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Post by The Doctor on Oct 6, 2019 8:13:28 GMT
Watching Nick go from wanting to buy it to trashing it for shit as he transformed it from robot to vehicle was most amusing.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Oct 6, 2019 10:52:24 GMT
Had he not played with the original PotP mold before? Because... I mean... it's not the greatest. But it's ridiculous and I love it.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 6, 2019 16:54:19 GMT
He had not. He did not have a good time.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Oct 6, 2019 18:49:44 GMT
PotP Optimus drew blood my first time.
It has done so again once, since then.
Those folding trailer panels on his arm would be so much better if they had tweaked the design slightly to, you know... not rip chunks of flesh off if you don't watch how you fold them up.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 10, 2019 21:41:51 GMT
Back in stock at Kapow.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2019 6:11:55 GMT
I have decided against it. The inner robot's 'self-love' hands have put me right off it.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 14, 2019 18:31:57 GMT
I am impressed with how compact the box is. If you compare this to the one Nemesis Prime came in, same toy, but you could get three of these Star Convoy ones inside the Nemesis one. Somehow being smaller makes this feel more exclusive. Also, Hasbro should use these box sleeves too.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 15, 2019 6:33:08 GMT
Yeah, most of the PottoP leader packaging was empty space. I guess it was to make it look more exciting on the shelves, but it just annoyed me. This is better.
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Post by Toph on Oct 15, 2019 7:17:27 GMT
I get that for mass retail packaging, one size must fit all, and not all toys are equal. But if there's still a lot of room leftover after you pack up your largest/most awkward toy, then you designed your package too poorly.
And unlike lines in the past where you generally don't know what will be at the end of the line two or three years after you start, they have all the big releases planned for their 12-16 month line.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 15, 2019 19:10:59 GMT
I get that for mass retail packaging, one size must fit all, and not all toys are equal. But if there's still a lot of room leftover after you pack up your largest/most awkward toy, then you designed your package too poorly. That was the thing with Pottop Nemesis Prime; it's box was even bigger than the standard Prime. It's massive. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 19, 2019 10:06:26 GMT
Looks like my Star Convoy from Robot Kingdom has been lost on in the post, so ordered one from Kapow.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2019 10:16:23 GMT
You checked the tracking?
Go into the order on your account page. Click Shipments and scroll down the page. That'll give you a number that can go into the Royal Mail website.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 19, 2019 10:28:03 GMT
Yes, I have.
It's not hit the UK and was sent 27th September.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2019 10:30:31 GMT
:-( yeah, that don't look good.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2019 20:01:59 GMT
This can only be the work of the Violin Juggler!!!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Oct 19, 2019 21:22:06 GMT
This can only be the work of the Violin Juggler!!! -Ralph But Ralph, YOU are Violin Juggler!!!! |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2019 21:23:33 GMT
I would pay to see Ralph juggle violins.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 19, 2019 21:53:26 GMT
Don't encourage him in his current state.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2019 22:16:17 GMT
I am not the Violin Juggler!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2019 22:43:03 GMT
What do you juggle then? It better be as impressive as violins.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 20, 2019 8:51:39 GMT
Cellos!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2019 8:56:49 GMT
I only juggle balls.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2019 9:02:26 GMT
I only juggle balls. -Ralph  |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 20, 2019 9:31:06 GMT
Oh cool! How many can you manage at once?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 5, 2019 13:30:02 GMT
I have decided against it. The inner robot's 'self-love' hands have put me right off it. -Ralph Bumped for Blueshift. -Ralph |
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Post by Toph on Dec 9, 2019 22:04:41 GMT
I got mine today, and find the quality to be as disappointing as with Big Powered.
That gold chest star is terrifyingly flimsy, and it will break en mass. In 20 years it will be very rare to find one intact. Combined with excessive force needed to plug it into place (the hinges are stronger than the peg and it's default is to pop open. The only way mine will stay shut is to disconnect the supermode shoulders), and transformation requires it to go through a hole that it's too large for...
...yeah. Not many will survive.
Also on mine there is almost no tight joints.
I also don't know what they were thinking with the new matrix. It's ugly, and it doesn't work as intended. The original PotP matrix would have been better.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 10, 2019 7:37:22 GMT
Sorry to hear that, Toph. Whilst there's no question that the chest star is certainly going to be an issue, mine was absolutely fine otherwise - no loose joints at all. It might be that you just have a particularly dodgy one. Worth asking for a replacement..?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 10, 2019 8:22:30 GMT
Yeah you may have been unlucky and got a duff one. Phil's is ok (even if it has wanker hands).
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Dec 10, 2019 13:25:45 GMT
Ugh. Of course I got a lame one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 10, 2019 13:34:21 GMT
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