tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post8482037692673875904..comments2023-07-08T09:03:12.108-07:00Comments on Blackrock's Toybox: Weekly Transformers Feature: QuakeMark Baker-Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-28579363494238717482009-09-29T06:50:12.706-07:002009-09-29T06:50:12.706-07:00Yeah, it's hard to imagine they'd have rem...Yeah, it's hard to imagine they'd have remembered... And although I do think that 80's-era toys shouldn't be faulted for not having 21st century technology, of course it's reasonable to criticize them for failings that they actually <i>could</i> have been better about.B-Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-58091305815081029592009-09-28T20:58:12.840-07:002009-09-28T20:58:12.840-07:00You're welcome for the commenting! I usually f...You're welcome for the commenting! I usually feel like there's nothing I could possibly write or think up about any Transformer that hasn't already been opined on some board (and I know you read the boards). So I usually pass on the commenting because of my own fear of repeating someone else's thought that was expressed a million times already (and probably more eloquently). <br><br>I sometimes feel bad for critiquing late 80s Hasbro's design and marketing. It's real easy to tear 'em down now and ask "What were they thinking?" in hindsight but I'd still be interesting in finding out what prompted the idea behind downsized classes of Target- and Headmasters for '88. I felt the reduction in size really hurt the design of the little partners. It made them not as fun or interesting to play with. How did they think that was a good idea? I wish I would have thought up that question in '04 at the Botcon marketers panel. Something tells me they probably wouldn't have remembered anyway.Evil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-87940664570711279702009-09-27T19:48:53.893-07:002009-09-27T19:48:53.893-07:00Thanks for commenting. Actually, I was never able...Thanks for commenting. Actually, I was never able to get past the statue-esque (and not in a good way!) Nebulans with the handle-chests when these toys first came out. Interest in these figures <i>definitely</i> only came much later for me.<br><br>Thanks also for the tip re: the identity of "Greg." That makes a lot of sense (although I'm <i>so</i> not used to hearing him referenced by only his first name!).B-Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-85486454274242820212009-09-27T18:24:02.646-07:002009-09-27T18:24:02.646-07:00You make a good point about the small Targetmaster...You make a good point about the small Targetmasters being essentially normal Transformers with gimmicks tacked on as an afterthought. I feel a lot like the Hasbro designers were phoning it in with the deluxe and smaller figures in the 88 line but could never quite pinpoint why until you did. <br><br>At first the smaller Targetmasters seem like they've got incredible gimmicks-"double Targetmaster" sounds great. But then the robot modes are big disappointments and the transforming weapons are terrible looking in both modes. I have the purple/grey jet (Needlenose?) and the brown/cream dump truck guy and they're part of the reason I fell out of love with the line.<br><br>I think Fred was referring to Greg "M Sipher" Sepelak.Evil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.com