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Bwahahaha!Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Anyway, why would anyone who wants it not have the proper colour? It's still hanging around in large enough numbers. I see it all the time. Which reminds me, I'll leave this post with:
[6th sense] "I see yellow transformers". [/6th sense]
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At Botcon fans should ask Archer and the other Hasbro representatives why this sort of fugly and pointless paintjobs get approved and why the advertised pictures of toys seem of considerably better quality than the packaged figures such as what happened with Animated Bumblebee?
...instead they always ask the same pointless 'friendly' questions
Last edited by kup; 30th August 2008 at 10:01 PM.
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Well, if I was at BotCon, I wouldn't bother asking about cr4ppy repaints. I mean, if I hate them, I just disregard them. I'd be much more interested in (say) the future of the Classics concept. With a limited timeframe, I'd concentrate on the stuff I'm interested in, not the garbage that I'm not interested in.At Botcon people should ask Archer and the other Hasbro representatives why this sort of fugly and pointless paintjobs get approved and why the advertised pictures of toys seem of considerably better quality than the packaged figures such as what happened with Animated Bumblebee?
...instead they always ask the same pointless 'friendly' questions
That's not to say that these aren't valid questions, but I can see why they're not asked.
Eagerly waiting for Masterpiece Meister
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To me consistent decay of quality from Hasbro is a concerning question that should be asked. It affects all figures not just repaints.
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Agreed. It's not like I'm buying a Big mac where ingredients, people and time can vary greatly to what the end product looks like. I'm buying something that has exact measurements in paint used and moulds used.
I think they need a reminder that they arn't selling fast food. I can only cringe at the thought on what next years movie toys will look like.
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I have noticed a pattern with Hasbro. It seems that they will put effort into their toys if there is a third party attached or if they are licensing from an external company.
If you notice, their Star Wars toys overall have decent finishes and paint jobs because they are using a third party License to produce the toys. If they pee off Lucas, he could push for the franchise to be licensed to another company.
Transformer lines such as Universe and Animated are exclusively Hasbro owned, the toys don't have to be approved by anyone else nor would they disgruntle any of their partners if they cut back in manufacturing costs. That is why I think they are being lazy as hell with these Hasbro owned franchises.
However when it comes to the second Movie line, they will not just be dealing with their own but will be licensing the design of the alt modes from General Motors and other Heavy Weight companies and investors as well as the movie studios. So if they become slack with the finishes and quality, they would be harming their business relations and upsetting their license owner and investors. They will put the extra effort on the Movie toys.
The original movie line was actually pretty good in overall quality despite some questionable molds (Leader Brawl, Starscream) and I believe this is because the Movie line had other companies involved not just Hasbro.
Last edited by kup; 30th August 2008 at 11:05 PM.
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for the love of god why wouldn't they repaint him as ironhide?
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You forgot these 2...The Yellow Horde!
*Urgh!*
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