even if they won't be officially revealed for a while. For instance, thanks to JT Prime and Mr Chaos which have access to order forms, we know which leader class toys are coming out in the Transformers Legacy line next year.

And they are: Armada Megatron, Prime Skyquake and Prime Dreadwing

The only new listing is Dreadwing but we wanted to give a big picture of the Leader Class s a whole. There may be package refresh characters as well (meaning repacks of Legacy leaders) to fill out the waves.

Tra Gen Legacy Ev Leader Prime Skyquake
product Number: F7216
EAN: 5010994207816

Tra Gen Legacy Ev Leader Armada Megatron
Product Number: F7217
EAN: 5010994207786

Tra Gen Legacy EV leader Prime Dreadwing
EAN: 5010996150387