Comments on: FIBRIR http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/ Toys are serious business. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Shortpacked! - The last Generations toy! EVVARRRRRR http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-31208 Shortpacked! - The last Generations toy! EVVARRRRRR Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:50:33 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-31208 [...] them, I tolerate them if only for the variety they bring to tank alternate modes.  Hell, I got Rumble and Frenzy just last week, and they were also tanks.  I’m happy that Warpath’s tank mode has a [...] [...] them, I tolerate them if only for the variety they bring to tank alternate modes.  Hell, I got Rumble and Frenzy just last week, and they were also tanks.  I’m happy that Warpath’s tank mode has a [...]

]]> By: Astro-L http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30281 Astro-L Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:53:39 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30281 Man, every time I see photos of those guys, they just get less and less appealing. I respect this mold for being the first one with piledrivers AND hands, but the robot mode looks like a kibbly mess, and the tank mode does nothing for me, especially given the characters. Woo hoo, more Decepticon tanks! I understand that microcassettes are seriously anachronistic at this point, but there must be other ways to explore the little-guys-as-accessories-to-a-larger-guy theme. For instance, recent incarnations of Soundwave have been minivans... so what if he were a TV news van, and the Recordicons were accessories like the satellite-dish apparatus, the computer equipment inside, and/or a camera rig (maybe something like <a href="http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20091025/rc-skyshutter-helicopter-takes-aerial-photographs/" rel="nofollow">this</a>)? THAT would definitely be in the spirit of modern updates to classic characters. What we got just feels phoned-in. Man, every time I see photos of those guys, they just get less and less appealing. I respect this mold for being the first one with piledrivers AND hands, but the robot mode looks like a kibbly mess, and the tank mode does nothing for me, especially given the characters. Woo hoo, more Decepticon tanks! I understand that microcassettes are seriously anachronistic at this point, but there must be other ways to explore the little-guys-as-accessories-to-a-larger-guy theme. For instance, recent incarnations of Soundwave have been minivans… so what if he were a TV news van, and the Recordicons were accessories like the satellite-dish apparatus, the computer equipment inside, and/or a camera rig (maybe something like this)? THAT would definitely be in the spirit of modern updates to classic characters. What we got just feels phoned-in.

]]> By: Sly http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30250 Sly Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:52:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30250 Damn right FIBRIR. I bet all you FIRRIB guys call Jetfire "Skyfire" too. Damn right FIBRIR. I bet all you FIRRIB guys call Jetfire “Skyfire” too.

]]> By: Krepta http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30222 Krepta Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:47:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30222 One: RIRFIB. Transformers is a toyline, anything else is ancillary. Two: Grand Slam retool plz-- give HIM a face! One: RIRFIB. Transformers is a toyline, anything else is ancillary.
Two: Grand Slam retool plz– give HIM a face!

]]> By: MikeK http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30120 MikeK Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:18:35 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30120 Red is a better color for a character called Frenzy. Red is a better color for a character called Frenzy.

]]> By: lost_limey http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30115 lost_limey Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:52:14 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30115 As someone who's primary exposure to G1 was Marvel UK: FIBRIR forever! As someone who’s primary exposure to G1 was Marvel UK: FIBRIR forever!

]]> By: David Willis http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30106 David Willis Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30106 Actually, I don't have one! Mwahahaha. Actually, I don’t have one! Mwahahaha.

]]> By: Rust http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30101 Rust Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:46:15 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30101 Red...Blue...it really doesn't matter which color is which. We're going to end up calling them what we want anyway and the debate will continue to rage forever more. But seeing as how Hasbro is packaging the Blue one as Rumble...yeah. Red…Blue…it really doesn’t matter which color is which. We’re going to end up calling them what we want anyway and the debate will continue to rage forever more.

But seeing as how Hasbro is packaging the Blue one as Rumble…yeah.

]]> By: PepsimusP http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30099 PepsimusP Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:04:21 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30099 I'm sure he already has one, but I will be more than happy to accept this Windcharger in his name, giving him a good home with lots of other Transformers that won't call him Windbreaker. I’m sure he already has one, but I will be more than happy to accept this Windcharger in his name, giving him a good home with lots of other Transformers that won’t call him Windbreaker.

]]> By: Derik http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/blog/fibrir/#comment-30096 Derik Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:25:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=5122#comment-30096 They're both messes of dangling bits in robot mode that turn into vague tank-ish shapes. Neutral. They’re both messes of dangling bits in robot mode that turn into vague tank-ish shapes.
Neutral.

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