Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[GoktimusPrime]

Is that release of the Seacon mold really that terrible or did Peaugh just get one with bad QC?

Mine are fine.

[DELTAprime]

Cool. I'll pick them up since all you guys had no issues. My first Monsterbots.

[Hursticon]

Is that release of the Seacon mold really that terrible or did Peaugh just get one with bad QC?

Mine was fine too, save for some "How-ya-goin" factory sticker placement & one of the limb-bots slipping slightly under the strain of weight from the Gestalt in leg-mode, but otherwise it was/is great.

[griffin]

For just $30 for six Gen1 toys that combine... who cares.
(if you do get any QC issues, they should only be minor, and that price still makes it worth it)

[GoktimusPrime]

My first Monsterbots.

I'd love to see the Monsterbots reissued, though I don't know if their sparking gimmick would pass current day toy safety standards. And as others have said, at $30 you're laughing. Heck, I'm vicariously laughin' for ya!

[Jetfire in the sky]

For just $30 for six Gen1 toys that combine... who cares.
(if you do get any QC issues, they should only be minor, and that price still makes it worth it)

How the mighty have fallen (in value)

[tinyJazz]

I'm thinking about picking up Takara's versions of FoC Magnus and Shockwave, but before I decide I'd like to see how the scale with Laser Prime. If somebody could take a pic of them (Magnus, Shockwave and Laser Prime) I'd be really grateful.

Took me a while to find shockers, but here you are:



Takara Magnus, Club Scourge and Hasbro Shockwave. I was surprised, they actually scale really well. I'm not about to transform Magnus any time soon, I just opened him and his shoulder ball joints are really stiff.

[Cat]

I'd love to see the Monsterbots reissued, though I don't know if their sparking gimmick would pass current day toy safety standards. And as others have said, at $30 you're laughing. Heck, I'm vicariously laughin' for ya!

Sparking gimmicks in toys aren't allowed anymore.

Blame Barbie and hairspray.

[nofacej]

Took me a while to find shockers, but here you are:



Takara Magnus, Club Scourge and Hasbro Shockwave. I was surprised, they actually scale really well. I'm not about to transform Magnus any time soon, I just opened him and his shoulder ball joints are really stiff.

Thanks man. Mags is a little shorter than I would have hoped, but as you said they do scale pretty well with each other. Strangely Shockwave and Prime (Scourge in this case) look more like they're from the same line than Ultra Magnus and Shockwave do.

[DELTAprime]

Just for purposes of record keeping would you guys classify last years Sixshot as a Takara Tomy release or a Hasbro release?