Now that I've had time to look around the fandom at reactions, I'd have to say that this year's "Master Collector first TF exclusive set" is getting a majority of negative reviews. Hardly anyone is impressed by any of the figures. It doesn't seem like people will be jumping through hoops to get this set, as they have in years past. It's kind of sad. It makes me really wonder who came up with this stuff.

 

The Ironhide and I'm guessing "attending exclusive" Ratchet are no brainers, so I don't give them any design points for those. This character is so obscure compared to the others they could have chosen. Fallback is ... ok, but the fact that they lost the name kind of sucks. Buzzclaw... anyway. We'll see what the rest of the figures will be, but at this rate, it doesn't look good.

 

I mean, don't get me wrong. The figures are not terrible. They just seem like they would be better suited as Universe figures. Exclusives should be something standout if they want people spending that kind of money. JMO of course. Then again, it would seem that my opinion is shared by the majority of my fellow Transfans. About the only thing I can say is, "get some Transfans to come up with the ideas." If that's what they did, they picked the wrong ones. :P

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They are working on a short schedule too.  But it's also Master Collector.  They charge so they CAN make a profit and stay in business.  This fandom can't grasp that apparently, and if they do, they still try to find something to bitch about.

 

It's funny, everyone was screaming for Hallit to lose the license and a lot were happy that MC got the license and we knew that prices WOULD change.  Now a lot of people are screaming that MC sucks ass and that they should "burn in bankcruptcy" (quoting a member at another board).  Atleast with these exclusives they all have plenty of articulation.  But color does matter, which is what made Sent Max something people wanted (even though he was a brick).

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That's as may be. The fact is, the fans' first impression of these figures has been a resounding "meh". It's nothing to do with complaining or being whiny or whatever; the fact is that they're just not that impressive. You can't hide that. And for BotCon, the expectations are higher. Justifiably so, I might add. The odd thing is that the defensiveness level among those who are getting these figures is also higher because they're BotCon figures and they just HAVE TO be good. If not, there's an excuse that somehow makes it all right.

 

My question is, if you saw any of these figures in a Universe box at Target, would you get them? Ironhide - hell yeah. The others.... maybe that black Cyberjet but eh....

I would get Dezarus, fallback and Buzzclaw if I saw them at Target.

Iron Hide and Ratchet are the only ones even remotely cool

Now that I've had time to look around the fandom at reactions, I'd have to say that this year's "Master Collector first TF exclusive set" is getting a majority of negative reviews. Hardly anyone is impressed by any of the figures. It doesn't seem like people will be jumping through hoops to get this set, as they have in years past.

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it's just sour grapes over the price tag. if the set was cheaper, you could bet your ass that everyone would be wooing over it.

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TAZBOT

 

I think everyone has lost sight of the fact these are CONVENTION EXCLUSIVES. If you don't like them, don't buy them. You don't have to purchase them to attend BotCon.

Now that I've had time to look around the fandom at reactions, I'd have to say that this year's "Master Collector first TF exclusive set" is getting a majority of negative reviews. Hardly anyone is impressed by any of the figures. It doesn't seem like people will be jumping through hoops to get this set, as they have in years past. It's kind of sad. It makes me really wonder who came up with this stuff.

 

The Ironhide and I'm guessing "attending exclusive" Ratchet are no brainers, so I don't give them any design points for those. This character is so obscure compared to the others they could have chosen. Fallback is ... ok, but the fact that they lost the name kind of sucks. Buzzclaw... anyway. We'll see what the rest of the figures will be, but at this rate, it doesn't look good.

 

I mean, don't get me wrong. The figures are not terrible. They just seem like they would be better suited as Universe figures. Exclusives should be something standout if they want people spending that kind of money. JMO of course. Then again, it would seem that my opinion is shared by the majority of my fellow Transfans. About the only thing I can say is, "get some Transfans to come up with the ideas." If that's what they did, they picked the wrong ones. :P

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They are working on a short schedule too.  But it's also Master Collector.  They charge so they CAN make a profit and stay in business.  This fandom can't grasp that apparently, and if they do, they still try to find something to Starscream about.

 

It's funny, everyone was screaming for Hallit to lose the license and a lot were happy that MC got the license and we knew that prices WOULD change.  Now a lot of people are screaming that MC sucks ass and that they should "burn in bankcruptcy" (quoting a member at another board).  Atleast with these exclusives they all have plenty of articulation.  But color does matter, which is what made Sent Max something people wanted (even though he was a brick).

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That's as may be. The fact is, the fans' first impression of these figures has been a resounding "meh". It's nothing to do with complaining or being whiny or whatever; the fact is that they're just not that impressive. You can't hide that. And for BotCon, the expectations are higher. Justifiably so, I might add. The odd thing is that the defensiveness level among those who are getting these figures is also higher because they're BotCon figures and they just HAVE TO be good. If not, there's an excuse that somehow makes it all right.

 

My question is, if you saw any of these figures in a Universe box at Target, would you get them? Ironhide - hell yeah. The others.... maybe that black Cyberjet but eh....

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I'd get death and the black cyberjet, myself. I really like how they look.

Now that I've had time to look around the fandom at reactions, I'd have to say that this year's "Master Collector first TF exclusive set" is getting a majority of negative reviews. Hardly anyone is impressed by any of the figures. It doesn't seem like people will be jumping through hoops to get this set, as they have in years past.

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it's just sour grapes over the price tag. if the set was cheaper, you could bet your ass that everyone would be wooing over it.

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TAZBOT

 

I think everyone has lost sight of the fact these are CONVENTION EXCLUSIVES. If you don't like them, don't buy them. You don't have to purchase them to attend BotCon.

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We're allowed to have opinions kthx

 

JMO

Iron Hide and Ratchet are the only ones even remotely cool

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STFU IRONHIDE LOOKS LIKE HES WEARING RED JAMMIES AND THAT SUX KTHX

Iron Hide and Ratchet are the only ones even remotely cool

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STFU IRONHIDE LOOKS LIKE HES WEARING RED JAMMIES AND THAT SUX KTHX

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About the only thing I can say is, "get some Transfans to come up with the ideas." If that's what they did, they picked the wrong ones. :P

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if they are like Don Murphy then they might have chosen the first 5 fans to contact them :P

 

is it so hard to just visit transtopia and pick a few bashers/repainters? Viagra Prime even won some awards online a few months ago!

No bat mode--I doubt Deathsaurus has Megs' little "halloween mask"...