Posted: 20 August 2008 at 4:50pm | IP Logged

I saw a few Animated toys this weekend, for the first time (I don't keep up with the news like what I used to).

Bumblebee aside, I thought they were ugly as sin. Ratchet's the second best of a bad lot, but the Prime, Prowl, Blacharachnia, Lockdown...I'm so unfussy I like G1 Broadside and have all the G2 Powermasters (complete!), yet even I couldn't muster enthusiasm for the aesthetics of the Animated army.

On the one hand, this is great as it means I won't be jizzing more cash up the wall on toys. On the other, it's a bit disconcerting to be left so cold by the latest iteration of my favourite toyline.

You lot like them?

Posted: 20 August 2008 at 7:54pm | IP Logged

I like 'em. I was extremely unsure about them at first glance but I thought I'd give one a go and plumped for Lockdown. I really like how they do look and feel like their animated counterparts. I was expecting the same sort of uproar as when Beast Wars came out, but reaction seems largely positive.

In the same way Animated has left you cold, so have Armada and Cybertron left me wondering whats so great about them. Energon i didn't particularly care for, but the Decepticon figures from that line are excellent. well, expect for shockblast whose gun arm is rubbish.

Problem being with TF having a new set of figures/circumstances every year is that whilst it can maintain interest in the brand it can also have the opposite effect of putting people off. I also find it hard to develop any real 'love' for the newer stuff as it has the shelf life of milk. It'd be nice to have a range that sticks around for 3 years or so, like BW.

Posted: 29 August 2008 at 12:48pm | IP Logged

I'll probably capitulate eventually and end up buying more Animated toys than I actually want.  Seems to be a running habit of mine...

Must... exert... more control... over finances...

Posted: 06 September 2008 at 11:18am | IP Logged

nah dont like 'em

think that they lazily designed for lazy TV show

just like most cartoons now adays!

Posted: 20 September 2008 at 11:11am | IP Logged

iceman wrote: They are far from lazily designed. It's just a new style that cartoon creators have introduced, and most people seem to like it. I applaud Hasbro for keeping that style in their toys. Maybe they could have looked better with a look like the Classics, but at least they are show accurate. That's more than G1 (especially season 1) ever had.

thats true!

i watched some animated last night whilst babysittin for my cousins! and i thought- what a load of complete carppy poope!