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Post by Hoist on Oct 23, 2018 10:53:27 GMT -5
*Pre-notice I haven't bought any in a good few years now.
Do you think Transformer sizes have changed for the good or the better over the years? For example do deluxes seem smaller in the last several years (at least) but the prices have gone up? (Store dependent and also where and what country you live in of course!) Do you get as much for your money quality wise? (Plastic, articulation/joints) Be it deluxes, voyages or legions. I know the first sizes mentioned there might be dated but I feel older fans still relate to them by those, whether they're legions or "turbo chargers" or whatever they call the sizes these days. Compare say leaders or voyagers from the armada trilogy to any line today from the TF range, do they still hold up to the things mentioned? Including price?
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Post by Brawn on Oct 27, 2018 15:32:33 GMT -5
*Pre-notice I haven't bought any in a good few years now. Do you think Transformer sizes have changed for the good or the better over the years? For example do deluxes seem smaller in the last several years (at least) but the prices have gone up? (Store dependent and also where and what country you live in of course!) Do you get as much for your money quality wise? (Plastic, articulation/joints) Be it deluxes, voyages or legions. I know the first sizes mentioned there might be dated but I feel older fans still relate to them by those, whether they're legions or "turbo chargers" or whatever they call the sizes these days. Compare say leaders or voyagers from the armada trilogy to any line today from the TF range, do they still hold up to the things mentioned? Including price?
I actually like smaller transformers as they don't take up as much room. But I think the plastic and paint apps have gone down hill at various points. The chewy gray and black matt plastics being the worst.
When you consider Alternators were 20 quid or as you say the large Armada toys were the same, now you can pick up two of those new tiny tiny titanmasters for the same price, and the paint apps on those are awful. Titanmaster Brawn for instance is one of the worst I have ever seen.
The articulation is better than in the past though. I would say in general the engineering and some of sculpting has also improved.
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Post by Bomblast on Oct 27, 2018 18:00:20 GMT -5
Legends class figures have improved a heck of a lot recently. Before, I wouldn't have bothered with them because they were a bit too simplistic and just looked cheap. But now, I've got the Dinobot Slash, Cosmos, Battleslash and Roadtrap and I am genuinely impressed with them, especially Battleslash and Roadtrap.
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Post by Hoist on Oct 28, 2018 11:36:03 GMT -5
I actually like smaller transformers as they don't take up as much room. But I think the plastic and paint apps have gone down hill at various points. The chewy gray and black matt plastics being the worst.
When you consider Alternators were 20 quid or as you say the large Armada toys were the same, now you can pick up two of those new tiny tiny titanmasters for the same price, and the paint apps on those are awful. Titanmaster Brawn for instance is one of the worst I have ever seen.
The articulation is better than in the past though. I would say in general the engineering and some of sculpting has also improved.
Legends class figures have improved a heck of a lot recently. Before, I wouldn't have bothered with them because they were a bit too simplistic and just looked cheap. But now, I've got the Dinobot Slash, Cosmos, Battleslash and Roadtrap and I am genuinely impressed with them, especially Battleslash and Roadtrap. I think with smaller ones your expectations can be less, you know exactly what your supposed to be getting so things like paint detail and articulation don't matter as much on those - and I'm alright with that. With the first couple of live movies I found the scout lines to be very collectible when I only wanted a couple of the main regular deluxe or bigger of those two films. I think something like RID/Armada you could get a leader for £40 r just over these days it's nearer £50. I'm looking at a more recent line like Power of the Primes - and I guess there Not bad (Except for the wheels on Rodimus), but I guess it's more about molded detail these days than paint apps? (I'm very out of the loop!) Amazon is crazy for the Genrations PotP Dinobots - deluxe slug 16.99, swoop 59.99 - sludge and snarl respectively - £40.22 £37.83. Am I missing something here? *Checks out the RID line combiner force - look very simple like the smaller lines £16 - 18 on Amazon.
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