Ahh... good to see you're on board with Encore Devastator :D Couldn't resist those big, black, muscular forearms eh ;) Gotta love cartoon accuracy :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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Ahh... good to see you're on board with Encore Devastator :D Couldn't resist those big, black, muscular forearms eh ;) Gotta love cartoon accuracy :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Well, prototype toy accuracy really, but it works as show likeness too (as obviously the cartoon colours were based on the prototype colours :)) -- same deal as eHobby Astrotrain, only this time prototype/show colour Devastator is gonna be a regular retail release and not a limited exclusive. :D Another advantage is that it ought to help differentiate it from KOs with purple arms (at least until some schmuck decides to counterfeit this reissue with black arms *sigh* :().Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
My 1985 G1 Constructicons are pretty well worn out after 26 years of being well loved. :) Getting reissues will let me 'retire' them as display pieces, and I get a minty new set of Constructicons to play with! I also get all those little guns and stuff which I've lost... and at a cheaper price than hunting down the originals. And of course I'd be showing my support to TakaraTOMY in giving us more new reissues (i.e. reissues of G1 toys that haven't been reissued in the past decade or so). :) I got Encore Bruticus for the same reason (shame about the QA issues on that set - but of course that mould had been overused by HasTak in G2 and CR/RiD -- Devastator shouldn't have that problem/excuse <knock.on.wood>).
I'd happily get any other G1 gestalt reissue for that same reason really. :) Hopefully Devvie will sell well and encourage TOMY to consider reissuing more; Defensor, Superion, Menasor (sure would make loophole happy :D), Computron, Abominus, LIOKAISER, Road Caesar etc etc. Monstructor needs to be reissued too - like without that stupid brittle gold plastic. Then mebbe they could do an eHobby exclusive DinoKing (although having to manufacture different shells for each set might be a disincentive -- maybe TOMY could reissue Dinoking for their market and later Hasbro could reissue Monstructor for their market... although knowing Hasbro, they'd release Monstructor with the dino shells instead of reissuing the Monster shells :rolleyes:)
They also need to reissue Sixwing again... but in G1 colours. I still can't believe they only reissued this toy in Decepticon colours andunpainted white^Verserker colours. Lame.
I guess that a better term for 'it' would be boring and uninspired.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
And to think that Beast Wars was - IMO - prematurely axed to make way for Beast Machines. :rolleyes: One of many great decisions from the then newly appointed head honcho.
I don't like that person; that person should run, run away and never return! :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Is that true? I don't know if that's true. He was in charge from 2000 which would've been well after they started planning Beast Machines.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I am not sure about when Archer was promoted to his current title but a lot of the BM toy designs (and latter BW TM2 designs) do share several of his 'design style' queues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quickstrike
It is possible that during that era he was already in a position of influence in the line.
My opinion: The movie and its toy lines definitely cut me. I talk with passion about transformers but the movie just makes me cringe. After seeing TF Animated and the TF Prime series it was evident to me that Hasbro has brilliant writers as much as they do artists and designers.
The movie was definitely a money making scheme. If you read enough articles you may notice critics saying that the TF movies are deemed as one of the worst movies to make the most money. I'm inclined to sit on the same side of the fence as they are.
That said, I'm glad they made the movie because at least i saw TF in movie form. I'm glad they made money because at least they can continue to develop other TF lines. and I'm glad the movie was crap because my wallet thanked me whilst i saved up for the subsequent line :)
To quit transformers all together? I dont think i can. There are too many good things the line has produced (and are currently developing) . There's too much og a good feeling that they give me when i hold a figure or re-watch the series.
I didnt care much for the movie ... but i still care about TFs :)
Beast Machines was already underway (so had been at least 18 months in development before that) before Archer took on the lead role of Hasbro Transformers Design. And even still, that wouldn't high enough to make a management/corporate decision to move from one style/series (Beast Wars) to another (Beast Machines). He was obviously able to convince the higher ups to take on the Unicron trilogy idea of his, but only his more recent position would be able to dictate what series starts and ends... and even external forces (the creation of the HUB) forced an end to Animated so that the new channel had a new TF series.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
According the the tfwiki article link, and from my own recollections of his Hasbro title at the last 6 or 7 BotCons, he's been promoted through several management levels just about every second year... and I think it was the tail end of the Unicron Trilogy that he was high enough to have some say or power in the direction of future TFs series/toylines (outside of the Movie & the HUB decision).
The creation of Beast Machines as a series would not have been one of them, as he was just one of the team of regular toy designers at that stage.
So just to get back on topic: Does anyone care about collecting TF's any more? I've been very picky with the DOTM figures, preferring the cybverse line over the main line but I haven't looked at any of those in awhile.
I'm actually getting into the whole customising a bit more. I was looking around last night and found a whole tub of figures that I wanted to customise but I might just sell them off. This is supposed to be hobby but man it's becoming more of a chore :/
I still care about collecting. Just not retail shopping. Every time I go there they have nothing I want. I see great upcoming releases that never make it to stores. So I have to hunt online for them. The majority of toys I now buy come from this board.
So yes, I still love collecting. I just hate wasting time at the shops.
I feel the exact same way. I only go retail shopping when I wanna look at toys I'm not gonna buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
And I'm feeling a little disheartened at the moment because I've preordered or pile of looted everything I want until march next year... Now I find myself trolling boards in the hope I'll find some release I'll want.
Picked up my first toy in what seems like an eternity. The way DOTM toys have been distributed has really annoyed me. There has been nothing worth buying for months. I really thought my collecting days were over but I must admit I have gone back to my toys and my interest has increased somewhat again.
I watched the G1 movie the other day and I really enjoyed it and now have the parience to wait for figures I want:)
Well there is still a couple of things to look forward to so it isn't as if we have been completely left out in the cold by Hasbro if you aren't into Movie figures or Kreo.
We have the Universe Repaints (although just two) and the TF Prime toys which some have a bit of 're-purposing' appeal even if you are not into the cartoon.
Awesome toys will sell well even if the cartoon isn't the best thing ever. Look at RiD. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
When there are "droughts" I find myself buying figures that I may otherwise have not even considered, almost as a way just to get that "hit".
Whilst I don't regret any of my purchases so far I do sometimes wonder if I'm just doing it now for the sake of it. Having said that I still get excited unboxing them then playing with all of them on a regular basis.
I am wondering what will come after the TF Prime series runs its course and the subsequent toyline is discontinued. No doubt Hasbro has some other plans in store for it's fans but I do find myself wondering if I'll still be interested at that point. Part of me hopes I will, the other part hopes I won't, but only because of the dimishing space in our study not to mention the amount I'm spending on these things.
I am hoping that a toy line is released for the WFC game as well as TF Universe games next year.
I've done that during drought years (I still don't consider 2011 to be a drought year by ANY stretch)... like in 2002 I got RiD Optimus Prime and Galvatron purely for the sake of getting something. Gah.
The biggest drought for me was when the cartoon and then the comic ended. I thought that was it for Transformers. I remember reading the editors letter in issue 80 thinking to myself that my childhood was officially over :( Now I'm just a big child :D
I care, but not enough to get the toys anymore. Some of the new ones are really good, I mean like the Generations series, Masterpiece and so on. It's just a money issue. I'm getting on, and have to save up for the future. If I was rich, I'd get into them, and I'll surely get my future kids into them if I can. :D
It comes and it goes,
I guess there is a feeling of ennui for me with the main TF toylines and media, I did enjoy getting the odd few movie toys and the last of Generations, but now the momentum is lost with Soundwave being the only interesting new one being announced, the Generations repaints are good ideas but they are still just repaints/retools, I don't really dig the Prime style and the recent MP's while cool are remakes of characters I already own.
Still it's all cyclical so I'm sure it will all come around again, so I wouldn't say I don't care, it's just a quiet period, which is fine because my TF collection is smaller than most because I have a few different collections, and something is always going on somewhere.
You know what I don't care about anymore (or who I should say rather)? Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron & Starscream. I understand from a business perspective it's good to maintain a degree of familiarity but surely there's going to come a point where it becomes a bit ridiculous to just keep reinventing these characters for every new cartoon series?
It's a comic, but look at Wreckers. Part of the reason why it's so fresh and memorable is because it's not dealing with the same bunch of losers as everything else! The big boys need to shove over and give someone else the spotlight.
I don't. Think Iv'e just grown out of it. :rolleyes: Still haven't opened leader starscream and others
Not meaning to revive this old thread (even if it was one of the more interesting topics) but I just had an epiphany which I wanted to share.
As mentioned, I haven't lost interest in Transformers - how could I when it has been such a big part of my life, I think it's more a case of changing priorities.
Devastator was my final grail item and this was fulfilled when TakTom released the Encore version (flaws aside). Since then, I have found it increasingly difficult to even considering buying anymore Transformers. In my mind, what could be better than owning Devastator? And that's just it - if I were to buy anything, it would have to surpass my last purchase otherwise what's the point. You kind of just get to a point when you hit the ceiling.
I'm completely over DOTM, I'm completely over repaints and retools, I have no interest in PRiDE, and I refuse to handover anymore money until Hasbro step-up to the plate and produce the goods. MP Sideswipe is a good start but until then, I'll just enjoy what I've got.
Totally fair enough, but have you seen the FOC Bruticus!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Owning Time Warrior. :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Would a continuation of Classicsverse interest you?Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Is that a figure or do you mean the watchQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Those 6 words above pretty much describes what I have to say!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Who says still caring for Transformers is equal to whether or not you intend to purchase new Transformer toys? So long as you're thinking about TFs that's all that should really matter, eh?
Hey 5 FDP good to hear from you!
Gotta do what makes you happy, if buying new stuff no longer entices you and playing with new stuff no longer interests you, then I agree it's time to take a break.
At the end of the day, very few collectors, if any, can "collect 'em all", so you gotta just buy what delights you. Sadly, for old school ppl like us, the recent releases will always feel sub par underwhelming compared with G1. And so if you G1 grail is Devy and you've reached it, then it's gotta be good enough.
Personally, I've written off almost every post G1 line back in 2007 and sold off non-G1 stuff because they really don't excite me. My only current lines are MPs, BTs and classics, and even many of these are questionable.
Cheers,
HD
So true, I was just following up with the question of whether 5FDP considered FOC Bruticus as "stepping up to the plate".Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
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Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon
Sounds like what I am doing atm.
Heh, I had the horrifying realisation the other day that I'm rapidly acquiring all the Japan exclusives I'm after, and quite a few of the non-Japan-exclusives too.
Grail-wise there's only really a Classics Ultra Magnus to go, and now that I've got a living wage the non-grails are accruing rapidly.
Half the fun of this hobby for me is the hunt, so while it's cool to have most of my big-want items out of the way it kinda takes a lot of the fun from the hobby too.
Yes, that'd be Time Warrior the watch... a pet obsession of his.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geigerrock-2
Paul needs a new category for the next ozformer awards. Understatement of the year... and we have our first nomination:pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
What I most certainly do care about for the first time in years is Transformers comics. More Than Meets The Eye; Autocracy; Regeneration 1; Robots In Disguise; the bonus material in the UK Classics and Last Stand of the Wreckers hardcover... as of the past few months we have entered the best era for Transformers comics since the eighties.
Although I think it's too early to say that we are in some 'comics renaissance', I will agree that if quality like this continues, we will be reaching one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Yeah, it's about the only thing that has sparked my interest (see my sig). Fingers crossed though that it doesn't come out in those horrid G2 colours.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
Hard to say unless I've seen what they're planning on releasing. Since the live action movies, Classis and Animated have been shining lights in an otherwise dull 4 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Having just moved my collection I am a bit overwhelmed by it all and am getting ready to reduce it. And I'm being more selective on new purchases than I was a year ago, and much more than I was three years ago.
So while my interest in "collecting" may have reduced, it hasn't affected my interest in the vast history and future of Transformers.
I'd hope that nobody felt that they needed to be active toy collectors to interact here. I joined this community because I was a Transformers fan not because I was a toy collector (although the board has been a bad influence in that regard ;) ).
all too true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot