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 Post subject: Re: "Not Going To Happen" Proto Transformers w/ a Joe
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:09 am 
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I've wanted a line like this since I was a kid. Maybe they could do an appeasement line, where the price point is $15-$25, using smaller TF characters or second tier ones people wouldn't mind being reimagined. The $15 point could be something like a Silver Mirage that transforms into Prowl (nodding to TF:A), RAM into Warpath, Trouble Bubbles that transform into Rumble and Frenzy, CLAWs to Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, and other similar things. The $25 price point could be Vamp into Hound and Stinger into Swindle, AWE Striker into Beachcomber (and maybe Cliffjumper), HISS into Brawl (and maybe Onslaught or even Megatron).

I'd be happy with just that sort of nod, and I don't think the pricing there is too bad, yet the $15 price point would be tformers of the size of the current $10 price point, and the $25 would be on par with the $20 current price point, so it should be feasible, I think.


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 Post subject: Re: "Not Going To Happen" Proto Transformers w/ a Joe
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:19 pm 
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notpicard wrote:
I may be in the minority, but I would actually prefer a line that is more similar to what they did with Star Wars Transformers (minus the dumb robot modes). Yeah, I could take a few Transformers scaled to 3 3/4" Joes, but they would either get rediculously expensive or rediculously tiny (for the character they portray) quickly. We could cost-effectively get Bumblebee, Wheelie, Ravage, Minicons (we did get that with the Energon Kicker pack), or any smaller guys. And I am sure Prime could sell to some degree at a huge price point. But the line like that would be extremely limited.

And from the Joe perspective, I can't see how having a 3 3/4" cross-over line would be of much benefit. We would either start having to shell out extra $ to get a new Joe packed with a Transformer or the line would be inundated with Joe repaints.

But if they did it somewhat like they did Star Wars, we could get a large variety of Joe vehicles in a smaller format along with 1" versions of Joe characters. A Terrordrome isn't nearly as much of a risk for Hasbro if it is scaled down.

I'm picturing myself walking out of the store one day with a Transformers deluxe-sized Brawl that turns into a HISS tank and comes with a 1" HISS driver and a 1" Cobra Commander. Or an Ultra Class Starscream that turns into a Night Raven with Strato-Viper and Serpentor. Or a Deluxe-sized Hound who turns into a Vamp with Clutch and Spike. The possibilities are almost endless.

It would be a decent excuse to break out the old Microfigures molds.


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