The new Transfomer toys are horrible

[SandEagle]

went to walmart today and saw the new Devastator for $98 !!! wtf.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10963123


it is ugly and way overpriced...

i had the original devastator in the 80s and it was awesome..

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/devastator/139/1/1/

 

[Slew Foot]

Kids today are too wussy to handle the awesome toys of yesteryear. They might poke an eye out or something

 

[olds]

went to walmart today and saw the new Devastator for $98 !!! wtf.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10963123


it is ugly and way overpriced...

i had the original devastator in the 80s and it was awesome..

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/g1-1984/devastator/139/1/1/

Way to put a price tag on your kids happiness...

 

[ivan2]

not the mention the construction in the movie is a large dog and they tried to make it into humanoid in the toy...

 

[TheVrolok]

85 bucks for that piece of shit? Ouch. I still have my G1 Devastator in a box somewhere, and damn, that thing owned.

 

[Dumac]

Way to put a price tag on your kids happiness...

If they want the toy that badly, they can go work in a factory in China and make one.

 

[Cyco]

Not to mention that the build quality has gone way down. I bought my son a couple of transformers for his birthday last year, and the limbs came off like they were nothing while trying to transform them. Complete crap these days and a waste of money.

 

[RKS]

We got our 6YO one for Christmas at Costco. It seems much more rugged and cost a lot less. He loves Transformers and was geeked when he open this gift. He actually asked Santa to help him read quicker since he loves comic books. We got him some Transformers comics and he carries those everywhere.

Devastator

 

[destrekor]

looks like they neutered it. poor fella'

 

[gonzaga1751]

sorry but the Optimal Optimus toy I got when I was younger was better

that thing was badass back in the day

 

[Queasy]

I've bought my son several of the Transformers from the G1s to the cartoon version to the movie versions. They all have the same problem...overly complicated to transform. Yeah, this allows for certain things with the robot and car forms but when I have problems transforming them that means a 5-10 year old is too. Which doesn't make the toy fun.

With that and the constant rolling out of different waves, Transformers today seems more like it is aimed at the nerd collectors than it is at the kids wanting to play with them.

 

[theflyingpig]

Jesus, that's just horrible.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Toys have gone downhill as far as quality goes. All these crazy electronic stuff are nothing if it breaks within the first week.

Anyone remember the metal tonka trucks? Talk about durable!

 

[Sumguy]

Kids today are too wussy to handle the awesome toys of yesteryear. They'll shoot an eye out or something

Fixed.

 

[guyver01]

I still have my Powermaster Optimus Prime, in box:

 

[ShawnD1]

Kids today are too wussy to handle the awesome toys of yesteryear. They might poke an eye out or something

Don't blame the kids. Blame their faggy parents who cry in the corner when little billy points his finger like a gun.

Old Megatron:

New Megatron:

Anyone remember the metal tonka trucks? Talk about durable!

I broke some of the bathroom tiles when playing with my tonka trucks

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah, they're plastic, poorly engineered pieces of crap. The things don't even fit together snuggly.

The original toys were engineering masterpieces.

 

[0roo0roo]

the second movie was fail anyways.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

sorry but the Optimal Optimus toy I got when I was younger was better

that thing was badass back in the day

I had that same one. It was the best =)