Core Class Price Point and Its Demise

[The Doctor]

Jun 29, 2024 8:58:30 GMT Benn said:

I have still never seen a Core Snarl. TFN is my only hope.

Same.

-Ralph

[shadowynne]

As a lover of tiny transforming robots, I am rather disappointed at the loss of core class. I do agree with the general consensus though, core was all over the place.

I do wonder how Hasbro will market all the little fellows like minions and whatnot going forward.

I do miss the scout class...

[The Doctor]

Talking of Core, 4 for £24 is more like it.

indemandtoys.co.uk/products/transformers-legacy-studio-series-core-lot-of-4-mohawk-cheetor-bouldercrash-megatron?_pos=11&_sid=4d8d66350&_ss=r

I could not say no at that price. Would have bought tons more of Core if they had all been at £6 at retail.

-Ralph

[Llama God]

Yep - that's the price they should be, that's the price that they're worth. The only reason I've not jumped on this is because I don't think I want that Megatron...

[The Doctor]

Core Cracker and 3 other Core I never saw at retail and took months to find online arrived today. Mad that they were so hard to get!!!

-ralph

[Fortmax2020]

I've seen the Mohawk one in the wild but not the other three.

[The Doctor]

I look forward to fucktonnes of Core TF's ending up in the discount chain at some point. There must be pallets of them somewhere.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Jul 2, 2024 13:22:42 GMT The Doctor said:

Core Cracker and 3 other Core I never saw at retail and took months to find online arrived today. Mad that they were so hard to get!!!

-ralph

Oh, the other 3 were Soundblaster, Nemesis Prime, Energon Megs. Fun wee toys.

They will now turn up in vast quantities in B&M next week for a fiver a pop. You're welcome.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Hmmmm. So Energon Megs is not so great once played with a bit more. The lower legs tend to easily pop off when bending the knee or straigtening, as if it was a Poundland toy.

The problem is caused by cost-cutting. There are holes for pins through the side of the knees that would hold them there securely and allow for full functionality...but no pins. So try to play with it and the legs fall off.

Fuck sakes.

-Ralph

[Benn]

When I saw Core SS86 Ratchet in Game, many moons ago, his legs were already popped off in the box. Quite soured me on the whole thing.

[The Doctor]

My Ratchet went in the bin as it fell apart when handled.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

I like most Core though. Bouldercrash, for instance: fantastic.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Fiddling with Core Cheetor makes me ponder that Tank Drone would have been good at this size. Imagine having a wee army of them sweeping across your desk.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Oh for decent availability on the superb BM Basic.

Didn't you get one the other year? What they like together?

[The Doctor]

The BM basic or the Generations Tankor?

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

The eyes of Core Cheetor see into my very soul.

-Ralph

[shadowynne]

Jul 5, 2024 20:38:21 GMT The Doctor said:

Fiddling with Core Cheetor makes me ponder that Tank Drone would have been good at this size. Imagine having a wee army of them sweeping across your desk.

-Ralph

You know... For all the hate core cheetor seems to garner, I am rather fond of him. The leg tabs are baffling though, don't understand what they bring to beast mode.

I find him a charming little chap and he travels via pocket rather nicely .

[The Doctor]

It's a fun wee desk toy, it's just not an £11 toy. I paid £6 and that's about right for what it is.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Jul 12, 2024 10:20:37 GMT shadowynne said:

You know... For all the hate core cheetor seems to garner, I am rather fond of him.

Second best BM Cheetor for my money, behind Night Slash. Oh for Nightslash in these colours with that shade of yellow.

It might be 23 years but I'm still bitter!

[Philip Ayres]

Jul 5, 2024 22:43:17 GMT The Doctor said:

The BM basic or the Generations Tankor?

-Ralph

Missed Ralph's reply at the time, sorry

The BM Basic

[Llama God]

Jul 12, 2024 11:32:08 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Second best BM Cheetor for my money, behind Night Slash. Oh for Nightslash in these colours with that shade of yellow.

It might be 23 years but I'm still bitter!

Yes, hold on to your bitterness! It gives you focus, makes you stronger!

[The Doctor]

Maybe they will do Core Nightslash Cheetor! The Cheetor who pees by night!

-Ralph

[Llama God]

I mean Cheetor isn't as young as he used to be...

[The Doctor]

Core Class NOT DEAD. See this interview:

news.tfw2005.com/2024/08/03/sdcc-2024-hasbro-interview-john-wardens-return-generations-studio-series-combiners-more-513802

TFW: There’s been some rumors about what’s happening with the Core class in the future. Can you comment on that at all?

Evan: I don’t think you all will be missing out on Core class figures. I think they will still continue to trickle on out, where we can find spots for them.

Nate: Absolutely. So Core class, and I can say definitively, Core class is not going away. That is a scale that is meaningful to the lore, it’s meaningful to the characters, and really it’s meaningful to the fans. So I think a really good example, and this is one of Evan’s, is Dinoking. Like what a cool scale combiner. I love that figure, fans have been really excited about it – that’s a Pulsecon exclusive, September 13th – but also Minicons is something we haven’t dabbled in much recently, but there’s a lot of times where Core is the scale that makes the most sense, so the Core scale is absolutely not going away.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

The "trickling out" and "where we can find a spot for them" bits makes me think that we have been correct in our thinking and the Core Class Price point has gone. They may come out as part of other things, 2 core in a deluxe box maybe?, but the c£10 assortment is no more

[Toph]

Yeah, that's my takeaway.
Core Class as a scale will still occasionally happen (likely only repaints, no new molds), but they don't say anything at all about the continuation of the core class as a pricepoint.

[Philip Ayres]

No new individual Core toys on tonight's announcements :-(

We had believed there was one to come with United wave 5, delayed from wave 2. But, like the similarly delayed w2 deluxe, it may well be an ex toy :-(

[Toph]

If the mold was far enough along, it'll probably find itself in a multipack.

And now, this-
How to save the Core Class:
Make it Gobots. Both G2 and 'The Challenge Of' varieties.
G2 Gobots will allow the consistent mold reuse that will help fund the 'Challenge' Gobots, as well as gibe them a Spychanger six pack later down the line.

And I probably said all this elsewhere in this thread, but alas, I am too lazy to go look so I shall inflict this upon you all again!

[Llama God]

That's a great idea, with the only issue being that the big thing about the G2 Gobots was that they were really good toy cars. Given Hasbro have forgotten that cars are meant to roll I fear they could only be disappointing...

[Pinwig]

I... still... function... says Core Class at retail.

www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/action-figures-and-playsets/transformers/transformers-generations/transformers-legacy-united-core-class-energon-universe-galvatron-action-figure/p/239787