If you think about it, the toys ALWAYS look better in person or in later pics (fans usually). Im not sure whats wrong with Hasbro but they take horrible pictures (imo). The TOYS look horrible anyways. So maybe he still will have his stacks. Doubt it but he will probably look good in person. The stacks wont be as short as they appear i dont think. Thzats shorter then the last re-release!

 

I want a G1 Prime, another version of the 1st comic, and the more the meets the eye dvd (in better color & picture for my big TV *better then Youtube*), and O.P./Cullens voice as a shield :D Hopefully they will throw in stuff like the axe accessory. Or little weapons. We will see then.

1/ They should have used the Takara ipod head. Its better and "more G1" than the original (plus most of us have a re-released original Convoy/Optimus so a new head would be a bigger incentive).

The TT iPod head looks "more G1" then the actual G1 head?

Besides, as many have pointed out, the modern head on the G1 body looks out of place. Like fake boobs on a 60 year old.

 

2/ It doesnt say that the shield has a voice box built in on the pics of the box (can it be confirmed?).

Look at the darn thing. See those speaker-esque holes? Those are there because it's a speaker.

 

3/ What is on the DVD? Just a G1 Episode?

It's the MTMTE G1 pilot.

 

4/ What comic is it?

Marvel #1.

I have to dissagree about the "Optimus Prime" head on the IPOD Convoy mold (they called it "Optimus Prime" i believe because the 1st issue was Convoy ;) ). I think it looks :awsum and can TURN .. a HUGE improvement. And what he means about "it looks more like G1" is that it looks more cartoon acurate. I have seen it in person and it kicks ass! \

 

But i agree with they should have spiced him up a bit and you never know, they might just do that. Just like Encore or Henkei! did at first without letting us know till later, or in some cases release day.

I have to dissagree about the "Optimus Prime" head on the IPOD Convoy mold (they called it "Optimus Prime" i believe because the 1st issue was Convoy ;) ). I think it looks :awsum and can TURN .. a HUGE improvement. And what he means about "it looks more like G1" is that it looks more cartoon acurate. I have seen it in person and it kicks ass! \

 

But i agree with they should have spiced him up a bit and you never know, they might just do that. Just like Encore or Henkei! did at first without letting us know till later, or in some cases release day.

 

the turning ability would be nice, and while the head is an a very very awesome sculpt, it just doesn't fit the body JMO. maybe i'm just too nostalgiac, but the head just looks too out of place with the rest of the body, not to mention the rest of the g1 figures. modern heads do not belong on g1 bodies.

fine! 10+ then. happy?

No. 'Cause then Hasbro wouldn't be able to sell the product to major retailers. 5+ is the standard for toys. Anything more and you're entering a very specified market with a limited number of retailers.

Sure Hasbro could sell them through comic stores, collector shoppes, and the web, but sales would be drastically down then they would be if they sold it through major retailers like TRU, Target, Wal-Mart, etc....

Unfortunately listing the toy as 5+, which is the right call from the business end of things, means shorter stacks. Is that Hasbro's fault? No, they're just complying with the law.

 

Remember, the Hasbro releases of MP Prime were even listed at 5+. Why? Because it meant they could sell the product to the larger retailers. So if MP Prime got the 5+ rating why would give a G1 reissue anything higher?

 

yeah cause Wal Wart and Toys R Us never sell anything labeled 13+ *cough!MacFarlaneToys!coughcough!* and Toys R Us never ever ever sells anything in the way of adult collectables *coughMasterReplicasLightsabersCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH!!!* you're absolutely right!

yeah cause Wal Wart and Toys R Us never sell anything labeled 13+ *cough!MacFarlaneToys!coughcough!* and Toys R Us never ever ever sells anything in the way of adult collectables *coughMasterReplicasLightsabersCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH!!!* you're absolutely right!

 

the mcfarlane figures that TRU and Walmart carry are very sparse when it comes to anything but sports figs.

 

as for the master replicas light sabers, star wars is a HUGE market. it easily dwarfs transformers.

 

this means that the demand is far less so they have to market and appeal to a much broader audience. which in turn means conforming to safety standards so they can be sold to children.

 

also, i don't know about your TRU, but the TRU's i've been have a huge problem unloading them, which makes it even less likely that they'd carry many adult collectibles for lower selling brands. this is why Commemorative soundwave saw a VERY limited release. they learned alot from the commemorative series.

yeah cause Wal Wart and Toys R Us never sell anything labeled 13+ *cough!MacFarlaneToys!coughcough!* and Toys R Us never ever ever sells anything in the way of adult collectables *coughMasterReplicasLightsabersCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH!!!* you're absolutely right!

 

the mcfarlane figures that TRU and Walmart carry are very sparse when it comes to anything but sports figs.

 

as for the master replicas light sabers, star wars is a HUGE market. it easily dwarfs transformers.

 

this means that the demand is far less so they have to market and appeal to a much broader audience. which in turn means conforming to safety standards so they can be sold to children.

 

also, i don't know about your TRU, but the TRU's i've been have a huge problem unloading them, which makes it even less likely that they'd carry many adult collectibles for lower selling brands. this is why Commemorative soundwave saw a VERY limited release. they learned alot from the commemorative series.

This.

sadly true :(

 

some of the g1 reissues are STILL warming shelves here (i know prowl was there just last week - a supposedly popular character!)

fine! 10+ then. happy?

No. 'Cause then Hasbro wouldn't be able to sell the product to major retailers. 5+ is the standard for toys. Anything more and you're entering a very specified market with a limited number of retailers.

Sure Hasbro could sell them through comic stores, collector shoppes, and the web, but sales would be drastically down then they would be if they sold it through major retailers like TRU, Target, Wal-Mart, etc....

Unfortunately listing the toy as 5+, which is the right call from the business end of things, means shorter stacks. Is that Hasbro's fault? No, they're just complying with the law.

 

Remember, the Hasbro releases of MP Prime were even listed at 5+. Why? Because it meant they could sell the product to the larger retailers. So if MP Prime got the 5+ rating why would give a G1 reissue anything higher?

 

 

yeah cause Wal Wart and Toys R Us never sell anything labeled 13+ *cough!MacFarlaneToys!coughcough!* and Toys R Us never ever ever sells anything in the way of adult collectables *coughMasterReplicasLightsabersCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH!!!* you're absolutely right!

 

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About this Prime release. I really think it will look good in person and these pics (like ALL Hasbros pics) make the toy look horrible

Fact is that TRU, Wal-Mart, Target, etc... carry extremely limited numbers of collector-oriented toys, if at all. For Hasbro to convince the big retailers to sell these things en mass they have to sell them as regular toys, not collectors items.

And it really isn't a collector's item. Like Hobbes said, this is aimed at adults who's childhood was brought back via the movie and who may want to drop some cash on a toy like the OP thy had as a kid.

We, the collectors, have had ample chances to get this mould through various reissues, many of us may even have our original G1 Primes. This isn't for us.

 

So given all of that, 5+ works just fine.