DOTM post mortem: what did you get?

[UltraPrimal]

Well, let's see going in the order they're given on the wiki:

Cyberverse

Commander
Blackout
Powerglide
Hatchet
Guzzle

Action Set
Bumblebee
Starscream
Megatron
Optimus
Shockwave

So, like a lot of people, I think I got sucked by the promise of base and city formers. But in the end, they were mostly just crappy wastes of plastic. Except for Optimus and Megatron. They're pretty cool. Especially Megatron. Still waiting for my Nemesis Prime/RiD Scourge repaint/remold of him.

Mech Tech

Deluxe
Crackcase
Thundercracker
Cyberfire Bumblebee
Specialist Ratchet
Target/Zellers Exclusive Space Case
WalMart Exclusive Lunarfire Optimus Prime

Voyager
Megatron
Shockwave
Skyhammer
Fireburst Optimus Prime

Half the these figures I only bought because of my own personal fan fiction as my "What If" Evil movie Autobots. Also, HATE the Mech Tech weapon system.

Human Alliance

Basics
Icepick
Backfire

Too bad we didn't get anything other than the first wave or I would have bought more. I would have loved to pick up Drag Strip aka Armada Mirage/Skyboom Shield. And I probably would have picked up Tailpipe and Reverb too.

Overall, I can't wait for the DOTM line to disappear from shelves. There are a few good figures in there. Cyberverse Powerglide and Blackout are amazing figures. As is Voyager Megatron. And you gotta love Icepick, little Transformer hockey goalie, who may or may not female.

I have some hope that, if they're going to repaint figures from DOTM for the Trilogy line, they pick some of the better molds and reuse them in a clever and interesting way. Like voyager Megatron. If they slap a Prime head and black paint job on that, I will snatch that up in half a second. But I'm not going to hold my breath. It'll probably be a long train of shit.

[shabooya]

Not a one.
The movies were dribble and the line of toys the movie was created for are just as bad.

[Woodlm]

The movie lines took a while to grow on me and have had some grudging enjoyment of them.

Anyhow, only 2 DOTM figs for me:

Cyberverse Flak --- complete waste. No articulation.

Deluxe Starscream: Something about it appealled to me, my first movie Starscream, I liked it more than I thought.

Might still get Voy Skyhammer, looks good.....

[justprime]

So far screwed no North American release for striker prime,so far no sight of Ha soundwave,deluxes soundwave,leadfoot or que,no dino, with prime now moving in I have to wonder if we will see them?

[UltraPrimal]

Originally Posted by Woodlm

Might still get Voy Skyhammer, looks good.....

Skyhammer is one of the better DOTM. Definitely in the Top 5. He's probably one of the better movie toys in general. He is almost like a Classics figure for a character that doesn't exist. If that makes any sense. And his MechTech weapon is one of the better ones, I just wish it was a little slimmer and not such a block with a gun/sword coming out of it.

Again, I hope they do really clever repaint of him for Trilogy line. Maybe as Springer. Or even Spinister.

[Scrapper6]

Originally Posted by shabooya

Not a one.
The movies were dribble and the line of toys the movie was created for are just as bad.

Feel free to completely ignore this, however I have to say your views on the subject strike me as... Well I'm not sure what exactly. The point of fact is this, while the movieline may not be your cup of tea I have to disagree with your assessment of the toys.

The engineers and designers at both Hasbro and Takara/Tomy have spent over three years creating these toys, some of them admittedly suffer from line gimmick issues or could have been done better, but others have been consistently praised by fans.

The molds deserve better than to just be called 'bad'.

[Echotransformer]

^^ Well said, in the least the Movie line has moved Transformers engineering ahead in leaps and bounds much to our benefit on all lines.