Disappointed with DOTM movie toys

[To Punish & Enslave]

Been a while since I logged in so hi to all that know me and hi to those that don’t. I cant believe the poor visual quality of the DOTM movie toys. Went to TRU today at least expecting to buy 1 but couldn’t bring myself to it. They looked shocking. I’m lost for words. I’m so glad I bought most of mine on the original movie series.Im a mint in box collector and a g1 collector. I would like to see what you all think also and if you recomend anything i may not have seen as yet that is a quality unit. Only thing i saw today that caught my eye was a non dotm toy. The clear version starscream for $249 mmmm tempting.

[Hursticon]

There is a clear downsizing in the DOTM line, in plastic mass terms, and the paints apps are highly lacking also.
Apart from the 3 Soundwave figures yet to be released, I have only a total of 4 maybe 5 figures that I'm even interested in and 2 I've already bought.

I suppose it leaves money for other things I'm trying to get though, so it's not all negative.

[GoktimusPrime]

Actually, I find that on the whole, DotM has given us some really amazing toys - arguably the best we've seen in the movie line.
For example:

+ DotM Voyager Megatron: Absolutely amazing figure and the best of the movie Megatron toys ever made - even better than the previous Leader toys and at half the RRP!

+ DotM Voyager Shockwave: A very well designed toy despite not having an Earthen alt mode.

+ DotM Commander Class Powerglide: A neat little Scout sized figure, even if the RRP is a bit pricey.

+ DotM Commander Class Sentinel Prime: Unlike Powerglide is based on a complex movie model. It manages to work well in both modes considering its size.

I must say that I've been impressed with the DotM line as a whole. The only figures that have disappointed me so far have been Skids (epic fail of a figure) and Sideswipe (not terrible, but pretty underwhelming all the same).

Don't judge a book by it's cover -- there's more to the DotM toy line than meets the eye.

[Sharky]

+ DotM Voyager Shockwave: A very well designed toy despite not having an Earthen alt mode.

Really?


i found shockwave barely able to generate the slightest "meh" out of me. it failed to impress and i nabbed it for under 20 bux.....it felt like it was lacking in so many ways.


powerglide is a good little figure, infact i have like more of the cyberverse line than most of the larger counterparts...

[Hursticon]

I would have to agree with Sharky in regards to the Cyberverse line, if I didn't own any Movie figures I'd be starting and staying with that line but alas - I'll just stick with my pretty cool Ark playset.
(Roller is awesome, even if he isn't too articulate )

Out of the hordes of DOTM figures released so far and are yet to come, these are the only ones I'm interested in:

• Leader Class - Sentinel Prime
• Human Alliance - Soundwave w/ Laserbeak
• Voyager Class - Shockwave*
• Deluxe Class - Soundwave
• Commander Class - Guzzle
• Commander Class - Hatchet
• Legion Class - Soundwave
• Cyberverse - Ark Playset w/ Roller*

* Currently own and love.

...Otherwise, none of the other figures really appeal to me at all.

[tinyJazz]

Been a while since I logged in so hi to all that know me and hi to those that don’t. I cant believe the poor visual quality of the DOTM movie toys. Went to TRU today at least expecting to buy 1 but couldn’t bring myself to it. They looked shocking. I’m lost for words. I’m so glad I bought most of mine on the original movie series.Im a mint in box collector and a g1 collector. I would like to see what you all think also and if you recomend anything i may not have seen as yet that is a quality unit. Only thing i saw today that caught my eye was a non dotm toy. The clear version starscream for $249 mmmm tempting.

It you're really keen on it, please use this voucher if you're going to buy it locally. You'll be saving yourself close to 100 bucks.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=10635

DOTM Legion Bumblebee and Starscream have a grippy hand (to hold a gun or something), but it's only one hand, looks weird. :/ Yeah, not really interested in DOTM toys apart from Hatchet, Guzzle, Powerglide and some repaints from the other movies. Movie TFs are so ugly.

[Hursticon]

Yeah, not really interested in DOTM toys apart from Hatchet, Guzzle, Powerglide...

Ooh!
Thank you for reminding me of Hatchet too Tinyjazz!

[GoktimusPrime]

I find Roadbuster to be a pretty decent toy, although the amounts of grey bothers some people (I don't mind it though). Bumblebee is also pretty neat in terms of better screen-accuracy, although engineering wise I still prefer TF1 Deluxe Concept Bumblebee. Although technically DotM Deluxe Bumblebee is a retool of Battle Blade Bumblebee.

DotM Deluxe Ratchet was also better than I expected in some ways. Initially I thought he might've been a repaint of ROTF Deluxe Ratchet, but he's actually an entire new mould (afaik). In some ways not as elegant or complex as ROTF DLX Ratchet; but I find the design to be simple yet effective. The transformation isn't as fiddly and there are still some clever elements to it - and the vehicle mode doesn't carry as much robot kibble in the undercarriage as ROTF DLX Ratchet does, which allows the wheels to roll more freely. He also has three Mech Tech ports allowing Ratchet to be armed with 3 weapons in vehicle mode or 5 in robot mode (holding 2 more weapons in each fist). The main drawback with the toy is that the vehicle kibble on the back of the robot doesn't fold in as tightly as on ROTF DLX Ratchet.

Oh yeah, the Mech Tech ports are all compatible with the Universal 5mm Post, so any 5mm post weapon can be inserted into a Mech Tech port! (except for the clip-on ports on Jetwing Prime, although he has 5mm ports too)

Laserbeak is... okay. Well, he's a lot better than say Ravage or Scorponok - and I think Hasbro just went and gave him a non-screen alt mode because, let's face it, he just transforms into too much stuff in the movie for Hastak to really engineer into a single Deluxe size toy! So for a movie "Minion-former" I think he's quite good.

Cyberverse Ark w/ Roller's quite nice as a playset - but no way it's worth $60 (glad I got it on sale for $34). Cyberverse Optimus Prime w/ trailer and Starscream w/ Orbital Assault Carrier were both really disappointing though -- the former feels like a freakin' KO. I'm just using it as a placeholder until I can get a gooderer version of DotM Prime w/ trailer. (-_-) And Starscream I just got after watching the movie for the vehicle... which isn't even that well designed. And the Starscream figure itself doesn't impress me one iota. By current day standards I'm not that impressed with the Cyberverse playsets... the G1 Micromasters had better playsets (and were relatively cheaper too). Although at least Cyberverse doesn't have all kinds of little accessories and ramps to lose!

*shrug* At the end of the day, if the DotM toys don't appeal to you, just don't buy them.

[LordCyrusOmega]

I don't think there any worse or better then previous lines. My only gripe is some feel 'cheaper' then other toys and while the mechtech weapons are cool I prefer more screen accurate for my movie collection and so far the only toys who hold their weapons on the shelf are Sentinel Prime and Shockwave.
I'm only getting the toys that appear in the movie as well as the Cyberverse playsets and any that would fit on my classics shelf. Also the Human Alliance toys and all incarnations of Soundwave and Laserbeak.

[To Punish & Enslave]

[QUOTE=*shrug* At the end of the day, if the DotM toys don't appeal to you, just don't buy them. [/QUOTE]

Hey gok how are you? You must be running out of room by now for your tf collection or at least renting out a storage shed lol. Yeah not a big fan as yet but something might grow on me in the tf3 range. Its amazing how much tf2 stuff i saw sitting on the shelf at tru today. As a mainly mint in box collector the first thing I look for is detail. Because of this it makes it hard for a toy to grow on me by playing with it. I think its great gok that some one like your self can see the good in most tf series and still play with them. I guess im a little bias as the old di cast g1 's I love and keep compairing to these plastic fantastics.