More Super Metal finish figures on the way!

Haha, nice try, not a shot in hell.

woah megatron looks tight!
and rachet is basically the same but transformed wrong on the package

hmm i was just thinking this was an odd choice of characters...metallic blackout? 08 BB? us ver. of the lawsons BB?

CP wrote:Haha, nice try, not a shot in hell.

pfft, don't pretend. We all know you can't resist a repaint.

Hmmm.....I may be interested in buying ones I don't have already but that's it. =/ I think its a neat idea though.

Wish I would have known this before buying the entire movie line!

Woooo Woooo!!! Let the Transformers Repaint Express roll on!

yay!! excited I am! although I will be only picking ratchet out of the two, I'm very excited to see which one they will do the metallic finish on.

The mighty Megatron looks much better, cant wait to see who's next.. Starscream and Prime would look great as well.

No way I'm gonna shell out another 200-300 bucks on another set of Movie Tfs...
If they do Leader Prime in G1 deco and leader Megatron I think I'll get them, otherwise Hail nah!

he reminds me of my transformer stellforest megatrons boter that wart that megatron remins me of^=^

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Wish I would have known this before buying the entire movie line!

that's what they were counting on

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Wish I would have known this before buying the entire movie line!

same here, although i dont have everyone like swindle and payload.

.....I really hope I'm not the only one in thinking this, but:

WTF!

What was the slagging point of buying all these toys now when they were just gonna do better version months later! Oh man... HA. HA. HA. I need the number to their marketing manager or whatever and shake his/her hand. YOU ARE DOING A REAL GOOD JOB ON FINDING WAYS TO GET MY MONEY! First prices skyrocket. Then theres a shortage. And then the cycle starts all over again. (Not to mention the plethora of exclusives out there now)

Hasbro shoulda done the metallics first! DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, you sons of a glitch!

Honestly, you guys who've been collecting for many years now. Is this NORMAL?! Do you usually buy multiples of the SAME FIGURE!? Not just the same character. BUT SAME FIGURE, with slight varieties. VERY SLIGHT. Why Hasbro?! WHYYYY!!!


<----is obviously not taking the news very well. XD

*sighs* I guess that means I'll just hold off of buying ANY figures till the new metallic ones come out. I'm in no way a completist in that sense, so I guess those type of collectors will be happy and dandy.

I just want a standard set of toys. Is that so bad? Damn scalpers!

Anyways, yey I guess... I swear, I really expect a bad ass TF sequel now.

I know I'm getting Megs, Ratchet is a pass, on that note I'm taking these one by one.

HI

I know for certain that 08 bumblebee will get a metallic paint finish...but If they do leader class Prime with chrome or at least silver metallic paint on the current grey parts I am gonna be so frickin pissed...I dont mind spending an extra 10 bucks on another deluxe but those Leader class 40 to 50 dollars I just dont wanna spend that kinda cash again for a figure that should have come with Chrome or metallic silver in the first place....does anyone else agree?



"The water got so high during the flood because all the sponges were in the boat with Noah"

I'd LOVE to see the leader megs with a movie accurate deco. I can't get over the ugly ice on the voyager version.

reanimate28 wrote:HI

I know for certain that 08 bumblebee will get a metallic paint finish...but If they do leader class Prime with chrome or at least silver metallic paint on the current grey parts I am gonna be so frickin pissed...I dont mind spending an extra 10 bucks on another deluxe but those Leader class 40 to 50 dollars I just dont wanna spend that kinda cash again for a figure that should have come with Chrome or metallic silver in the first place....does anyone else agree?



"The water got so high during the flood because all the sponges were in the boat with Noah"

agree.

No more repaints!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh

This is awesome. Can't wait for these ultimate figures!

SnipeShade wrote:.....I really hope I'm not the only one in thinking this, but:

WTF!

What was the slagging point of buying all these toys now when they were just gonna do better version months later! Oh man... HA. HA. HA. I need the number to their marketing manager or whatever and shake his/her hand. YOU ARE DOING A REAL GOOD JOB ON FINDING WAYS TO GET MY MONEY! First prices skyrocket. Then theres a shortage. And then the cycle starts all over again. (Not to mention the plethora of exclusives out there now)

Hasbro shoulda done the metallics first! DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, you sons of a glitch!

Honestly, you guys who've been collecting for many years now. Is this NORMAL?! Do you usually buy multiples of the SAME FIGURE!? Not just the same character. BUT SAME FIGURE, with slight varieties. VERY SLIGHT. Why Hasbro?! WHYYYY!!!


<----is obviously not taking the news very well. XD

*sighs* I guess that means I'll just hold off of buying ANY figures till the new metallic ones come out. I'm in no way a completist in that sense, so I guess those type of collectors will be happy and dandy.

I just want a standard set of toys. Is that so bad? Damn scalpers!

Anyways, yey I guess... I swear, I really expect a bad ass TF sequel now.

Hasbro will repaint paint itself!

Anyone suprized by this has not been paying attention to the past 7 years

Here is hoping that the two metallic leader primes that that one guy received for winning that competition are made. I would kill for one of those primes.

frgtn340 wrote:No more repaints!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh

Agreed

Doesn't really affect me much. I repaint or touch up all my Movie toys I bought, so they still look better than any upcoming metallic repaints anyway. But if I do see a repaint on a character I didn't have already (Jazz is one. His current versions just not looking very good), I might consider.

Fender Bender wrote:Here is hoping that the two metallic leader primes that that one guy received for winning that competition are made. I would kill for one of those primes.

would kinda suck for that guy...but it would be great for the rest of us

and i thought i was gonna be done buying movie toys after tomorrow...now im all excited again lol

I can't wait for that series!!

I wonder will there be a supermetal starscream?

Liege Evilmus wrote:Don't you know Hasbro will repaint paint itself!

XD yea, i'll remember that from now on...

For everyone complaining about these repaints, there's a simple answer. Don't buy them. If you're so worried about having a metallic finish, go out and buy some paint and do it yourself. Granted, this is a rather obvious marketing ploy on Hasbro's part, but that's how they make money, people. Selling stuff means more money for making new stuff. Get over it.

HI

My prediction is that BB08 Jazz will get the treatment and Primes ugly grey will also be revamped along with the dreadful leader Megs.. and Starscream will get that cool metallic coppery colored treatment. It really makes me mad, I shelled out so much cash and now I am basically being told by the Friggin company that produces these things that I the ones I bought are inferior versions of that same product......WTF....WTF....God that makes me mad...I just wanna say "F.U. hasbro, That company is worse then the Ebay scalpers"




"The water got so high during the flood because all the sponges were in the boat with Noah"

Sentinel Pax wrote:For everyone complaining about these repaints, there's a simple answer. Don't buy them. If you're so worried about having a metallic finish, go out and buy some paint and do it yourself. Granted, this is a rather obvious marketing ploy on Hasbro's part, but that's how they make money, people. Selling stuff means more money for making new stuff. Get over it.

wow, gosh, aren't you smart. Found out the simple answer to the problem of the year.

I'd rather have Ratchet in a chrome silver than this ugly yellow. But, whatever. Megs on the other hand looks pretty awesome. We'll see......

I am really excited but my wallet isnt! I want these figures in Metallic cause they look good...but if they do them all.....expensive!

If I were a rational person, I'd sell most of my current movie TFs for these premium figs.

We'll see.

SnipeShade wrote:

Sentinel Pax wrote:For everyone complaining about these repaints, there's a simple answer. Don't buy them. If you're so worried about having a metallic finish, go out and buy some paint and do it yourself. Granted, this is a rather obvious marketing ploy on Hasbro's part, but that's how they make money, people. Selling stuff means more money for making new stuff. Get over it.

wow, gosh, aren't you smart. Found out the simple answer to the problem of the year.

Yeah the point is Sentinel Pax, that this is not just some lil complaint. What that company is doing is an all out scam...is so underhanded... it really takes advantage of a fan that truly loves this franchise and instead of making it better for long time fans like me and a lot of others on these boards it really pisses us off that a frachise that we support and keep in business would use such asshole-ish tactics to bleed us dry....I cant tell you how much that burns me up..

Shockwave06 wrote:If I were a rational person, I'd sell most of my current movie TFs for these premium figs.

We'll see.

HI

Yeah but how much will your figures be worth now? I am sure anyone who is just getting the movie line will only opt for the new metallic paint ones.....see this kinda bullsh!t business hasbro practices just makes it bad all around.

question... who took that hasbro tour at botcon? did you see any human shaped douche bags walking around the company?

reanimate28 wrote:

question... who took that hasbro tour at botcon? did you see any human shaped douche bags walking around the company?

Funniest post all night.
To answer your question, I didn't even attend Botcon, but I bet these douche bags were hidden in their offices, figuring out more ways to get our money.

Hasbro is a company. The primary purpose of a company is to make money, repaints mean they do not need new molds and are more profitable. If we want more Transformers and new molds we will just have to "suffer" through the repaints. I used to buy every figure of a line and I did not mind them doing that. This changed with the Movie. There is just too much stuff going on. Personally I am going to pick these bad boys up as I do not have the original molds, as I knew all the Voyager figures would be repainted in due time. Do not complain to the hand that feeds.

Wow, just wow.

This line is taking repaints to a whole new level. They're not even bothering to change the character names anymore. "Well, heres our Ratchet mold in 63 different colors!" Unbelievable.

And I don't mean this to sound angry or anything. I'm just amazed.

I think I'll pass on the rainbow colored leader Megs when it comes out next year...

Ruthless Cynic wrote:Hasbro is a company. The primary purpose of a company is to make money, repaints mean they do not need new molds and are more profitable. If we want more Transformers and new molds we will just have to "suffer" through the repaints. I used to buy every figure of a line and I did not mind them that. This changed with the Movie. There is just too much stuff going on. Personally I am going to pick these bad boys up as I do not have the original molds, as I knew all the Voyager figures would be repainted in due time. Do not complain to the hand that feeds.

HI

Ohhhhhh.... I am so sorry Mr Hasbro company sir...here I will open my asshole up nice and wide so you can continue F-ing me..oh and please do it again and again with no lube......(sarcasm)

The hand that feeds???????? Hello we are the ones keeping this franchise alive.... as customers we should be treated with respect.. those figures should have been painted that way from day one....Two months later they all get the finishes they should have had? Bullshit....If these finishes would have been anounced from the start Then I as with a shit load of other Fans/Customers would have waited for these to come to store...and dont say that hasbro didnt know they would be producing these Figs two and a half months ago...What you had was a bunch of scheming Douche Bags at Hasbro looking to take advantage of us...plain and simple

Do we know which version of Prime they're premiuming?

Bonger wrote:Wow, just wow.

This line is taking repaints to a whole new level. They're not even bothering to change the character names anymore. "Well, heres our Ratchet mold in 63 different colors!" Unbelievable.

And I don't mean this to sound angry or anything. I'm just amazed.

It's because they got very little to work with in the first place. Five Autobots is hardly an Autobot army. Even 8 Decepticons is more a strike team than an army. So I am personally more surprised why they haven't brought in new characters in the form of modified molds or repaints. Not even the Allspark Power guys are enough if you ask me.

Raymond101 wrote:

Bonger wrote:Wow, just wow.

This line is taking repaints to a whole new level. They're not even bothering to change the character names anymore. "Well, heres our Ratchet mold in 63 different colors!" Unbelievable.

And I don't mean this to sound angry or anything. I'm just amazed.

It's because they got very little to work with in the first place. Five Autobots is hardly an Autobot army. Even 8 Decepticons is more a strike team than an army. So I am personally more surprised why they haven't brought in new characters in the form of modified molds or repaints. Not even the Allspark Power guys are enough if you ask me.

Heh, they should have discussed that with Mann if they had an issue with it. I mean, this is waaay above and beyond their ussual repaint numbers fsince it is the same character over and over. Add that to the 10 different types of packaging and that is a lot of variations for any completionist. Poor bastards.

I kind of feel like I've had too much ice cream to eat. You know, it is yummy and all, but eat too much and you feel sick and don't wzant to see any more ice cream for a while. I need a break from this movie line. I can't wait till it is done and the Universe Classics start hitting the shelves.

Bonger wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:

Bonger wrote:Wow, just wow.

This line is taking repaints to a whole new level. They're not even bothering to change the character names anymore. "Well, heres our Ratchet mold in 63 different colors!" Unbelievable.

And I don't mean this to sound angry or anything. I'm just amazed.

It's because they got very little to work with in the first place. Five Autobots is hardly an Autobot army. Even 8 Decepticons is more a strike team than an army. So I am personally more surprised why they haven't brought in new characters in the form of modified molds or repaints. Not even the Allspark Power guys are enough if you ask me.

Heh, they should have discussed that with Mann if they had an issue with it. I mean, this is waaay above and beyond their ussual repaint numbers fsince it is the same character over and over. Add that to the 10 different types of packaging and that is a lot of variations for any completionist. Poor bastards.

I kind of feel like I've had too much ice cream to eat. You know, it is yummy and all, but eat too much and you feel sick and don't wzant to see any more ice cream for a while. I need a break from this movie line. I can't wait till it is done and the Universe Classics start hitting the shelves.

HI

Yeah I cant wait for the classics line so we can get Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Red Alert, Rug Burn, Ring Worm, Toe Nail, and Knee Cap all in the same amazing mould.....awesome

Well, I really want that Megatron and Ratchet, but I don't need a whole new line...

Sorry for the reality check, but hardcore collectors, like the fine folks featured here, make up a small portion of the market. I've been in this game a long time and have some revelations for you. While we may keep the brand viable, if it were not for a new generation of children purchasing the toys I can guarantee that the line and franchise would not survive. Furthermore, repainting figures has been a regular practice since G1. The fact that the movie figures cannot even stay on the shelves speaks volumes on how much the average consumer cares that there are tons of repaints of figures. The last time I checked there was no one forcing you to purchase the repaints; if you feel so inclined that is on you. Take some responsibility for your own actions.

Bah.

I'm willing to bet that Hasbro will only repaint these "Shiny" versions at the same quality level as the normal Movie line figures (ie not very well).

Not impressed at all.

To be honest, the only figure of this type I can see myself getting is Megatron. If Ratchet and Megatron are any indication, these repaints will only feature metallized versions of the original figures' paint jobs, if not a more accurate paint job (megatron).

And I'd have to see Leader Prime before I make up my mind.

To all that are of the opinion that we should all just "get over this" I think you need to see this from a consumers point of view.

This kind of repaint doesnt help hasbro expand the brand, it helps dilute the fanbase by slapping its audience in the face.

We all want the best Transformers, I shouldnt have to worry that the ones I bought were a practice run before the "premium" ones come out.

Bumblebee to Cliffjumper is a repaint, this is a something else entirely.

Sid Burn wrote:Bumblebee to Cliffjumper is a repaint, this is a something else entirely.

What? A Shiny Repaint?

That's still a repaint, nothing about the figures themselves are new.

I'm wondering if the reason that Hasbro keeps releasing all these "variants" (repainted characters) is because they don't want to use anymore characters until the sequel.

For example, it makes sense if they are trying to hold out on repainting Optimus Prime into Ultra Magnus if Ultra Magnus is in the sequel.

They probably did the Cliffjumper repaint since he has basically been a repaint of Bumblebee and he probably wouldn't fit in well in any of the future movies.

While doing what they are doing, they multiply the use of each mold while reserving characters for later.