Video Review for Transformers Earthspark Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Elita-1
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Re: Video Review for Transformers Earthspark Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Elita-1
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He saw the franchise go down the toilet in the past few years so that's why he's depressed. The entire Transformers franchise has been slowly going downhill ever since 2007. I never thought I would lose interest but Hasbro has been putting out nothing but garbage in the last couple years. Baby bumblebee crap & Legacy is all over the place, 1 lame/boring/bad repaint after the other.
Comment by Nemesis Reformatted
Nov 28, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:I just can't get over that depressed face.
He saw the franchise go down the toilet in the past few years so that's why he's depressed. The entire Transformers franchise has been slowly going downhill ever since 2007. I never thought I would lose interest but Hasbro has been putting out nothing but garbage in the last couple years. Baby bumblebee crap & Legacy is all over the place, 1 lame/boring/bad repaint after the other.
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I think differently, I think the franchise is doing quite well for itself, the Generations lines keep going strength from strength and we're on the verge for another theatrical release. Earthspark also brings fresh ideas to the table. We're also getting toys like Victory Saber and Deathsaurus produced (not to mention Unicron, a toy the likes of which was just unfeasible back in 07). In my opinion, 2007 was a turning point, but in a good way, we had more new fans join the hobby and some old ones return (like myself).
Comment by ZeroWolf
Nov 28, 2022
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I just can't get over that depressed face.
He saw the franchise go down the toilet in the past few years so that's why he's depressed. The entire Transformers franchise has been slowly going downhill ever since 2007. I never thought I would lose interest but Hasbro has been putting out nothing but garbage in the last couple years. Baby bumblebee crap & Legacy is all over the place, 1 lame/boring/bad repaint after the other.
I think differently, I think the franchise is doing quite well for itself, the Generations lines keep going strength from strength and we're on the verge for another theatrical release. Earthspark also brings fresh ideas to the table. We're also getting toys like Victory Saber and Deathsaurus produced (not to mention Unicron, a toy the likes of which was just unfeasible back in 07). In my opinion, 2007 was a turning point, but in a good way, we had more new fans join the hobby and some old ones return (like myself).
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I think you got trolled.
Because for how long that dead horse will be beaten?
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Nov 28, 2022
ZeroWolf wrote:Nemesis Reformatted wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I just can't get over that depressed face.
He saw the franchise go down the toilet in the past few years so that's why he's depressed. The entire Transformers franchise has been slowly going downhill ever since 2007. I never thought I would lose interest but Hasbro has been putting out nothing but garbage in the last couple years. Baby bumblebee crap & Legacy is all over the place, 1 lame/boring/bad repaint after the other.
I think differently, I think the franchise is doing quite well for itself, the Generations lines keep going strength from strength and we're on the verge for another theatrical release. Earthspark also brings fresh ideas to the table. We're also getting toys like Victory Saber and Deathsaurus produced (not to mention Unicron, a toy the likes of which was just unfeasible back in 07). In my opinion, 2007 was a turning point, but in a good way, we had more new fans join the hobby and some old ones return (like myself).
I think you got trolled.
Because for how long that dead horse will be beaten?
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that's a true gift right there!
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Nov 28, 2022
william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Working on reviews for the Warriors and they are all over the place. While Optimus is a very solid budget deluxe class toy, with good proporitons and articulation, that Elita 1 is ROUGH. Lacking lots of crucial articulation, no knees for instance.
Leave something for the rest of us.
I'll leave Skywarp
that's a true gift right there!
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Comment by william-james88
Nov 29, 2022
The one step class in the new Transformers Earthspark line is taking it up a notch by introducing a flip gimmick where, as advertised, a toy will transform after being flipped in the air. The review below shows you what that gimmick entails. As it turns out, while it does work, flipping the toy is not really needed. With this particular Optimus toy, simply pressing the knees in robot mode automatically releases the mechanism turning him back into truck mode. So there is no need to flip him to transform him. However, landing on the ground will trigger his knees and cause him to transform.
You can check it out below.
You can check it out below.
Re: Video Review for Transformers Earthspark Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Elita-1
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All kidding aside, I'll take it. I liked that mold and most people missed the trick of using the landing gear to lock the torso so once you do that it's an ok figure.
News Staff making news kinda reminds me of this old, ooooold, before he was famous Bob Saget bit on some random sketch comedy show where he was a news reporter, reporting on an accident that he caused. The punchline was "Waxwhatever, where we don't just report the news, we ARE the news."
Comment by chuckdawg1999
Nov 29, 2022
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Working on reviews for the Warriors and they are all over the place. While Optimus is a very solid budget deluxe class toy, with good proporitons and articulation, that Elita 1 is ROUGH. Lacking lots of crucial articulation, no knees for instance.
Leave something for the rest of us.
I'll leave Skywarp
that's a true gift right there!
All kidding aside, I'll take it. I liked that mold and most people missed the trick of using the landing gear to lock the torso so once you do that it's an ok figure.
News Staff making news kinda reminds me of this old, ooooold, before he was famous Bob Saget bit on some random sketch comedy show where he was a news reporter, reporting on an accident that he caused. The punchline was "Waxwhatever, where we don't just report the news, we ARE the news."
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Hahaha.
You also have the other 2 one steps.
Comment by william-james88
Nov 30, 2022
chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Working on reviews for the Warriors and they are all over the place. While Optimus is a very solid budget deluxe class toy, with good proporitons and articulation, that Elita 1 is ROUGH. Lacking lots of crucial articulation, no knees for instance.
Leave something for the rest of us.
I'll leave Skywarp
that's a true gift right there!
All kidding aside, I'll take it. I liked that mold and most people missed the trick of using the landing gear to lock the torso so once you do that it's an ok figure.
News Staff making news kinda reminds me of this old, ooooold, before he was famous Bob Saget bit on some random sketch comedy show where he was a news reporter, reporting on an accident that he caused. The punchline was "Waxwhatever, where we don't just report the news, we ARE the news."
Hahaha.
You also have the other 2 one steps.
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Comment by RotorstormNZ
Nov 30, 2022
Whomever makes the videos, I'm grateful to them! I never followed RiD toys until I binged the show, so it's great to have almost real-time (close to the toy's release) reviews.
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Thanks and you are welcome.
Comment by william-james88
Nov 30, 2022
RotorstormNZ wrote:Whomever makes the videos, I'm grateful to them! I never followed RiD toys until I binged the show, so it's great to have almost real-time (close to the toy's release) reviews.
Thanks and you are welcome.
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Comment by william-james88
Dec 11, 2022
I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
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It is, but it's also not the first time. Prime took a while to get into stores after the false start with First Edition, and I remember Animated toys not being in stores until well after season one aired.
Emerje
Comment by Emerje
Dec 12, 2022
william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
It is, but it's also not the first time. Prime took a while to get into stores after the false start with First Edition, and I remember Animated toys not being in stores until well after season one aired.
Emerje
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Prime's toyline, however, was deliberately held back. While the shelves were still filled with DOTM toys at the time, Hasbro wanted to push the Prime cartoon as a TV show first, one that didn't necessarily need to be supported by toys. So they held back releasing the toys until after DOTM to let the cartoon stand on its own merits, but that just made the fans mad and want the Prime toys even more, instead of them initially learning to appreciate the show as a show first and foremost. That was back when Hasbro was trying to pass themselves off as a media company more than just a toy company, but that all came crashing down after the failure of the Battleship movie.
Comment by Sabrblade
Dec 12, 2022
Yeah, Animated's toyline was slow to start because of all of the excess 2007 Movie toys taking up all the space on the shelves at the time.Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
It is, but it's also not the first time. Prime took a while to get into stores after the false start with First Edition, and I remember Animated toys not being in stores until well after season one aired.
Emerje
Prime's toyline, however, was deliberately held back. While the shelves were still filled with DOTM toys at the time, Hasbro wanted to push the Prime cartoon as a TV show first, one that didn't necessarily need to be supported by toys. So they held back releasing the toys until after DOTM to let the cartoon stand on its own merits, but that just made the fans mad and want the Prime toys even more, instead of them initially learning to appreciate the show as a show first and foremost. That was back when Hasbro was trying to pass themselves off as a media company more than just a toy company, but that all came crashing down after the failure of the Battleship movie.
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Thanks for the history lessons. That is still at odds with what may be happening here since 2022 got less kid focused transformers toys than originally planned due to the ROTB toyline delay. So there's a glut on the market and a bunch of Earthspark product that could fill it and while it is doing exactly that in Canada and elsewhere, it isn't being done in the US.
Comment by william-james88
Dec 12, 2022
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, Animated's toyline was slow to start because of all of the excess 2007 Movie toys taking up all the space on the shelves at the time.Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
It is, but it's also not the first time. Prime took a while to get into stores after the false start with First Edition, and I remember Animated toys not being in stores until well after season one aired.
Emerje
Prime's toyline, however, was deliberately held back. While the shelves were still filled with DOTM toys at the time, Hasbro wanted to push the Prime cartoon as a TV show first, one that didn't necessarily need to be supported by toys. So they held back releasing the toys until after DOTM to let the cartoon stand on its own merits, but that just made the fans mad and want the Prime toys even more, instead of them initially learning to appreciate the show as a show first and foremost. That was back when Hasbro was trying to pass themselves off as a media company more than just a toy company, but that all came crashing down after the failure of the Battleship movie.
Thanks for the history lessons. That is still at odds with what may be happening here since 2022 got less kid focused transformers toys than originally planned due to the ROTB toyline delay. So there's a glut on the market and a bunch of Earthspark product that could fill it and while it is doing exactly that in Canada and elsewhere, it isn't being done in the US.
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My BBTS preorder is supposedly supposed to get fulfilled this month, we will see, especially since BBTS appears to be about a month ahead of stores for the earliest TF sightings lately
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Dec 13, 2022
william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
My BBTS preorder is supposedly supposed to get fulfilled this month, we will see, especially since BBTS appears to be about a month ahead of stores for the earliest TF sightings lately
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I don't know what's going on but the only way we'll find out is to ask and ask a lot. All I know is I want my butt finger transformers.
Comment by chuckdawg1999
Dec 13, 2022
william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
I don't know what's going on but the only way we'll find out is to ask and ask a lot. All I know is I want my butt finger transformers.
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Even knowing the context, this is so frikkin wrong
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Dec 13, 2022
chuckdawg1999 wrote:All I know is I want my butt finger transformers.
Even knowing the context, this is so frikkin wrong
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Comment by Sabrblade
Dec 14, 2022
Your butt has fingers?chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:I am in utter disbelief that this first round of toys have not appeared in the US for the holiday season, a real missed opportunity.
I don't know what's going on but the only way we'll find out is to ask and ask a lot. All I know is I want my butt finger transformers.
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Comment by AcademyofDrX
Dec 14, 2022
Twitch just shipped from Pulse, I think I'm at least as excited about her as I am about Victory Saber, who is also on the way.
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Really? Huh. Hopefully that is a sign BBTS is about to get them, theirs are $4 cheaper, otherwise I'd jump now
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Dec 14, 2022
AcademyofDrX wrote:Twitch just shipped from Pulse, I think I'm at least as excited about her as I am about Victory Saber, who is also on the way.
Really? Huh. Hopefully that is a sign BBTS is about to get them, theirs are $4 cheaper, otherwise I'd jump now
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Comment by AcademyofDrX
Dec 16, 2022
Twitch has great poseability and fantastic use of translucent parts. I'm not doing the light piping justice, it's incredibly exciting in-hand. Those big round eyes just pop. I think she'll be my desk bot for a while.
My biggest criticism is that some joints are a little loose and others are a little tight, and combined with the range of motion, it makes tabbing everything together for alt-mide very difficult. Some of the connections are a little unusual too. It's not perfect, but when I don't try to make it perfect, I'm very satisfied with the result.
Usual disclaimer applies: Cyberverse and Earthspark Deluxes are not the same as Generations Deluxes. It's a huge step over Warrior class though, and a great toy on balance.
My biggest criticism is that some joints are a little loose and others are a little tight, and combined with the range of motion, it makes tabbing everything together for alt-mide very difficult. Some of the connections are a little unusual too. It's not perfect, but when I don't try to make it perfect, I'm very satisfied with the result.
Usual disclaimer applies: Cyberverse and Earthspark Deluxes are not the same as Generations Deluxes. It's a huge step over Warrior class though, and a great toy on balance.
