Toy Fair 2016: Official Images of Platinum Robots in Disguise and Cyclonus and Sweeps Sets #HasbroToyFair #TFNY

Those look... interesting???

not a fan of the translucent parts at all. not sure what they were thinking.

nice that we get the takara battle grimlock though.

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of the translucent parts at all. not sure what they were thinking.

I think it's a reference to the transformation scene in the movie when their becoming Galvatron and Cyclonus etc.

yeah i'm not that impressed with Cyclonus & Scourge(i still prefer the look of the Titan Wars one)

Grimlock looks ok

Deadput wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of the translucent parts at all. not sure what they were thinking.

I think it's a reference to the transformation scene in the movie when their becoming Galvatron and Cyclonus etc.

i thought the same thing. but i do not like being able to see through the figures.

More overuse of transparent plastic on what's bound to be another poorly priced platinum set. Why use a new Devcon head we've never seen before for this nonsense?

Whoever is thinking up these sets and deccos really needs to move onto a different toyline. Their heart is clearly not in it.

It's like a complete line of afterthoughts.

Here's an idea for a Platinum Set!

Troop building Junkions and Sweeps. No silly gimmicks like translucent plastic, just troop builders, a set people would actually be interested in instead of tacky reuses of old molds.

MemphisR56 wrote:More overuse of transparent plastic on what's bound to be another poorly priced platinum set. Why use a new Devcon head we've never seen before for this nonsense?

Whoever is thinking up these sets and deccos really needs to move onto a different toyline. Their heart is clearly not in it.

It's like a complete line of afterthoughts.

It's actually not the Devcon tooling. It actually looks like a whole new tooling, with Devcon's face but Scourge's head tube thing. Why even bother making a new head just for this set, who knows.

Burn wrote:Here's an idea for a Platinum Set!

Troop building Junkions and Sweeps. No silly gimmicks like translucent plastic, just troop builders, a set people would actually be interested in instead of tacky reuses of old molds.

Or two 3-packs of the seeker limbs, if you look, airraid has a triangle cut-out under his cockpit, almost as if the head it were to conceal ended in a cone shape

Mindmaster wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:More overuse of transparent plastic on what's bound to be another poorly priced platinum set. Why use a new Devcon head we've never seen before for this nonsense?

Whoever is thinking up these sets and deccos really needs to move onto a different toyline. Their heart is clearly not in it.

It's like a complete line of afterthoughts.

It's actually not the Devcon tooling. It actually looks like a whole new tooling, with Devcon's face but Scourge's head tube thing. Why even bother making a new head just for this set, who knows.

I actually did say that it was a new head, this was exactly the point I was driving at.

Burn wrote:here's an idea

Y'know, when I heard the rumours of a cyclonus' armada set, and a junkion set, that was exactly what I was hoping it to be.

But instead we get this shit show

MemphisR56 wrote:

Burn wrote:here's an idea

Y'know, when I heard the rumours of a cyclonus' armada set, and a junkion set, that was exactly what I was hoping it to be.

But instead we get this SHIZZLESNIT show

Ironically, I wonder if hasbro considered doing that (it would be cheap) but thought that we (consumers) would say that that was 'lazy' of them, and changed it at the last minute

griftimus prime wrote:nice that we get the takara battle grimlock though.

yeah i thought that was a nice touch too

Hellscream9999 wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:

Burn wrote:here's an idea

Y'know, when I heard the rumours of a cyclonus' armada set, and a junkion set, that was exactly what I was hoping it to be.

But instead we get this SHIZZLESNIT show

Ironically, I wonder if hasbro considered doing that (it would be cheap) but thought that we (consumers) would say that that was 'lazy' of them, and changed it at the last minute

It seems possible. But considering some of the mold choices (e.g. Classics Hotrod, Universe Galvatron & Titanium Rodimus) I'd say they're very much dissociated from any idea of what the fans want, at least for the platinum sets.


I just keep wondering 'who are they for?'.
The pricepoint is too high for your average casual fan to go "oh wow, i remember these guys!", a lot of the more seasoned collectors will already have most of the molds and characters in one way or another, or even be looking to get new versions in the case of Galvatron. The diehard G1 fabs will look at the inaccurate deccos and be turned off.

The decco doesn't even seem to be the sort of premium paint job stuff you'd get from an e-hobby or asain market 3-pack set to justify that price.

Who actually wants to buy these?

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

Burn wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

The latter being me. Never got Wreck-Gar, could use Scrapheap as a buddy for Junkheap, and I sorta like Rodimus enough to replace the RTS one that came with Cyclonus.

But agreed; translucent plastic only works for light piping. Imagine my discomfort when I realized BotCon 2014 Pounce and Wingspan had translucent hinges in their calves....

Mindmaster wrote:

Burn wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

The latter being me. Never got Wreck-Gar, could use Scrapheap as a buddy for Junkheap, and I sorta like Rodimus enough to replace the RTS one that came with Cyclonus.

But agreed; translucent plastic only works for light piping. Imagine my discomfort when I realized BotCon 2014 Pounce and Wingspan had translucent hinges in their calves....

Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

itscramtastic wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Burn wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Who actually wants to buy these?

Two types of people
Those who "gotta have them all" and those who missed out on previous releases.

Otherwise ... yeah, who wants to buy them? There's just no appeal, translucent plastic is NOT an appeal.

The latter being me. Never got Wreck-Gar, could use Scrapheap as a buddy for Junkheap, and I sorta like Rodimus enough to replace the RTS one that came with Cyclonus.

But agreed; translucent plastic only works for light piping. Imagine my discomfort when I realized BotCon 2014 Pounce and Wingspan had translucent hinges in their calves....

Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

I refer you back to option 1: "Gotta have 'em all"

MemphisR56 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

I refer you back to option 1: "Gotta have 'em all"

Except that it's not the same thing.

Wanting all of a specific thing is not the same as wanting everything.

Deadput wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Or, option 3, people who want anything that deals with TF:TM 30th Anniversary...which is me..

I refer you back to option 1: "Gotta have 'em all"

Except that it's not the same thing.

Wanting all of a specific thing is not the same as wanting everything.

I agree that it's the same but not, so less "Pokémon: Gotta Catch 'Em All" and more "Dare! Dare to believe I'll buy the toys! They hold my future in their hands!"

Both of those references need to be sung, one louder and with the passion of Stan Bush.

Well, we are getting the takara voyager Grimlock! However, I cannot consider this a win.