Covenant wrote:I. Don't. Get. It.
A few months ago you couldn't so much as hint at a want of a full sized vehicle to robot to combined robot set of these guys without several fellow fans coming out of the woodwork to tell you the complexity of creating Transformer toys of Deluxe or larger sized that could also combine (WELL! combine WELL! NOT like those larger - and crappy - Energon combiners) into a huge robot was out of the question, seeming to imply something Hasbro's been doing since Transformers started was now out of their capability after twenty-five years of advancements in design.
Now they can throw together a Legends class set with ease?
Buh?
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
First-Aid wrote:Covenant wrote:I. Don't. Get. It.
A few months ago you couldn't so much as hint at a want of a full sized vehicle to robot to combined robot set of these guys without several fellow fans coming out of the woodwork to tell you the complexity of creating Transformer toys of Deluxe or larger sized that could also combine (WELL! combine WELL! NOT like those larger - and crappy - Energon combiners) into a huge robot was out of the question, seeming to imply something Hasbro's been doing since Transformers started was now out of their capability after twenty-five years of advancements in design.
Now they can throw together a Legends class set with ease?
Buh?
A few notes in defense of Hasbro.
Legends figures a much simpler that the others. Transformation is simpler by far for these. That makes the engineering simpler. BUt the MAJOR reason this combiner is Legends class I think is the WEIGHT issue. Let's face it: the joints will not have to be as sturdy because the legends figures simply don't weigh as much. If the joints can't hold a pose, then there's no point in making them until you come up with a joint that CAN. On all of the combiners I have (G1 and otherwise), the main issue is holding that pose just the way you want it without falling over or the joint slowly sliding towards the ground courtesy of gravity (sagging). With less weight on them, they won't do that and the joints can be more easily engineered. I fully expct to see a large scale combiner down the road with all three modes, but I'd wager Hasbro wasn't able to get the engineering done in the time frame provided.
Definitely getting this though...maybe it will have a US release...
SlyTF1 wrote:I dont understand why the hell anyone would see a movie for the story, if you want a story, go read a f*ckin book.
Oilspill wrote:I do find it funny that they can pull off this engineering in the legends size class but not larger size classes. Oh well.
nemesis-prime wrote:gee will this cause collectors to get this version and skip th $100 one?
GuyIncognito wrote:Oilspill wrote:I do find it funny that they can pull off this engineering in the legends size class but not larger size classes. Oh well.
It's not about "pulling off the engineering" so much as it's about making a toy that's profitable for the maker but still affordable to the consumer. If they made Voyager-class Constructicons that transformed into bot mode and had the articulation expected in Voyagers, AND combined into a two-foot-tall well-articulated gestalt, the whole package would probably end up being like $200 instead of $100.
Making these Legend-class gives them the freedom to make simpler figures that transform and combine but are still affordable to the average consumer.
KenjaminLinus wrote:I think this is absolutely awesome, considering the size. There is absolutely NO excuse why hasbro couldn't design a full sized rotf devastator. NO excuse. No offense to anyone defending hasbro, but you're just wrong
KenjaminLinus wrote:I think this is absolutely awesome, considering the size. There is absolutely NO excuse why hasbro couldn't design a full sized rotf devastator. NO excuse. No offense to anyone defending hasbro, but you're just wrong
T-Macksimus wrote:KenjaminLinus wrote:I think this is absolutely awesome, considering the size. There is absolutely NO excuse why hasbro couldn't design a full sized rotf devastator. NO excuse. No offense to anyone defending hasbro, but you're just wrong
Why don't you back-track to my earlier, rather well thought out and logical explanation. Now tell me how many kids you have and tell me how many floppy, F'ed up, poorly designed Gestalts you have had to deal with over the last 25 years and what solutions or possible modifications/redesigns you came up with
that can keep a young boy between the ages of 5 and 12 from having issues with this toy AND make it so that the thing isn't just a heavy plastic lump like G1 Predaking. Oh, and BTW, your solution better come in at 100 U.S. dollars cause the Legends figures alone, thanks to the price hikes are looking to be $50.00 for the set after tax.
Good Luck with that...
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