You know that as soon as you drop some $ on the Hasbro version, the TT will show up on your doorstep, don't you, Goki?
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You know that as soon as you drop some $ on the Hasbro version, the TT will show up on your doorstep, don't you, Goki?
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Well, lancalot has come to my rescue and sold me a spare MP Wheeljack that he had.Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
You know that as soon as you drop some $ on the Hasbro version, the TT will show up on your doorstep, don't you, Goki?If the MP Wheeljack that I actually pre-ordered ever shows up, then I'll have a spare to sell too.
I hope it does, cos my Cloud Megatron's still in that box!
Although the MP Wheeljack I got didn't come with the little slip of paper with the code to access the online survey (and thus also be able to vote/nominate which character(s) you want as future MPs). Would someone please send me a copy of their slip? It should be the same code for all MP Wheeljacks (so don't worry about "using up" your turn if you give me your code). The slip looks similar to this:
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i'll dig it up & text it to you in the morning, Gok
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i check my boxes as well and it doesn't come with a slip like that ...maybe cause it the HK release?..
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You, sir, are a prophet. My originally preordered MP Wheeljack (and Cloud Megatron) just turned up on my doorstep this morning!You know that as soon as you drop some $ on the Hasbro version, the TT will show up on your doorstep, don't you, Goki?
Check out the Sales section if anyone wants to buy my spare MP22.
Now go apply your skills of clairvoyance on OzLotto!
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This is a mild vent/observation but does any kid like a toy that isn't a faithful represensation to what is present on screen? This applies not only for TFs but for other toys in general too.
I remember growing up collecting Batman toys, I never could find the original standard animated figure at an affordable price (I grew up frugal) and my parents bought second-hand batmans that were in his 'special modes' and were of various colours which I still enjoyed playing with but wished I had the original grey and black Batman. Same goes for Transformers, especially as of late with the new AOE dinobots in the original release - I own them now and actually do enjoy playing with them but why the inaccurate screen paint job? I know it adds colour to the toyline but surely kids would enjoy playing with a toy as if it had come straight out of the screen/media they just watched as opposed to some made-up battle mode/colour scheme that never existed.
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As kids, we loved our toys that weren't screen-accurate from 1984 to 1987. Bumblebee in particular was the most-produced and most-sold toy over that period and didn't even have the same face.
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Yeah, but I'm with the previous poster; I had some Batman Returns figures, and the most prized ones for me and my cousin were the black Batman and the blue/grey Batman.
Least prized (but still played with) was the black/gold Batman/men his mum bought us at the end of a school term.
If there was a screen accurate Bumblebee, I'm betting he would be more highly prized.
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I still disagree though - as a kid, Battle-Armor He-Man and Skeletor, Thunder Punch He-Man, Flying Fists He-Man, Dragon Blaster Skeletor and Terror Claws Skeletor were all better than the boring screen-accurate original versions. Kids (particularly boys) generally like toys that do stuff over accuracy, while adult collectors will often metaphorically soil themselves over things that 'look right' even though they're bloody boring toys. Obviously the thing with the Batman toys is that they all have to look different, so Mums and Dads don't say "you already have that one" and refuse to buy it.
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Guess I was the other side of things, eh?
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