Comments on: A prime “Prime” Prime. http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/ Toys are serious business. Sun, 19 May 2013 23:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: FirstReality http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66982 FirstReality Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:04:39 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66982 So, wait... should I NOT have opened that First Edition Arcee I found at TRU last week? I admit, I wasn't planning on getting too many Prime toys to begin with, but now they're cancelling them all and putting out different ones? I guess I don't understand what's happened. They've decided to redo the entire line somehow? So, wait… should I NOT have opened that First Edition Arcee I found at TRU last week? I admit, I wasn’t planning on getting too many Prime toys to begin with, but now they’re cancelling them all and putting out different ones? I guess I don’t understand what’s happened. They’ve decided to redo the entire line somehow?

]]> By: AlienCowThatMoos http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66972 AlienCowThatMoos Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:35:20 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66972 Good luck. I live here and I saw one Bulkhead only once ever. Even when you see a wall of nothing but Bumblebee you can bet your ass it will be gone within two days. Good luck. I live here and I saw one Bulkhead only once ever. Even when you see a wall of nothing but Bumblebee you can bet your ass it will be gone within two days.

]]> By: Whisky Tango Foxtrot http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66954 Whisky Tango Foxtrot Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:12:50 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66954 The FE Voyagers aren't exactly clogging the shelves here in Canada, either. They get scooped up by scalpers pretty much as soon as they arrive. I'm just glad I managed to snag my Optimus and Bulkhead in December before the line was announced as cancelled. The FE Voyagers aren’t exactly clogging the shelves here in Canada, either. They get scooped up by scalpers pretty much as soon as they arrive.

I’m just glad I managed to snag my Optimus and Bulkhead in December before the line was announced as cancelled.

]]> By: dende5416 http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66926 dende5416 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:41:58 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66926 Apparently, according to Toy News, they might maybe be releasing the FE molds over here still. Maybe. If not I might have to drive to Canada. Bah. Apparently, according to Toy News, they might maybe be releasing the FE molds over here still. Maybe. If not I might have to drive to Canada. Bah.

]]> By: Undrave http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66901 Undrave Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:17 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66901 Arcee's feet are very stiff but I've transformed mine multiple time its allright. And seriously First Edition Prime is beautiful in its economy of paneling. EVERYTHING goes somewhere and holds in place, his backpack is flat and very visually appealing. Seriously look at his forearm, can you even tell that's actually the FRONT of the truck cab hood? Its a figure you CAN look at from the back and still find cool, unlike like...95% of the new RiD line which has crazy backpacks and hollow legs all over. -.- Arcee’s feet are very stiff but I’ve transformed mine multiple time its allright.

And seriously First Edition Prime is beautiful in its economy of paneling. EVERYTHING goes somewhere and holds in place, his backpack is flat and very visually appealing. Seriously look at his forearm, can you even tell that’s actually the FRONT of the truck cab hood? Its a figure you CAN look at from the back and still find cool, unlike like…95% of the new RiD line which has crazy backpacks and hollow legs all over. -.-

]]> By: FryShyGuy http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66895 FryShyGuy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:37 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66895 "And I still need to figure out what I’m gonna do about Bulkhead." Beg your Canadian readers to get you one? “And I still need to figure out what I’m gonna do about Bulkhead.”

Beg your Canadian readers to get you one?

]]> By: Sean Whitmore http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66889 Sean Whitmore Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:48:51 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66889 The good news is that the cancellation of the First Edition line had no affect on me. The bad news is that this is because I was crazy enough to order the Japanese versions of Bulkhead and Optimus for their paint differences before the cancellation was even announced. The good news is that the cancellation of the First Edition line had no affect on me.

The bad news is that this is because I was crazy enough to order the Japanese versions of Bulkhead and Optimus for their paint differences before the cancellation was even announced.

]]> By: TexasNinjaBuzzard http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66888 TexasNinjaBuzzard Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:55:26 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66888 My TF:Prime Arcee (that Willis encouraged me to open even though it was packaged as Starscream for some reason) had infuriatingly-diffucult-to-move feet, so much so that it took me a long time to get up the courage to finish her transformation for fear of breaking them, and she's pretty much in Robot Mode forever as a result (much like TF:A Prowl's Samurai Armor version). Is that sort of thing common in the Prime line? All of the Optimuses since the Baymovie are apparently required by law to consist of 40-50% panel-based greebles by volume, and that seems like a recipe for screaming due to inevitable breakage. My TF:Prime Arcee (that Willis encouraged me to open even though it was packaged as Starscream for some reason) had infuriatingly-diffucult-to-move feet, so much so that it took me a long time to get up the courage to finish her transformation for fear of breaking them, and she’s pretty much in Robot Mode forever as a result (much like TF:A Prowl’s Samurai Armor version). Is that sort of thing common in the Prime line? All of the Optimuses since the Baymovie are apparently required by law to consist of 40-50% panel-based greebles by volume, and that seems like a recipe for screaming due to inevitable breakage.

]]> By: Alechsa http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66885 Alechsa Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:30:31 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66885 On behalf of my boyfriend who veryveryvery much wants First Edition Prime (and Arcee and Cliffjumper, etc) ... DAMN YOU WILLIS! On behalf of my boyfriend who veryveryvery much wants First Edition Prime (and Arcee and Cliffjumper, etc) …

DAMN YOU WILLIS!

]]> By: David Willis http://www.shortpacked.com/2012/blog/a-prime-prime-prime/#comment-66884 David Willis Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:06:32 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=6730#comment-66884 Wow, that's pretty great. And completely unnecessary. Yet Tomy sculpts this kind of stuff into unseen places all the time. They're pretty awesome. Wow, that’s pretty great. And completely unnecessary. Yet Tomy sculpts this kind of stuff into unseen places all the time. They’re pretty awesome.

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