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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 16, 2024 17:41:43 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jan 16, 2024 17:46:52 GMT
He's got a sliiiiiiiightly different head.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 16, 2024 19:08:28 GMT
SLIGHTLY LIGHTER BLACK.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2024 19:15:23 GMT
Opaque windscreen, too.
And the faction symbol doesn’t have the outline.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 22:48:58 GMT
I see. The 'covered in dust' edition Trailbreaker.
So these are all SS86 style, which means when we finally get an Earthrise Hound his finish won't match the others anyway. Nice.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 22:50:45 GMT
By others I mean the Earthrise ones. Of course he'll match the 86 style ones, which of course were all supposed to buy to ditch the Earthrise ones.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 16, 2024 22:52:32 GMT
Hound was SS86 to start with
Trailbreaker isn't in the 86 Movie is he?
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 22:56:19 GMT
I don't think that's going to stop Hasbro.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 17, 2024 8:43:52 GMT
By others I mean the Earthrise ones. Of course he'll match the 86 style ones, which of course were all supposed to buy to ditch the Earthrise ones. Capitalism!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2024 8:51:21 GMT
My decision to cut down on TF spending in 2024 to divert funds to other things becomes easier by the day!
Last year I reacquired Universe Hound, which is good enough for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2024 10:03:02 GMT
Find myself absolutely unmoved by this, a very easy pass.
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Post by Benn on Jan 17, 2024 10:59:54 GMT
Speaking as someone who is double dipping on a lot of TR toys, I see absolutely no reason to do so here. Surely this is costing sales on Hound as opposed to releasing him on his own?
This is the third release of the Trailbreaker mould with only minor changes, fifth if you include the Hoist version, I'd assume it's made it's costs back by now? Same with Jazz.
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2024 11:43:16 GMT
Yeah, there's no way I'm going in on this set just for Hound unless there's a huge discount. Can't imagine it's going to be easy to offload the others to people who won't also want Hound anyway.
And if they go for an opaque windscreen on Hound for consistency within the set that's going to annoy the people who only want Hound to complete their ER line-up.
I think it will sell but it will annoy a lot of people!
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Post by shaggydave76 on Jan 17, 2024 11:47:31 GMT
Yeah, I think all those 'Evo-Fusion' ports definitely spoil the look of the vehicle modes somewhat.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2024 13:01:08 GMT
And if they go for an opaque windscreen on Hound for consistency within the set that's going to annoy the people who only want Hound to complete their ER line-up. I think it will sell but it will annoy a lot of people! I'm not sure Hound would have had a clear windscreen anyway as a SS86 toy in the Buzzworthy BB line
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2024 13:40:17 GMT
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2024 13:49:41 GMT
Every time I see pictures from this source I move to wipe dust from my screen
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2024 13:54:00 GMT
Not for me, I think.
I want to say it looks cheaper than the ER version, but to be fair it's because it's going for the animation look which is not my preferred aesthetic.
Wasn't one of the Hasbro designers recently quoted as saying they were surprised that fans generally prefer this look with opaque windows? Maybe a lot of people do but it's certainly not universal...
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2024 15:00:17 GMT
Blue Breaker already meets my Trailbreaker needs.
I went nose-deep into slightly-different repaints during the covid era, but now I can't be hooped.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jan 17, 2024 15:37:10 GMT
Not a different head, it was just the lighting.
This a big nope from me, and yes, I too prefer the clear windows.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 28, 2024 22:37:54 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jan 29, 2024 4:51:16 GMT
That is awful. It looks like a bad photoshop.
They really needed to give him a new chest/roof/windshield piece if they were going to do that. The only reason it worked before was because the transparent plastic made the sharp squared corners less obvious.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 29, 2024 8:24:22 GMT
Yeah, that is... not great. Really shows the weaknesses of the mold up. There'll be a lot of these on eBay after people get their Hounds, I'd imagine...
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Post by that_bluestreak on Jan 29, 2024 17:54:11 GMT
Its always nice to see toys I have no inclination to buy.
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Post by Toph on Jan 29, 2024 19:22:12 GMT
That would look 75% better if the windows were transparent blue. I'm not a transparent window supremacist like some collectors, but like I said, the only reason that bad shape worked at all was because the transparency made the corners less noticeable.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Jan 30, 2024 17:51:42 GMT
...transparent window supremacist...
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 30, 2024 21:32:29 GMT
I do like that shade of blue.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2024 21:32:33 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2024 21:56:31 GMT
I think I'll stick with Netflix Wheeljack. I like the battle damage deco and one copy of the mould is good enough for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 9, 2024 10:18:44 GMT
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