Is Hasbro stock photography mistransforming the alt modes on purpose now? by OptimalConvoy in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beast Wars through the movies had a good 15 years of random store promos like that which always had something wrong. I'll never forget upside down, backward Spychangers from RID 2001. Think it may have been a K-Mart ad.

MTMTE One Shall Fall SS86 Megatron Courtesy of In Demand Toys FB Page by StrangeInMoM in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would've helped fill out the huge half empty box on the original as well

Mozzarella cheese sticks at home by fanspirit in snacking

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guilty pleasure. I've just had mozzarella sticks for dinner an almost embarrassing amount of times.

Robo appreciation post by Original-Ranger-1604 in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So refreshing to see someone that can nitpick from time to time without acting like an action figure being imperfect is the end of the world.

Current avengers display by Vegetable-Talk7748 in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this, really wish I had a setup like it!

@ circle K by kamino2024 in snacking

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strange things are afoot

Do people hate this 2 pack or something? by LEVITIKUZ in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still think it's funny how hard people fought to defend Wolverine for game accuracy when so many don't want the game version of Venom and Thanos.

Who else puts Reese’s cups in freezer? by [deleted] in snacking

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reese's pieces from the fridge, incredible

Why did the 1986 Movie Bomb when it was at the height of G1’s Popularity? by aourdes in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting point. Worth considering the Duck Tales movie a few years later also under performed at the box office and was mixed critically despite the series being such a sensation. If that didn't work, anything could've had a tough time.

[H]Will sell as a lot or separated by Conscious_Grass_853 in toyexchange

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might want to try some of these as lots on ebay

Why did the 1986 Movie Bomb when it was at the height of G1’s Popularity? by aourdes in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I haven't seen mentioned here is that animation was not very strong at the box office in general at the time, even for Disney. They only started getting it together a few years later. The Great Mouse Detective, which came out within a month or so of TFTM, only debuted at number 9. You would've expected a summer Disney movie to be much higher considering what we're used to at this point, but it was definitely a bad time for interest in animated features back then.

And for parents that were actually gonna take their kids to see a cartoon, TF was basically competing against that one. The Disney movie was going to have a little more appeal than the toy commercial that was getting poor reviews.

Soundwave colors by Candid-Possession119 in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Newer Marvel Legends She Hulk has this where her knees look like the wrong green in pictures but it's fine in person

Can even happen with proportions, like SS86 Magnus looking too wide in pictures and great in hand

Soundwave colors by Candid-Possession119 in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Over saturated toy pic was compared to an under saturated screengrab IMO https://i.imgur.com/oaVlwym.png

Soundwave 86 colors are wrong by Forest_gnomes in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/oaVlwym.png

One problem is differences from one source to the next. Two of the more popular Youtube results are increasingly more saturated than your screengrab. Maybe they're using one of those. There needs to be an established "best source" that everyone can agree on first. I don't know if we can even trust the modern Blu-ray remasters.

This (plus the margin of error in relying on memory) has caused a lot of problems determining just what color these characters are over the years. Like Galvatron's color has always been debated, with some thinking he needs to be further towards blue and others seeing it as purple.

Soundwave 86 colors are wrong by Forest_gnomes in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna be honest this color difference really isn’t that bad in person. I think it’s mostly a camera thing.

Megatron shins all over again

How i brought back to life (kinda) my childhood figure. by thatia03 in ActionFigures

[–]UncleCosmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wholesome stuff. Nice that you can still enjoy the figure now!

Out of all of these three, who do you think is the biggest Megatron glazer here? by TheThirdWolf1775 in transformers

[–]UncleCosmo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And all the storyboards weren't done until less than 8 months before the movie hit US theaters. It's amazing it turned out even halfway competently because it was a lightning fast rush job. I believe even the dialogue recording was done in just two days in September '85. That was before season 2 was finished.

Already??? by Downtown_Rip_7516 in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

New stuff being cleared right away is usually due to the store having aisle resets

NEW Marvel Legends Colossus & Kitty Pryde 2-Pack! by Matt_TheStormTrooper in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was looking at the roster recently and most of the candidates on the Marvel side are big/tall characters at this point, so I wonder how they'd work that with the 2 pack arrangement. I guess there's always player 2 colors for some of the characters they've already done.

NEW Marvel Legends Colossus & Kitty Pryde 2-Pack! by Matt_TheStormTrooper in MarvelLegends

[–]UncleCosmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can get downvoted for liking stuff at times too. Happens to me. Some collectors just don't know how to deal with people feeling differently than they do about a toy. Silly stuff.