Recent content by Platypus Prime

I think the big problem is, if a brand operates entirely on nostalgia and has no NEW fans coming, in, it's basically limiting it's own lifespan as a product line, and quite a few 'toy' companies are nowadays just nostalgia companies. That's part of why I never got the frustration some have over...

It does make sense, though, to have something like a unifying scale. A lot of other makers are copying the general six inch frame of reference, to one extent or another, same as MEGO used to be the 'gold' eight inch standard of a different era, and still rules in some collectors circles to the...

And it was that picture that made the puppy's brain snap, and he went to live with the honey bees... And in honor of the 'Robotech' stuff being teased at Comic Con (which makes me wonder if that's why the Moderoid Mospeda kit has been delayed so many times...)

Just a semi-copy from the other thread to get this in the right spot. There is so much about this toy that's bizarre. The head and arms are symmetrical, till you get to the hands, but the paint and lower-arm sculpts make for a great TM2 asymmetry illusion even though they aren't. The upper...

Oops. We went from toy design, to elbows, to shark wheels...

That's another thing with Wheel-Byte, the actual wheels! They're painted AND metal pinned, free-rolling! He rolls better than quite a few actual CAR bots nowadays.

"If you're Happy and you Know It clap your...uh...ok, ok, no worries...just got to think about this...." There is so much about this toy that's bizarre, the way the arms are built makes for a great TM2 asymmetry even though anything behind the wrist ISN'T, it's just mold-mirrored. The upper...

Depending on what the Junkion has been watching, "Scrappy Slagging Spastic BotBot BloodyBooger The Second", function: Insult Comic. Repeating his own name causes Hasbro executives to have to check British English dictionaries to be sure they won't be sued.

re: Optimus/Grimlock, it certainly has been tried, for a long while now, but doesn't get traction. I once when Toys R Us existed got a freebie mini-block kit that made a small Grimlock with a tiny Op to ride it. I still have it too, though the mini-Optimus gets more use from my nephew who has...

"Shale", which can refer to corrosion and rusting on metal, and also rock where you can find oil? I'm not familiar with the character, but if it has a club, Shale could smash someone with their shillelagh...'fracking' the other Dinos call the attack, though no one knows why...

I'm probably a curmudgeon anyway, rather than pay aftermarket prices for that Space Suit figure, I just got an orange Roboto during a clearance sale and stood it up in the corner of my Grayskull. Does the job! Edit: And got a better look at the 'Vintage' Grayskull and Space Suit set...I...

No worries, He-Man has about a BAZILLION characters, and a great many of them overlap their gimmicks (arm-swapping Roboto/Triclops, three faces/eyes rotating, neck/limbs extending, battle armor EVERYONE, etc), I don't know them all and I had a Skeletor the year he came out for the first time...

Could always do what I do. Wait YEARS due to a mix of economics and apathy, so your Collection Upgrades come in weird jumps and nothing ever matches. Like how I used a Cybertron Downshift as my Wheeljack till Reveal The Shield, then years after I went straight to Origins Wheeljack. Or from a...

I don't know...any Animated Blitzwing that does NOT wind up with a Man-E-Faces crossover I think missed the boat, despite the hero/villain mix being off.

I think the new scale for 200x is due to the difference between the original figures and the taller/differently proportioned ones. I have an original 200x Trap Jaw and he's quite a bit bigger. That being said, I don't think it was a smart choice. It makes every prior base/vehicle a question as...