Now Transformers Animated is on TV are the toys flying off the shelves?

[PirateCop]

now that its on cheese tv or whatever, does that mean animated figures are going to be even harder to find? now its not just transformers fans but also kids who want toys of their favourite characters buying these guys up. I just hope stores ordered enough stock this time around.

[Pulse]

I'm guessing the increased exposure to kids will definitely see the first wave of figures disappear alot faster (since they're focussed upon heavily in the first season).

Stores near me seem to have a bunch of Lockdown's, Prowl's & Bulkhead's - maybe the fact that these aren't "Movie Character Names" has meant that kids/Mums have been unfamiliar/hesitant to buy them? :confused:

[roller]

i saw the first ep this morning

[SilverDragon]

At Hobbyco they've still got loads of Cyb. Megatrons and Bulkheads, while there are no Starscreams. While it might not be the best place to use to gage Animated's popularity with kids, I think it shows who's going to shelfwarm and who isn't.

Other shops have loads of Movie figures left and few Animated figures. My fear that the Movie toys would all be gone was clearly unfounded.

[i_amtrunks]

Activators seem to sell very well, as do the deluxes, Voyager Starscream also seems to be very thin on shelves as well.

I think the "movie" named figures are selling better due to their exposure in the movie, thats the only reason I can think of as to why there are more Prowl than Bumblebee figures on shelves.

Lockdown does seem to be the shelf warmer of the moment, not really a surprise since he is only in a couple of episodes in the first 2 seasons total.

[PirateCop]

i really want a leader megatron but its damn expensive, if i wait for a sale they might become extremely hard to find, however if i buy it now it'll be pricey oh whats a trans fan to do

[kup]

Which Activators have been released locally? I have only seen Starscream, Bumblebee and Bulkhead.

[JuzMel]

Which Activators have been released locally? I have only seen Starscream, Bumblebee and Bulkhead.
Yeah Kup, those are the 3 from wave 1 that is out at Kmart, haven't seen any others yet.

*sign* its always the case isn't it, movie comes out, all movie toys gone, cartoon comes out all cartoon toys gone. :(

Then again I saw parents today still buying Ben 10 stuff for their kids, which is seemingly the "in" thing for the moment.

[GoktimusPrime]

IMHO Ben 10 is better written than Animated.

[i_amtrunks]

IMHO Ben 10 is better written than Animated.

And having a kids cartoon that is not based off a card game or some kind of competitive battling game is a nice change too.

I think only wave 1 of the Activators have been released anywhere as yet.

[kup]

Yeah Kup, those are the 3 from wave 1 that is out at Kmart, haven't seen any others yet.

*sign* its always the case isn't it, movie comes out, all movie toys gone, cartoon comes out all cartoon toys gone. :(

Then again I saw parents today still buying Ben 10 stuff for their kids, which is seemingly the "in" thing for the moment.

Thanks for letting me know!

I have already bought the first wave and waiting for the second to happen. Who is included?

[GoktimusPrime]

And having a kids cartoon that is not based off a card game or some kind of competitive battling game is a nice change too.
Heh. Although that doesn't necessarily mean they're badly written. I've never seen Digimon, but a lot of people have told me that it's pretty well written.

That's why I never buy the whole "Transformers is a cartoon made to sell kids' toys" as a justification for poorly written juvenile stories and other such story elements which talks down to the audience. There are plenty of examples of stories (cartoons, comics etc) based on kids' franchises which don't talk down to their audience like juveniles. In fact Transformers has always been primarily a kids (boys) toy franchise yet there are plenty of examples where the supporting fiction is really well written, e.g.: G1 comics, G2 comics, Beast Wars Canadian cartoon et al. - all made to market children's toys yet had good story-telling.

[Gutsman Heavy]

I've never seen Digimon, but a lot of people have told me that it's pretty well written.


It isn't. A notch above Pokemon, but that don't mean much!

[i_amtrunks]

It isn't. A notch above Pokemon, but that don't mean much!

Agreed, it's better than most stuff thats on, but it still isn't great (but thats the dubbed version, apparently the originals are "better"). I've seen 3 different series, and the 2nd and 3rd series seem to cut copy more or less every story element and character from the first.

Kind of like what happened with Zoids...

[STL]

Other shops have loads of Movie figures left and few Animated figures. My fear that the Movie toys would all be gone was clearly unfounded.

That's got a lot to do with the fact that demand's past. Kids and parents are always looking for the next big thing.

Out so far:
- Animated Leader: 1st waves in Toy Kingdom/Toy Worlds/Hobby stores in Japan
- Animated Voyagers: Prime, Megatron, Bulkhead
- Deluxe: 1st two waves
- Activators: BB, Starscream and Bulkhead
- Bumpers: Ratchet, Prime, BB

Though I must admit when I picked up my little sister from school today, i overheard two boys talking about watching it this morning. Maybe by the next holidays we'll see them moving but atm they aren't really moving quickly.

[kup]

It isn't. A notch above Pokemon, but that don't mean much!

Anything that has a different story every episode is above Pokamon which followed a strict template for the story of every episode.

Alongside American cartoons in general, Japanese kid's animation has also hit the floor in the past 10 years, at least the ones that are imported and dubbed for the west.

[SilverDragon]

Anything that has a different story every episode is above Pokamon which followed a strict template for the story of every episode.

Alongside American cartoons in general, Japanese kid's animation has also hit the floor in the past 10 years, at least the ones that are imported and dubbed for the west.

I think Japanese kid's anime has hit the floor, given that half of it is either crappy adaptations of manga (Naruto, I'm looking at you) or selling something (Dinosaur King. Sure, it's awesome, but dinosaurs trapped in cards? WTF).

Not so much American cartoons. I think they've improved-Avatar, for one, is effing awesome. The animation style's certainly gotten better since the 80s. Heck, TFA, which serves to plug toys, is really good.