Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (12) ¬

1. 
   Stephen Bierce

   February 6, 2011 at 3:45 pm | # | Reply

   Back in the Seventies “Wacky Packages” cards called the company “Hasbroken”. Quality Control, anybody?

   • 
     Semysane

     February 6, 2011 at 3:56 pm | # | Reply

     Well, this one’s from Japan, so you can’t really blame Hasbro for it, though. Alllllll Takara’s fault.
   • 
     David Willis

     February 6, 2011 at 4:09 pm | # | Reply

     Yeah, Hasbro had nothing to do with this.
2. 
   Sean Whitmore

   February 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm | # | Reply

   Depressingly accurate.
3. 
   Dave Reynolds

   February 6, 2011 at 10:13 pm | # | Reply

   I… Should be thankful I decided to not go for this, huh?
4. 
   Scott

   February 6, 2011 at 11:15 pm | # | Reply

   Now I can’t wait for the review.

   I love Rodimus Prime but I couldn’t bring myself to get this package. Instead, I went for the recently released “other” option. You know. Nod. Nudge. Wink. Cough. The one that makes me a jerk and an accessory to intellectual property theft for owning it.

   At least nothing was broken out of the box and the toy works like a charm.

   For MP-09, I’m waiting to see what the domestic release options will be, even if I can’t have that sweet trailer.

   • 
     David Willis

     February 6, 2011 at 11:20 pm | # | Reply

     You’re gonna have to wait a long time for a review from me! I’m waiting for the Hasbro release. $200 is waaaay too much to spend on a Rodimus Prime.

     • 
       Scott

       February 7, 2011 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

       Woops! sorry!

       I made the classic mistake of confusing “David Willis-Real life cartoonist” with “Ethan-real live cartoon”

       my bad.
     • 
       Derik

       February 7, 2011 at 1:04 am | # | Reply

       Speaking of Copyright Infringement, did you ever get that link I sent you about 3rd-party minifig-compatible weapons, including G1 Megatron in rifle mode?

       • 
         David Willis

         February 7, 2011 at 3:29 pm | # | Reply

         No, but I’ve only seen those things 30 million times already anyway.
5. 
   zodconvoy

   February 7, 2011 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

   I’m planning to wait a few months for BBTS to be selling the returned ones loose/broken and picking it up for no more than half price.

   Seriously, I only need it for my Rodimus shelf. I don’t care if it’s broken on display.
6. 
   MikeK

   February 8, 2011 at 12:47 am | # | Reply

   I wonder how Hasbro can even sell Hot Rod, with all of the safety regulations that must be followed.