The End of Twist Ties?

[liegeprime]

And here I was, thinking I was the only one who hated twist ties...

Well I was about to start a thread on this but somewhat beat me to it.. one of my pet peeves since I opened my Energon Unicron - Twist ties

I hope its the end of Twist ties, I hate them. I still have Nightmares of opening the 6" Titanium toys.

I dont know why even the minute minicons have so much of the damn things! one shoulda been enough but goodness! Oh try doing it with the figure mentioned above THAT was a nightmare half an hour of removing twist ties and a few more minutes before that trying to remove the TAPE that was covering the twist ties ends from behind the cardboard inbox, how infuriating! I tried that before discovering wire clippers I didnt invest on one yet then, how the heck did I know that Unicron came with gazillions of the stuff. It looked as if there was about only 5 from the outside packaging, nuh-uh!

[roller]

you think your done

then

WHACK!!!!

Anothe twist tie reveals itself

and the poor child spends hours and hours trying to untie it

while their fingers go numb and the frustrtation grows like a mighty (jade stalk them chinese knows what im talkin bout)

eventually the frustration is too much and you scream "Damn youse!!! Damn youse all to hell!!!!"

[kup]

you think your done

then

WHACK!!!!

Anothe twist tie reveals itself

and the poor child spends hours and hours trying to untie it

while their fingers go numb and the frustrtation grows like a mighty (jade stalk them chinese knows what im talkin bout)

eventually the frustration is too much and you scream "Damn youse!!! Damn youse all to hell!!!!"

On more than a few occasions I have actually been cut by the Frackers. Heck, while packing a Titanium back in the box I cut myself with one.

[Paulbot]

On more than a few occasions I have actually been cut by the Frackers. Heck, while packing a Titanium back in the box I cut myself with one.

+1 also on a Titanium ... those were the heavy duty twist ties!

[Golden Phoenix]

Praise the Lord.
I had a horrible time with Cybertron Primus. I could transform Masterpiece Megatron faster then I could get Primus free, and that's saying something!

I don't know why they even implemented them in the first place. I always thought it would be cheaper and less labor to use these.

[kup]

Praise the Lord.
I had a horrible time with Cybertron Primus. I could transform Masterpiece Megatron faster then I could get Primus free, and that's saying something!

I don't know why they even implemented them in the first place. I always thought it would be cheaper and less labor to use these.

Hasbro is more concerned about costumers (the stores) buying the product than delivering a good toy to the end consumer. So all their emphasis goes on the looks of the packaging rather than what's inside.

They want you to pick up the 'awesome' looking box and that's it.

[Pulse]

Hasbro is more concerned about costumers (the stores) buying the product than delivering a good toy to the end consumer. So all their emphasis goes on the looks of the packaging rather than what's inside.

They want you to pick up the 'awesome' looking box and that's it.

So, Would you say that TFs packaged in Bot mode seemed to use a hell of alot more twist ties than same sized figures packaged in Alt mode?

Then again, Can you imagine if they would have packaged Unicron/Primus in Planet Mode...

What would be more 'awesome looking' - A giant toy robot or a weird looking bowling ball?

[liegeprime]

+1 also on a Titanium ... those were the heavy duty twist ties!

On that note, isnt there child safety rules governing these toys? Thats why they f@3&d up most the missles to something as long as a teaspoons, but then we have twist ties which have wires that cut. I have encountered more than once a twist tie that has its plastic coat peeling, thats dangerous they should limit these really if not able to get rid altogether. I mean one decent twist tie in the torso of a deluxe or voyager toy will keep it in place. Jeez they put like 6 on a deluxe and more on Voyagers!

[Zippo]

Remember that an adult should remove the toy from the packaging and give to the child, therefore the child would never see these dangerious twist ties.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Hasbro is more concerned about costumers (the stores) buying the product than delivering a good toy to the end consumer. So all their emphasis goes on the looks of the packaging rather than what's inside.

They want you to pick up the 'awesome' looking box and that's it.

However they didn't really get the boxes looking all that flash until they changed to the style they used during Cybertron.

Remember that an adult should remove the toy from the packaging and give to the child, therefore the child would never see these dangerious twist ties.

How many parents actually take the toys out of the box for the kids though? I Don't recall any notes on the box saying that removing from package is best done by mum/dad though. Although, once the packaging has been ripped to shreds by Junior, then the twist ties guarranteed the folks had to take it from there I guess.