Toy Fair US 2015 Coverage - Transformers: Rescue Bots: Salvage, Blurr, High Tide and More
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Posted by Zeedust on February 14th, 2015 @ 5:08pm CST
Posted by Va'al on February 15th, 2015 @ 7:37am CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 15th, 2015 @ 10:27am CST
Posted by Rated X on February 15th, 2015 @ 10:32am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 15th, 2015 @ 12:16pm CST
Why would you want idiotic Decepticons? Wouldn't that defeat the whole point of them being decent threats?Rated X wrote:Why dont they just introduce Decepticons to the rescue bots line already ? They could make them bumbling idiots, buffoons, bullies, etc. How many forest fires can you stop before kids get bored to tears ?
Posted by BlueBefore on February 15th, 2015 @ 5:16pm CST
Posted by Zeedust on February 15th, 2015 @ 6:07pm CST
Rated X wrote:How many forest fires can you stop before kids get bored to tears ?
...You know, I only remember them actually doing one forest fire. Usually it's stuff like giant runaway mechanical bulls or hypnotic cell phones. Weird stuff.
Posted by Flashwave on February 15th, 2015 @ 8:29pm CST
Posted by Peridot on February 15th, 2015 @ 9:19pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 15th, 2015 @ 11:36pm CST
I thought that was High Tide. It's colored like his bigger boat toy.Flashwave wrote:Okay, the last featered photo with HW on a shelf, the non transforming axe figure, who's the white orange and blue gguy next to him?
Posted by gothsaurus on February 17th, 2015 @ 10:56am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 17th, 2015 @ 11:01am CST
After all, one of the show's unspoken rules is "No stupid characters," meaning no idiots. They don't want to bring in Decepticons if they have to make them a bunch of incompetent morons, as that's no fun.
Posted by gothsaurus on February 17th, 2015 @ 11:33am CST
I'm thinking that may be the achilles heel of the new RID show for me. Doubting I will be able to relate enough to warrant my buying any of the toys. Seems too Power Rangers for me to enjoy... tho I WILL give it a chance, of course.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 17th, 2015 @ 3:52pm CST
I don't think this should even matter since every TF cartoon is a kid show.gothsaurus wrote:While it's a kid show,
Not just recent shows, but most children's cartoons in general. Even more than some of the other TF series.gothsaurus wrote:which oddly makes the whole thing come across as more mature than MOST of the other recent shows.
We'll have to wait and see how smart the RID Cons are. From what little we've seen, Steeljaw at least seems to be intelligent and competent enough.gothsaurus wrote:I'm completely against adding dumb characters as an excuse to soften the bad guys.
I'm thinking that may be the achilles heel of the new RID show for me. Doubting I will be able to relate enough to warrant my buying any of the toys. Seems too Power Rangers for me to enjoy... tho I WILL give it a chance, of course.
Though, there is also the other end of the spectrum with characters who are dumb but are legitimately funny and endearing. The 2001 RiD cartoon, for instance, had fan favorite Sky-Byte, as well as the Predacon trio. Those guys had failures that were legendary, and yet were cheeky and charming enough to put a smile on many-a-fan's faces. But, at the same time, none of them were legit idiots (as in, none were intellectually deficient), just poor planners and the victims of going up against mostly superior Autobot enemies.
And about the Power Rangers bit, an "enemy of the week" format doesn't negate plot progression or character intrigue. Animated used that format and that show turned out fine.
Posted by Zeedust on February 18th, 2015 @ 9:19pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:After all, one of the show's unspoken rules is "No stupid characters," meaning no idiots.
Mayor Luskey being the exception, I presume?
Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2015 @ 9:35pm CST
*sigh* Mayor Luskey is an odd case. He's not completely unintelligent nor is he mentally deficient, but he has made a lot of poor (sometimes bad) decisions. When the show makers talked about the show's lack of stupid characters, they used Homer Simpson as an example of what they meant. And in a way, they're right. Mayor Luskey isn't that kind of character. He isn't a bumbling comic relief doofus whose sole existence is to do stupid stuff for humorous effect, as he is capable of being competent and doing what's right. It's just that either circumstances beyond his control or his own character flaws have made him a victim of misfortune time and time again. In a way, he's kinda like Sky-Byte, who likewise wasn't an unintelligent doofus but had enough character flaws to always find himself in a bad situation either caused by his own mistakes or by those who took advantage of him.Nemesis Primal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:After all, one of the show's unspoken rules is "No stupid characters," meaning no idiots.
Mayor Luskey being the exception, I presume?
I guess, when we take the mayor into consideration, there's two kinds of stupidity. The kind found in such characters as Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Patrick Star, and Stimpy, and the kind found in Mayor Luskey and Sky-Byte.
Posted by Zeedust on February 19th, 2015 @ 7:20pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:*sigh* Mayor Luskey is an odd case. He's not completely unintelligent nor is he mentally deficient, but he has made a lot of poor (sometimes bad) decisions. When the show makers talked about the show's lack of stupid characters, they used Homer Simpson as an example of what they meant. And in a way, they're right. Mayor Luskey isn't that kind of character. He isn't a bumbling comic relief doofus whose sole existence is to do stupid stuff for humorous effect, as he is capable of being competent and doing what's right. It's just that either circumstances beyond his control or his own character flaws have made him a victim of misfortune time and time again. In a way, he's kinda like Sky-Byte, who likewise wasn't an unintelligent doofus but had enough character flaws to always find himself in a bad situation either caused by his own mistakes or by those who took advantage of him.Nemesis Primal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:After all, one of the show's unspoken rules is "No stupid characters," meaning no idiots.
Mayor Luskey being the exception, I presume?
I guess, when we take the mayor into consideration, there's two kinds of stupidity. The kind found in such characters as Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Patrick Star, and Stimpy, and the kind found in Mayor Luskey and Sky-Byte.
Point taken. I guess it would be more fair to say Mayor Luskey has bad judgement. He's not an idiot, he just has a spectacular talent for picking the wrong aspects of a situation to base a decision on.
Posted by Va'al on March 27th, 2015 @ 12:33pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2015 @ 1:01pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on March 27th, 2015 @ 2:10pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Wish those had been clearanced before so I wouldn't have had to pay the full price for them.
Best I can tell this isn't a clearance mark down, just a limited time sale.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:13pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 28th, 2015 @ 10:19pm CDT
But then you can't put the pilots inside the cockpits with all that gooey shampoo in the way.MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Still missing the shampoo...
It's the reason I picked up these particular ones since they actually have interactive playability with other, smaller-sized toys of the line. Not to mention an actually good amount of paint apps and sculpted detail. All they need are some knees and elbows and they'd be fairly good action figures.
Posted by Va'al on April 22nd, 2015 @ 5:45am CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on June 9th, 2015 @ 10:14am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on June 9th, 2015 @ 10:34am CDT
edit after reading article: Oh. well durr.
Posted by BlueBefore on June 9th, 2015 @ 10:45am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 9th, 2015 @ 10:57am CDT
Posted by Lockdownhunter on June 9th, 2015 @ 11:15am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 9th, 2015 @ 11:45am CDT
When did have a tow truck Optimus in Armada?Lockdownhunter wrote:We have not had a tow truck OP since Armada
Posted by Optimizzy on June 9th, 2015 @ 1:10pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:When did have a tow truck Optimus in Armada?Lockdownhunter wrote:We have not had a tow truck OP since Armada
I'd be really interested to find out. Cause I thought I had them all.
Posted by Lockdownhunter on June 9th, 2015 @ 9:37pm CDT
P.S.He cannot transform.
Posted by Flashwave on June 10th, 2015 @ 12:10am CDT
Lockdownhunter wrote:For those of you puzzled over my comment about OP being a tow truck,please see
P.S.He cannot transform.
That's CHEATING!
And I think I want one, rediculous looking tow arm and all. But I suspect aftermaret pricing for something from that long ago (I just dated myself...) is beyond what I want to pay for a pseuo Matchbox
Posted by Seibertron on June 12th, 2015 @ 8:49am CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:39am CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:16am CDT
And after seeing that wonderfully show-accurate headsculpt, I wish it had been used on the original Heatwave toy (regardless of how impossible that would have been).
Posted by ScottyP on June 23rd, 2015 @ 10:38am CDT
It's weird, right? This and the OP toy just sort of showed up out of nowhere. I'm not complaining, I love the surprises - almost reminds me of back in the day when new Beast Wars stuff would hit shelves and I was so behind on Toy Fare magazine that it was brand new to me the second it hit my hands and not before.Sabrblade wrote:Why didn't they even announce these at BotCon?
Posted by Lockdownhunter on June 24th, 2015 @ 8:05am CDT
The colouring is kinda weird.
P.S. Heatwave now has a beer gut!
Posted by ScottyP on June 24th, 2015 @ 8:08am CDT
I think they were trying to make Heatwave look like Movie Ratchet, but it does look a bit too yellow. Guess I'll see when it comes in tomorrow!Lockdownhunter wrote:Were they really desperate to use these molds?First Hoist as OP,now Medix as Heatwave.
The colouring is kinda weird.
P.S. Heatwave now has a beer gut!
Posted by william-james88 on July 23rd, 2015 @ 1:17pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 23rd, 2015 @ 1:20pm CDT
Posted by RAR on July 23rd, 2015 @ 1:35pm CDT
Chase with clear pieces for his stega-fins would look cool -especially if he was the size of the new larger Heatwave Fire truck then they could light up too.
If they could make the Dino's larger then have maybe a place so something can ride on them that would be lots of fun.
I hope one day Hasbro will make the little figures with joints too (like they did Cody who came with the big playset) perhaps as part of a giftset.
It's a shame that they don't promote these more - I didn't even know there was going to be a Dani Figure until I tripped over her on shelves in a two pack.
Posted by william-james88 on July 24th, 2015 @ 9:01pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 25th, 2015 @ 5:07pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on July 25th, 2015 @ 5:33pm CDT
Posted by Mkall on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:25pm CDT
That's a shame really.
Posted by Ironhidensh on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:57pm CDT
Mkall wrote:The more and more I see about toys for this series the less I see of figures that actually transform.
That's a shame really.
Yes and no. Personally, I feel anything that is a transformer should, of course, transform. These are for the wee little ones, though, and I can personally attest that my 18 and 30 month old sons both love these things. The lack of transformation actually comes in hand as the figure stays in a shape they recognize.
Posted by Mkall on July 25th, 2015 @ 8:46pm CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:Mkall wrote:The more and more I see about toys for this series the less I see of figures that actually transform.
That's a shame really.
Yes and no. Personally, I feel anything that is a transformer should, of course, transform. These are for the wee little ones, though, and I can personally attest that my 18 and 30 month old sons both love these things. The lack of transformation actually comes in hand as the figure stays in a shape they recognize.
Either way, in about 10 years or so, we'll probably start seeing proper Generations-style figures of these guys. If I'm still collecting by then, I'll probably get them.
Posted by Ironhidensh on July 25th, 2015 @ 9:54pm CDT
I never thought of that. Proper generations (or even masterpiece) versions would be the bees knees!! Now to wait for ten years......
Posted by Sabrblade on July 25th, 2015 @ 11:56pm CDT
As for the figures themselves, Graham's the only one I could do without. My Blades has gone missing so this'll get me a new one. I could use a Morocco with better paint apps than the one I already have. And, I've already got four MorBots, so I'll gladly take a fifth one.