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Post by Llama God on Dec 12, 2019 7:26:02 GMT
Interesting. I don't know if this'll be a line that I'll be interested in collecting, but I am glad to see that they're finally doing new things ((thanks to the temptation of all that untapped cash from the Chinese market).
I'm interested to see whether this'll be some Transtector-like thing, or whether it's a Marvel Powemasters-type merging, or whether this figure's a reverse Pretender or something. Actual uncertainty! Exciting times.
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Post by Benn on Dec 12, 2019 7:39:55 GMT
I like it. I could want it.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 14, 2019 8:52:19 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 14, 2019 9:05:02 GMT
Only if it passed UK safety standards though.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Dec 14, 2019 9:27:22 GMT
I'd be surprised if Hasbro designed toys that weren't suitable for a range of markets.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 14, 2019 10:18:06 GMT
I direct you to G1 where some toys had to be modified or not released at all in the UK due to safety standards. The drop test, etc.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Dec 14, 2019 12:11:33 GMT
That was also a long time ago. Many of those toys don't pass modern safety standards.
Hasbro does seem to be pretty concerned with uniformity now. I mean there's nearly zero difference between takara and hasbro releases, let alone other Hasbros.
I see no reason these wouldn't be made to pass US or UK safety standards.
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Post by Llama God on May 16, 2020 10:00:10 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 16, 2020 10:06:29 GMT
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Post by Benn on May 16, 2020 11:06:51 GMT
So, we could have done a better version of Pretenders.
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Post by The Doctor on May 16, 2020 13:49:08 GMT
I keep forgetting this exists due to the general lack of availability for it (in the West).
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on May 17, 2020 9:45:29 GMT
Yeah, I keep forgetting about it, too. And it's surprising that no-one's decided to pick it up - maybe they think that no-one's interested? That said if it only consists of a handful of mold re-uses and this one, single new mold, then I guess it's not that surprising.
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Post by Toph on May 17, 2020 10:59:11 GMT
There are several new molds. I recall at least two others. Edit: at least three others |
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Post by Llama God on May 17, 2020 21:26:11 GMT
Thought they were more re-tools of existing molds. But either way, they're certainly not as available before.
And having checked, it seems that there's a Nezha on eBay for the very reasonable price of about £150. So... er... no.
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Post by Pinwig on May 17, 2020 21:41:35 GMT
It's a pity. If there was a channel to buy these at retail I would for the novelty. They don't seem to have escaped China in bulk.
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2020 21:46:32 GMT
Yep, same here. Would have been a curiosity purchase.
I wonder if Selects could be a line they could go into for outside China?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on May 17, 2020 21:53:06 GMT
I'd at least get the new stuff.
The larger figure looks like it'd be great fun.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 9, 2020 17:55:56 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Jun 10, 2020 7:10:04 GMT
Megatron looks too smug, but that's the least of the issues here.
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Post by Toph on Jun 10, 2020 7:22:05 GMT
I actually really like that Optimus set.
I'm starting to believe that Cyberverse Optimus's design might be my favorite of the G1 styled Optimi.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 10, 2020 8:02:55 GMT
I saw one of the Nezha figured pop up on YHJ, I kinda want it for the novelty, but not £70 want it.
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Post by Llama God on Jun 10, 2020 15:18:58 GMT
I actually really like that Optimus set. I'm starting to believe that Cyberverse Optimus's design might be my favorite of the G1 styled Optimi. It's based on the Evergreen design, which I also really like. One of my favourite renderings of that is Kei Zama's depiction of Optimus Prime in his titular series, and that's the main reason I picked up the cheapo Prime from B&M. But Cyberverse is not bad either. I'm guessing that those figures aren't transformable, and that you have to build each mode separately. Although at least that's how it looks to me. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2021 9:04:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2021 9:13:05 GMT
That was fun,
Yummy like a bun.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Apr 22, 2021 10:25:16 GMT
The sound effects from Sunbow,
Made my appreciationgrow.
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Post by tomwe on Apr 22, 2021 15:08:32 GMT
Love this! Stopmotion is clearly now A Thing in China!
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Post by Toph on Apr 22, 2021 18:22:15 GMT
That was awesome
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Post by Llama God on Apr 23, 2021 6:59:59 GMT
Now that was unexpected. I'm still waiting for the toys to show up in B&M or something randomly, but I'm wondering if, as suggested by the comments under the tweet thread, that series actually ever aired at all. The fact that this is apparently a year old, but we've not seen anything else, maybe suggests that it hasn't...
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