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Originally Posted by TRUCKvsGUN
Like I said, it's the online community, and yeah meeting people in store is totally different. Also, cybertron.ca is much better than tfw, which is why I mostly post here. About incels, you should have had a read of their thread on Hasbro's recent financial and legal problems, where folks did in fact blame fembots (mind you it's mostly modded out now).
If you guys haven't had that experience, then all the better for you. I haven't had toys breaking on me like others posting above.
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I agree with your posts, this thread is a good example of that... one states one thing, and I don't get the point of others having to "prove" that it's not their "truth"... and of course I'll be direct that I know that this is about myself and others talking about breakage. Something that made me put some members on ignore after their attitude was simply something that I don't need (it's a harsher story but I'll leave it at that) as I'm here to share and have fun with good members, in regards to this hobby that we share.
My collection is beyond just Transformers, and some are over 40 years old... and, providing example such as the Armada and Energon series that I consider that they provided us with best "full" and solid toys that are no rarely the norm. The later generations with stiffer plastics that can snap if bent, the empty arms and legs, just don't feel as the same quality of those earlier generations... Sure, some parts are meant to pop out, but the lack in ratcheting joints ends up making many to wear and be flimsy and requiring re-enforcement to stand up after a bit of play.
Throughout the years, I've had a few that snapped even with gently use, from anything as hands (thumbs) breaking as I'm inserting the weapon, some with the wheels (or other parts) coming off, others that the connecting part joints simply cracked as I was transforming it, others that I can see stress marks, others that one bad move and I know the part will break.
Some plastic can't even survive getting old, with some plastic simply breaking down (gold colour anyone? such as my poor Millennial Falcon from the Star Wars crossover that I don't believe a single joint isn't now more glue than plastic)... Quickswitch (G1) is one that I've had to glue and modify multiple times.
There are even threads dedicated to weak joints, bad contruction, breakage, faults, etc. Heck.. I returned my Titan Tripticon within an hour from purchase as his hip snapped as I was putting him together, and finding that it's a major weakness in the design.
So is my venting that I hate buying toys that breaks even with gently handling, hate that they are quite overpriced for the quality and such inappropriate? I simply vented...
Of course some may be lucky and never experience it, but that is more a question of time, handling and lots of luck, but as an example, it's the same as cell phones, I've never broken one until I slipped on ice many years ago, and never since, while I know many that have had several phones due to breakage (dropping), exposure to water, simply going faulty, and not once have I felt "superior" because I'm still using the same one for several years, I live in dread that something would cause my phone to break down (as I love it) as I know it just takes one bad incident.
Did those that had to step in and say how they never had a single one break on them a vent at all? no, it's as you described, they have to feel a "win" over something.
And as you stated, some people I'd love to met in person, a few I would absolutely hate to face them in person and would avoid it in all possibility.
So yes, I'm venting about this sort of attitude that takes the pleasure of coming to this site away.
