Disappointed with DOTM movie toys

[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!?!

[VERT]

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!?!

Can I have more info on this. Cause my Sentinel prime did not come with any instructions.

[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.