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12-07-2009, 02:41 AM | #41 |
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12-07-2009, 02:42 AM | #42 |
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12-07-2009, 02:42 AM | #43 |
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this is a classic. vintage 2007 when we were happy to just be getting 25 figures total instead of crying that Hasbro hasn't given us a Airtight or Zarana yet. I still remember that feeling of finding the 25th figures in the wild for the first time. I immediately felt like a kid again and you can't bottle that feeling.
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12-07-2009, 02:53 AM | #44 |
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I remember telling myself I wasn't going to buy these figures because I didn't need to collect another toyline. Then the Alts dried up and there were only supposed to be 25 figures. So I bought the five packs. And then, somehow, I was already two waves behind on the single carded stuff. But I got lucky and found everything online for the wave 2 figures. Even better, Target had the Wave 3 stuff plus a 1:18 tank that would look great displayed behind the new figures...
It was only one tank, and it would look great with the BBI helicopters I had already. And again, it was only 25 figures... Last edited by Hicks_Royel; 12-07-2009 at 02:55 AM.. |
12-07-2009, 02:55 AM | #45 |
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Remember how it felt to be looking for Wave 1 Single Card Snake Eyes...And the moment you found him on a peg? No paying 25 bucks at BBTS or Entertainment Earth or any other online retailer, but actually saw him on a peg after weeks of searching? Remember how everyone was angry about all the Buzzers and Scarletts clogging the shelves around Wave 5? lmao. Good times. Now look how many peg warmers we're stuck with...But at the same time, look how many more pegs every store has for them? The days of 2 or 3 pegs are in Never Never Land now. It's still fun to look though.
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12-07-2009, 03:02 AM | #46 |
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I was all into the Masterpiece TFs, then the Alternators, then saw this little "25th" thing popping up... I was only getting them to keep boxed, then they kept rolling out wave after wave... Now I'm addicted and they stopped making my flavor of plastic crack. |
12-07-2009, 03:09 AM | #47 |
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Yep, I miss the Alts, now that was a great time. And, you're right, they stand great next to the MP Series.
I can remember where and how each one of them was purchased still, I think. Especially the day I found a shelf full of Grimlocks, Meisters and Swindles but only had the cash for one. Bought Grimlock before my Economics final. Went back the next day and managed to locate the only Alt left, Meister, hidden behind some Polly Pocket stuff. Found a Hound later on at Target across the street too. Alts and MPs that's all I needed to be happy. Now, I even have a '97 MCC because the Pit pisses me off everytime I look at it. Last edited by Hicks_Royel; 12-07-2009 at 03:11 AM.. |
12-07-2009, 03:13 AM | #48 |
So much drama 'n the LBCs
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Yep, I miss the Alts, now that was a great time. And, you're right, they stand great next to the MP Series.
I can remember where and how each one of them was purchased still, I think. Especially the day I found a shelf full of Grimlocks, Meisters and Swindles but only had the cash for one. Bought Grimlock before my Economics final. Went back the next day and managed to locate the only Alt left, Meister, hidden behind some Polly Pocket stuff. Found a Hound later on at Target across the street too. Like you, I can remember exactly where I got each Alternator originally. Man did that fizzle out fast with bad repaints, huh? |
12-07-2009, 03:34 AM | #49 |
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A little. I think it was the choice of the repaints more than the repainted figures themselves. Especially Rollbar and Ricochet. If Rollbar had been olive green and Ricochet an RX-8 things would've been different. But it seemed like Hasbro wasn't even trying by then. Plus we never saw Blaster and Red Alert stateside... Oddly enough, I still hold out hope that Rumble will be repainted someday. But yeah, three repaints per mold and still having a 20 buck price tag didn't help the line at all.
Alternity was something I was interested in for about ten minutes. Then I saw the scale and the robot modes and realized it was just another Movie-style spin off with Gen 1 Heads. Plus there's already three different Prime and Megatron figures. I can stick with my Classics Bumblebee and Cliffjumper for now. Same with the Japanese Classics Megatron, he makes a great stand in for going toe to toe with Alt Prime. The beauty of 25th to ME to RoC is that despite the character choices and their changes in appearance, the figures all maintain a similar articulation scheme. It's so much easier to blend RoC into the other two lines for those willing to make that leap. Not true for TFs where every line has it's own look and pieces don't interchange well. Say, my Classics Cyclonus [one of the best figures ever] being drawfed by my Alts. We should consider ourselves lucky that RoC didn't see the relaunch of simpler articulation or mix-matched figures like the old Joe vs Cobra where vintage stuff was set-up along side the newer figures like the one shown on the previous pages with the overly broad shoulders and bad hip design. Last edited by Hicks_Royel; 12-07-2009 at 03:36 AM.. |
12-07-2009, 03:56 AM | #50 |
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You can't blame them for being upset, especially after what happened when hasbro tried to get rid of the o-rings the first time. Remember the butt plug figures from the early days of the Joe Vs. Cobra line. See example below.
The Joe Vs Cobra and valor vs. venom and spy troops erra was a good time too. The designers actually reinvented characters and used Devil's due designs too. And all the army builder packs were awesome the crimson guard pack, the shadow guard packs, and the bat packs were all great. And Built to Rule was a great concept that was poorly executed, come on GI Joe plus Legos how could you go wrong. That being said I love the 25th line and I like alot of the ROC line. But the new vehicles don't hold a candle to the vintage stuff. Only good vehicles are the reproductions of the old ones.
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