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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 25, 2023 0:23:04 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 2, 2023 9:53:05 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2023 10:05:44 GMT
I am SHOCKED.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 3, 2024 15:15:07 GMT
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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2024 15:18:40 GMT
Haha, excellent, if you're going to leak images at least have some fun with them!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 3, 2024 17:12:11 GMT
If it came with that piano it would be an instant buy! -Ralph Prime... I'll reserve judgement until we see more of it. But whatever we see, the actual official release pictures can only be disappointing now. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 16:01:29 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 16:03:47 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2024 16:06:20 GMT
It looks nice but I am struggling to see how it has enough to it to justify Commander price rather than the ER Leader one.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 15, 2024 17:23:39 GMT
I don't see what that optimus is doing that's any better than ER.
I'll wait for a repaint.
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Post by Toph on Jul 15, 2024 17:25:23 GMT
It does not appear that his chest windows open to recreate his most iconic moment in the movie this thing is supposed to represent
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Post by legios on Jul 15, 2024 17:26:42 GMT
It looks nice but I am struggling to see how it has enough to it to justify Commander price rather than the ER Leader one. -Ralph They wanted a big toy in the line, and they added a little bit of plastic to it - in the form of Roller. So it has to be more expensive to cover the costs of the extra components. But as Transformers works on a fixed price-point model it has to go up to the next largest discrete slot - so it is increased to the Commander price because there is no price point between that and Leader for it to be increased to. If Transformers had variable price points where they could have had finer control over the pricing then they could have done it differently. But as it is the model is that there are discrete price points, each of which accommodates a given range of materials, engineering and manufacturing costs, and anything that doesn';t fit into one has to go to the next largest price-point. Karl |
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Post by Benn on Jul 15, 2024 18:04:04 GMT
I'm assuming it's like Hot Rod, and the engineering is what's doing the price hike. More complex than a Leader.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2024 18:28:40 GMT
Or maybe he has an action feature where you press a button and then he goes for a wee lie down and turns grey.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 15, 2024 19:21:17 GMT
All things are possible!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2024 21:11:30 GMT
It looks nice but I am struggling to see how it has enough to it to justify Commander price rather than the ER Leader one. -Ralph Don't worry, Doc', the DEAD version will be out soon enough. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2024 21:14:03 GMT
Well this is the 'movie accurate' Studio Series 86 line, so that would make sense...
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2024 21:30:42 GMT
Something to look forward to.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 15, 2024 21:38:03 GMT
Looks nice enough. Those photos do a good job of hiding the big backpack though.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 15, 2024 21:44:21 GMT
I can be your backpack while you run.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 15, 2024 21:47:20 GMT
Can you indeed.
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Post by Benn on Jul 15, 2024 21:51:17 GMT
Seagulls now?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2024 7:50:22 GMT
I can be your backpack while you run. But can you be an arse flap? -Ralph |
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Post by Llama God on Jul 16, 2024 8:18:57 GMT
I'm assuming it's like Hot Rod, and the engineering is what's doing the price hike. More complex than a Leader. Aye, I think that's what's going on here. Given that the wheels aren't at all visible in the robot mode I'm guessing that it'll have a Masterpiece-inspired transf- conversion, and the cost is reflective of that. Unfortunately, that kind of thing doesn't do it for me. I was hoping that the trailer would maybe at least be a little more detailed, or offer something interesting, but it really is just an upscale of the previous ER/Core version. And I know the original trailer *is* fairly simplistic, but you know. So yeah, this is not for me. Unless I see it at half price somewhere. Because I'm that much of an easily-sold hypocrite. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2024 8:41:23 GMT
Foolish Llama. If the trailer did stuff then the whole package might lean dangerously towards being...a roy.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 16, 2024 9:04:44 GMT
We'll have no roys here!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2024 9:12:30 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2024 9:24:31 GMT
The trailer is longer in proportion to the figure. The size of the pegs & holes on the new toy make it look larger than the Earthrise toy I'd suggest the actual toys look more like this in proportion with each other |
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Post by Toph on Jul 16, 2024 9:44:16 GMT
Looking at them side by side, I'd venture to say the ER mold has more personality to it.
I'll wait for a repaint. (He says as if Jetfire wasn't the only commander to get a repaint)
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Post by tomwe on Jul 16, 2024 10:32:20 GMT
That's the thing isn't it. By making them as close to the animation models as possible they limit the amount of kibble (see: no wheels on the legs) that makes these robots interesting to look at.
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