REVIEWS FOR TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUSE 2015 ONE STEP DRIFT THUNDERHOOF AND FRACTURE

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I noticed something that that low quality pic didn't show well. This is a temporary price drop until 5/30.

Better start strong arming those other retailers sooner than later.

Smart, I didnt catch that! Now I am wondering why they call it a price drop and not just a sale.

william-james88 wrote:Pretty cool custom:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Pretty cool custom:

Only that it looses the awesome fork for a more ordinary-looking scoop.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Pretty cool custom:

Only that it looses the awesome fork for a more ordinary-looking scoop.

Personally, I really hope the upcoming warrior figure uses the fork FOR the antlers (like splitting it and angling it).

carytheone wrote:I can't seem to remember, but have any if the bad guys been announced as Warrior class figures? Obviously there is the wolfie oone.

I dig the beast bot that turns into a car idea.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I can't seem to remember, but have any if the bad guys been announced as Warrior class figures? Obviously there is the wolfie oone.

I dig the beast bot that turns into a car idea.

Yup, Megatronus, Quillfire and Thunderhoof (YES!). And Steeljaw was in wave 1. Takara has 2 other warrior class villains as redecos.

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

Personally I think one step changers shouldnt exist. Its budget wasted that they could design more deluxe class figures. Kids dont want that dumbed down crap, they want the big boy version. I wish Hasbro would take it back to the old school and just make one mold for every character that is ages 5 and up. Buy the 2 year old baby a teddy bear, not a transformer. Seriously...

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

Personally I think one step changers shouldnt exist. Its budget wasted that they could design more deluxe class figures. Kids dont want that dumbed down crap, they want the big boy version. I wish Hasbro would take it back to the old school and just make one mold for every character that is ages 5 and up. Buy the 2 year old baby a teddy bear, not a transformer. Seriously...

carytheone wrote:Yeah, I agree. I think the one step changers would be fun for lil kid me. Watching them change back and forth with just a few simple movements. Trying to figure out the mechanics of it. Hell, I wish I could get my hands on some without dropping the cash.

ZOOOOMMMM KRIKOUKRIK PEWPEWPEW

-Kanrabat- wrote:

carytheone wrote:Yeah, I agree. I think the one step changers would be fun for lil kid me. Watching them change back and forth with just a few simple movements. Trying to figure out the mechanics of it. Hell, I wish I could get my hands on some without dropping the cash.

Don't be stingy. Just wait for a sale and go nut! That's what I did. Some one-steps are amazing designs like AOE Helicopter Drift. They are excellent desk toys and a lot of fun to transform. Despite what the Master Complainer and his ilk said, the 1steps are there since G1 and are here to stay. I'm a bit partial at having the same characetrs in Power Battler forms, but the 1 steps are pure genius and fun. When kids want to go ZOOOOMMMM KRIKOUKRIK PEWPEWPEW in 3 seconds for awesome action scenes, the 1 steps deliver.

Sigh... I just find pathetic SOME drama queens that talk as if the 1 steps are taking away their precious "serious" TFs.

Rated X wrote:
I didn't need training wheels on my bike either as a kid...

Rated X wrote:
I didn't need training wheels on my bike either as a kid...

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:
I didn't need training wheels on my bike either as a kid...

I did, does that mean anything?

Also, those basic beast wars toys were awesome Shajaki! And it was cool to see that make a comeback with animated. The reason Beast Wars will always have done it better is because they were doing characters you could only get in that class. So kids and collectors alike got to experience them. While the difficulty level differed, the fact that all characters were unique or had unique looks between difficulty levels made it open for everyone to try any difficulty level.

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

Optimum Supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

Considering how seldom you find those lines in stores, yes, neglect would be a perfect term.

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:
I didn't need training wheels on my bike either as a kid...

I did, does that mean anything?

Also, those basic beast wars toys were awesome Shajaki! And it was cool to see that make a comeback with animated. The reason Beast Wars will always have done it better is because they were doing characters you could only get in that class. So kids and collectors alike got to experience them. While the difficulty level differed, the fact that all characters were unique or had unique looks between difficulty levels made it open for everyone to try any difficulty level.

My point is that one step changers, fast action battlers, shampoo bottle warriors, or whatever Hasbro chooses to call them are dumb.

We didn't have this junk in G1. Sure back then the figures were easier to transform. But back then we had faith in our little ones and didnt insult them with dumbed down versions of the same character big brother has. I am not suggesting that all figures be as complex as Bayverse figures, but I dont think a young kid should have problems figuring out how to transform Armada Starscreem, Generations Scoop or any of the RID Deluxe Figures. They dont need the dumb stuff. Just my opinion...

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:
I didn't need training wheels on my bike either as a kid...

I did, does that mean anything?

Also, those basic beast wars toys were awesome Shajaki! And it was cool to see that make a comeback with animated. The reason Beast Wars will always have done it better is because they were doing characters you could only get in that class. So kids and collectors alike got to experience them. While the difficulty level differed, the fact that all characters were unique or had unique looks between difficulty levels made it open for everyone to try any difficulty level.

My point is that one step changers, fast action battlers, shampoo bottle warriors, or whatever Hasbro chooses to call them are dumb.

We didn't have this junk in G1. Sure back then the figures were easier to transform. But back then we had faith in our little ones and didnt insult them with dumbed down versions of the same character big brother has. I am not suggesting that all figures be as complex as Bayverse figures, but I dont think a young kid should have problems figuring out how to transform Armada Starscreem, Generations Scoop or any of the RID Deluxe Figures. They dont need the dumb stuff. Just my opinion...

Ahem...

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Topspin_%28G1%29


http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runabout


http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Action_Masters


Need I say more?

Rated X wrote:Sure back then the figures were easier to transform.

Rated X wrote:dumbed down versions of the same character big brother has.

Rated X wrote:(...) do we really need a different Bumblebee for every year from ages 2-10 ???

Back then we got one Topspin, one Runabout, one Banzitron. Not 5 different versions encouraging kids not to exercise their brains.

-Kanrabat- wrote:THAT, I can agree with. There is so many characters possible in the TF universe. Yet, it's always the same 5 that are done over and over. AoE is a great offender in that regard by repeating the Bots in every single classes (Except leader). I can give a free pass on legion/cyberverse/legend class. However, bring on Power Battlers, one steps, deluxes, voyagers, and leaders! But try to make only 1 or 2 times the character per lines, shall we? With some being available in only one class. That way, we would have way more variety and newcomers will have more characters to discover.

Rated X wrote:

Rated X wrote:dumbed down versions of the same character big brother has.

So with that being said, do we really need a different Bumblebee for every year from ages 2-10 ???

Back then we got one Topspin, one Runabout, one Banzitron. Not 5 different versions encouraging kids not to exercise their brains.

• Original
• Powermaster
• Action Master
• Transform Jr Convoy (Japanese only release)
• Star Convoy
• G2 Hero Optimus Prime
• G2 Laser Optimus Prime
• Go-Bot Optimus Prime

• Original yellow
• Original red
• Goldbug
• Pretender
• Action Master
• Go-Bot

• Original
• Pretender
• Action Master

• Original
• Action Master

• Original
• Pretender
• Action Master

• Original
• Pretender
• Action Master

That Bot wrote:

Rated X wrote:So with that being said, do we really need a different Bumblebee for every year from ages 2-10 ???

Back then we got one Topspin, one Runabout, one Banzitron. Not 5 different versions encouraging kids not to exercise their brains.

List of G1 Optimus Prime toys (not including modern remakes)

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I AGREE that having the same 5 characters in 5 different classes on shelves at once is annoying, but let's not pretend that multiple toys for the same character is a new concept.

carytheone wrote:Ninja Sideswipe sure looks like one wild rider.

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

william-james88 wrote:We had provided an article listing every Robots in Disguise figure that was yet to be announced and it seems we are now slowly getting the first images of these foretold products.

The first images, provided by listings from Redmercury, to come out for these new figures are those of Transformers Robots in Disguise One Step Night Ops Bumblebee and Ninja Sideswipe. These two are redecos of the previously released One Step Bumblebee and Sideswipe figures. I included an image of the foretold deco of the later for comparison.

Siger wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

No, I'm talking about their sales expectation and realization. I don't think they neglected adult collectors on the whole. Just that several major product lines probably failed their sales forecast.

BlueBefore wrote:

Siger wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

No, I'm talking about their sales expectation and realization. I don't think they neglected adult collectors on the whole. Just that several major product lines probably failed their sales forecast.

I'm pretty glad that kiddie line Combiner Wars is among them.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/generations-combiner-wars-wave-1-price-drop-at-walmart/32913/

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:

Siger wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Siger wrote:Don't want them even with the price drop. I guess Hasbro's strategy to grab little kids and neglect the adult collectors backfired on them.

You call the Masterpiece line and Combiner Wars neglect?

No, I'm talking about their sales expectation and realization. I don't think they neglected adult collectors on the whole. Just that several major product lines probably failed their sales forecast.

I'm pretty glad that kiddie line Combiner Wars is among them.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/generations-combiner-wars-wave-1-price-drop-at-walmart/32913/

... except that price drop is temporary, and doesn't mean anything in the long run anyway.

BlueBefore wrote:And what evidence do you have that the RiD one isn't any more permanent? What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

william-james88 wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:And what evidence do you have that the RiD one isn't any more permanent? What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The RID isnt permanent. The user who called it in said it was only on until May 30 when he went back to recheck the in store markers.

william-james88 wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:And what evidence do you have that the RiD one isn't any more permanent? What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The RID isnt permanent. The user who called it in said it was only on until May 30 when he went back to recheck the in store markers.

BlueBefore wrote:Why do you guys even share this stuff if you are just going to repeat yourself ad infinitum?

That Bot wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:Why do you guys even share this stuff if you are just going to repeat yourself ad infinitum?

Who is repeating what? Are you maybe confused with seeing the front page news posts appear as regular forum posts in the thread?

BlueBefore wrote:

That Bot wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:Why do you guys even share this stuff if you are just going to repeat yourself ad infinitum?

Who is repeating what? Are you maybe confused with seeing the front page news posts appear as regular forum posts in the thread?

No, that's not it. Everyone is repeating everyone else. It's a huge waste of resources which could be solved by not sharing this stuff at all.

Va'al wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:

That Bot wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:Why do you guys even share this stuff if you are just going to repeat yourself ad infinitum?

Who is repeating what? Are you maybe confused with seeing the front page news posts appear as regular forum posts in the thread?

No, that's not it. Everyone is repeating everyone else. It's a huge waste of resources which could be solved by not sharing this stuff at all.

Could you please clarify what you mean exactly? Is it about the news reporting, or something else?

BlueBefore wrote:

Va'al wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:

That Bot wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:Why do you guys even share this stuff if you are just going to repeat yourself ad infinitum?

Who is repeating what? Are you maybe confused with seeing the front page news posts appear as regular forum posts in the thread?

No, that's not it. Everyone is repeating everyone else. It's a huge waste of resources which could be solved by not sharing this stuff at all.

Could you please clarify what you mean exactly? Is it about the news reporting, or something else?

I mean repeating "hurr hurr shampoo bottles" over and over again is a waste.

william-james88 wrote:I am baffled by these. Isn't this cannibalising the hyperchange line? It's even the very same characters. Also, the hyperchange ones looks way better in m opinion, these have really wonky proportions. And check out Optimus' arms!