Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[Paulbot]

What are the dimensions for Encore 20 Devastator's box, since I'm finding it hard to tell and the pics make it look quite big?
Thanks.

Roughly 8cm x 44.7cm x 25.2cm

[Bidoofdude]

That's slightly different to what I thought. It looks huge in pictures.

[Autocon]

I have a misb leader starscream. Is it worth opening and transforming it?

[Kazza]

I have a misb leader starscream. Is it worth opening and transforming it?

I reading this as 'leaderclass' starscream which makes me think its either the HFTD one or the GDO one, i always open my toys to transform them at least once and look for any QC issues. I do enjoy transforming them every now and than.

[GoktimusPrime]

So... whenever people talk about "Asian exclusive" toys and things being released for the "Asian" market... are we pretty much talking about the Sinophone (Chinese speaking) market? Because "Asia" is a pret-ty big region, and I'm wondering how many non-Sinophone Asian countries get these Asian-exclusives. Certainly Japan doesn't seem to get them. What about Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Lebanon or Turkmenistan?

Because when we talk about "European exclusives," we're talking about toys that are released widely across a fair spread of the European continent . When I look at toys with European packaging, we can see like a dozen languages other than English cramped on the packaging like French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian etc. But when I look at images of Asian Exclusive Transformer packaging, like say Year of the Dragon Ultimate Optimus Prime, the only language other than English that I can see is Chinese. Which leads me to wonder if these toys are only being released in Sinophone markets like China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore etc. and not in Non-Sinophone Asian countries like Japan, Gangnam-Land^South Korea, Thailand, Iran, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, Eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel... you get the picture.

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P.S.: I'm talking about stuff released in regular stores. I know places like Hong Kong and the Philippines have lots of specialty stores that sell all kinds of imports, but I'm not talking about that. Kthanks.

[griffin]

Asian Exclusive is a long established term that doesn't mean "geographic Asia", but "Hasbro Asia", which is based in Hong Kong, and supplies stock to various other Asian countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and maybe China as well.

Hasbro HK/Asia became big enough a few years ago to start releasing their own versions of Japanese TFs, for their "Asian" (non-Japanese Asia) markets.

It's a labelling term, not a geographic term, so maybe ask Hasbro HK what countries they sell their products to.

[i_amtrunks]

So I received a G1 Hotspot ages ago from an OTCA member, and had put it away somewhere safe. Found it while cleaning up today and had a play around. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get his head out of his chest in robot mode! Any hints/ideas?

[Paulbot]

Isn't it kinda sping loaded like Rumble/Frenzy. I feel like you kinda push it forward and it pops up. But it's been a long time since I picked up my Hotspot.

[i_amtrunks]

Isn't it kinda sping loaded like Rumble/Frenzy. I feel like you kinda push it forward and it pops up. But it's been a long time since I picked up my Hotspot.

Thanks Paulbot, after a little wriggling on the nead it popped right up. I thought it was tied into the ladder at first. Seems like some dust/something crumbly had gotten in down near the neck and clogged up the spring.

All fixed now and working a treat. Thanks.

[Paulbot]

I thought it was tied into the ladder at first.

You could put the Defensor head in its place if gets stuck It's pretty common now (especially after PCC) but back in the day having the Gestalt head built into the toy instead of being a helmet or accessory was one of my favourite things about Hot Spot.