Earthrise appreciation thread

[YYCTron]

Does anybody know which retailer will carry the Thundercracker and Skywarp 2-pack in Canada?

[TheSwipe95]

Originally Posted by YYCTron

Does anybody know which retailer will carry the Thundercracker and Skywarp 2-pack in Canada?

TRU presumably, like the last couple years' Target exclusives.

[gcuemjj23]

Came in the mail today!!

[ssjgoku22]

Originally Posted by gcuemjj23

Came in the mail today!!

Damn, where did ya buy it from?

[alternatorfan]

Originally Posted by ssjgoku22

Damn, where did ya buy it from?

This x2??

[alternatorfan]

Originally Posted by joelones

I know it's not the place here but I'm genuinely underwhelmed by Earthrise. Don't get me wrong, I think the engineering is much improved and designs are nice. But despite the price hikes, the toys still exhibit the same cheap feeling plastic and hollowness we're accustomed to seeing with most mainline TFs.

For example, look at Optimus, voyager scale at leader price...The cab is nice, in terms of engineering, arguably one of the best renditions of a mainline OP but the plastic is utterly terrible feeling and the trailer's ridiculously under-scaled and under-painted (and not to mention no roller).

Price is undoubtedly the biggest problem I have with these, and unfortunately that's the new norm going forward. OP is close to $80 after taxes and with lack of sales and shody distribution, we're essentially now forced to buy at regular price. I'm not sure how many of you justify that price and are Ok with dropping $80 on a mainline voyager figure. G1 nostalgia at insane price points I guess.

get the weapons pack with the repaint brunt.
Roller in there lol.

[gcuemjj23]

Originally Posted by alternatorfan

This x2??

I did a trade with someone down in the US who had picked up 5 of them at Target.

[evenstaves]

Anybody who got ER Doubledealer, how is the chest "cassette deck"?

Interested to know if it's too tight like 35th Soundblaster; will I regret putting my Selects Knok & Skar inside (paint scratches)?

[Pascal]

Well, Snapdragon has to be my favorite mainline figure in quite some time. He's 2 ball joints away (dragon shoulders) from perfection. Exactly what I was expecting from a modern Snapdragon, unlike Apeface which turned out to be a major disappointment. If Apeface could be redone with similar plastics and a clean deco, it would already be a major improvement.

[wervenom]

Originally Posted by evenstaves

Anybody who got ER Doubledealer, how is the chest "cassette deck"?

Interested to know if it's too tight like 35th Soundblaster; will I regret putting my Selects Knok & Skar inside (paint scratches)?

I didn't have any issues