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07-11-2021, 12:33 PM | #1491 |
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There is currently a rumor that he'll be reissued during Kingdom. He's the only character with a profile blurb on Hasbro's site for Kingdom that doesn't have a Kingdom figure (Well, him and Bumblebee, but Bumblebee is in a weird spot).
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07-11-2021, 12:40 PM | #1492 |
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Or, at the very least, it's weird that he didn't get a "battle-damaged" paint wash and get reissued under the Netflix subline through Walmart. Seems like it would've been a popular release!
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07-11-2021, 12:46 PM | #1493 |
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Ratchet has always been the most perplexing character to get this treatment to me, because if you look outside the big headliners - OP, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Bumblebee, Grimlock - he's probably the most consistent and recognisable Autobot?
He's featured as part of the main core cast in every major instalment bar BW and the Unicron Trilogy; he's been a breakout popular character in series like TFP; in the original Marvel comics and IDW he was practically the main character for a bit... like, this guy is extremely important! Especially compared to others that consistently enjoy normal releases like Ironhide, Sideswipe, Prowl... he's far from some obscurer character tucked away to the back or a cult favourite, he's one of the main standbys of the entire franchise! Why does this keep happening!
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07-11-2021, 01:01 PM | #1494 |
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Especially compared to others that consistently enjoy normal releases like Ironhide, Sideswipe, Prowl... he's far from some obscurer character tucked away to the back or a cult favourite, he's one of the main standbys of the entire franchise! Why does this keep happening!
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07-11-2021, 01:21 PM | #1495 |
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that -- and now they've even done the same for Sideswipe and Mirage in Kingdom! I swear, Transformers WFC has at once made a billion amazing steps forward from literally anything that came before but also introduced some of the most frustrating stuff Generations has ever done
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07-11-2021, 04:44 PM | #1496 |
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Well then I'll hold out hope I'll be able to secure him somehow. He was very cool in the show indeed.
I keep checking out Transformers because they are just so dang prolific among toy circles. But there are so many lines and releases and exclusives to keep track of, it can be off-putting to someone just watching from the outside. I imagine this is what new Toku collectors feel when they first get into the hobby, though possibly worse because of importing and the dreaded "P-Bandai" concept.
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07-11-2021, 04:59 PM | #1497 |
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Well then I'll hold out hope I'll be able to secure him somehow. He was very cool in the show indeed.
I keep checking out Transformers because they are just so dang prolific among toy circles. But there are so many lines and releases and exclusives to keep track of, it can be off-putting to someone just watching from the outside. I imagine this is what new Toku collectors feel when they first get into the hobby, though possibly worse because of importing and the dreaded "P-Bandai" concept. It's the unreliability of releases that really gets frustrating. Figuarts have a set time that preorders open, and a set day they release. Same for FRS, same for SO-DO, I assume the same for role-play stuff. P-Bandai and importing fees suck, but even with that you get the positive of a very wide window in which to secure an order. With Transformers, who the hell knows. You can reserve some stuff at BBTS or Hasbro Pulse, but everything gets released whenever. BBTS might get it first for one release, and three months later for another release. Store exclusives are like a worse version of Figuarts retail releases: a highly sought-after figure that goes on sale with no warning, local shops that may or may not even stock it, and scalpers that descend on servers at a rate that even HLJ and AmiAmi would weep at. (Look over at HissTank for the raw seething rage the word "Target" evokes.) It's a gigantic pain in the ass to be a Transformers collector, is what I'm getting at.
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07-11-2021, 05:28 PM | #1498 |
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For me I definitely prefer collecting Transformers. With Figuarts it's like, everything has a very short pre-order window and if you either weren't lucky enough or didn't have money then, enjoy paying triple the prices later. With Transformers most of the stuff that's web exclusive is niche things like diaclone recolours and whatnot, and most of the stuff you want is actually released at retail and will probably reliably be there later. Figuarts has been nothing but painful and annoying at every step
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07-11-2021, 06:37 PM | #1499 |
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I prefer being a TF collector. Figuarts have basically tripled in price (Granted, they have increased in quality, so it's understandable), and a wide swath of them end up exclusive in some capacity. Additionally, it seems there's only one run on them, too. Meaning if you miss the pre-order window or the limited time they're openly available, you're SOL.
Transformers has a shitload of exclusives as well, but it's more manageable. Earthrise has been the exception, where a huge chunk were exclusive (With the infamous earth mode Ironhide mold having never received a non exclusive release), but otherwise, Siege and Kingdom has been far more forgiving.
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07-11-2021, 06:40 PM | #1500 |
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I prefer being a TF collector. Figuarts have basically tripled in price (Granted, they have increased in quality, so it's understandable), and a wide swath of them end up exclusive in some capacity. Additionally, it seems there's only one run on them, too. Meaning if you miss the pre-order window or the limited time they're openly available, you're SOL.
Transformers has a shitload of exclusives as well, but it's more manageable. Earthrise has been the exception, where a huge chunk were exclusive (With the infamous earth mode Ironhide mold having never received a non exclusive release), but otherwise, Siege and Kingdom has been far more forgiving.
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