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Post by Kingoji on Jan 21, 2016 13:56:10 GMT
More importantly, Terrorsor. Phil NEEDS Terrorsaur  This image at least is *not* based on Airraid. But that doesn't mean the toy isn't. This pic seems more like the supposedly retired classics jet. |
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Post by Llama God on Jan 21, 2016 14:05:09 GMT
Ah - I was wondering what it was based on. Maybe this means it's actually based on the Legends See- Attack Jet mold? But it was drawn based on the Classics mold, due to a mistake with the reference materials, or something..?
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 21, 2016 20:27:48 GMT
A Legend would make sense to finish the set. Hasbro have given us the expectation that the combiner sets should include one.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 21, 2016 20:59:03 GMT
Just expanding on Phils tweets
All moulds sold as CW, I cant think of any deluxes from previous lines and scattershot is the only voyager so the non CW originating toys are the legends troop builder. I guess its the bumblebee or Starscream mould as I cant imagine any of the other moulds coming up with 3 repaints. Ah Bumblebee hasnt been used in CW has it, so Starscream looks most likely.
Voyager - Scattershot as General Seaclamp
Deluxe 1 - Brawl as General Ramhorn
Deluxe 2 - Skydive as General Cicadacon
Deluxe 3 - Breakdown as Ravage
Deluxe 4 - Rook as Predacon Tarantulas
Deluxe 5 - Air Raid as Terrorsaur?
Deluxe 6 -
Deluxe 7 -
custom class is a cw deluxe and is an 84/85 character
Legends - Troop Builder at least one is tied to a familiar G1 character.
really annoyingly, Golden Ticket attendees get an alternative version cast in different colours for the G1 based troop builder. So for the OCD in the fandom it means paying an extra $325 to upgrade. Really harsh behaviour from FP. Im not ocd (at least in this case, but am only about 2 FP botcon figures short of a full set so do find it iritating.
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Post by blueshift on Jan 21, 2016 21:04:12 GMT
really annoyingly, Golden Ticket attendees get an alternative version cast in different colours for the G1 based troop builder. So for the OCD in the fandom it means paying an extra $325 to upgrade. Really harsh behaviour from FP. Im not ocd (at least in this case, but am only about 2 FP botcon figures short of a full set so do find it iritating. Oh god, seriously? FP are going all out!! Still, do you think after a while the figures will be worth base cost + 325? Given how Botcon prices have gone I'd be surprised. |
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 21, 2016 21:48:18 GMT
There will clearly be people who feel they paid $325 for ONLY the toy and therefore feel that that is its worth which is clearly wrong, on the other hand theres only 110 or so of them being made so if they are any good, prices arent going to be cheap.
As someone who has heard offers for custom class G2 Classics Sideswipe which had a similar production run I know it could end up crazy high. But again depends what it is.
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Post by Benn on Jan 21, 2016 22:36:45 GMT
Legends - Troop Builder at least one is tied to a familiar G1 character. Who wants to bet this is Scrounge? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2016 22:48:19 GMT
Troop builder: It'll be Groove, remember the Rumble/Frenzy bikes from TF:RID? There's two colours for a start
I'm guessing the Custom class will be an 84/5 jet using either Starscream or Thrust from the Galvatronus set. I'd have paid for that at retail.
Either that or it's Sideswipe/Red Alert with a very new head..... The new head rules out Bluestreak as an option.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2016 22:56:12 GMT
Andy, I've fixed the bits of your post with the toys you couldn't remember!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 21, 2016 23:11:03 GMT
Perhaps I am daft but surely an easier way to persuade people to sign up for a custom class is to tell them what toy they will be paying to make?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2016 23:15:22 GMT
Our brains are wired differently to the rest of the world.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 21, 2016 23:35:29 GMT
Or people won't pay if they don't like the character.
Which is ridiculous, of course. Because Transformers fans *never* throw a hissy fit if the character they want doesn't turn up, or it doesn't fit their own idea of what should be there. NEVER.
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 22, 2016 6:43:51 GMT
With a head never available at retail in the west... G1 '84/'85... Troop builder...
Reflector.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2016 10:34:09 GMT
Hang on...the Golden Ticket is $325???!!!!! Fucking hell! Is that on top of the $400 people already pay for a Primus Package?
If Fun Pub's licence does indeed expire at the end of 2016 I hope whoever holds the licence next has a think about pricing these things at levels people can afford. Surely college age folk and older fans with families are priced out of these events by now?
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 22, 2016 11:22:42 GMT
The golden ticket is my least favourite part of FPs business, which is saying something. Initially it was pay to upgrade your Primus package to a golden ticket and get to bypass registration lines and get front row seating and get 3 time the normal limit of add ons.
FP should have been working out ways to shorten the lines not asking people to pay a premium to avoid them. The front row thing was fine and the add on increase, well if you were that desperate for multiples to resell it was an option. Then the resale value of botcon toys plummeted so they needs other incentives.
A private meeting with the guests was offered (actually I think this has always been part of the package), but honestly very few of the guests are constantly busy over the weekend signings and even as a golden ticket meet and greet, theres still 100+ of you versus 3 or 4 of them.
Now they have added the variant toy, which, yeah Im unimpressed by.
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Post by legios on Jan 22, 2016 13:34:26 GMT
It isn't in their interest to work out how to shorten the queuing time though. That doesn't make them any additional profit, whereas they know that if they offer that sort of thing at an additional charge people are conditioned to be willing to pay for it, and hence their profit increases. Remember, Fun Pub's primary goal is generation of additional money and improved experience for the herd of punters is only relevant as far as it facilitates that process.
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 22, 2016 20:04:10 GMT
Well yeah sadly not too far from the truth, but the worst lines are for package pick up, after that you're supposed to go to the club store to buy add ons and (FP hope) other toys, when the lines got really bad people would give up on the club store or worse be told it was too late to join the queue so theres some shooting themselves in the foot going on.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 2, 2016 19:29:31 GMT
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Post by Kingoji on Feb 2, 2016 20:44:15 GMT
Mine.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 2, 2016 21:29:16 GMT
Well that's a bit more exciting than sticking a new head on the FoC Grimlock mould! But weren't we told all this year's toys were CW moulds? Or was that just most of them?
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 2, 2016 21:41:55 GMT
I think it must have been the limitation of tweeting, they must mean that the mould wasnt previously a CW one, but in this set will be classed as CW as opposed to when they have add ons that are not part of the main theme. For example in 2011 the theme was animated but they had two Shattered glass toys as add ons.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Feb 2, 2016 22:07:39 GMT
Oooohhhhhh, sign me up for that bad boy.
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Post by Llama God on Feb 3, 2016 0:03:26 GMT
Aye, not of interest to me personally, but more surprising and interesting than I was expecting.
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Feb 3, 2016 8:03:24 GMT
Colour me interested!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 3, 2016 15:13:37 GMT
Assuming the centerpiece is the Megatron, what's the non CW Maximal?
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Post by Benn on Feb 3, 2016 18:45:23 GMT
Alpha Trizer.
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Post by Toph on Feb 3, 2016 23:40:56 GMT
Extremely doubtful for two reasons: we just got the first Alpha Trizor the year before last, and also (unless they dust off BM Snarl), there's not a lion left to do one, from.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 13, 2016 8:20:48 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 13, 2016 8:22:43 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 13, 2016 11:46:53 GMT
They look a lot more orange in that photo than the photoshop jobs.
Will be a big improvement if its the case.
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