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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on July 26th, 2017 @ 8:11pm CDT
Should I get TLK Deluxe Slash? Is he a good figure? Or is he just a figure like Steelbane: cool looking, but bad qc?
Posted by Autobot N on July 26th, 2017 @ 8:31pm CDT
I've got the AOE one. QC isn't bad, but the figure just kinda sucks.Decepticon Stryker wrote:So I've been going back and forth between this and I've finally decided to ask you guys:
Should I get TLK Deluxe Slash? Is he a good figure? Or is he just a figure like Steelbane: cool looking, but bad qc?
Posted by Qwan on July 26th, 2017 @ 9:23pm CDT
I haven't had any versions of that mold so I'm probably not the best person to give advice here, but the main deciding factor for me was that I don't really like the way he looks, and also the somewhat uncommon - but very frustrating - issue of mandatory sideways-elbow-action in robot mode (i.e. no forward bend at the elbows, much like CW Long Haul and quite a few of the AoE Dinobots). If you like the aesthetics of him (and admittedly, the toned-down colors on the TLK version do look objectively much better, even if they lose some of the 'bizarre' appeal the original had) and don't mind the elbows (which I certainly do ) then I'm sure he's a fine figure.Decepticon Stryker wrote:So I've been going back and forth between this and I've finally decided to ask you guys:
Should I get TLK Deluxe Slash? Is he a good figure? Or is he just a figure like Steelbane: cool looking, but bad qc?
But then I guess you have to take the "Premier markup" into account, and suddenly it's even harder to pull that trigger...
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on July 27th, 2017 @ 6:30am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 27th, 2017 @ 2:29pm CDT
Decepticon Stryker wrote:So I've been going back and forth between this and I've finally decided to ask you guys:
Should I get TLK Deluxe Slash? Is he a good figure? Or is he just a figure like Steelbane: cool looking, but bad qc?
Basically what N said. The figure looks cool, but it is not overly functional. all the extra feathery sorts of things get in the way, so he isn't as good as he could be
Posted by King Kuuga on July 28th, 2017 @ 4:56am CDT
Va'al wrote:Not many people read through the Earnings release that Hasbro sends our way every quarter, and not everyone can attend the freely available conference calls either. To help us out this time, Hasbro has also offered a full transcript and presentation to anyone - rather than having news sites transcribe things themselves - and we've copied below the more salient and relevant parts to the Transformers brand.
But first, along with the slides that were used during the call, we've also listened to the call again to make sure we noted down a number of questions related to Transformers: The Last Knight and the brand in general, toys in particular, affected the way that the company will be directing its efforts in the coming quarter and future development of the 'brand blueprint', courtesy of Debbie Hancock and Brian Goldner (who calls the Generations line Universe, but hey). The UK and Brazil have not ideally impacted the company either, but the overall Latin American and European markets have remained positive, and most noteworthy of all: despite the not ideal performance of the movie in general, everything seems to be much better in toy and merchandise perspectives compared to 2014 with Age of Extinction.
Read more below, and note that actual revenue from licensed material for The Last Knight will only appear in the fourth quarter![lots of patting ourselves on the back]
I took a shot every time they said "brand" and now I'm sitting in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. Maybe Hasbro will pay my medical bills since they're so profitable.
Posted by Bronzewolf on July 29th, 2017 @ 12:49pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on July 29th, 2017 @ 1:01pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 29th, 2017 @ 3:11pm CDT
If you come across this or any other figures, make sure to let other fans know through our Sightings Sections and Database - and as always, happy hunting!
Posted by Seibertron on July 29th, 2017 @ 3:42pm CDT
As of this post, Flip and Change Bumblebee was not currently available at Walmart.com. In addition, no other Last Knight Hot Rod products were available either, all of which are exclusive to Walmart in the United States.
Posted by Quantum Surge on July 29th, 2017 @ 3:50pm CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on July 29th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2017 @ 4:15pm CDT
King Kuuga wrote:Does Flip and Change Hot Rod appear to be built on the Lockdown mold like his toys in other assortments?
Yes, and Bumblebee too.
It's a nice concept and a nice gimmick. Not perfect, but fun nonetheless.
Posted by King Kuuga on July 29th, 2017 @ 4:18pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:King Kuuga wrote:Does Flip and Change Hot Rod appear to be built on the Lockdown mold like his toys in other assortments?
Yes, and Bumblebee too.
It's a nice concept and a nice gimmick. Not perfect, but fun nonetheless.
Wasn't there a F&C Bee in the AOE line? I assumed this was a reuse of that.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 29th, 2017 @ 4:59pm CDT
King Kuuga wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:King Kuuga wrote:Does Flip and Change Hot Rod appear to be built on the Lockdown mold like his toys in other assortments?
Yes, and Bumblebee too.
It's a nice concept and a nice gimmick. Not perfect, but fun nonetheless.
Wasn't there a F&C Bee in the AOE line? I assumed this was a reuse of that.
All of Hot Rod's toys are based on Lockdown, if applicable, sharing the same basic maker (Lamborghini). F&C Bumblebee is a direct reuse of the same toy from AoE, sharing its gimmick with Lockdown.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on July 29th, 2017 @ 11:18pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on July 29th, 2017 @ 11:28pm CDT
Stuartmaximus wrote:Chefatron has infernocus review up
I'll post this on the front page shortly, thanks!
Posted by Stuartmaximus on July 29th, 2017 @ 11:31pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:Chefatron has infernocus review up
I'll post this on the front page shortly, thanks!
Posted by Bronzewolf on July 29th, 2017 @ 11:35pm CDT
Posted by Terrsolpix on July 30th, 2017 @ 12:48am CDT
Posted by Burn on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:12am CDT
Anyhoo ... onto old mate Megatron.
When this guy was unveiled, I wanted ... wanted wanted wanted.
Now I have.
And now he has a new name.
Captain Floppy Legs.
While the flame thrower is a fantastic addition, it tends to make that side of the body heavy, combine with a weaker hip on the same side, posing him gets difficult.
Guess I'll just have to steal the GF's nail varnish ...
(No comment about the alt mode, have yet to transform him)
Posted by Terrsolpix on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:13am CDT
Burn wrote:He was at my TRU today, but I'll be damned if I'm paying TRU's price for him.
Anyhoo ... onto old mate Megatron.
When this guy was unveiled, I wanted ... wanted wanted wanted.
Now I have.
And now he has a new name.
Captain Floppy Legs.
While the flame thrower is a fantastic addition, it tends to make that side of the body heavy, combine with a weaker hip on the same side, posing him gets difficult.
Guess I'll just have to steal the GF's nail varnish ...
(No comment about the alt mode, have yet to transform him)
Make sure the shoulder ball bars are correct. My dreadwing has two right ones.
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:53am CDT
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on July 30th, 2017 @ 4:01am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 30th, 2017 @ 4:06am CDT
Posted by Przemo24Pl on July 30th, 2017 @ 5:06am CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on July 30th, 2017 @ 5:09am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 30th, 2017 @ 5:48am CDT
Rainmaker wrote:It's amazing, but the head looks off somehow...
I think it looks fine but maybe you can swap it for one of the many, many, many other Bumblebee figure's heads?
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on July 30th, 2017 @ 6:18am CDT
Posted by Burn on July 30th, 2017 @ 7:34am CDT
Started off with the instructions, decided to toss them aside because trying to read anything printed in those colours on that background is near impossible for me.
He's pretty easy to figure out though. But you have to do a lot of small/minor adjustments to make sure everything lines up perfectly to lock together.
His nose cone doesn't want to stay locked in place all the time. That takes a bit of wrangling to get things to lock in. As do the wings to the legs.
Once transformed ... he's quite possibly the largest transformer jet, not just the wingspan, but the length as well. He's a mish mash though. In some spots, lots of detail, very much a jet ... others, you can clearly see robot parts.
He's a good figure, and definitely better than his voyager version. But if they were to put Masterpiece level effort into him, he could be the greatest Megatron figure ever.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 30th, 2017 @ 9:45am CDT
Posted by Bradimus on July 30th, 2017 @ 11:52am CDT
Also, where is his hammer?
Posted by Przemo24Pl on July 30th, 2017 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:07pm CDT
Bradimus wrote:
Also, where is his hammer?
Unfortunately he doesn't come with one. I'm sure a third party will have one soon, there's already one for the masterpiece figure.
In the meantime, here's a hastily photoshopped version of what this Bee would look like with the hammer (with an appropriately epic background, of course.)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:10pm CDT
Posted by T_Donor66 on July 30th, 2017 @ 2:56pm CDT
Burn wrote:Transformed Megatron.
Started off with the instructions, decided to toss them aside because trying to read anything printed in those colours on that background is near impossible for me.
He's pretty easy to figure out though. But you have to do a lot of small/minor adjustments to make sure everything lines up perfectly to lock together.
His nose cone doesn't want to stay locked in place all the time. That takes a bit of wrangling to get things to lock in. As do the wings to the legs.
Once transformed ... he's quite possibly the largest transformer jet, not just the wingspan, but the length as well. He's a mish mash though. In some spots, lots of detail, very much a jet ... others, you can clearly see robot parts.
He's a good figure, and definitely better than his voyager version. But if they were to put Masterpiece level effort into him, he could be the greatest Megatron figure ever.
Gotta disagree on that one. Voyager Megatron, imo, has better proportions, less kibble, and a wayyy better fusion cannon. Just my opinion though.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on July 30th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CDT
T_Donor66 wrote:Burn wrote:Transformed Megatron.
Started off with the instructions, decided to toss them aside because trying to read anything printed in those colours on that background is near impossible for me.
He's pretty easy to figure out though. But you have to do a lot of small/minor adjustments to make sure everything lines up perfectly to lock together.
His nose cone doesn't want to stay locked in place all the time. That takes a bit of wrangling to get things to lock in. As do the wings to the legs.
Once transformed ... he's quite possibly the largest transformer jet, not just the wingspan, but the length as well. He's a mish mash though. In some spots, lots of detail, very much a jet ... others, you can clearly see robot parts.
He's a good figure, and definitely better than his voyager version. But if they were to put Masterpiece level effort into him, he could be the greatest Megatron figure ever.
Gotta disagree on that one. Voyager Megatron, imo, has better proportions, less kibble, and a wayyy better fusion cannon. Just my opinion though.
don't forget the...cough**oversized Wei Jiang Voyager**cough
Posted by Quantum Surge on July 30th, 2017 @ 3:14pm CDT
Posted by Burn on July 30th, 2017 @ 3:53pm CDT
T_Donor66 wrote:Gotta disagree on that one. Voyager Megatron, imo, has better proportions, less kibble, and a wayyy better fusion cannon. Just my opinion though.
I found the jet mode to be severely lacking in ... something. I don't know what it was exactly but once I transformed him I was left disappointed.
Both voyager and leader are still impressive figures though.
And Stewie, as I've said to others I will say to you, keep 3P discussions OUT of the official threads.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 30th, 2017 @ 4:44pm CDT
Posted by Bradimus on July 30th, 2017 @ 5:34pm CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Bradimus wrote:
Also, where is his hammer?
Unfortunately he doesn't come with one. I'm sure a third party will have one soon, there's already one for the masterpiece figure.
In the meantime, here's a hastily photoshopped version of what this Bee would look like with the hammer (with an appropriately epic background, of course.)
That is an epic picture. Well done!
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 30th, 2017 @ 9:01pm CDT
T_Donor66 wrote:
Gotta disagree on that one. Voyager Megatron, imo, has better proportions, less kibble, and a wayyy better fusion cannon. Just my opinion though.
I agree with this. Voyager is an awesome figure in both modes. And I love how the wings go around the legs, and the fusion cannon isn't just the entire front end of the jet. Really love the jet mode too. Gorgeous toy.
Posted by Va'al on July 31st, 2017 @ 2:04am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 31st, 2017 @ 2:05am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 31st, 2017 @ 9:45am CDT
Posted by Kotori_Sonoda on July 31st, 2017 @ 10:08am CDT
However here in the Philippines they're selling it for a little over the price of a leader class toy, no way i can justify to myself buying the set at that price.
Posted by Ironhidensh on July 31st, 2017 @ 11:24am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2017 @ 11:45am CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:Freaking Wal-Mart exclusives..... why would they not want to release this figure at the same time the movie comes out?
Its a tradition!
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 31st, 2017 @ 6:51pm CDT
Bradimus wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Bradimus wrote:
Also, where is his hammer?
Unfortunately he doesn't come with one. I'm sure a third party will have one soon, there's already one for the masterpiece figure.
In the meantime, here's a hastily photoshopped version of what this Bee would look like with the hammer (with an appropriately epic background, of course.)
That is an epic picture. Well done!
Thanks!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 31st, 2017 @ 7:51pm CDT
Deluxe Bee has all 4 wings! Result! They finally got it!
And Burn, I look forward to any generations scale Megatron, but hopefully my leader is a good one when I get him. He does look to be the best of the lot