Which movie toys have the most lasting appeal?

[Onslaught Six]

I agree, it's stupidly stupid. But Stockade looks like he's cool there!

[JediTricks]

Brawl.. Transformation and articulation still bug me just a wee bit too much, I think a slightly darker deco would've helped. There's a lot of good, though, and he does remain one of the cooler display pieces. Still love the tank mode. Still hate the translucent bits.

I honestly don't know why so many fans take issue with this one. I do agree about the translucent bits though.

He does wow me, I do love the way the kibble arranges and the legs are extremely clever. Problem is, it's not really in a pick-up-and-fiddle sense. Although he's still on display when many others aren't, so that says a lot.

IMO, that figure can be picked up, it's just that somehow, we never do, it's like a fear of action rather than seeing what happens. I've picked it up, it doesn't fall apart, it doesn't de-transform, it's poseable and fun right away. But I rarely pick it up.


No argument or backstory I've seen so far has justified the sorry state of the Stockade toy.

[onslaught86]

I honestly don't know why so many fans take issue with this one. I do agree about the translucent bits though.

It's the light army green swallowing details coupled with the way everything crams back into the sides of the tank, and the kinda limited articulation thanks to leg and arm kibble.

IMO, that figure can be picked up, it's just that somehow, we never do, it's like a fear of action rather than seeing what happens. I've picked it up, it doesn't fall apart, it doesn't de-transform, it's poseable and fun right away. But I rarely pick it up.

Hmm. Strange. I've messed with Premium Prime a bit of late, the sword does invited fiddling much more than the gun does. I'll go ahead and blame the annoying swinging shoulder panels, iffy knee articulation, and lack of wrists for him being less expressive and easy to pose than he should be. He's good, but he's too static.

No argument or backstory I've seen so far has justified the sorry state of the Stockade toy.

Still not getting your beef with him. He really inspired me from the moment I saw the toy. There's a lot of SUVs like that around here, and I got this fantastic mental image of one transforming and knuckling through a crowded highway like a gorilla, snarling and hurling other vehicles out of the way. Stockade's proportions do a lot for me, I like the realistic alt. mode and the nifty extending arm gimmick, I love the finger articulation and subtle Wheeljack homage. Stockade's well articulated, has a simple if satisfying and non-cheatsy transformation.. The lightpiping's innovative too. He could've done with projectile weapons, colourless translucent parts, and something other than Allspark Blue, yet I feel Stockade's one of the most fun offering's from the line. He's been on my desk at work for ages, and is transformed several times daily.

[138 Scourge]

Old ass thread brought back! But I was considering selling off a bunch of my movie toys a couple weeks back, so I went through 'em to see who I'd need to hold on to. So hence, this.

And I'll throw in some screwball responses, too.

Dreadwing still entertains me to no end. The big goofy long arms, the lens-face cone-head, the tiny lil' legs, everything about him makes me like him. Plus, his colors are kinda pretty.

Scorponok, the deluxe version. Lame "alt mode" but what a neat looking toy anyhow. And the Legends thereof, he's nifty.

Swindle. I dunno, I like the lens guys. But he's just got this great "alien monster hiding in Earth car" thing going for him.

Kinda still dig Ironhide, too. He's definitely got his weak points (a LOT of 'em), but the robot mode's just neat-looking.

And of course, the Real Gears, especially Longarm and Meantime. They cool.

[Dominic]

I still have a Ratchet on display.

Oddly, my opinion of Leader Brawl, one of my least favorites from '07, has gone up a bit. And, as much as I liked retro-Bumblebee, I have not fiddled with it in some time.

Jazz still holds his inexplicable appeal.

Dom
-likely going to be putting up movie toys in the near future.

[andersonh1]

I keep meaning to thin out my collection, and I think the first on my list would be movie toys. Not that I don't like them, but they have the least emotional connection for me, along with the Energon figures (I missed 85% of Energon when it aired). But there are movie figures that I doubt I'll ever get rid of at this point. So I suppose these would have the most lasting appeal for me:
- Any version of movie Bumblebee, including the Cliffjumper repaint. I love the old and new Camaro Bee
- Stockade
- Bonecrusher, for the sheer novelty of the minesweeper vehicle

But then some of the others, while appealing, I doubt I'd miss. Voyager Prime, Jazz, Barricade or Incinerator could go, and may at some point. The figures are good, and with Pontiac going belly up, I should probably keep Jazz for his vehicle mode, but if I started thinning things out, these would be among the first.

[onslaught86]

Dreadwing still entertains me to no end. The big goofy long arms, the lens-face cone-head, the tiny lil' legs, everything about him makes me like him. Plus, his colors are kinda pretty.

Yeah, Dreadwing's definitely nifty. Weird, since I hated him so much from stock photos, but was then sucked in by his oddball appeal.

Oddly, my opinion of Leader Brawl, one of my least favorites from '07, has gone up a bit.

Despite Super Brawl never being among my least favourite toys, he's grown on me a lot too. Primarily thanks to my leaving him in front of my TV in tank mode, and having to transform him for people who saw him and went "Hey, cool tank!"

Incinerator's a definite favourite, inspiring me to purchase a clearanced production version to go with my almost-identical test shot. Spinny spinny spinny.

[BWprowl]

I always shamelessly hoped that Incinerator would show up in the sequel somehow. He would really have been a sight to behold; love those propeller-hands.

A lot of the upcoming ROTF Basics look like they'll have some enduring appeal. I'm especially jazzed for Dirt Boss. Plus it's just great that we're getting Basics again.

[138 Scourge]

Plus it's just great that we're getting Basics again.

THIS!

Plus, I love the basic biplane guy. That's awesome.

[onslaught86]

Yes! Ransack is delicious biplaney goodness. Easily one of the most inspired ideas in a while, I want many repaints. Fun-sized battleship named Depth Charge gets my approval as well, go go gadget appropriate name reuses. Not so sure on the Decepticon Landmine wannabe, the lack of translucent parts hurts there. Rollbar looks rollboring. But all is excused by Ransack.