The 1-Meter Optimus Speaker Tower - questions

[BigTransformerTrev]

Hmm that maybe the shop whose owner I got in a big arguement with at a Malvern fair in front of plenty of people.

I ask them what a Bomannder was and the lady just said box error and it was an original G1 Grimlock but I knew better.

Glad I never bought anything from there then. Bad enough with it being overpriced without it being fake

[Bidoofdude]

I wanted to do that to the people selling KOs at Armageddon.
Wish I had.

[Sinnertwin]

Very nice collectible, if the money's burning a hole in your pocket. Shame it doesnt come with a drinks tray

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

2 - Would you consider it a toy with an electronic gimmick, or electronic merchandise?

This, because...

It's primary purpose is to be a speaker unit, however, Music Label Soundwave & the Rumble/Frenzy earphones, as well as Device Label Ravage, Cheetor & Tigatron (plus the Blaster USB hub and Grimlock & Trypticon Mouses) I think would be seen by most as a toy with an electronic gimmick... yes/no?

...this.

The device label TFs seem to me to be TFs first, with the functional device aspect as their 'gimmick'. Bassimus Prime there 1: doesn't transform, 2: is too large to be 'played with', and 3: has it's primary function as speaker rather than plaything. It's a speaker shaped like Optimus Prime, rather than a toy with a speaker component like Music Label Convoy.


That said, I could go for something like that if they came in Blaster and Soundwave/Soundblaster styles. Maybe a surround sound setup with some of the mini-cassettes for smaller speakers.

[GoktimusPrime]

^Agree.
Music/Device Label TFs are fundamentally toys that happen to function as music devices (even if some of they are 'compromised' by the gimmick to varying degrees). The speaker unit is an electronic device that bears resemblance to a Transformer. How articulated is it? Can it be played w/ as an action figure?

The auction describes it as a "statue", and I consider statues to be more merchandising than action figure/toy - so along the same line as other statues, busts, PVC figurines etc.