zOMG!! I just called Hasbro Australia and my call was - eventually - ANSWERED BY A PERSON!!! :eek:
. . . who then took down my contact details and said that they'd call me back about my query . . . :rolleyes:
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zOMG!! I just called Hasbro Australia and my call was - eventually - ANSWERED BY A PERSON!!! :eek:
. . . who then took down my contact details and said that they'd call me back about my query . . . :rolleyes:
Lolz.
You'll get there one day with Hasbro, Goki :p
Well, I finally got a call back! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Aaaaaand, my Horri-Bull's neck joint snapped off today. :( :mad:
I was being super gentle and slow with it while trying to add more pieces of blu tac to help support the weight of the bull head... and it just broke off like a piece of butter. :eek: I super glued to piece back on, and it actually feels more secure than before it broke. When I got the toy, I already noticed that there was a crack on top of the one remaining hook that holds the neck in place. Today, the remaining side just gave way. :( After I reassembled the neck joint, I noticed that unfolding the bull head exerts outward pressure on the joint. Combined with the load bearing of that head in robot mode, and over a period of 26 years, the plastic just couldn't hold.
Although it felt the same as experiencing GPS, I don't think it's the same. GPS happens just because the plastic quality is just inherently bad. Horri-Bull's problem is that the joint is just really poorly designed. The continual outward force and downward load just places stress on that neck joint. It's little wonder that there are so many headless (in alt mode) Horri-Bull's out there. :rolleyes: Horri-Bull is just a horrible (sic) design, even by G1 Headmaster standards, and it's abundantly clear to me now why I skipped this toy back in 1988. My very first Headmasters were Apeface and Snapdragon, and tbh, all other Headmasters (aside from Fort Max) have paled in comparison. ;)
The 1987 Decepticon Targetmaster Nebulans are similarly stupid in that their 'abdominal/arse' joint's tabs seem designed to self-destruct. Does the Kreb that you're selling have a sore neck joint too - if not, wouldn't you prefer to keep him instead of the broken one?Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
sorry to hear man, & you just got him too :( :(
Yeah... I got to enjoy Horri-Bull for two whole days before he got decapitated! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Gah... so true. Thankfully Triggerhappy/Blowpipe was the only one I paid for (at RRP), but yes, those Nebulans' joints snapped pretty easily and quickly too. I got Misfire/Aimless and Slugslinger/Caliburst for free (the original owners had "grown out" of Transformers and gave them to me. :o) I actually had two Misfires/Aimlesses at one stage, but traded the spare off (unfortunately the other guy never fulfilled his side of the bargain :()Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Neither of my Krebs have any joint problems. <knock.on.wood>Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
It's only the alt mode's bull head that I've had problems with.
Ah, I see - I've been imagining that it's Horri-Bull's other neck - his robot mode neck joint, i.e. Kreb's head that broke off. That really sucks that your new, expensive toy did that.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
This sucks. You just bought it for heaps too. :(
Just got my MISB Animated Shockwave the other day and really loving the guy, though that's to be expected because in my highly subjective opinion, anything related to Animated is gold. I did have a small gripe and that is his chin piece falls off really easy, is this a problem for anyone else as well?
It's a bit annoying when moving the head around.
On second thoughts I must be pretty lucky if this is the only thing I have to vent about.
Out of the four Bots I got this weekend I can find fault with all for them. Some just the Package though. But Hasblow is getting so sloppy.
Movie Legends Megatron. Card art shows IDW Megs toy is the old Legends G2 Megs.
Movie Legends Grimlock. Card art shows G1 Grimlock but the toy is just a black and bronze Rippersnapper. BUT even worse the instructions are for Energon Crulelock on the back! WTF
Movie Legends Strafe. Card art shows G1 Swoop. Toy is just Legends Windrazor and to top it off...His instructions are for BW TERRORSAUR the original flip changer basic HUGE WTF!!
Next up we have the Predacon rising Abominus set. All the names are mixed up on the pack.
According to the box
Hun-Gurrr is Twinstrike
Windrazor is Hun-Gurr
Rippersnapper is Windrazor
Twinstrike is Rippersnapper
But Blight is right.
Clap clap Hasbro you really do care about your products :rolleyes: More and more you are pushing away a lifer to happy 3rd Party land. Cause they do actually care.
At least Blight is right. :p:rolleyes:
^ - He's got something going for him ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bidoofdude
From here:
The English language to the typical Japanese speaker is like Latin (or other Romance languages) to many English speakers --- it looks cool and fancy, but most people don't know what it means, let alone if it's actually written correctly. :rolleyes: For example, I'd be really tempted to get this Megatron shirt featuring a Latin translation of "Peace through tyranny," if not for the fact that the translation is grammatically incorrect*. :rolleyes: About 2 or 3 Parra Fairs ago I saw a guy walking around wearing this shirt, and I pointed out to him that the Latin text is incorrect, and he laughed it off. That's pretty much the standard reaction you'll get if you point out incorrect English on stuff in Japan. ;) But hey, at least this is on a product that's aimed at a non-English speaking market who merely sees the English language as being something decorative... it irks me more when I see companies from Anglophone countries like Hasbro or IDW making similar (or worse) errors on products that are directly and explicitly aimed at English speakers**. And of course, most people at TakaraTOMY don't speak English, hence nobody picking it up. But I'd imagine virtually everyone at Hasbro would speak English, with many of them speaking it as their first and only language. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by gamblor916
And to be fair, silent letters aren't exactly the most intuitive thing for non-English speakers. :p Also, be aware that Wheeljack is actually called "Hoiljack" (ホイルジャック) in Japan, which is possibly derived from the Old English pronunciation of "wh" as "hw." The spelling changed in Middle English, and most Modern English speakers pronounce it as either "w" (e.g. when, where, whisky) or "h" (e.g. who, whole, whom). Some English dialects still retain the archaic "hw" pronunciation, as can be heard in TF Prime Ratchet's speech (e.g. he pronounces "what" as 'hwat' etc.). Polar Claw's Japanese name is "White Claw," but the Japanese pronounce it as "Hwite Claw" (ホワイトクロー; howaito kuroo). In Australian English, as with most variants of English, words like "weather" and "whether" sound exactly the same (homophones), but in other dialects which still retain the wh-hw distinction, they're not; 'weather' is pronounced "weh-THer," but 'whether' is pronounced "hweh-THer." ;)
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*It should either be PAX・PER・TYRANNIDEM or pax per tyrannidem.
**Thank Jupiter that that Megatron shirt wasn't aimed at a Latin-speaking audience! ;)
Picked up AOE Slug and voyager Drift. Slug....what a pile of crap. One of the worst bots ever with all that rubber. So im done with this hasbro garbage. Im returning them both and apart from proper Generations stuff and MPs. Its now 3rd party all the way for me. Sure they are expensive but I would rather pay more for quality than hasbro garbage.
I reached this point a few weeks ago with Scorn and Grimlock.Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
Didn't help that the figure I was messing with just before they arrived was the BW 10th Megatron figure (the one that was also used in the Cybertron line). Uses more or less the exact same transformation as Scorn and is superior in both modes.
Engineering and quality wise this franchise peaked in 2009/10 with ROTF/Universe 2.0/Animated. All downhill since then unfortunately :(.
Hasbro is repeating the same mistake they made in the 80's. They've bred an entire generation of young Transformers fans that can't cope with Optimus Prime not being there. The new RID TV show would be an opportunity to branch away with new characters, but instead, there's Prime, albeit dead, but he's already got 3 toys in the upcoming line.
Give the poor bugger a rest.
No Megatron evolution 2-pack! Its an Autobot conspiracy I tell you. :mad:
Not making strafe evo the partner to EnergonGrimlock was bad enough...
Despite updating my address long ago on both Nippon Yasan and the Paypal account I used to buy it, my MP Wheeljack he is now on his way back to Japan. I have since found the delivery slip went to my old address and after a week of it sitting at the post office they have shipped it back.
Once it gets there I suppose i'll have to pay the shipping again :(
After moving house, I realized that I lost my WFC Megatron missile, it must have been while I was packing it and the trigger happy missile went flying without me noticing, very annoyed.
Well hello IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol 1, how nice of you to make it after being delayed for so long, and it looks like you shed a few pounds too...
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps3d0e143f.jpg
:mad:
I C you have a ++ there. Into programming are we?
I just like to include it when taking photos of my nerd books to at least appear to be a smart nerd. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Mythirax
I'm a media designer/animator, and C++ comes in handy sometimes when writing scripting tools. Barely touched it. :rolleyes:
Very unimpressed with the current TF lines.
Beast Hunters was an uninteresting toyline full of ugly remolds and stupid beasts with only one toy worth getting in the line (Smokescreen).
Then along comes AOE with a very limited main line range (and lots of shelfwarming gimmick toys) and very few are worth getting (I'd say Hound, maybe Scorn and Slog, but that's it).
"Generations" is supposed to be the good line but I've found more misses than hits in what it has delivered. Some good ideas, sure, but more bad toys than good.
Masterpiece is the only line that's doing anything good.
My Choro Q Megatron fell off its shelf yesterday and one hip joint snapped off. :( Looks like he's gonna be displayed in gun mode now. :rolleyes: Also, my MP Wheeljack still hasn't arrived despite being posted off 3 weeks ago. I'm seriously considering grabbing a local Hasbro version, even though it's twice the price (cos at least I don't have to worry about shipping and waiting again). I've had Transformers sent from Japan to Australia for 17 years now and I've never had one lost in transit before. (T-T)
You know that as soon as you drop some $ on the Hasbro version, the TT will show up on your doorstep, don't you, Goki? ;)
Haha, well then :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tober
Well, lancalot has come to my rescue and sold me a spare MP Wheeljack that he had. :D If the MP Wheeljack that I actually pre-ordered ever shows up, then I'll have a spare to sell too. :o I hope it does, cos my Cloud Megatron's still in that box! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Although the MP Wheeljack I got didn't come with the little slip of paper with the code to access the online survey (and thus also be able to vote/nominate which character(s) you want as future MPs). Would someone please send me a copy of their slip? It should be the same code for all MP Wheeljacks (so don't worry about "using up" your turn if you give me your code). The slip looks similar to this:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ps55fc4301.jpg
i'll dig it up & text it to you in the morning, Gok
i check my boxes as well and it doesn't come with a slip like that ...maybe cause it the HK release?..
You, sir, are a prophet. My originally preordered MP Wheeljack (and Cloud Megatron) just turned up on my doorstep this morning! :cool: :rolleyes: Check out the Sales section if anyone wants to buy my spare MP22. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Now go apply your skills of clairvoyance on OzLotto! :D
This is a mild vent/observation but does any kid like a toy that isn't a faithful represensation to what is present on screen? This applies not only for TFs but for other toys in general too.
I remember growing up collecting Batman toys, I never could find the original standard animated figure at an affordable price (I grew up frugal) and my parents bought second-hand batmans that were in his 'special modes' and were of various colours which I still enjoyed playing with but wished I had the original grey and black Batman. Same goes for Transformers, especially as of late with the new AOE dinobots in the original release - I own them now and actually do enjoy playing with them but why the inaccurate screen paint job? I know it adds colour to the toyline but surely kids would enjoy playing with a toy as if it had come straight out of the screen/media they just watched as opposed to some made-up battle mode/colour scheme that never existed.
As kids, we loved our toys that weren't screen-accurate from 1984 to 1987. Bumblebee in particular was the most-produced and most-sold toy over that period and didn't even have the same face.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
Yeah, but I'm with the previous poster; I had some Batman Returns figures, and the most prized ones for me and my cousin were the black Batman and the blue/grey Batman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Least prized (but still played with) was the black/gold Batman/men his mum bought us at the end of a school term.
If there was a screen accurate Bumblebee, I'm betting he would be more highly prized.
I still disagree though - as a kid, Battle-Armor He-Man and Skeletor, Thunder Punch He-Man, Flying Fists He-Man, Dragon Blaster Skeletor and Terror Claws Skeletor were all better than the boring screen-accurate original versions. Kids (particularly boys) generally like toys that do stuff over accuracy, while adult collectors will often metaphorically soil themselves over things that 'look right' even though they're bloody boring toys. Obviously the thing with the Batman toys is that they all have to look different, so Mums and Dads don't say "you already have that one" and refuse to buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by millhouse
Guess I was the other side of things, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
The thing Skywarp is highlighting is the wrong colours, which kids notice more than the sculpting, gimmicks or faces.
Gen1 Bumblebee was still a yellow car. The gimmick HeMan and Skelator toys were still brown and blue, respectively. Case in point, Faker is an expensive toy on the secondary market because it is hard to find due to most kids not wanting or keeping a toy that was the wrong colour. The red Bumblebee was often kept as a Cliffjumper, but if we had no Cliffjumper character, that toy wouldn't have been valued by kids for being a non-show character or wrongly coloured toy.
Kenner was criticised by fans and collectors for padding out the assortment cases with dozens of multi-coloured Batmans, instead of toys of other characters. They shelf-warmed, and rejected by people who wanted a Batman toy that was black or blue... just like we reject most weird redecos of characters that have nothing to do with comic or cartoon, but merely have a prefix to their name to sell them.
If they look good or appear to homage some other character, they might do okay, but in general it is the non-canonical redecos that shelf-warm.
The Movie Dinobots would have been chosen to be in bright colours to sell them to retailers, who have to sell them to parents. If they were screen accurate, they'd look closer to the Dinobot 5-pack, and be a wall of similar looking product, that wouldn't attract the attention of parents or impulse-buying kids.
I think these might be a bad comparison TBH. These figures looked different as they had new gimmicks over the original. If they were all just re-colours I bet that many kids of the day would have not liked them as much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
As an adult, I'd prefer the colours of whatever media they came from. Unless it's a really good recolour. The only recolours I've liked recently would be Shadow Blade Animated Megatron and G2 Bruticus.
As a kid I'd want the most fun toy. Space attack Batman with an awesome jetpack and extra bling would probably grab my eye more than Standard Batman
Griffin, your other points are sound, but this one isn't right. Faker was the only Masters of the Universe toy that Mattel deemed worthy of a direct 'reissue' during the line's original run other than He-Man and Skeletor. Are you actually saying that kids didn't like their Fakers to such an extent that they threw them in the bin, but not their other Masters toys, which means Fakers are now scarce?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
But isn't that the whole point of the Batman argument - that kids wouldn't want an unusually coloured gimmick Batman, just a vanilla Blue/grey/black one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy