Va'al wrote:I **** hate leaks.
Terrsolpix wrote:Better yet; Hotrod head in Rodimus's chest!
Va'al wrote:I **** hate leaks.
In the continued multilateral effort to spoil as much new content as possible
acchillyaout wrote:This seems to pale in comparison to the TFC Predaking. Shame though, I was very excited to see what Hasbro could do. For something as glorious as Predaking, if this is the final rendition, it leaves a little more to be desired.
Sabrblade wrote:Looks more like a statue than an action figure.
shajaki wrote:This simply cannot be IT. He doesn't even look like he transforms.
Mr.MicroMaster wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the final version looked nothing like this mockup. No offense to hasbro but I don't know why the showing this of at Hascon (if that Is were the picture was taken). Predaking doesn't even look like a prototype.
Rated X wrote:Remember back in the G1 days when each boxed figure came with a checklist showing the entire line for the year?
Hasbro should bring back that concept and discard the "teasers" and "reveals" concepts because its a total failure.
Autobot N wrote:I'm calling fake. There's no bald German guy in front of it.
Desslok2201 wrote:Autobot N wrote:I'm calling fake. There's no bald German guy in front of it.
Klaus!!!!
On the checklist thing, I also used to love them, but I also loved when they'd black silhouette some items and just list 'coming soon.' It was cheesy but I loved it
dragons wrote:Looks ok decide after video review looks very basic but it's properly proportioned arms are proper length unlike combiner wars figure combiners arms are longer than legs hands go past knees look like gorilla bent over this looks look or robot figure
william-james88 wrote:
Come on guys, I love you all but I don't know whats the use of fussing over any of this when we know its a mock up. We were pissed last time when hasbro showed a similar non transforming mock up of Trypticon at a closed doors event and now they are actually letting us see the process instead of us hearing it second hand. I think its an excellent step in the right direction and something we all wanted. Like when Takara shows concept art before a toy is out or grey model. So why are we pissing on Hasbro for letting us in on their process and showing us where they are at? They feel they can trust that we wont overreact by seeing something unfinished but the comments I read tell me that maybe they should revert to their old tactic of holding off before showing us stuff. Which I feel would be a loss for us.
We are smarter than this, I don't know why we cant appreciate this look into their process instead.
DigitalBrave3 wrote:dragons wrote:Looks ok decide after video review looks very basic but it's properly proportioned arms are proper length unlike combiner wars figure combiners arms are longer than legs hands go past knees look like gorilla bent over this looks look or robot figure
That's an early production mock up. That means that the final figure will likely look nothing like that at all.
Dagon wrote:DigitalBrave3 wrote:dragons wrote:Looks ok decide after video review looks very basic but it's properly proportioned arms are proper length unlike combiner wars figure combiners arms are longer than legs hands go past knees look like gorilla bent over this looks look or robot figure
That's an early production mock up. That means that the final figure will likely look nothing like that at all.
Like the Combiner Wars mock ups that ended up looking exactly like Superion and Menasor? Clearly Predaking is a work in progress, but "nothing like it" is a real reach. It obviously won't be this detailless and everything, but the basics are all here that we'll see later.
DigitalBrave3 wrote:Dagon wrote:DigitalBrave3 wrote:dragons wrote:Looks ok decide after video review looks very basic but it's properly proportioned arms are proper length unlike combiner wars figure combiners arms are longer than legs hands go past knees look like gorilla bent over this looks look or robot figure
That's an early production mock up. That means that the final figure will likely look nothing like that at all.
Like the Combiner Wars mock ups that ended up looking exactly like Superion and Menasor? Clearly Predaking is a work in progress, but "nothing like it" is a real reach. It obviously won't be this detailless and everything, but the basics are all here that we'll see later.
I had no idea that happened. For reference, I didn't start following leaks and reveals until about halfway through Combiner Wars.
william-james88 wrote:Va'al wrote:I **** hate leaks.
I couldnt tell
But seriously, this is by far my favourite line of yours:In the continued multilateral effort to spoil as much new content as possible
william-james88 wrote:Va'al wrote:I **** hate leaks.
I couldnt tell
But seriously, this is by far my favourite line of yours:In the continued multilateral effort to spoil as much new content as possible
Black Hat wrote:Yes, because you are a highly qualified marketing expert and in addition are totally representative of the opinions of the fanbase.
Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Yes, because you are a highly qualified marketing expert and in addition are totally representative of the opinions of the fanbase.
No because im a paying customer with a wallet full of money.
You may not be old enough to remember, but I grew up with these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=80s+tra ... 1qZFkjmAaM:
We didnt have teasers or reveals because they prove nothing but stupidity. If anything the cartoons were teasers because we got the toys after seeing (and dying to get) the newest characters. The constant toy leaks every year from the Chinese homeland are proof that the tease and reveal strategy is a total failure. Maybe if Hasbro decided to move their Anerican designed toy operation to America and pay loyal American workers fair American wages, the leaks would cease. (And yes most of the Hasbro design team are now Americans, I been to enough Botcon design team pannels)
But with that being said, I think they should just bring back the checklist. Especially after Hascon fails this week. Other than the owners of fan sites, I dont see many fans on either here or tfw2005 making the pilgrimage to hascon to witness the big reveals that our good friends in China already revealed in style.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
That mockup doesn't solve the mystery on how Razorclaw is going to end up, aside from as a CW Long Haul redux. At least the arms won't have extra pieces on their back, like Bandai's Shogun Megazord.
Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Yes, because you are a highly qualified marketing expert and in addition are totally representative of the opinions of the fanbase.
No because im a paying customer with a wallet full of money. Im not someone who talks from the sidlines. I buy, buy, buy. And buyers are Hasbros real target audience, regardless of age.
You may not be old enough to remember, but I grew up with these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=80s+tra ... 1qZFkjmAaM:
We didnt have teasers or reveals because they prove nothing but stupidity. If anything the cartoons were teasers because we got the toys after seeing (and dying to get) the newest characters. The constant toy leaks every year from the Chinese homeland are proof that the tease and reveal strategy is a total failure. Maybe if Hasbro decided to move their Anerican designed toy operation to America and pay loyal American workers fair American wages, the leaks would cease. (And yes most of the Hasbro design team are now Americans, I been to enough Botcon design team pannels)
But with that being said, I think they should just bring back the checklist. Especially after Hascon fails this week. Other than the owners of fan sites, I dont see many fans on either here or tfw2005 making the pilgrimage to hascon to witness the big reveals that our good friends in China already revealed in style.
DigitalBrave3 wrote:Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Yes, because you are a highly qualified marketing expert and in addition are totally representative of the opinions of the fanbase.
No because im a paying customer with a wallet full of money. Im not someone who talks from the sidlines. I buy, buy, buy. And buyers are Hasbros real target audience, regardless of age.
You may not be old enough to remember, but I grew up with these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=80s+tra ... 1qZFkjmAaM:
We didnt have teasers or reveals because they prove nothing but stupidity. If anything the cartoons were teasers because we got the toys after seeing (and dying to get) the newest characters. The constant toy leaks every year from the Chinese homeland are proof that the tease and reveal strategy is a total failure. Maybe if Hasbro decided to move their Anerican designed toy operation to America and pay loyal American workers fair American wages, the leaks would cease. (And yes most of the Hasbro design team are now Americans, I been to enough Botcon design team pannels)
But with that being said, I think they should just bring back the checklist. Especially after Hascon fails this week. Other than the owners of fan sites, I dont see many fans on either here or tfw2005 making the pilgrimage to hascon to witness the big reveals that our good friends in China already revealed in style.
They contract factories outside of America because it's cheaper to do so. In fact, I've heard that the factories are technically contracted by Takara, not Hasbro. I don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, then it's all technically Takara's fault, not Hasbro's.
If I'm remembering correctly, the Unicron Trilogy had checklists as well, or at least product catalogs. If my memory isn't faulty, then that means I grew up with checklists as well. I honestly could care less if they came back or not. They're just pieces of paper to me.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:DigitalBrave3 wrote:Rated X wrote:Black Hat wrote:Yes, because you are a highly qualified marketing expert and in addition are totally representative of the opinions of the fanbase.
No because im a paying customer with a wallet full of money. Im not someone who talks from the sidlines. I buy, buy, buy. And buyers are Hasbros real target audience, regardless of age.
You may not be old enough to remember, but I grew up with these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=80s+tra ... 1qZFkjmAaM:
We didnt have teasers or reveals because they prove nothing but stupidity. If anything the cartoons were teasers because we got the toys after seeing (and dying to get) the newest characters. The constant toy leaks every year from the Chinese homeland are proof that the tease and reveal strategy is a total failure. Maybe if Hasbro decided to move their Anerican designed toy operation to America and pay loyal American workers fair American wages, the leaks would cease. (And yes most of the Hasbro design team are now Americans, I been to enough Botcon design team pannels)
But with that being said, I think they should just bring back the checklist. Especially after Hascon fails this week. Other than the owners of fan sites, I dont see many fans on either here or tfw2005 making the pilgrimage to hascon to witness the big reveals that our good friends in China already revealed in style.
They contract factories outside of America because it's cheaper to do so. In fact, I've heard that the factories are technically contracted by Takara, not Hasbro. I don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, then it's all technically Takara's fault, not Hasbro's.
If I'm remembering correctly, the Unicron Trilogy had checklists as well, or at least product catalogs. If my memory isn't faulty, then that means I grew up with checklists as well. I honestly could care less if they came back or not. They're just pieces of paper to me.
Catalogs from Hasbro ended with the first Movie line, but even then they didn't show all product for the rest of the year, just what was available at the time. The checklists ended with the Titanium Series... with a lot of figures on those lists ending up unreleased. That's not what you want people to see.
TakaraTomy is still going (sorta) via their Adventure app. But now that Adventure has ended on a low note, who knows what they'll do next.
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