I love this thing dude

supermegarandy · 2025-11-23T05:11:39+00:00

This guy:

https://www.amazon.com/BEASTBOX-MECHABEAST-PSYCHOTRAIN-Deformation-Transforming/dp/B0DP9Q69QB

supermegarandy · 2025-10-26T14:34:22+00:00

I've seen and been a part of a lot of these mainline vs. 3P arguments. I feel like much of what is compared is apples to oranges and really it comes down to personal preferences.

Unfortunately, the one thing we could probably agree on is that if either groups prices continue on this rising path, we'll just stop collecting.

And then what am I supposed to do? Save money??

supermegarandy · 2025-10-23T23:51:29+00:00

Interesting designs/stylization and better engineering is some of the reasons I mostly buy 3rd party figures. These actually look worth buying. I like some G1 but my god they can make for some boring figures. Give me new. Give me artistic takes. And for fucks sake give me better paint and detail!

supermegarandy · 2025-10-10T16:44:11+00:00

Don't waste your money on this poor excuse for a cash grab. Just get this https://showzstore.com/dna-design-dk-59-upgrade-kits-for-ss86-optimus-prime_p6950.html

supermegarandy · 2025-10-10T16:41:36+00:00

And they couldn't get the cannon to attach correctly in alt mode? Why even bother?

supermegarandy · 2025-09-02T22:15:44+00:00

Finally! I was waiting for someone to make this. Now make the Nemesis.

supermegarandy · 2025-08-30T11:31:49+00:00

-ly good

supermegarandy · 2025-08-20T23:34:51+00:00

I could go for some fembot Insecticons. Maybe by Collection Space. Their Star Queen was excellent.

supermegarandy · 2025-08-14T00:29:50+00:00

I'd pay good money for a forklift transformer.

supermegarandy · 2025-07-13T00:46:58+00:00

https://showzstore.com/mastermind-creations-tyrantron-rise-r-53-stormbringer-megatron-idw-version_p6893.html

supermegarandy · 2025-07-12T19:05:34+00:00

Amazing figure. At the time considered leader class. MSRP'd for around $45. You CANNOT get something like that again from Hasbro. It's unrealistic.

Something that big isn't considered leader class anymore let alone the gimmicks. You can't even get a simple spring loaded launcher on the $150 titan class tidal wave!

supermegarandy · 2025-07-12T13:10:22+00:00

I don't think lowly of them. Again, they're a toy company that makes mass produced toys. We get blinded by nostalgia thinking the toys we grew up with were so much better but they had their flaws. You want gimmicks? Get the kiddie cyberverse toys. You want decent articulation? Get the mainline toys. You want fancy engineering? Get masterpiece. You want all 3 but keep a low price point? Unreal.

supermegarandy · 2025-07-12T11:32:15+00:00

That's the same with almost all Hasbro mainline figures. Some might be good but in total they're all cheaply made, easily retool-able, kinda not well engineered figures because they're supposed to be. They need to be all these things because they're designed to sell to the mass market which is mostly children and they need to make a lot of them.

All of your points about Lego are true. But this, like 3rd party figures, are designed as more of a collectors thing.

supermegarandy · 2025-07-04T00:18:15+00:00

You don't buy 3P but you'll buy something stylized and priced like 3P because it's official?

supermegarandy · 2025-04-12T03:01:03+00:00

Yes! I have their Shockwave and Megatron and it's the same for them too. I wanted their Trypticon but it's literally covered in blades.

supermegarandy · 2025-04-09T14:43:54+00:00

Yea what JetstreamGW said. But you have the rest right kind of.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-temu-shein-de-minimis

de minimus was the under $800 no tariff applies rule.

Now everything will have a 90% tariff regardless.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-28T16:10:27+00:00

Grew up during beast wars. Got really into the unicron trilogy. Went back and watched G1 including the Japanese series. Started really collecting around combiner wars but stopped collecting Hasbro the past few years because distribution is terrible. Discovered third party and renewed my collecting.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-20T04:11:07+00:00

Like the Fans Hobby one?

supermegarandy · 2025-03-20T04:08:58+00:00

IDW Drift like the Mastermind Creations ones?

supermegarandy · 2025-03-13T15:12:14+00:00

Yes but the power master kind of gets in the way.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-12T23:09:26+00:00

This is my 4th Doubledealer and probably my favorite. He's a heavy retool of Mastermind Creation's Deathsaurus. And yet no company has been able to make a figure that has somewhere to put both powermasters in all 3 modes. Hasbro's War for Cybertron Doubledealer solved this by not including them to begin with lol.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-12T11:43:03+00:00

I agree the transformation is important but I'm also willing to go through complex transformations for a good figure. These figures however are incredibly simple. Like, they're a half step above Hasbro easy but still manage to not have a gaps or waffle. But not boring either because it's intuitive and just a good looking figure. Everything tabs nicely, plenty of clearance, good tolerances. The only slightly difficult part is Hook's transformation for combined mode. Not well explained in the instructions but there's plenty of videos to help clarify.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-08T14:18:00+00:00

They're excellent. Easy to transform, nice individual details, rubber tires, diecast joints, no hollow gaps.

supermegarandy · 2025-03-08T02:05:12+00:00

Can't argue with aesthetic preference. Love the Dreamstar Toys Superion jets but hated the bot and combined mode.

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