ROTF Ultimate Bumblebee In-package!

Oooo a battle helmet, now it's a must buy... not.

Of all the rehashed products from the last movie, did we really need this shelf warmer again.

The right hand and chest piece are not fixed. Until those are fixed, I will not buy him.

Oddly enough, the photos on the box show a retooled mold with the updated hood and front-end but the actual figure in the box is the same as the one from '07.

Counterpunch wrote:I kind of fear that this is the kind of product a family member would buy for me, thinking that they were getting me something 'really cool'.

I hate those situations, where the person is feeling really glad to give a gift they think the recipient will enjoy, but you can not help but be disappointed with.

I used to have that happen to me all the time, (hence my Coke collection) but I've now gotten to the point where I make a list and I put at the top "Do not deviate, or otherwise substitute from this list otherwise I cannot guarantee you will get the outcome you desire"... Certain family members understand this (DJ) and completely appreciate not having to guess... A drawback from this is you usually end up knowing what you're going to get...

PASS. I will not shell out my hard earned money for the same toy in shiny new box

typh0id wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:I kind of fear that this is the kind of product a family member would buy for me, thinking that they were getting me something 'really cool'.

I hate those situations, where the person is feeling really glad to give a gift they think the receipiant will enjoy, but you can not help but be disappointed with.

I understand exactly what you're saying but I usually don't mind it too much...I always appreciate the effort, especially since in my case it's pretty rare...If someone were to get me a figure I specifically passed up on my own, I'd be ok with it (espeically since it didn't cost me anything...)

Agreed! My Mom got me the Star Wars Transformers Millennium Falcon a couple Christmas' ago. It wasn't something I'd ever intended to buy, but you know what? It was the first TF she'd bought me in years, and I thought the sound chips were pretty cool. Hell, even if I just keep it in vehicle mode on a shelf it's pretty great. Sometimes the gifts you didn't know you wanted are the best kind.

Marcdachamp wrote:

typh0id wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:I kind of fear that this is the kind of product a family member would buy for me, thinking that they were getting me something 'really cool'.

I hate those situations, where the person is feeling really glad to give a gift they think the receipiant will enjoy, but you can not help but be disappointed with.

I understand exactly what you're saying but I usually don't mind it too much...I always appreciate the effort, especially since in my case it's pretty rare...If someone were to get me a figure I specifically passed up on my own, I'd be ok with it (espeically since it didn't cost me anything...)

Agreed! My Mom got me the Star Wars Transformers Millennium Falcon a couple Christmas' ago. It wasn't something I'd ever intended to buy, but you know what? It was the first TF she'd bought me in years, and I thought the sound chips were pretty cool. Hell, even if I just keep it in vehicle mode on a shelf it's pretty great. Sometimes the gifts you didn't know you wanted are the best kind.

yeah, we know exactly which TFs we do and don't want, but I have to say, my girlfriend and sister have recently worked out that the only presents I really enjoy receiving are TFs, (so now that's all I get from them ) and they've surprised me many times by getting me ones that I really wouldn't have thought about getting, but have ended up really liking (because of a surprisingly clever transformation or whatever)

and when they're not, I've gotten good at pretending I really do

A big 'ol pass for me!