Transformers Robots in Disguise Stomp n’ Chomp Grimlock Found in the US

Shockwave7 wrote:My apologies for the extra "N" in 'ANNNOUNCED' I guess I was in a hurry to post....

Shock was that great, huh? Keep it as is

Even though I just KNOW this one will shelfwarm as hard as the original, I like these colors better for some reasons.

Overpriced piece of crap which will shelfwarm and collect dust.

By far the most purely stupid re-release of a mold I've ever seen.

Now if only they could get the good toys out that fast!

william-james88 wrote:You mean unlike these dinobots being released under the Generations line?

I guess, I dunno. I was under the (completely uneducated) assumption that Movie designs by the actual Movie crew were off-limits in non-Movie lines, and that Platinum Edition (that's what the G1 guys are, right?) might be juuuuust skirting the edge there due to being "special edition" instead of being in a new line entirely.

*wonders if they could reuse non-vehicle toys like Shockwave and Laserbeak*

Shuttershock wrote:I find it funny this mold hasn't got a Trypticon deco. Seems appropiately big and monstrous for it.

This is actually a really good idea. Not bad. get on it hasbro!

You could always Paint some Camo blotches on it and pretend it's Gigastorm.

The more I think about it the more I'm shocked that Hasbro didn't think that kids might like to play with One steps as a group and not pay attention to what franchise they are from and as such they should have retained the metal pieces in them - don't you think ?

Even if they didn't at the time have a plan to use them in a Grimlock repaint there is the idea of "Imaginative play" to consider. not to mention they might still be making One-steps for years to come it would have given them a unifying theme and future proofed them.

Retaining the metal piece could have been a feature they could use or ignore as they chose too like how Minicons were sold as toys to slap onto other toys - or just sold as small toys with the Powerlinking never even mentioned or even appropriate in some cases.

Instead giving some more people a reason to buy an expensive toy they've given some people a reason not too. which to be honest is a bit disappointing.

Putting that aside though I do still think the toy looks far better in green.

RAR wrote:I am mildly amused that the earlier Robots in Disguise was a brand that included repaints from earlier lines (like the Scourge/Bludgeon toys) and eventually became a brand to release "Whatever".

If you combine Adventures and RID-15 you have a line that includes; Movie, Animated, Classics/Combiner Wars & Prime Moulds in a single line.

I found that sort of ironic.

That's not irony. Coincidence and parallelism, sure, but not irony.


I do kind of wish this new grimlock at least had a new head, but it's not like I'm buying it either way. My friend brought up a point, though. This is the second big box item this year, and it might replace Devastator on shelves (at the places that carry both, which I think is only TRU). Not encouraging.

I know I can only speak for my local area but the "zomg SHALFWERMER!" comments on this are hilarious to me. The AOE version of this thing moved once Christmas shopping season hit last year. I had planned on waiting to get it on clearance, but if I had, it would not have been available. I think this is a lazy, albeit incredibly smart release. Low production cost, probably not a crazy high number of units produced, easy money, and maybe some happy kids that didn't get the AOE one they wanted. Plus, another Dinosaur on the shelf in Q4 to compete with Jurassic World for the attention of the five kids in the US that won't be going Star Wars crazy.

That Bot wrote:That's not irony. Coincidence and parallelism, sure, but not irony.

For the sake of clarity;
Irony is used in previous statement in the follow senses :

"A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected."
" incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result;"

In other words I didn't 'expect' the RID Brand of 2015 to share that feature of odd ball repaints with the brand of 2001-2003.

I didn't mean it in the "Opposites" meaning :

"irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect."

Or

"the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning".

Those later meanings bare more resemblance to the tone of Sarcasm.
As I wasn't being sarcastic - I was commenting on an unexpected series of events and as such the usage is I feel perfectly valid.

If it helps you can take the intent of the original statement to be one of me commenting on something I found "amusingly incongruous" instead.