Disappointed with DOTM movie toys

[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.

[DELTAprime]

Out of the Hasbro line I've only gotten Leader Sentinel, Deluxe Skids and Mudflap, Voyager Megs and Leader Ironhide. I got Takara's Jetwing Prime also.

Ironhide is going to be my first repaint project after I get some practice on lesser formers. Despite his small size Megatron is a really nice figure. I personally like the Twins design (but the characters still suck). Sentinel is clearly missing paint apps when you compare the finished product to the Hasbro publicity shots. Jetwing Prime is without a doubt the best thing in the DOTM line but he doesn't really count as he is a Japanese exclusive remold of a ROTF figure.

I'm looking for Sideswipe to practice my repainting on, I want a Deluxe Topspin and Voyager Shockwave, they look awesome. But thats all from the currently seen line of toys I want to pick up. And I will reserve judgement on the Soundwave's till I see them cause for all we know they might be crap.

[RagingBull]

i love the new toys for DOTM, i love the mech tech weapons, great new addition, a gimmick that actually adds to figure instead of gets in the way of it.

while i love all things tf movie, the 1 thing i am very disappointed in is the lack of toys for this line. mostly speaking of the mech tech main line.

what we've got so far has been great, but in numbers, its nowhere near the number of figures we got for ROTF. in the month or so since dotm figures came out, ive spent at least half of what i did on the first 2 movies in the same time frame.

does anyone else get the same feeling?

[DELTAprime]

i love the new toys for DOTM, i love the mech tech weapons, great new addition, a gimmick that actually adds to figure instead of gets in the way of it.

I would have preferred the plastic in those Mech-Tech guns to go into the figure. All the sets have a set amount of plastic in them and that dictates how big or small the figure is. More plastic in the figure would mean less in the gun would mean larger figures.

[Fungal Infection]

One thing that sh-ts me about the mech tech weapons is that they don't stay in place - like deluxe Optimus's gun/axe weapon - you can't display the weapon in axe mode, its pretty much stuck in gun mode unless you hold the trigger in place. It would've been nice if they'd taken the spring mechanism out so you can display the weapons in either mode. Same problem applies to Barricade's gun/claw weapon, Sideswipe's gun/blade weapon and so on.

[GoktimusPrime]

Some Mech Tech weapons can lock in deployed position -- but yeah, not all of them can, which is annoying. Especially with melee weapons, because you can't even play with them properly when you need to have one hand constantly on the trigger. *sigh*

I would have preferred the plastic in those Mech-Tech guns to go into the figure. All the sets have a set amount of plastic in them and that dictates how big or small the figure is. More plastic in the figure would mean less in the gun would mean larger figures.

I heard that the reason why the figures are a bit smaller is because of increasing cost of oil/petrol (and hence increased cost of plastic manufacture).

[Paulbot]

One thing that sh-ts me about the mech tech weapons is that they don't stay in place - like deluxe Optimus's gun/axe weapon - you can't display the weapon in axe mode, its pretty much stuck in gun mode unless you hold the trigger in place. It would've been nice if they'd taken the spring mechanism out so you can display the weapons in either mode. Same problem applies to Barricade's gun/claw weapon, Sideswipe's gun/blade weapon and so on.

This would be my main complaint about the DOTM line. I'm being more selective than I was with the ROTF line and have been happy with all the ones so far.

[kaiden]

i didn't collect the previous 2 movie lines but the cost-cutting annoys me.
the unpainted sideswipe bothers me the most but the other significant thing is the sound chips inside leader class figures.

I had a look at Lightning Power Thor and it has 7 phrases! and only costs $49 ($24 during the target sale)

I'm testing Ironhide and he has 2 phrases, 1 chest cannon sound and 2 car sounds (the second one i'm unsure how to get it to play 100%)

It makes me feel so ripped off.

[Hursticon]

I'm inclined to agree Kaiden but more-so with regards to TF voice-chips in general as they've barely moved past: "Megatron Attack!".
Leader Class Sentinel Prime has 3 phrases and 2 sound effects, but 2 of those phrases and 1 of those sound effects are only accessibly when you plug in a MechTech Gun/Weapon from another figure as his own weapons are unable to plug into the port without removing his head!?!

[RagingBull]

I would have preferred the plastic in those Mech-Tech guns to go into the figure. All the sets have a set amount of plastic in them and that dictates how big or small the figure is. More plastic in the figure would mean less in the gun would mean larger figures.

true, i do agree with that. however, i really do have to say, i love the mechtech weapons. if they were able to product the same size figure as the previous lines and still have the weapon, id pay more, but thats just me.