Midnight_Fox wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:So what is it, brownish-gray? Charcoal?
My screen shows it to be close to the gun-metal I use for miniatures with an ever so slight shift towards a warmer grey/steel.
But that's my eyes. Remember, not everyone's eyes detect color gradations and shades the same way(see those "men see fewer colors than women" studies for an example).
Wait, are you calling me a woman?
Just messing. I didnt know about that study, its interesting.
Anyways, Kanrabat had said that we should not expect deluxe sized masterpiece figures all the time, in reference to our comments and Lockdown and I wanted to get back to that. While I do see where he is coming from, with the Prime line it was easy to see that there were two types of figures Hasbro could do. There were the first editions and the RID. And when looking at the Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, the first editions were like mini deluxe sized masterpieces so we know that Hasbro can do great stuff at that size (hell, we are all talking about ROTF Lockdown). Just look at Cliffumper's chest. One actually used the alt mode parts and the other was just a fake cheat panel.
What those toy lines thaught me is that there are definately gradients of quality with figures and it seems that for these movie toys, Hasbro went the RID way and not the first edition way.
While I think this deluxe lockdown is ok (I like his chest but hate that large amount of back kibble)I do not think that expecting more from Hasbro is wrong either, especially when looking at the quality toys they have done in the past.
Someone said earlier that this is the golden age of transformer toys and though some of us laughed at that idea, I dont think he's too far off. We now have masterpieces coming out routinely, we had the Human Alliance line in the third film, and we have a growing collection of reimaginings of classic toys and characters in the form of the CHUG line. With all this beauty around, and this seeming golden age, .......
...it does annoy me that these AOE car toys have so much damn back kibble
But guys, you never know, there may be better stuff coming out later.