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In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
> My point is that transforming robot/vehicles are a proven winner with kids.
> It just amazes me that TLC hasn't made anything like this yet.
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> Throwbots have their uses, and might look cool in their own category, but
> they don't really look like anything else unless you squint real hard.
But that's always been my impression of transforming toys--you have a
robot that looks like a car transforming into a car that looks like a robot.
TYCO had a line of this sort some years back, and they're okay, but not
great. MegaBloks currently offers Blok-Bots, which are clever, with some
cool designs. Some people have made MOC's of transforming vehicles/robots,
and quite good ones at that--better by a long shot than anything LEGO or the
clones have produced.
As a side note, I'd have to say I prefer the transforming robots that can
complete change from one shape to the other without physically removing any
parts from either model--the hands and/or wheels fold away or are otherwise
employed in each shape. If LEGO should ever make a transforming robot line,
I hope they'd make them in this way. It doesn't seem like much of a
Transformer if you have to attach the ready-built head when switching from
car to robot modes...
Dave!
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| (...) What kid do you know that chooses the smaller toy with fewer wowie-zowies? (...) Maybe they could... but my point is that transforming robot/vehicles are a proven winner with kids. It just amazes me that TLC hasn't made anything like this yet. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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