Transformers: Battle Masters Optimus Prime vs. Megaton Fight Night Sets Sighted at Retail
Friday, March 21st, 2014 5:38PM CDT
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Posted by Amelie on March 21st, 2014 @ 6:17pm CDT
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Posted by Spleenzorio on March 22nd, 2014 @ 11:13am CDT
Amelie wrote:Take note of that full shelf - it'll be that way in 6 months heating those shelves up when everyone is desperately searching for Generations Jetfire or Arcee ECT. Even the photographer didn't buy one (I'm guessing there).
Ha, that barely counts as a full shelf. I'm guessing that's just one case and they could have shoeboxed (fancy merchandizing term for "stack on top of") another case on top of that if they had more. Or maybe some sold who knows?
It's always fun reading comments from people who are uninterested in a literally brand new product, saying they will sit on shelves for months. As a merchandiser who's stocked Toys R Us shelves I've seen product fly out the door so fast I've had to fill the gaps the next day, regardless of if I think it would sell or not. Surprisingly, little kids (who I'm guessing these are aimed at) may just have different taste in toys than us adults do. Shocking, right?
Posted by Amelie on March 22nd, 2014 @ 3:20pm CDT
Spleenzorio wrote:It's always fun reading comments from people who are uninterested in a literally brand new product, saying they will sit on shelves for months. As a merchandiser who's stocked Toys R Us shelves I've seen product fly out the door so fast I've had to fill the gaps the next day, regardless of if I think it would sell or not. Surprisingly, little kids (who I'm guessing these are aimed at) may just have different taste in toys than us adults do. Shocking, right?
Lol - need to patronize (I have 13 years of Retail experience, 7 of those at manager and supervisory levels ) - I used to do merchandising in the toy section for the supermarket I worked in. It was usually pretty easy to tell which figures were going to fly off the shelves or gather depressing dust. I guess thats a slightly different scenario as you aren't necessarily going shopping in a supermarket for toys, though, as opposed to an actual toy store.
I often prefer the toys with lots of fun play value if I'm going non-vintage (a big reason I really like Armada toys) as opposed to the collectible ones (I have my G1 stuff for that).
The problem with toys like these are that they're "generic" franchise toys. It could just as easily be Thor\Loki or Batman\Joker than Prime\Megatron and those are typically the ones I see languishing on the shelves for months.
Posted by El Duque on August 4th, 2014 @ 9:09pm CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 4th, 2014 @ 9:49pm CDT
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Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on August 4th, 2014 @ 10:04pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on August 4th, 2014 @ 10:14pm CDT
But Soundwave's just random on every level. Not only does the sculpt suggest Bayniverse Starscream, but his nickname...um...isn't "THE SCOURGE OF THE SKY", y'know, Scourge?
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 4th, 2014 @ 10:17pm CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:I don't get these things. Optimus looks like Optimus, but nobody else looks even remotely like themselves. Usually these sidelines like to be clear homages. I mean, why didn't they just call this Lockdown "Bulkhead" instead? Just seems like these were intended to be something else entirely then they got a bunch of Transformer names slapped on them without any rhyme or reason.
Hmmm, more like BWII Dirge
Posted by Bumblevivisector on August 4th, 2014 @ 11:17pm CDT
Oh yeah, I didn't notice his plane kibble at first...maybe Cybertron Jetfire/Dreadrock?welcometothedarksyde wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:I don't get these things. Optimus looks like Optimus, but nobody else looks even remotely like themselves. Usually these sidelines like to be clear homages. I mean, why didn't they just call this Lockdown "Bulkhead" instead? Just seems like these were intended to be something else entirely then they got a bunch of Transformer names slapped on them without any rhyme or reason.
Hmmm, more like BWII Dirge
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 5th, 2014 @ 12:18am CDT
Seriously.
Posted by Shuttershock on August 5th, 2014 @ 2:10am CDT
In all honesty, I'm not surprised. These things aren't even trying and they're not worth our anger.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 5th, 2014 @ 4:25am CDT
Shuttershock wrote:In all honesty, I'm not surprised. These things aren't even trying and they're not worth our anger.
I'm not angry. I'm just confused.
My headcanon:
Hasbro boss: Okay, who's the smart-ass who greenlighted these things?
Silence.
Hasbro boss: Sigh... Now I need to find some mean to market those robots nobody know that look like nothing.
A timid intern raise his hand.
Hasbro boss: What now, Junior?
Junior: We could market them as Transformers?
Hasbro boss: I dont see any TF here. These bots look like nothing. You expect people to buy that?
Junior: F...fingers crossed?
Hasbro boss. Whatever. It's better than nothing. Junior, you can keep your job.
Junior: Thank... you?
Hasbro boss: Now get back to work.
Posted by GuyIncognito on August 5th, 2014 @ 8:13am CDT
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Posted by Zeedust on August 5th, 2014 @ 4:49pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on August 5th, 2014 @ 4:51pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:I think these would have gone over better if they hadn't tried to pretend they were Transformers-related. Maybe give them their own cartoon or something, something along the lines of B-Daman meets Real Steel or something. But as Transformers merchandise? They just don't fit.
Reminds me of a low-tech Rumble Robots from a while ago. And yeah, call them literally anything else and they might have done alright.
Posted by MaverickPrime on August 7th, 2014 @ 11:20pm CDT