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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2015 19:18:54 GMT
You get why it's those colours?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 19, 2015 19:20:42 GMT
I do but it's still bonkers.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2015 19:26:07 GMT
very.
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 19, 2015 21:07:38 GMT
Ooh... that is not pretty. I might get one as a mascot for the old shop.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2015 21:17:37 GMT
I expect it will be £££
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 19, 2015 21:23:52 GMT
That is daft.
I could go one, but I suspect it's going to be daft money.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2015 21:25:36 GMT
Oh yes, super limited edition daft money.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2015 15:18:06 GMT
The Quest is the Quest!
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jul 22, 2015 23:22:11 GMT
Grease is the word!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 23, 2015 7:11:54 GMT
Grease 2!
-Ralph
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Post by nevermore on Jul 25, 2015 23:34:41 GMT
Just a funny little aside which I couldn't think of a better place to put. Found these two at German retail today, only a few days after the first UK sighting.   Pay special attention to the figure on the left. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2015 8:15:05 GMT
They just popped up my local Sainsburgeries the other day.
-Ralph
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Post by nevermore on Jul 26, 2015 10:08:49 GMT
The real story is that Episode 1 Anakin Skywalker... that figure is what, 16 years old now?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 26, 2015 11:25:42 GMT
I saw some Power of the Jedi II earlier this year. Bought one as it was a rare euro card variation!
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Post by nevermore on Jul 26, 2015 17:10:52 GMT
I have just been informed that several Real stores have recently restocked ooooold Episode 1 and Power of the Force figures... for the same price as current figures!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2015 18:19:07 GMT
Episode 1 figures still pop up from time to time. That line just won't stay dead.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 26, 2015 18:50:01 GMT
Over priced and over produced!
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Post by primenova on Jul 26, 2015 19:03:34 GMT
Those little figures look better than the DX ones - are they when you get them out the packs? I'm expecting to see RID toys turn up in £1 shops.
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Post by Toph on Aug 15, 2015 23:39:16 GMT
I think I figured out why I absolutely HATE the line gimmick of the nurid figures.
I've always had this irrational hatred of it, but I never fully understood why. It didn't make sense, because as far as gimmicks go, it's relatively unintrusive (unlike the minicon deployer gimmick for Drift and Fracture).
I mean, sure the circle stickers are ugly. But it's not like they get in the way of the transformation or articulation or anything.
Except it's worthless.
Ten years later, every armada minicon still activates every armada action feature. Every energon autobot can still combine with every other energon autobot. Every cyberkey still activates every cybertron action feature.
Ten years from now, that app game these circle stickers are compatable with will not exist.
And the asthetic design of these toys has been ruined in order to have those giant inset circles molded into them to showcase the stickers.
On top of that, it is the weakest, most minimum effort imaginable to cash in on the Skylanders/Disney Infinity/Amibo craze.
And it's also a gimmick that excludes many kids, due to being an app game.
So we have a giant circle permanently marring an entire generation of toys, for an external gimmick that will be dropped and unsupported literally as soon as Hasbro moves on to the next line.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2015 9:08:32 GMT
I'm not too keen on the circle stickers myself and the one RID toy I have I haven't bothered with the app game thingy. The toy still works fine without the app feature though a child might see that differently.
I wonder if it's a difference between how children think of toys and how adults ie us think of them. Kid gets a toy, has fun with it for a while, gets older and moves on to something else and maybe forgets about it, ie some RID Transformers they had. Adult gets a toy, has fun with it for a while, keeps it for much longer and gets it out every now and then to play about with and so may notice that circle sticker app gimmick a bit more and get annoyed the game no longer exists.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Aug 16, 2015 10:04:28 GMT
Hmmm. Those are some excellent points from both of you. Yes, the circle app thing is a very short-term thing (which I've not tried myself), but, yes, do kids really think long-term when it comes to these toys? I would say, from my experience with children, in the majority of cases, no, no they don't. Yes, it does ruin potential future enjoyment and value, but given that Hasbro are simultaneously producing lines aimed at older collectors, I don't think they care.
Interesting points, though.
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Post by Toph on Aug 16, 2015 15:53:28 GMT
It wouldn't bother me if it wasn't such a halfassed grab at the Skylanders thing, which is a market I've been saying they should go after, for a while.
I mean, it isn't even at the level of halfassed, honestly.
Because to be honest, I genuinely feel that that kind structure is both the next logical step in the evolution of transformers, as well as the only way to really get the kids reinvested in the line again.
That hasbro reduces this this to a sticker that sorta has an effect on a little app game (the packaging says it "temporarily unlocks") that will stop being supported in a year or two shows that Hasbro really isn't aware of the power that Infinity and Skylanders has with kids.
These are the two most popular "toy" lines out there right now. And they're not even actual toys, just static figurines.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2015 21:28:49 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a proper full-on Skylanders type TF line within a couple of years, especially if Lego's version of that kind of thing takes off too.
-Ralph
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Post by Marc Graham on Aug 17, 2015 12:16:51 GMT
First wave of Botshots came with codes to enter into an online battle game - so this is really just a continuation of that. Between Skylanders, Infinity (Disney/Marvel/Star Wars) and Amibo (Nintendo) there are a lot of products out there tying together video game/online to physical toys.
Whilst I also think its a passing fad - some early Transformers came with gimmicks like temporary tattoo's (I remember getting Triggercon Ruckus and putting the tattoo on my chest as a youngin).
With Transformers Hasbro has a very diverse market across young kids, older kids and adult collectors - long term they might want to tie up their online/video game strategy by having the physical toy give online/game boosts.
Having recently failed in the MMO-space with TF Universe this isn't something they should rush, so this wee app is probably their stop-gap effort.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 17, 2015 12:23:12 GMT
I'm wondering if a Skylanders esque approach might be a way forward for the Legion figures? Small toy with weapon and base stand that interacts with game.
There again electronic interaction probably still rings some bad alarm bells at Hasbro connected with the words "Star Wars episode 1 comtech chips"
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 27, 2015 21:39:53 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 27, 2015 21:41:45 GMT
Plus, I know this is on all the news sites - but Takara's paint job on the 3-Step Steeljaw doesn't half do that cool sculpt justice:  |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 29, 2015 16:08:48 GMT
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Post by Benn on Aug 29, 2015 16:45:50 GMT
Wow. That's lazy.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 29, 2015 16:49:36 GMT
They'll sell just as well as AoE Glomp and Pomp Grimlock did. Which is to say: Terribly.
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