Transformers: Cyberworld, Chops R Us
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It's a shame Chop Shop has to be from the slightly pricier assortment with the gimmick weapon, but I guess if I want a BW Insecticon, it exists and I can just get that. This'll be a neat thing to get, and it's hardly the first time I store-and-ignore an accessory. (Definitely seconding the sentiment of "just give them a hoard of simple weapons rather than one chunky spring-loaded one").
Does the front mandible fold down, or can it be held as a weapon when removed?
Does the front mandible fold down, or can it be held as a weapon when removed?
I like Mirage more than Starscream. It's so out of the box like Cyberworld tends to be, yet so very sensible in its own way. Formula One cars are kinda like jets with wheels instead of wings.
I'm reminded of this kitbash by Dave van Domelen.
See? It's crazy enough to work.
It can be held as a weapon, it uses the standard 5mm post for a connection.
Hasbro probably thinks the gimmick weapons are better fidget toys, and they're probably right. But yeah I'd rather have loot crates. Maybe slather Prime in paint and pack him with a loot crate and sell it as a Voyager. Whatever. Make it happen somehow.
I need to see if I can print some weapons....
BRING BACK THE ACCESSORY PACK
I won't turn any such thing down (imagine even a papercraft crate drop crate from the show with a handful of pew pews inside).
But I might also be convinced to support such weapon packs included with a character redecoed into a generic or otherwise repurposeable mission deco. If that makes more sense at retail, sure.
But I might also be convinced to support such weapon packs included with a character redecoed into a generic or otherwise repurposeable mission deco. If that makes more sense at retail, sure.
For a while, Star Wars accessory sets also had little droids and creatures. TF could more little drone guys and things. Scraplets, small single-piece army-builder-types-- that kind of thing.
The 5mm posts are also begging for thrusters, fins/canards/wings, wheels, armor blocks, etc-- not just weapons.
The 5mm posts are also begging for thrusters, fins/canards/wings, wheels, armor blocks, etc-- not just weapons.
I'd love, like, a pack of the three mini Sharkticons or Repugnuses they had for Cyberverse or mix and match in random colors, accompanied by a slew of 5mm accessories.
Or the figure pack-in is like bits of Cog or Brunt spread out across four accessory packs
Or the figure pack-in is like bits of Cog or Brunt spread out across four accessory packs
There's also those underwater engine pods from Armada that IMO seemed like an advertisement for an actual product.
(Maybe no one else's, tho.)
I guess they don't even have to be entirely blindpacked- have one or two pieces visible and the rest hidden (like BotBots, though those weren't actually random).
Blindpacked random-colored build-a-figure pieces are absolutely right up my alley.
(Maybe no one else's, tho.)
I guess they don't even have to be entirely blindpacked- have one or two pieces visible and the rest hidden (like BotBots, though those weren't actually random).
Hasbro got scared off because some of those Star Wars sets did not do great. But the Transformers sets so far have clearly been a different story. They should be feeling a little more confident by now.
Yeah, Star Wars is a vastly different beast to Transformers. But also, Transformers have been kinda conditioning us to want this since Siege. We WANT to make every toy we own into G2 Sideswipe. We want ridiculous and absurd.
Standardized ports help. It's harder to make Star Wars accessories that are truly broadly compatible.
The 6" scale D&D gelatinous cube that Hasbro did doubles as an accessory pack. It was on sale for $17.50 so I bit on it.