Video Review for Studio Series 86 Wheelie
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Comment by AllNewSuperRobot
Aug 8, 2022
Still odd that Wheelie has had so much exposure lately? I'd love to know how big the Wheelie fanbase actually is. Literally everyone I've ever talked to has hated him since his debut.
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Could be more to do with checking boxes off. While they're aware they've done the character 6 years ago (side note: yikes 6 years since Titans Returns...) they're probably thinking of new fans wanting a representation of him...one that can transform of course
Comment by ZeroWolf
Aug 8, 2022
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Still odd that Wheelie has had so much exposure lately? I'd love to know how big the Wheelie fanbase actually is. Literally everyone I've ever talked to has hated him since his debut.
Could be more to do with checking boxes off. While they're aware they've done the character 6 years ago (side note: yikes 6 years since Titans Returns...) they're probably thinking of new fans wanting a representation of him...one that can transform of course
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Comment by Nemesis Primal
Aug 8, 2022
OOH! I may not be Sowndwave76 and I have no real stake in this argument, but as the individual who took and provided this picture back in November, I can confirm that that Target has 4-5 total Slugs and Grindors left over at this point from the combination of that endcap and the Leaders that were on the TF aisle at the same time. That endcap in the picture ended up becoming an endcap for all TF sizes once enough of those Leaders were gone, then the still-remaining Leaders got migrated to a different endcap while the first endcap got dedicated to general toy stock from multiple lines, and now there's only stock of those two Leaders left in the actual TF section. Said Target has seemingly not restocked SS Leaders since that initial endcap of just Slugs and Grindors, but honestly they could have and I would not have been able to tell.william-james88 wrote:@Soundwave76, just to jog the memory, this is what US Targets looked like last holiday season, six months after SS Slag was first found in the US, way after collectors had their fill. Can anyone tell me how many of those Slags are still left on shelves in Target today?
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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1
Aug 8, 2022
I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
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If you want to have the "perfect" deluxe Arcee, stop being a scrooge and pay the price. You have only two options left. Go old school and do what people did before the Generations T-30 Arcee existed.
either you get an Animated Arcee with a custom head, or you get the Igear MGT-01 Delicate Warrior.
Stop acting like a damn CHILD. Just embrace your shameful and embarrassing hobby without a care like a real adult would.
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After all that help over multiple posts, if you're still not satisfied you're on your own.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
If you want to have the "perfect" deluxe Arcee, stop being a scrooge and pay the price. You have only two options left. Go old school and do what people did before the Generations T-30 Arcee existed.
either you get an Animated Arcee with a custom head, or you get the Igear MGT-01 Delicate Warrior.
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Isn't an embarrassment to own
Stop acting like a damn CHILD. Just embrace your shameful and embarrassing hobby without a care like a real adult would.
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After all that help over multiple posts, if you're still not satisfied you're on your own.
Re: Video Review for Studio Series 86 Wheelie
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My question was directed at anyone who could answer it so I thank you very much for getting back to me. And that is crazy cool to know that that end cap and the leaders in the TF section along with any restock (if it happened) practically sold out, including the grindors. And they were higher priced figures, wow, love seeing that apetite for TFs at retail.
Comment by william-james88
Aug 8, 2022
Nemesis Primal wrote:OOH! I may not be Sowndwave76 and I have no real stake in this argument, but as the individual who took and provided this picture back in November, I can confirm that that Target has 4-5 total Slugs and Grindors left over at this point from the combination of that endcap and the Leaders that were on the TF aisle at the same time. That endcap in the picture ended up becoming an endcap for all TF sizes once enough of those Leaders were gone, then the still-remaining Leaders got migrated to a different endcap while the first endcap got dedicated to general toy stock from multiple lines, and now there's only stock of those two Leaders left in the actual TF section. Said Target has seemingly not restocked SS Leaders since that initial endcap of just Slugs and Grindors, but honestly they could have and I would not have been able to tell.william-james88 wrote:@Soundwave76, just to jog the memory, this is what US Targets looked like last holiday season, six months after SS Slag was first found in the US, way after collectors had their fill. Can anyone tell me how many of those Slags are still left on shelves in Target today?
My question was directed at anyone who could answer it so I thank you very much for getting back to me. And that is crazy cool to know that that end cap and the leaders in the TF section along with any restock (if it happened) practically sold out, including the grindors. And they were higher priced figures, wow, love seeing that apetite for TFs at retail.
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Animated Arcee with a custom head is probably the best bet, a good amalgamation of Arcees thanks to Animated being a fanwank hodge podge (I mean that in a good way, trust me), and probably isn't expensive to get nowadays. Plus it's a nice toy with nice stylings that isn't trying to emulate a design that never considered how transformation would work in the real world.
Either that or just buy the current retail Arcee and accept it.
Comment by SpaceEagle
Aug 8, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
If you want to have the "perfect" deluxe Arcee, stop being a scrooge and pay the price. You have only two options left. Go old school and do what people did before the Generations T-30 Arcee existed.
either you get an Animated Arcee with a custom head, or you get the Igear MGT-01 Delicate Warrior.RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Isn't an embarrassment to own
Stop acting like a damn CHILD. Just embrace your shameful and embarrassing hobby without a care like a real adult would.
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After all that help over multiple posts, if you're still not satisfied you're on your own.
Animated Arcee with a custom head is probably the best bet, a good amalgamation of Arcees thanks to Animated being a fanwank hodge podge (I mean that in a good way, trust me), and probably isn't expensive to get nowadays. Plus it's a nice toy with nice stylings that isn't trying to emulate a design that never considered how transformation would work in the real world.
Either that or just buy the current retail Arcee and accept it.
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I never had a problem with the character. I'd love to see a Generations Selects version based on the look from the old story book, Wheelie was portrayed as a lost jungle boy who had to adapt to survive.
Comment by chuckdawg1999
Aug 8, 2022
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Still odd that Wheelie has had so much exposure lately? I'd love to know how big the Wheelie fanbase actually is. Literally everyone I've ever talked to has hated him since his debut.
I never had a problem with the character. I'd love to see a Generations Selects version based on the look from the old story book, Wheelie was portrayed as a lost jungle boy who had to adapt to survive.
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Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Comment by william-james88
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
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Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Aug 8, 2022
william-james88 wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
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Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1
Aug 8, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
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To be in this hobby you MUST spend money. Especially when you ask for the impossible.
Everyone told you that the your best and CHEAPEST option is SS86 Arcee, who is a fusion of the best elements of the old T-30 mold and the ER/KD mold. But it's not enough. You said so yourself.
So if the regular stuff that is available RIGHT NOW and is the "best" yet at regular retail is not enough, what then?
Pay the price.
Go full 3P, or buy the older stuff on the secondary market at triple the price. Like so many of us did and still do.
Welcome to the EXPENSIVE hobby of toy collecting. A hobby where being cheap is NEVER an option.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
To be in this hobby you MUST spend money. Especially when you ask for the impossible.
Everyone told you that the your best and CHEAPEST option is SS86 Arcee, who is a fusion of the best elements of the old T-30 mold and the ER/KD mold. But it's not enough. You said so yourself.
So if the regular stuff that is available RIGHT NOW and is the "best" yet at regular retail is not enough, what then?
Pay the price.
Go full 3P, or buy the older stuff on the secondary market at triple the price. Like so many of us did and still do.
Welcome to the EXPENSIVE hobby of toy collecting. A hobby where being cheap is NEVER an option.
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I definitely feel that, heh. I'll probably wait until there's an even better Arcee toy anyway, even if it's not "100% accurate", it'll probably be G1 enough. The Bumblebee movie Arcee I think is also probably another "good enough" as a G1-styled Arcee toy that doesn't have a junkyard's worth of car parts cello taped to her back. It may be hard to track that one down for a good price right now, though.
Comment by SpaceEagle
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
I definitely feel that, heh. I'll probably wait until there's an even better Arcee toy anyway, even if it's not "100% accurate", it'll probably be G1 enough. The Bumblebee movie Arcee I think is also probably another "good enough" as a G1-styled Arcee toy that doesn't have a junkyard's worth of car parts cello taped to her back. It may be hard to track that one down for a good price right now, though.
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Does the bumblebee movie arcee fit in with generations well enough? If it does I'll probably buy it and order a g1 head for it.
But no, the 86 is a peace of crap, and no-one can prove otherwise
Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1
Aug 8, 2022
SpaceEagle wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
I definitely feel that, heh. I'll probably wait until there's an even better Arcee toy anyway, even if it's not "100% accurate", it'll probably be G1 enough. The Bumblebee movie Arcee I think is also probably another "good enough" as a G1-styled Arcee toy that doesn't have a junkyard's worth of car parts cello taped to her back. It may be hard to track that one down for a good price right now, though.
Does the bumblebee movie arcee fit in with generations well enough? If it does I'll probably buy it and order a g1 head for it.
But no, the 86 is a peace of crap, and no-one can prove otherwise
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Bee Movie Arcee is a Bay-Bot and no new hat will ever change that fact.
Based on your impossible criteria, you will never, ever own a "G1" Arcee. Ever.
Good luck trying to get water from that stone.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Does the bumblebee movie arcee fit in with generations well enough? If it does I'll probably buy it and order a g1 head for it.
But no, the 86 is a peace of crap, and no-one can prove otherwise
Bee Movie Arcee is a Bay-Bot and no new hat will ever change that fact.
Based on your impossible criteria, you will never, ever own a "G1" Arcee. Ever.
Good luck trying to get water from that stone.
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Personally I think it does, the head's honestly the only thing I find that makes it look out of place. (Obviously to match the live-action aesthetic of the previous films) It still does have the general shape of G1 Arcees as well as having the classic Leia buns, so it could still fit in without a head swap if you squint and save money on getting a replacement head. The feet are also the only thing that sorta seem out of place, again to match the greebly aesthetic of the Bay films, but that's bordering nitpick territory and hard to notice.
The vehicle mode definitely is a far cry from the OG sci-fi sports car, though, if you're concerned about that.
Comment by SpaceEagle
Aug 8, 2022
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I need and arcee that's:
Less than 50 bucks (U.S.)
Looks enough like G1 in Robot mode (pink, lelia buns)
Good transformation
Not too big of a backpack
Isn't an embarrassment to own
I but legends if it was 40 but its 70!
Get the SS86 one already available for preorder.
Already been discussed but Mr is a "picky eater."
Transformers is not a cheap hobby. I'm not wasting my money on just any random bot....
you act like I'm made of money!
I definitely feel that, heh. I'll probably wait until there's an even better Arcee toy anyway, even if it's not "100% accurate", it'll probably be G1 enough. The Bumblebee movie Arcee I think is also probably another "good enough" as a G1-styled Arcee toy that doesn't have a junkyard's worth of car parts cello taped to her back. It may be hard to track that one down for a good price right now, though.
Does the bumblebee movie arcee fit in with generations well enough? If it does I'll probably buy it and order a g1 head for it.
But no, the 86 is a peace of crap, and no-one can prove otherwise
Personally I think it does, the head's honestly the only thing I find that makes it look out of place. (Obviously to match the live-action aesthetic of the previous films) It still does have the general shape of G1 Arcees as well as having the classic Leia buns, so it could still fit in without a head swap if you squint and save money on getting a replacement head. The feet are also the only thing that sorta seem out of place, again to match the greebly aesthetic of the Bay films, but that's bordering nitpick territory and hard to notice.
The vehicle mode definitely is a far cry from the OG sci-fi sports car, though, if you're concerned about that.
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Comment by SpaceEagle
Aug 8, 2022
I will say I'm not too picky with matching aesthetics so I still would probably get BB Arcee as my ""G1"" Arcee.
Emphasis on "probably" because I am eager to see Rise of the Beasts Arcee and how the Studio Series toy for that will turn out.
Emphasis on "probably" because I am eager to see Rise of the Beasts Arcee and how the Studio Series toy for that will turn out.
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I'd laugh my ass off if she turn out to be this aborted foetus abomination:
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Aug 8, 2022
SpaceEagle wrote:I will say I'm not too picky with matching aesthetics so I still would probably get BB Arcee as my ""G1"" Arcee.
Emphasis on "probably" because I am eager to see Rise of the Beasts Arcee and how the Studio Series toy for that will turn out.
I'd laugh my ass off if she turn out to be this aborted foetus abomination:
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Ironically enough - I like this design! I mean, I don't think it's the best of the Bay film designs and especially not the best Arcee design, but I just find it unique in a "fun" way. It's still pretty flawed and I prefer the design of the first Deluxe toy (that sadly didn't get to appear in a film...) however.
But, yeah, God I hope they don't try to go back to this design for RotB as funny as it would be.
Comment by SpaceEagle
Aug 8, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:SpaceEagle wrote:I will say I'm not too picky with matching aesthetics so I still would probably get BB Arcee as my ""G1"" Arcee.
Emphasis on "probably" because I am eager to see Rise of the Beasts Arcee and how the Studio Series toy for that will turn out.
I'd laugh my ass off if she turn out to be this aborted foetus abomination:
Ironically enough - I like this design! I mean, I don't think it's the best of the Bay film designs and especially not the best Arcee design, but I just find it unique in a "fun" way. It's still pretty flawed and I prefer the design of the first Deluxe toy (that sadly didn't get to appear in a film...) however.
But, yeah, God I hope they don't try to go back to this design for RotB as funny as it would be.
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I will, eventually. I'll just make sure you're not on the page
We'll see who has the last laugh. 
I still have a few ideas. 
Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1
Aug 8, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Does the bumblebee movie arcee fit in with generations well enough? If it does I'll probably buy it and order a g1 head for it.
But no, the 86 is a peace of crap, and no-one can prove otherwise
Bee Movie Arcee is a Bay-Bot and no new hat will ever change that fact.
Based on your impossible criteria, you will never, ever own a "G1" Arcee. Ever.
Good luck trying to get water from that stone.
I will, eventually. I'll just make sure you're not on the page
We'll see who has the last laugh. I still have a few ideas. 