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iguanabytes wrote:

JazZeke wrote:I do'd it. The hardest part was trying to pick my five favorite figures... I can't chose between my babies!

very true- and staying to Hasbro only favorites was tough too. my additional comment was about "false chest syndrome"

So not a fan of fake chests right? Even on First Edition Optimus from the Prime line?

william-james88 wrote:

iguanabytes wrote:

JazZeke wrote:I do'd it. The hardest part was trying to pick my five favorite figures... I can't chose between my babies!

very true- and staying to Hasbro only favorites was tough too. my additional comment was about "false chest syndrome"

So not a fan of fake chests right? Even on First Edition Optimus from the Prime line?

that one they pulled it off with no complaint from me. now Prime Ratchet on the other hand...

Bradimus wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:For most overrated character I put Bumblebee. I hope that was the overall consensus.

I had to think about it. My favorite line is CHUG, and he's not overly represented. The question was line specific. But I still went with Bee even though Starscream may have the lead on him. The difference is collectors seem to love the seekers, whereas Bee, not so much. We stand united!

Bumblebee got overused so badly in the movie line and prime line that he's going to be the top answer. but I agree, he's been well represented, but not over-represented in CHUG

still had to answer that tho. survey says... BUMBLEBEE!(Clang)

iguanabytes wrote:

Bradimus wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:For most overrated character I put Bumblebee. I hope that was the overall consensus.

I had to think about it. My favorite line is CHUG, and he's not overly represented. The question was line specific. But I still went with Bee even though Starscream may have the lead on him. The difference is collectors seem to love the seekers, whereas Bee, not so much. We stand united!

Bumblebee got overused so badly in the movie line and prime line that he's going to be the top answer. but I agree, he's been well represented, but not over-represented in CHUG

still had to answer that tho. survey says... BUMBLEBEE!(Clang)

I was pretty sure we would all pick optimus for being overly represented in the CHUG line, just look at this year.

william-james88 wrote:

iguanabytes wrote:

Bradimus wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:For most overrated character I put Bumblebee. I hope that was the overall consensus.

I had to think about it. My favorite line is CHUG, and he's not overly represented. The question was line specific. But I still went with Bee even though Starscream may have the lead on him. The difference is collectors seem to love the seekers, whereas Bee, not so much. We stand united!

Bumblebee got overused so badly in the movie line and prime line that he's going to be the top answer. but I agree, he's been well represented, but not over-represented in CHUG

still had to answer that tho. survey says... BUMBLEBEE!(Clang)

I was pretty sure we would all pick optimus for being overly represented in the CHUG line, just look at this year.

I almost picked OP. But for some reason they list Combiner Wars separate from CHUG. That's another thing I pointed out, that Combiner Wars is a sub-line of CHUG. I don't know if Hasbro is pushing CW as its own line for the survey or if it just seemed that way to the person who put the thing together. Clearly there is a misunderstanding here by somebody.

william-james88 wrote:

iguanabytes wrote:

Bradimus wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:For most overrated character I put Bumblebee. I hope that was the overall consensus.

I had to think about it. My favorite line is CHUG, and he's not overly represented. The question was line specific. But I still went with Bee even though Starscream may have the lead on him. The difference is collectors seem to love the seekers, whereas Bee, not so much. We stand united!

Bumblebee got overused so badly in the movie line and prime line that he's going to be the top answer. but I agree, he's been well represented, but not over-represented in CHUG

still had to answer that tho. survey says... BUMBLEBEE!(Clang)

I was pretty sure we would all pick optimus for being overly represented in the CHUG line, just look at this year.

Yeah I said Optimus, don't get me wrong I like the character but there's way too many figures of him out there.

Thank you for this opportunity guys, I went though the whole survey in hope of more G1 legion class toys coming, Hasbro was doing great before.

Here's my answer for the 3rd party question. I do have to credit the many comments I've seen on here for some of the source material.

Not for figures themselves, but for upgrade kits to fix the poorly designed accessories that Hasbro gave the combiner wars figures. I mean c'mon, a tailpipe as a weapon? I imagine the rest of the decepticons laughing at Dead End and Wildrider. I'll probably also look to 3rd party sellers to get Scrapper some elbows. That is absolutely ridiculous to make a voyager figure without elbows. Plus real individual weapons for the constructicons, Bonecrusher and Scavenger are getting tired of holding a box.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Here's my answer for the 3rd party question. I do have to credit the many comments I've seen on here for some of the source material.

Not for figures themselves, but for upgrade kits to fix the poorly designed accessories that Hasbro gave the combiner wars figures. I mean c'mon, a tailpipe as a weapon? I imagine the rest of the decepticons laughing at Dead End and Wildrider. I'll probably also look to 3rd party sellers to get Scrapper some elbows. That is absolutely ridiculous to make a voyager figure without elbows. Plus real individual weapons for the constructicons, Bonecrusher and Scavenger are getting tired of holding a box.

I love having neck-brace dual-wielding tailpipes


As for devs, you could've just waited for TT's version

I was mildly miffed by the way Hasbro & Takara decided to have two bites of the Cherry with the Seekers by revising the mould, If they'd instead or as well as made more other characters as Masterpieces the 3rd Party sector wouldn't be as healthy as it is now.

I actually like "Seekers" usually I just find the MP03 derived moulds a little scary fragile for me. I was super happy with the silly number of Deluxe Starscream repaints - and would even have happily had more of others like Armada, & Cybertron Starscream.

I do think they are perhaps missing a trick by not having used some of the retired moulds in giftsets like they have with Movie toys before.

Take Energon Starscream for example why not take that mould and make Thundercracker and Skywarp version of it ? sold under some other brand identity perhaps.

I would kind of welcome some thing like Tranformers Universe again.

I also feel we lost out on some potentially great toys from the Universe Videogame there was some fresh and interesting things there that I would have welcomed as toys.

Heck knows what Hasbro has planned for 2016-17 as until the next Transformers Movie's release date is set in stone I'm not even sure how much time there is that needs filling - they might just not even bother making a new Cartoon straight after RID and just do that Movie inspired one 'whenever'.

Personally I'd rather have a less kiddy cartoon next time - it doesn't need to be Humourless but neither does it have to be slapstick.

I wonder who's been pretending to be a Girl then as 60%+ Females doing the survey seems a little unlikely.

Is it Bronies being ironic or someone thinking if they pretend to be a Lass they will get more Fembot toys ?

Unless there is some Ladies only Transformers Fan site that has gone big on it - that figure of 60% female respondents is a bit inexplicable.

I'll get on this tonight. So cool!

RAR wrote:Unless there is some Ladies only Transformers Fan site that has gone big on it - that figure of 60% female respondents is a bit inexplicable.

You should visit Auto Assembly. Or look at the online fandom via Twitter, Tumblr, Deviantart and the such.

Yeah I am perfectly prepared to believe there are lots of Lady Transformers Fans - I am just sceptical that they survey has 60% Female respondents - that is to me a puzzle. It would be like finding out there was more Bronies than 6 year old little girls into MLP.

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I just thought of another way Hasbro UK screwed up they made a hash out of Distributing Combiner Wars Leader (silver) Megatron and thus if you see a Leaderclass toy at all it's the Armada one - which obviously has a much lower demand... If they made that simply a G2 Green Megatron I'd have been delighted to have it - But frankly I already have Armada Megatron and he's perfectly fine the only stand out feature of the Armada CW one is that he can still combine with Tidalwave - even though that isn't even an advertised feature.

So That's AirRaid, The Rest of the Stunticons, Viper & Megatron to be a bit miffed about missing out on as a Ukster, and tha's without even considering things like all the normal Pre-Generations toys that got skipped especially Deluxes and the Huffer, and most of the Legends class Twin Packs. We don't get the latest Generations legions either despite them being ideal fodder for UK Supermarkets.

If it was not for the likes of B&M bargains & TRU we'd have got no Generations Voyagers to speak of either.

william-james88 wrote:

iguanabytes wrote:

Bradimus wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:For most overrated character I put Bumblebee. I hope that was the overall consensus.

I had to think about it. My favorite line is CHUG, and he's not overly represented. The question was line specific. But I still went with Bee even though Starscream may have the lead on him. The difference is collectors seem to love the seekers, whereas Bee, not so much. We stand united!

Bumblebee got overused so badly in the movie line and prime line that he's going to be the top answer. but I agree, he's been well represented, but not over-represented in CHUG

still had to answer that tho. survey says... BUMBLEBEE!(Clang)

I was pretty sure we would all pick optimus for being overly represented in the CHUG line, just look at this year.

That's who I went with too.

what an in- depth survey.

Some of the Questions.....

Q: Are you male or female?


Q : What is your age?


Q : Which country do you live in?


Q : Which of the following entertainment brands are you aware of?

Street Fighter
Spawn
Transformers
Terminator
Minecraft
LEGO
Halo
Spider-Man
Micronauts
Gundam
Action Man
KOF (King of Fighters)
Pokemon
Dragonball Z
Walking Dead
X-Men
The Simpsons
Power Rangers
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
One Piece
WWE
Dr Who
Magic the Gathering
Ninja Turtles (TMNT)
Final Fantasy
Lord of The Rings
Star Trek
Saint Seiya
Jurassic Park/World
DC (Superman, Batman etc.)
James Bond
Masters of the Universe (MOTU)
Naruto
Avengers
GI Joe
Star Wars
Thundercats


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What the heck is "One Piece" ?

RAR wrote:What the heck is "One Piece" ?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+one+piece%3F

This was an excellent survey and a lot of fun . It took me a while to fill in

I slammed them about UK distribution had a propper rant when asked about the difference between the US and UK

I was quite amazed when asked about 3rdp stuff then a list of every company was on the next page

Well, you don't check that one then

Oh OK thanks for the answer so a nearly 20 Year old manga - OK that explains that then. It sounded like some DudeBro clothing brand to me.

What is it the new Bleach or something - Or just the favourite of the guy who wrote the survey and they thought they sneak it in.

I may have seen the main guy in the hat before but I had no idea what it was called. I don't think it's ever come up in conversation once for me prior to this point.
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More Questions :

Q do you have collection of those entertainment brands

Q : What are your preferred ways of engaging with the Transformers Brand?

Watching the movies (at home).
Watching the films (at a theatre). (NOTE : The Americanism)
Researching figures to collect.
Purchasing figures.
Attending conventions
Displaying / Crafting displays for your collection.
Visiting fan/collector news and blog sites.
Reading the comic book series.
Customising/kit-bashing figures.
Watching the cartoons.
Discussing transformers online in forums.

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Throughout the 30+ history of the brand, the Transformers have had a series of incarnations across several types of media, (i.e. TV, Film, Comic Books).

Q : What is your favourite mass entertainment version of the Transformers franchise?

Marvel Comics (G1)
Marvel Comics (UK)
The Transformers (G1) Animated Cartoon
The Headmasters Animated Cartoon (Japan)
Super-God Masterforce Animated Cartoon (Japan)
Victory Animated Cartoon(Japan)
The Transformers The Movie (1986)
The Beast Wars Animated Series
The Beast Machines Animated Series
Beast Wars II / Beast Wars Neo (Japan)
Robots in Disguise Animated Cartoon (2001)
Transformers Armada Cartoon
Transformers Energon Cartoon
Transformers Cybertron Cartoon
Dreamwave Comics
The Transformers Live Action Film Series
Transformers Animated Cartoon
Transformers Prime (incl Beast Hunters)
Robots in Disguise Comic Book Series (IDW) (This is now a Non Sequitur)
More Than Meets The Eye Comic Book Series (IDW)
Rescue Bots Animated Cartoon
Robots in Disguise Animated Cartoon (2015)

Hasbro? I really want to see a voyager sized Blurr, and maybe even a Masterpiece Blurr. But if me could at least have a Blurr about the same size as my beloved Genrations Springer, that would be great.

Blurr is a favorite g1 Season 3 Autobot character of mine.

RAR wrote:Oh OK thanks for the answer so a nearly 20 Year old manga - OK that explains that then. It sounded like some DudeBro clothing brand to me.

What is it the new Bleach or something - Or just the favourite of the guy who wrote the survey and they thought they sneak it in.

It's essentially the greatest rip-off/scam of the 21st century. It's a manga with no inherent plot, which is designed to meander indefinitely to the authors whim so that he can sponge everybody's money, forever. It's sitting at, I believe, around 80 or 90 books, and has yet to engage in a plot, or even investigate any parts of the plot itself (ponegliffs, etc.) I feel sincerely bad for all the suckers who decided to collect the manga itself

SillySpringer wrote:Hasbro? I really want to see a voyager sized Blurr, and maybe even a Masterpiece Blurr. But if me could at least have a Blurr about the same size as my beloved Genrations Springer, that would be great.

Blurr is a favorite g1 Season 3 Autobot character of mine.

admittedly it is not Hasbro, but it is just a hair smaller than Springer. they look good together. mine are displayed next to each other, in front of CW Magnus, and behind Arcee

iguanabytes wrote:

What figure is that? Is it third party?
I want an OFFICIAL Blurr.
Looks pretty cool though.