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Primes pin head/ twig arm/ no leg day/ no pelvis toy: Vs the buff proportioned TV version. Megatron is almost unrecognizeable as a toy Compared to his cartoon counterpart (sh!t, try fining a good shot of Megatron from G1, nothing! ) Quote:
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10-11-2015, 01:19 AM | #82 |
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Hey it's all good. As I said I didn't make that post clear as to what I was really trying to say. I knew it was tough to find an accurate Megatron with him being a gun and all but yikes! I had a few issues like that myself concerning how accurate the Beast Wars toys and cartoon counterparts matched up.
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10-11-2015, 02:43 PM | #84 |
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I just saw these online the other day. The SH Figuarts cartoon turtles don't look that bad, but I hope these leaves the door open for other incarnations, such as the 1990 Jim Henson turtles or the IDW turtles.
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10-11-2015, 03:03 PM | #85 | |
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yea I agree, kinda sucks too that they do look crossed eye. but since its SH, they should be a good investment, their value always go up |
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10-11-2015, 03:17 PM | #86 |
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They had these on display at NYCC. They looked pretty cool in person.
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10-12-2015, 12:54 AM | #87 |
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Oh well, that's not my job or anything. I never bought any of the Transformers toys from the 1980's so it doesn't bother me that much. That was really just my first time seeing that particular Megatron toy.
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10-12-2015, 04:48 AM | #88 |
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HahahaHahaHa. Beaten. Anyway, I was just saying that the toys predates the cartoon. But, all that aside, these figure look pretty neat and I would like to see the ot designs, as much as I love the original figures.
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10-12-2015, 07:30 AM | #89 |
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Loving the look of these! They definitely have my interest
Shame Iv'e never got any money
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10-12-2015, 07:58 AM | #90 |
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These look like sculpts of cheap costumes reps would wear to promotional appearances in the 80s and 90s.
Yeah... pass.
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No they don't, they look exactly like the stock art.
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I'm beginning to wonder if the revised version of the vintage Turtles is a result of likeness rights or some other legal issue. It just seems really strange that they have attempted to rewrite history and act as if the new vintage look was what the original cartoon Turtles looked like all along.
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10-12-2015, 12:16 PM | #94 |
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My store has these guys as a direct supplier. If there is enough interest I can make a large order and get a decent discount.
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just wish you sold to the UK
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What's the big difference between the retro stock art and the real OT turtles? Roseangelo posted a really good comparison pic many years ago, the ones posted here don't really do it for me.
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Well excuse me.
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Anyone who thinks Bluefin made a creative choice to base these off promotional art is kidding themselves. Even if you throw logic out of the window, they've already acknowledged they're meant to be based on the cartoon (info posted on Fwoosh):
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The cartoon-inaccuracies on these figures are a mistake stemming from poor research. Period. Virtually nobody was asking for promotional-art based figures, and 99% of the people who are happy these figures look like the promo art are just easy-going-types who would have been equally happy with 100% cartoon accurate versions had they been shown instead. People like that just don't like people raining on the "these figures are perfect" parade so pathetically stick up for companies mistakes and mock the hardcore fans for daring to dream bigger and better. CARTOON-ACCURATE figures is what the vast majority want, and these are so close. Why not make those minor tweaks to take them to the next level? Unfortunately like many other toy giants, BlueFin doesn't seem to have any clear way for fans to contact them, giving the clear message that fan feedback or interaction is not really wanted, besides empty claims in interviews to boost PR. "Send your suggestions, we care about the fans, we want these to be the best figures ever, blah blah blah...". Yet no contact us forms on their websites, questions to social media pages get ignored... and they likely adopt the famous MattyCollector attitude of "it's too late to change anything" the moment the first protos are shown. Basically "lol, nerds...". Last edited by theassassin; 10-12-2015 at 08:27 PM. |
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For the record I do like the figures. It just bothers me that after almost 30 years we still can't get any that look exactly like they did in the show. I don't care if they would've been these or something else... every 80s toyline I can think of eventually got screen-accurate figures. The fact that these aren't perfect copies doesn't detract from me that they're great-looking pieces of plastic (minus the derp eyes) but every time a new set of figures based on this series is announced that doesn't look like they did on the show, I get a bit down.
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