Beast Hunters Starscream

[Bidoofdude]

Everyone on TFW seems to love him. I have no freakin' idea why.

[Lord_Zed]

It just feels like they're not trying anymore.

Or they fired all the talent and replaced them with cheap inexperienced yes-men.

I'd guess that this "look" has been market tested and found to appeal to the key boys demographic. I'm reminded of all those superhero toys that are the same character (like Batman and Spider-Man) over and over just in different sorts of armour/costumes.

yeah they do seem to be a lot of those type of figures around, Batman in Shelfwarmer armour etc.

Which only make me think they have become even more short on creativity that they have become like the Hollywood machine pumping out more of the same rather than trying anything new.

[kup]

Or they fired all the talent and replaced them with cheap inexperienced yes-men.

That is very possible. I know first hand that a corporation will prefer someone who is cheap to maintain and doesn't ask any questions irregardless of the quality of work produced.

[SMHFConvoy]

My first question is, "is it a retool or a new figure?" My second one is, "what's with the Cybertron brimstone homage?"

I love the vitriol this thread has generated. It's like you'll be forced to buy it for some abstract reason. A Hasbro rep holding a gun to your head or something. It's funny.

[Gouki]

Uuh. First thing I saw was "Distributed in Australia".
This is new?

Yeah I noticed that too, and I'm surprised so few people have noticed.

I kind of like the Beast Hunters toys so far, even the weird colours and armour. It's like 1992 all over again, only this time I don't need to rely only on Birthday and Christmas to get them.

[Paulbot]

Most TF toys for the past few years have had the "Distributed in Australia" text. Even toys that never where (like First Edition Prime toys and Amazon Unicron. I've had my hopes dashed on this point before.

I don't think anyone feels forced to buy them, but there's disappointment with the Prime line direction (which is more child focused now and that does make sense for the Hasbro market) particularly with the toys that were overlooked (like Deluxe Ironhide, Frenzy, Voyager Breakdown etc) for these.

But I think Gouki reminds us of a good point, some kids will grow to nostalgically remember the Beast Hunters the way some of us look back at G2.

[kup]

I love the vitriol this thread has generated. It's like you'll be forced to buy it for some abstract reason. A Hasbro rep holding a gun to your head or something. It's funny.

Some narrow thinking there. Read Paulbot's post, he gets why people are upset. However I will disagree about 'being remembered'. Like most things these days, it will be forgotten the week after it ends.

We have been fans of Hasbro and Takara for a long time so it is just very disappointing to see this deterioration in general quality and lack of creativity.

[Quickstrike]

"what's with the Cybertron brimstone homage?"

First thing I though when I saw him! Brimstone's cool.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Everyone on TFW seems to love him. I have no freakin' idea why.

They all think FOC Grimlock is a masterpiece as well, so um, yeah ?

I love the vitriol this thread has generated. It's like you'll be forced to buy it for some abstract reason. A Hasbro rep holding a gun to your head or something. It's funny.

I dont think anyone is feeling they will be forced to buy it at all from the comments so far. The criticism is well justified. It is an ugly looking toy regardless of purchase or not.

I for one like some of the retooled beast hunters stuff. Wheeljack looks good and it reminds me of Mad Max in a way, so am very interested in the new toys. However Soundwave and Starscream are the two weakest figures they have shown imo. Maybe it's a plane thing?

[GoktimusPrime]

Some narrow thinking there. Read Paulbot's post, he gets why people are upset. However I will disagree about 'being remembered'. Like most things these days, it will be forgotten the week after it ends.

We have been fans of Hasbro and Takara for a long time so it is just very disappointing to see this deterioration in general quality and lack of creativity.

Yeah, bad toys hurt the brand, so one can understand fans being upset over what they think might hurt the brand. As you say, we've been fans of this brand for a long time, and we've seen what has and hasn't worked well for this brand.