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Post by Grayfox on Mar 23, 2004 16:06:43 GMT -5
Oh and also, here's an idea I'd LOVe to see. How about a deluxe kit that come with a neosapien figure and his exoskeleton battle suit! ( Yes I am quite aware of the exosquad vibe in my idea )
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Post by BumblebeeZ3 on Mar 24, 2004 5:13:14 GMT -5
While original robots are great, I'd love to see the line touch on some general Robot designs made popular in other forms of media, such as Robby, Johnny 5, Mazinger Z, C3PO While I've never read the comic, the thin Robot head reminded me of Scud the disposable assasin, and I use it on my human figure's body I don't want direct likenessess neccesarily, just general approximations. (direct likenesses would be cool, but I know its not possible for a lot of the robots out there) While you can say, "if you want Transformers, buy Transformers" that is a little like telling someone who would like peanut butter and chocolate to go buy chocolate if they want chocolate. The idea is that we want to taste what the two mixed together would be like. And yes not all peanut butter and chocolate combinations are equally tastey, so they could quite easily put out a dud like the Built to Rule Transformers, but that doesn't mean that some amalgam of the two could not transcend the two categories and be a gestalt in which both concepts are held while exceling as part of the constant evolution towards the ultimate action figure/ toy.
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Mar 26, 2004 16:03:32 GMT -5
One of the biggest selling points to me about this whole thing is that it's an original creation. I don't want Transformers or G.I.Joe creeping in here. Now if we have some transforming vehicles for the bio-mechs that aren't Transformers knockoffs or intrusions that would be fine. The orange and black vehicle/robot they showed at Toy Fair looks to be a nice venture in that area. I just don't want a load of those type items. I like what they are doing with the line as it stands and want them to continue to build on that.
There's a lot of good Ideas being mentioned here.
Here's just a few comments on each of the 6 established races at this time...
Neo-Sapiens[/b] - I would want to still see the high-tech emphasis extended to new figures.
- a bombshell female assassin: comes with alternate clear parts for her cloaking and passing through solids phasing tech.
- A explosive weapons commando: comes with an array of compatable weapons that launch missles, mortars, lays mines and shoots flames. The kind of guy who can whip up something for every situation.
- A huge imposing bio-engineered hand to hand specialist. "Hulk smash!" with military training and sans the green skin and ripped up tacky wardrobe.
- Sciencitific Mage: The concept of the neo-tech wizard is a cool one.
- The King: a must. Thinking of a King Arthur meets a higher tech Darth Vader type of look here.
Meta Beasts[/b]
- Wolverineman
- Gorillaman: with bear head and paws as optional accessories
- Tigerman: repaint exclusive like Omega Gaurd and Grimm Skull
- Elephantman: with Rhino head as optional head
- Gatorman: with alternative Cobra head
-Tribal King: an impressive gladitorial lion of course.
- A mega dinosaurbeast: big huge ride on beasts that act like the meta-Humans tanks. Includes lots of swappable dino pieces to make several different species and has weapons galore.
Unnaturals[/b]
Zombies - Like skeletons these could come in a variety of themes. I like the wild west myself and would fit in well with the sheriff figure coming out. A zombified horse would be a nice touch too.
Specters - again clear pieces can be used in a bunch of cool ways. A hot female siren would be cool. She looks beautiful and beguiling but with a few quick part changes she's twisted and deadly.
Trolls - Great idea maybe some orcs and hobgoblins too?
Traditional Red Devil type figure - Cool concept
Grimm Reaper - The Lord of the undead forces
Golem - a mega figure sized beast of destruction give it cool shiva and tiki god heads.
Furies[/b](not much to add here that hasn't already been said)
- Water: DuH!
- Earth
- Plant
- Crystal
Sectiod[/b]
- Ant
- Black Widow - Once a Neo Sapien girl who has been throughly brainwashed by the sectiods' queen. Now a gorgeous and deadly double agent. Has some arachnid features but only reveals them when it's time to eat her latest victem.
- Wasp
- Mosquito
- Killer Bee Queen: hot Human female type body except for abdomen with lauching stingers and extra set of arms or legs depending on your liking.
Bio-mecha[/b]
Not any real stand out ideas here other than to keep the ideas original and cool to their roots. The Sledge Commando was a cool design. I'd want to see more of that type of style rather than the transformers ideas. One or two convertable vehicles is fine though.
~SS~
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Post by extracrispy93 on Mar 26, 2004 16:51:56 GMT -5
I was messin around with my Xevos yesterday and i noticed almost everything I was making was turning out to be some kind of Robot-whatever hybrid. WE NEED MORE ROBOT/BIOMECHA FIGURES!
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 27, 2004 0:24:28 GMT -5
I like a lot of Squishee Slinger's ideas. I'm not a fan of wizardry and the likes, but the rest I would buy
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 27, 2004 10:56:02 GMT -5
I agree, Squishee does have a lot of good ideas. I especially like the Spectre one...with that amazing clear plastic they could do a lot of great stuff. Can you tell I'm a sucker for clear plastic? ;D I think we're all in agreement on the females as well. I think it'll be a few assortments before we see any females but they have to be in the works some place....I think...I hope
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Post by DFReaper on Mar 27, 2004 12:28:26 GMT -5
So if we are all in agreement, what does it take for the thinktank in Hasbro to get wind of this?
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 27, 2004 17:32:33 GMT -5
So if we are all in agreement, what does it take for the thinktank in Hasbro to get wind of this? It takes someone from Hasbro to read this board
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 27, 2004 18:16:03 GMT -5
Well we made it to 40 members so far, if we keep up at this rate and keep the conversation as strong as it's been I think someone at Hasbro will catch wind of us eventually
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Post by DFReaper on Mar 27, 2004 18:17:20 GMT -5
That would be great, I know that a person or two at Hasbro keeps in touch with Fandom for the Transformers but as to this, lets hope somebody catches on and hooks us up.
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 27, 2004 18:22:13 GMT -5
Very true, I've heard mention of people asking opinions of TransFans before. Granted I don't think Xevoz will ever be as large as Transformers but I still think it has potential to be one of the best
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 27, 2004 19:38:43 GMT -5
Like CKJ said, if the Xevoz fan base keeps getting bigger and bigger, Hasbro is bound to ask people for feedback.
Or will they start asking for feedback only when the line is in trouble? Let's hope they don't!
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 27, 2004 20:00:45 GMT -5
OK like I said in the other thread, no mention of clearance, no mention of trouble! Let's be positive guys!! Besides I'm trying to build my site so that I'll be able to update easy and have plenty of room for future releases!
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Post by ChrisL on Mar 27, 2004 20:49:01 GMT -5
I'm not really a big fan of female action figures....but obviously there is some demand for them in the collector end. If you notice, it looks like the sky-grinder comes with a head with pigtails. For me, that would be the happy medium...an "a-sexual" body type, and if they want to include a female head, that would be the best way to do it...for me anyway.
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Post by DFReaper on Mar 28, 2004 0:05:19 GMT -5
They could easily make a female body and a male body in one of the Value Packs like the Omega Guard. I like diveristy in an action figure set and I mean look how long it took Transformers to get a female action figure, years. I am just hoping that Xevoz isn't like the newer Trans lines and its just a bunch of repaints. But one thing I am glad of is that even though alot of us don't 100% agree on which toys are good or what we want to see, we agree that these things are about the best thing since wonderbread.
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