Bought all the Classics!

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:17 am

These are some of the nicest Transformers I've ever seen. They're exactly the kind of thing that will pull the "liked 'em as a kid" fans back into collecting.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:37 am

Damn, ALL of 'em? Sweet! What does the first wave consist of?

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:28 pm

Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee, Rodimus, Starscream and Astrotrain...

Darn, I'll have to wait until november for my preorders to arrive... At least by then Mirage and Grimmy will be out too.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:33 am

Waaah!! >_< I want them too!

Seriously, Smooth is right, these toys have actually got me tempted into buying my first tf-toys since the age of 12.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:37 pm

I'm transforming these things and posing them. I'm actually happier now than I was before I started doing this. Do you know what this means?

Smooth + Transformers Classics = happiness

WAY TO GO, HASBRO!

Ikijigoku · Post by **Ikijigoku** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:15 am

I only picked up the Deluxe ones today. I thought Astrotrain was going to be my favorite according to all the Hasbro pics, but I really love Rodimus and Bumble. Not that the other are bad just they are so damn good. Just like the originals, I didn't need the instructions to transform them (RID anyone??). They even transform similar to the originals!!

Gekigengar · Post by **Gekigengar** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:51 pm

I actually enjoyd these, never had Astrotrain or Starscream, I don't know if it was mentioned... Hot Rod has his signature cutter on his left arm.

Post by **snarl** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:57 am

They just really all look chuffing great. Have to give Hasbro credit here, I'm def getting em all as well.

These, Titanium, IDW, FP making all the TPBs £5 and the MP Starscream in my hand are making TFs pretty fookin expensive... but really, I cannot think of a time when we had it this good.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:15 am

I honestly thought Hasbro taking a break from working on TF's would be a huge mistake.

Having received Bumblebee and Hotrod in the post this morning I am happy to be wrong!

They are ******* great. Intuitive transformation, heaps of articulation, attention to detail and they just look....right!

Even my little brother said this morning upon seeing them - 'they look like the old ones, but newer'.

I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the series now. Although Prime and Megs still look a bit dump.

Neo Challenger · Post by **Neo Challenger** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:35 pm

I was only planning on picking up one or two of the Classics, but...

Got Rodimus and Astrotrain first (gotta have one of each side, you know

), and I was seriously impressed with them, especially Rodimus. So then I picked up Bumblebee, and I'm thinking how sweet these are! No Force Ch.. er, Planet Keys, no -Masters, no gimmick other than transformation. Pure, undiluted transformation. Had to pick up Prime next, and other than no freakin' trailer (WTF Hasbro??), I was again blown away. By now I'm pretty much totally hooked; I got Megatron last night, and the love just keeps on comin'. I am definitely looking forward to wave 2...

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:23 pm

And I think we pretty much all know who's in Wave2...

ME GRIMLOCK MUNCH METAL!!!

Oi, btw Smooth, you have to import these, now don't you?

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:59 am

I have all the deluxes pre-ordered, and they'll ship this month, once Mirage is released... can't wait!

The Voyagers will have to wait till next year...

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:40 am

Predabot wrote:And I think we pretty much all know who's in Wave2...

ME GRIMLOCK MUNCH METAL!!!

Oi, btw Smooth, you have to import these, now don't you?

I do. The irony is killing me.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:51 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:I do. The irony is killing me.

meiklejohn86 · Post by **meiklejohn86** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:28 am

I found them a couple weeks ago up here in canada at TRU. It's weird that we got them so early, but I passed cause I'm poor. Starscream is the best I would say.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:30 am

i might take a look at these when i am in NYC next week.

Post by **snarl** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:41 pm

snap - I could only find Bumblebee and Astrotrain, who are both class.

Any chance I could sort something out with one of you lovely kind americans?

Ikijigoku · Post by **Ikijigoku** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:33 am

I picked up Mirage and Grimlock two nights ago. I'm not one to discredit Hasbro's efforts, but I had some minor concerns about wave 2. Neither of these figures even closely transform anything like their original counterparts. I don't really care for Mirage. He looks way too fragile in robot mode. I also hate that his front chassy sticks out from the back of his neck. I think Mirage would have looked better using his original transformation based on the G1 toy. I guess even a ****** figure has to slip by Hasbro at least once in a while. On the other hand, Grimlock is awesome. The only problem I have with him though is I feel as though Grimlock's transformation turned upsidedown. The T-Rex's head becomes Grimlock's feet in robot mode. Grimlock doesn't even have his wings anymore. Classic's Grimlock is a great figure, but I think his figure would have been even better, if his transformation was closer in resembling the original. I know that I shouldn't be complaining because we all have been dreaming for a line based on the original classics. There is one thing I do not understand about wave 2. Why did Hasbro decide to recreate Grimlock's and Mirage's transformations and not base it from the original design. Wave 1's transformtion loosely resemble their G1 counterparts. Wave 2 doesn't even come close. You can't even really consider these figures classics. Energon's Grimlock is closer to resembling the original Grimlock than the classics version. I hope this isn't a sign of where the direction of this classics line is headed.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:37 pm

Ikijigoku wrote:I picked up Mirage and Grimlock two nights ago. I'm not one to discredit Hasbro's efforts, but I had some minor concerns about wave 2. Neither of these figures even closely transform anything like their original counterparts. I don't really care for Mirage. He looks way too fragile in robot mode. I also hate that his front chassy sticks out from the back of his neck. I think Mirage would have looked better using his original transformation based on the G1 toy

If you want a Mirage that is a revised version of the old transformation, there's RM Mirage... I have it, really nice toy. But the new one is also class, he's lean and looks built for speed, as he should.

anna · Post by **anna** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:49 am

i want em too shame about megatron being a nerf gun(should have made him a sci fi laser pistol)

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:55 am

Only have Megatron and Starscream for now. They're selling out quite fast, only Megatron and Astrotrain left in some places.

It's a pity about Megatron's gun form - I would have something more Desert Eagle for him - as it is, I could totally see them repainting him into Galvatron... but not without incident.

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