Loose Transmetal Megatrons are still pretty cheap but there's a reason for that.
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Also, don't tell them about Megatron's infamous breakage issues. Or bring up how much the less-fragile Takara one goes for now.
My old TM Megatron broke in the usual way, my later Armada Predacon was much more stable. I imagine nowadays that's one figure that would work out better than the original, as there were no electronics or projectiles in the first place, and it's transformation was simple.
It's such a good design too. That's what hurts.
I got mine for $400.
When it comes to that sort of money, I plan to pay off my car.
Yes.
(You haven't met my daughter.)
"you guys are getting things and have $?"I got mine for $400.
I for one am appreciating that we even CAN have a term like "sunbow slop" these days, as I take it as a sign of a healthy fandom from the next generation (in a similar vein to the Star Wars prequels getting accepted). It's something that people couldn't have gotten away with a decade ago.
It's a sign of a good design team too. It seemed like absolute magic when Masterpiece first started nailing the Sunbow aesthetic. Now mainline stuff does it like it's nothing.
There is a difference between pointing out that reissuing the Transmetals would be good as the toys are almost certainly better than anything that could be produced under today's budgets and saying there shouldn't be any releases of them at all.
I'd complain about my budget the entire ******* time... but I would also buy an entire new transmetals line... Cause I love that megatron.
I just want Rampage and Depth Charge to finally get new toys.
I'd welcome new versions of the TransMetals, but under two conditions. One, that they not limit it to characters who received TransMetal upgrades in the show, and two, that they not have vac-metal parts.
Having less gimmicks could only improve those two and not leaving chrome dust everywhere is just a bonus
The only thing that trips me up in imagining a new Rampage is: How are they going to do the tank mode treads. Depth Charge is easy, but Rampage had the rubber treads hidden in his claws that wrapped around everything.
Depthcharge can save a lot of plastic by not having that whole armature sticking out behind him, and dropping the disc shooting gimmick, but the tank treads are def. trickier since they tie into his third mode. If I were to guess, they'll just mold tank treads on one side of the claws/crab legs and have them just form together that way.
Rampage would need to be taller than the original figure as well, though, so I'd be ok with him being a commander and just getting plastic jointed treads instead.