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Post by Toph on Jun 16, 2020 17:59:17 GMT
Nightbird, the crime solving bird Lol, your joke had me thinking for a minute I had misremembered her name And the orange chick |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 17, 2020 6:50:16 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2020 9:19:46 GMT
Amazing paint job.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 17, 2020 19:57:44 GMT
It is... Yet I'd have liked a little metallic sheen in it like Megatron. That would have made a very good finish fantastic.
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Post by Toph on Jun 17, 2020 20:43:02 GMT
To me he feels incomplete.
I don't mean like hasbro needed to do more (maybe they did? But that's not what i mean), but more like the car is being restored and is unfinished. It feels like he's been coated in primer and is waiting until someone can afford the actual paint.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2020 20:59:09 GMT
I can see both your points though I think metallic would not have worked for this: it's designed to be a dirty rough and ready through-the-wars paint job. I can just say for me that the paint job on it is jawdropping. If W*NC is notable for anything else it's this. Look at the paint on it and consider the crap quality stickers of POTP not that long ago. Hard to believe they were done by the same company.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 17, 2020 21:10:35 GMT
Oh yes. The finish is definitely what this line seems to be about. Reflected by the fact the Deluxes are £20 instead of £17 for the same toys in the main line.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2020 21:19:55 GMT
The price jump is still a bit cheeky though considering there aren't any new moulds in the line!
EDIT: Are the US retail prices for W*NC higher too or is it just Hasbro UK doing their usual?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jun 17, 2020 23:55:59 GMT
For deluxes they're $20, while walmart charges $18 for regular Generations deluxes. Not much difference for a new thing like mirage or scrapface. But when you see the year old hounds or sideswipes or chromias sitting next to each the same ones now with splotches of black, it's not a great look for the netflix line.
The voyagers are $40, while regular generations voyagers are around $28. Been a while since I bought a non-movie voyager (studio and cyberverse have their own prices), that i don't remember exactly how much a standard voyager costs.
I get they have two battlemasters, but those are just fancy accessories to me. I just can't justify them.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 18, 2020 9:30:07 GMT
I can understand at that price jump. I would say Hotlink is worth it once it is on sale.
I can also understand how Netflix doesn't look great sitting next to the same moulds that have been shelf warming!
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jun 20, 2020 9:56:11 GMT
Been meaning to ask - what does W*NC stand for? I get its War & Netflix but can someone explain the rest of this one?
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 20, 2020 11:08:52 GMT
It's Walmart and Netflix. Walmart's logo has a * at the end. So Walmart* Netflix Collection. The toys are Walmart exclusives in the US.  |
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Post by Llama God on Jun 20, 2020 11:35:26 GMT
Also it sounds rude.
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Post by The Huff on Jun 20, 2020 13:55:51 GMT
Ah. Thanks guys.
Now I know...
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 23, 2020 18:15:51 GMT
On FB, Kapow has this to say about the Voyagers:
'Deluxe are here NAME REMOVED but Voyager now delayed until November due to Hasbro UK sending them all to Smyths which left a lot of retailers in the lurch, we're currently contacting everyone but its time consuming, apologies !'
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jun 23, 2020 20:00:40 GMT
Oh, Hasbro...
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 23, 2020 20:04:45 GMT
good to get some confirmation though
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 27, 2020 12:30:39 GMT
RFC say Spoiler Magnus has been seen clearanced as low as $20 in the US already. No shock that trying to sell toys without letting buyers know what's in the box doesn't work. Bizzare idea.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2020 13:09:59 GMT
Wow.
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jun 27, 2020 14:51:40 GMT
I saw a Netflix Magnus in Smyths last week - the box was completely ripped apart!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2020 16:52:02 GMT
Really? Someone trying to steal the Playdoh?
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jun 27, 2020 17:27:48 GMT
I'd probably bite a $20 Magnus. Sadly.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 27, 2020 20:45:16 GMT
*envisages Urzu gnawing on a Magnus leg*
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Post by Benn on Jun 27, 2020 21:05:40 GMT
Om nom nom
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 27, 2020 21:16:51 GMT
Chunky legs, Magnus. Keep you going for a while.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 27, 2020 21:19:13 GMT
I expect Phil wouldn't mind a Kentucky Fried Magnus right about now.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 1, 2020 21:48:09 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2020 5:40:20 GMT
The poster-style ads for the show have Bumblebee and Elita-1 on them. Do these hint at future Earthrise or W*NC figures, do we think? -Ralph Probably, since we know those two are coming! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2020 6:25:02 GMT
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Post by The Huff on Jul 2, 2020 7:17:56 GMT
Really? Someone trying to steal the Playdoh? -Ralph I don't think they wanted to spend any time watching the new show and thought peaking in the secret box would be a quick (and possibly better) alternative. |
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