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Twincast / Podcast Episode #226 "Fire in the Sky"

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #226 "Fire in the Sky"

Postby Flashwave » Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:02 pm

Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
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Flashwave wrote:See, I have to disagree with you there. I dobt know many collectors in person, but they said it on the Podcast themselves that the Collector's line is finally the "main line" after years of Classics/Generations plYing second fiddle to the cartoons and Movies, and I dont kbow of anyone who disagrees with that. Yes, Siege IS selling to kids, and in its ways has to play by those kinds of rules, but the designs, the gimmicks, all that is being chosen to play to both sides of the fence. And I would argue that its been that way for a while, because we got the Combiners in Combiner Wars, because those are G1 characters and a relevant gimmick kids would play with, and in Titans Return we got Triggerhappy instead of anothwr random Starscream. All the "Kids" see there is a kick-ass futuristic jet, but the Collectors see a character that they have not gottwn since 1986.


Yeah, I get it, that's why I said most people love it. I recognize that I'm the odd one out on this. I just don't like Siege. To date, I've bought every single figure released. All have gone to my kids, except for Soundwave, Starscream, and Jetfire. I also kept the tapes for Soundwave, but I don't like them. For me, the height of mainline collecting was thrilling 30. For me, I don't think it will ever be as awesome as that again.

I=Honestly, in spite of what I said, Siege as a whole is not a line I can fully love. I have a few favorites out of it, but I still find myself holding every Siege Figure up to what I have going “Is this really better?”

Hound is a good example for me. I love Siege Hound, his weapons, the alt mode is a tad boxy but cool, and I like that he has fully flat feet, but in spite of all that I still keep looking back at Classics Hound, even though the lack of heels means he falls over a lot and the gun has a stress fracture on its clip. So I totally get where you are coming from. Oddly, two of the ones you named are the ones I can’t get into: Screamer and Soundwave. It’s not the Bots, its the alt modes, and in Soundwave’s case I can’t get over the shattered chest door. It’s a nice touch given the battle damage and an obvious place that would be broken, it’s just not what I want on my Soundwave and its not the alt mode I want. But then, I still think the Predator Spy Plane is the perfect not-Tape Deck alt mode for Soundwave given his spy/datamaster nature.
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