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Chad Rushing
May 27, 2012, 7:56:59 PM5/27/12
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I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw something bizarre. There
was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
wheels. Has anyone else seen those? I also noticed some very small
Star Wars/Transformers Crossovers somewhere between Basic and Legends-
sized.
- Chad
was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
wheels. Has anyone else seen those? I also noticed some very small
Star Wars/Transformers Crossovers somewhere between Basic and Legends-
sized.
- Chad
Zobovor
May 27, 2012, 8:19:25 PM5/27/12
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On May 27, 5:56 pm, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw something bizarre. There
> was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
> like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
> folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
> wheels. Has anyone else seen those?
That sounds crazy. I'll have to check them out if my store has them.
> I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw something bizarre. There
> was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
> like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
> folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
> wheels. Has anyone else seen those?
Today I was cleaning up the Infants department and I noticed a
children's booster seat called the Rocket Booster. (Get it?) It
makes electronic sound effects, including two stock sound effects from
the G1 cartoon show—the jet plane "swoosh" sound that I commonly
associate with Decepticon air strikes, and a laser noise that sounds
like Starscream's null rays. (I wish G2 Starscream and Ramjet had
made these sounds instead of the ones we got!)
Zob
Dave Van Domelen
May 27, 2012, 9:21:37 PM5/27/12
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In article <a351892d-9847-4762...@a10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
Yep, those were shown at BotCon. No one has sent me a sighting yet,
what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
Mathew
May 28, 2012, 9:40:03 AM5/28/12
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coming out later as Captain America, Iron Man and Hulk.
Mathew
Chad Rushing
May 28, 2012, 2:51:46 PM5/28/12
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On May 27, 8:21 pm, dvan...@eyrie.org (Dave Van Domelen) wrote:
>
> Yep, those were shown at BotCon. No one has sent me a sighting yet,
> what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
> for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
>
> Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
I live in Dallas, but the Walmart in question is technically in Plano,
>
> Yep, those were shown at BotCon. No one has sent me a sighting yet,
> what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
> for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
>
> Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
a northern suburb of Dallas.
- Chad
Irrellius Spamticon king of the Potato people
May 28, 2012, 7:28:42 PM5/28/12
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On May 27, 8:21 pm, dvan...@eyrie.org (Dave Van Domelen) wrote:
> In article <a351892d-9847-4762-842e-62105bc24...@a10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
> Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw something bizarre. There
> >was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
> >like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
> >folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
> >wheels. Has anyone else seen those? I also noticed some very small
> >Star Wars/Transformers Crossovers somewhere between Basic and Legends-
> >sized.
>
> Yep, those were shown at BotCon. No one has sent me a sighting yet,
> what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
> for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
>
> Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
I saw these today in St. Louis, along with the new Voyager Starscream
>
> >I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw something bizarre. There
> >was a line of Spider-Man transforming robots which appeared to work
> >like G1 Jumpstarters. That is, the transformation mostly involved
> >folding the robot mode over a the waist, and the toys rolled on
> >wheels. Has anyone else seen those? I also noticed some very small
> >Star Wars/Transformers Crossovers somewhere between Basic and Legends-
> >sized.
>
> Yep, those were shown at BotCon. No one has sent me a sighting yet,
> what city were you in? The small Transformers Crossovers have been around
> for a while now, they're in their third or fourth wave.
>
> Dave Van Domelen, not sure he's gonna get any of the Jumpstarters.
and Bulkhead. Apparently Wal-mart is putting them out with the new
toys reset, along with the G.I.Joe toys
Zobovor
Jun 11, 2012, 9:59:33 PM6/11/12
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On May 28, 5:28 pm, Irrellius Spamticon king of the Potato people
Ah, spotted them over the weekend, finally. Now, I had assumed that
Chad was describing them as Jumpstarters because they had some kind of
vaguely similar fold-me-over transformation, but they're literally
Jumpstarters reincarnated, right down to the gigantic feet and the
little hook inside the chest to lock the vehicle mode together. It's
ridiculous! I had thought that perhaps somebody was blatantly ripping
off Hasbro's old ideas (well, Takara's idea, really), but then I
checked the packaging and these Spider-Man toys are, indeed, made by
Hasbro. So, uh, Hasbro's basically ripping off their own ideas. Not
sure if that makes it better or worse. I wouldn't be surprised if the
internal motor was identical to the old Jumpstarter toys, too.
So, the obvious question is: Will they reintroduce Jumpstarters into
the Transformers toy line at some point? Nowadays, with their simple
transformations, the Jumpstarters would likely be marketed towards
younger kids. Could they be test-marketing the Spider-Man versions as
a prelude to something else? Not only could they bring back Topspin
and Twin Twist, but they could expand on the concept and do
Jumpstarter versions of popular characters like Bumblebee and Optimus
Prime. That would be a laugh riot.
The biggest problem I always had with the motorized G1 toys
(Jumpstarters, Battlechargers, etc.) was that the places I lived
rarely had flat surfaces to roll on. It was all carpeting.
Obviously, you couldn't use the kitchen table, because the toys would
just fly off into oblivion. When I was ten years old, my neighbors
had an awesome basement. That was our Throttlebot racing depot.
Zob
<Ob1ken...@att.net> wrote:
> I saw these today in St. Louis, along with the new Voyager Starscream
> and Bulkhead. Apparently Wal-mart is putting them out with the new
> toys reset, along with the G.I.Joe toys.
> I saw these today in St. Louis, along with the new Voyager Starscream
> and Bulkhead. Apparently Wal-mart is putting them out with the new
Ah, spotted them over the weekend, finally. Now, I had assumed that
Chad was describing them as Jumpstarters because they had some kind of
vaguely similar fold-me-over transformation, but they're literally
Jumpstarters reincarnated, right down to the gigantic feet and the
little hook inside the chest to lock the vehicle mode together. It's
ridiculous! I had thought that perhaps somebody was blatantly ripping
off Hasbro's old ideas (well, Takara's idea, really), but then I
checked the packaging and these Spider-Man toys are, indeed, made by
Hasbro. So, uh, Hasbro's basically ripping off their own ideas. Not
sure if that makes it better or worse. I wouldn't be surprised if the
internal motor was identical to the old Jumpstarter toys, too.
So, the obvious question is: Will they reintroduce Jumpstarters into
the Transformers toy line at some point? Nowadays, with their simple
transformations, the Jumpstarters would likely be marketed towards
younger kids. Could they be test-marketing the Spider-Man versions as
a prelude to something else? Not only could they bring back Topspin
and Twin Twist, but they could expand on the concept and do
Jumpstarter versions of popular characters like Bumblebee and Optimus
Prime. That would be a laugh riot.
The biggest problem I always had with the motorized G1 toys
(Jumpstarters, Battlechargers, etc.) was that the places I lived
rarely had flat surfaces to roll on. It was all carpeting.
Obviously, you couldn't use the kitchen table, because the toys would
just fly off into oblivion. When I was ten years old, my neighbors
had an awesome basement. That was our Throttlebot racing depot.
Zob
Gustavo Wombat
Jun 14, 2012, 3:00:25 AM6/14/12
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On Monday, June 11, 2012 6:59:33 PM UTC-7, Zobovor wrote:
> So, the obvious question is: Will they reintroduce Jumpstarters into
> the Transformers toy line at some point? Nowadays, with their simple
> transformations, the Jumpstarters would likely be marketed towards
> younger kids. Could they be test-marketing the Spider-Man versions as
> a prelude to something else? Not only could they bring back Topspin
> and Twin Twist, but they could expand on the concept and do
> Jumpstarter versions of popular characters like Bumblebee and Optimus
> Prime. That would be a laugh riot.
Well, since Hasbro is already making a push into the action-figure-as-game market with the Bot Shots, I could definitely see them bringing Jumpstarters into that type of line.
> So, the obvious question is: Will they reintroduce Jumpstarters into
> the Transformers toy line at some point? Nowadays, with their simple
> transformations, the Jumpstarters would likely be marketed towards
> younger kids. Could they be test-marketing the Spider-Man versions as
> a prelude to something else? Not only could they bring back Topspin
> and Twin Twist, but they could expand on the concept and do
> Jumpstarter versions of popular characters like Bumblebee and Optimus
> Prime. That would be a laugh riot.
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