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Post by The Doctor on Feb 3, 2018 23:44:55 GMT
Is it wrong of me that I am genuinely much more interested in these shitty looking Authentics toys than anything in POTP?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 4, 2018 0:19:56 GMT
Yes, but not surprising.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2018 18:18:58 GMT
They look endearingly awful and so I must have them!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 4, 2018 18:28:21 GMT
This is why it's not a surprise...
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2018 21:55:13 GMT
I may order them online come next payday. I am not convinced Hasbro UK will share this glory with us.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 4, 2018 22:42:14 GMT
That's because they have common se-
Oh no, wait, hang on a minute...
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2018 22:56:07 GMT
The complete line will be mine and I will lord this over Phil.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Feb 4, 2018 23:33:13 GMT
I have not seen these; I dread to think how much they would cost here. |
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Post by Toph on Feb 4, 2018 23:36:19 GMT
I really like that megatron, as it homages his classic design, while feeling fresh. The toy looks pretty good for a $5 figure.
I'd like that grimlock, too.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 25, 2018 7:00:32 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 25, 2018 7:09:56 GMT
I shall take these with a pinch of salt.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2018 23:00:35 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 27, 2018 1:20:20 GMT
It's nice of hasbro to finally bring Barricade outside of the movies, a full eleven years after we begged them to.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 27, 2018 8:21:19 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 27, 2018 8:52:43 GMT
Yeah, FP did one, but that wasn't Hasbro's doing.
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2018 10:03:12 GMT
So Authentics is also Cyberverse??? I am so confused. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on May 27, 2018 10:49:00 GMT
In a way.
What we're seeing is that there is now an 'evergreen' design for a lot of Transformers characters - like a product design bible if you will. Those designs, apparently by Emiliano Santalucia, are being used to inform the design of the toy ranges, so we're seeing a version produced as the ultra cheap thrift store 'authentics' line, but they're also being used as the basis for the designs seen in the 'Cyberverse' toyline and cartoon - the next price point up.
The question now is whether these will also inform the look of the Generations figures, albeit with Cybertronian rather than Earth alt modes. In fact if you look at Santalucia's Starscream - it's pretty close to the PotP one.
It's like Hasbro have decided to create a new Transformers Universe which unites the look of the characters across everything they appear on - lunchboxes, pencil cases, etc. I think they're just trying to draw all the designs together.
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2018 13:37:12 GMT
So does that mean that three lines now use the same designs?
-Authentics
-Cyberverse
-Cyberseries/battalion
Lots of room for consumer confusion.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on May 27, 2018 13:40:58 GMT
So does that mean that three lines now use the same designs? -Authentics -Cyberverse -Cyberseries/battalion Lots of room for consumer confusion. -Ralph I think it's a good idea. Doesn't matter if there's confusion if the designs are all the same. I mean at the moment, as much as it's nice to have classic G1 stuff, you have on the shelf G1 Optimus Prime, Movie Optimus Prime and Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime, which means parents buying their kid an Optimus Prime is treading a minefield because it might be the wrong one! |
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2018 13:46:46 GMT
...and the confusion will get worse when there are 3 lines that look broadly the same. Think of the poor old grannies trying to find 'Cyber' Optimus Prime for the grandkids! Chaos! Chaos!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 27, 2018 14:11:27 GMT
Only chaos if the box branding is all the same, like it was with AoE.
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Post by Toph on May 27, 2018 14:55:23 GMT
Aye. That was worse than anything, and still is.
Maybe it's just me, but I still think there's too much chaff. One step changers, three step changers, crash combiners. I'd swear up and down based on observation that this stuff does not sell, and only muddies the water for adults looking for what their kid asks for... but if that were true, hasbro would stop making it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 5, 2018 6:41:58 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jun 5, 2018 9:56:00 GMT
That's an IDW head, isn't it?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2018 10:06:21 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2018 15:16:08 GMT
I must have it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 21, 2019 11:06:52 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2019 12:04:08 GMT
Yes someone mentioned them before and Blueshift was sad about the pricepoint. I haven't been near a B&M yet to check. Finding the McGann boxset in a store was difficult enough!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2019 15:38:12 GMT
I saw the small ones in store. They look like bad KO's. I would only bite if they were a pound.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 16, 2020 7:51:47 GMT
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