Toy Review - Generations FOC Combaticons wave

^ Ooooh... so online retailers are starting to receive stock :D Hopefully that'll mean RK should be emailing me soon too!

Finally saw these figs IRL on Saturday at Castle Towers Target - man, they look like crap :eek: Totally agree with people saying they look like cheap KO's. It goes without saying that I left them on the shelf.

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Originally Posted by klystron

But I would like to say that I choose to embrace the positives that FoC Bruticus brings. We get a combiner set made up of 5 individual figures (each with bot and alt modes). Plus each limb is interchangeable. And can be left or right arms! And the guns combine.
I'm stoked that Hasbro gave it a go. Sure there is room for improvement (there always is) but this could have been worse. For a start they could've not made it at all. Everyone would complain about that!
Are we asking a little too much for each figure to be "perfect?" Are we too jaded. Are our expectations too high? There never seems to be any "perfect" figures - usually there is always some flaw that fans pick up on.
I have figures that don't have all the articulation they could/should have. And they don't transform into an arm. Or a leg. Or combine with other figures. I can find a flaw with everyone of my figures. But I still love them and I'm glad that they were made.

/rant

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Well said. I for one cannot wait to get my 2 sets of these when they come in (G2 and United) and I am still tempted to pick up the Hasbro release if I can find them in store locally. Because Penrith sucks for anything new.

Ok, this guy actually looks pretty great when you transform him a certain way.


http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8...1101144833.jpg


Much better than that lanky monstrosity seen in all the official pics!

You've succeeded in inflicting on me a slight pang of regret at cancelling my preorder.

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Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1

Well said. I for one cannot wait to get my 2 sets of these when they come in (G2 and United) and I am still tempted to pick up the Hasbro release if I can find them in store locally. Because Penrith sucks for anything new.

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Thanks man. Was starting to feel like Robinson Crusoe on that one...


@Nyerk: That looks awesome! Well played.

Not getting the hate on these guys at all. Sure I have no great connection to G2 and I haven't played the game, but these versions - as a whole - mesh.
There is nothing that makes me think they knock offs or are out of place amongst any other childrens toy lines - Ben 10 for instance.

These are solid - albiet comprised because they have to sell under $30 - combining toys. I look forward to building the rest of him, and I just might buy the United version too.

Which is the point isnt it?

Both Hasbro and Takara/Tomy are fully aware they are selling to different - but sometimes overlapping - markets.

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Originally Posted by nyerk

Ok, this guy actually looks pretty great when you transform him a certain way.


http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8...1101144833.jpg


Much better than that lanky monstrosity seen in all the official pics!

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lol like in Energon, it seems that Hasbro doesn't even know how to optimally combine it's own toys. That looks a lot better than the official configuration.

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Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1

Well said. I for one cannot wait to get my 2 sets of these when they come in (G2 and United) and I am still tempted to pick up the Hasbro release if I can find them in store locally. Because Penrith sucks for anything new.

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Kmart blacktown still has 1 full set as of yesterday 9pm. I had alook and bought the 3 more figures I needed, but yeah there was still a good 1 set to complete giant robot:p

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Originally Posted by nyerk

Ok, this guy actually looks pretty great when you transform him a certain way.


http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8...1101144833.jpg


Much better than that lanky monstrosity seen in all the official pics!

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Do you have a link or something on how to do this?:D