Looking at sixshot, not TOO many stickers.

[Irrellius Spamticon of the Potato People.]

So looking at the sixshot in the box in target, I only see the two small chest stickers and they are flat and away from transforming parts. The pictures on the box indicate the wings might have stickers, but that wouldn't be the same deal breaker as all the stickers on Broadside.

For those who have already opened one, how is it?

[banzait...@gmail.com]

The sixshot toy is quite good. I'd say he is near perfection. The only gripe I have with the toy is that they changed his gun mode into a submarine. Have we really come to this level of P.C.? He's a friggin laser blaster, not a walther p-38.

-Banzaitron

[Zobovor]

I think it was a calculated move by Hasbro to allow them to sell Sixshot in the proper colors. Market one of his transformations as a gun, and suddenly they're stuck making his weapons fluorescent orange. Nobody wants that, I'm sure.

It's not so much that they CHANGED his gun mode to a submarine. The gun mode is still there. It's just upside-down.


Zob (it's the best solution imaginable, really)

[banzait...@gmail.com]

I'm not saying they market it as a "gun", but the "jet-propelled laser blaster" (I changed "pistol" to "blaster"). There is absolutely ZERO resemblance to an actual weapon. I don't think they would be required by law to put an orange plug into him.

Here is a toy "laser blaster" that has no orange plug, and looks far closer to an actual firearm than sixshot's afterthought blaster mode.

https://www.amazon.com/Laser-Blaster-Space-Batteries-Included/dp/B017O9VNQE/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1493176858&sr=8-8&keywords=toy+laser+blaster

I guess the point of my thread transcended sixshot, or plastic robot toys. But was more about how ridiculous our society has become.

-Banzaitron

[Gustavo Wombat]

I'm surprised none of the gun manufacturers tried to make real guns that
look like toy guns, complete with lights and sounds when the safety is on.
It would have foiled the jack booted thugs that Obama was planning on
sending out to take away everyone's guns. There are no laws against such
faux toy guns.

But, now that America is Great, Again, we don't have to worry about that.



--
I wish I was a mole in the ground.

[Zobovor]

On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 9:36:45 PM UTC-6, banzait...@gmail.com wrote:

> I don't think they would be required by law to put an orange plug into him.

I don't want to belabor the point, but my understanding of the subject is that a) California state law is more strict than federal United States law, and that b) Hasbro needs to conform to all state laws if they wish to market Transformers throughout the country.

> Here is a toy "laser blaster" that has no orange plug, and looks far closer
> to an actual firearm than sixshot's afterthought blaster mode.

That's interesting, and it sort of flies in the face of my understanding of the subject matter. My initial impression is that perhaps that toy isn't entirely legal? It's made by Polyfect Toys, which operates out of Hong Kong. So, it's possible they're skirting U.S. laws with that toy and haven't been caught yet. But, I could be mistaken.

> I guess the point of my thread transcended sixshot, or plastic robot toys.
> But was more about how ridiculous our society has become.

Oh, I totally agree with that sentiment.


Zob (if dinosaurs were outlawed, then only outlaws would have dinosaurs)

[Gustavo Wombat]

Zobovor <zm...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 9:36:45 PM UTC-6, banzait...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I don't think they would be required by law to put an orange plug into him.
>
> I don't want to belabor the point, but my understanding of the subject is
> that a) California state law is more strict than federal United States
> law, and that b) Hasbro needs to conform to all state laws if they wish
> to market Transformers throughout the country.

I think it is more flexible than that -- the orange plug is not necessary
so long as the toy gun doesn't look like a gun. But, the orange plug has
been found to be sufficient as a defense for the manufacturer if a kid is
playing with one and gets shot.

So, it gets down to legal advice, aimed at reducing risk and liability, and
a desire to look more like a toy gun than most toy guns, so the
manufacturer can say "see, it looks like a toy! Police were totally at
fault.".

Which the makers of pellet guns apparently don't have to bother with? That
part confuses me.

>> Here is a toy "laser blaster" that has no orange plug, and looks far closer
>> to an actual firearm than sixshot's afterthought blaster mode.
>
> That's interesting, and it sort of flies in the face of my understanding
> of the subject matter. My initial impression is that perhaps that toy
> isn't entirely legal? It's made by Polyfect Toys, which operates out of
> Hong Kong. So, it's possible they're skirting U.S. laws with that toy
> and haven't been caught yet. But, I could be mistaken.

That could also be the case.

>> I guess the point of my thread transcended sixshot, or plastic robot toys.
>> But was more about how ridiculous our society has become.
>
> Oh, I totally agree with that sentiment.
>
>
> Zob (if dinosaurs were outlawed, then only outlaws would have dinosaurs)

If slaves were outlawed, only outlaws would have slaves.

[Gustavo Wombat]

I like the original G1 toy more. Everything locks together a bit better,
because there are so few joints, and it does a better job of hiding the
cockpits. It's also bigger.

If you like your robots to have articulation though, then the TR toy is
really the way to go.

[Irrellius Spamticon of the Potato People.]

I can never tell what parts are supposed to be sarcastic.