New Transforming Helicopter from Spin Master!

$5 says it'll be one of the most generic transforming things ever.

For $110.00, it better not be. I expect Masterpiece quality, damnit!

2006 was a year that didn't rely on classic toys and showed alot of creative new inovation

For the most part all I saw last year from Hasbro were Transformer repaints and Star Wars toys based on either Transformers or the origional trilogy, and thats not to mention all the 80's retro stuff I found in the girl isles for my sisters and niece.

Tell me was I looking in the wrong place

“Two thousand six was the first year that I think there was definitely a lot of creativity and a lot less reliance on retro, classic toys,” said Gerrick Johnson, a toy analyst at BMO Capital Markets.

hhhmmm, I like retro toys

Fender Bender wrote:For $110.00, it better not be. I expect Masterpiece quality, damnit!

I would as well. But keep in mind that it's probably going to be a remote control helicopter that just happens to turn into a badly designed robot.

Yay! I'll be there tomorrow!

GetterDragun wrote:Yay! I'll be there tomorrow!

Mind if I hide in your backpack?

Liege Evilmus wrote:2006 was a year that didn't rely on classic toys and showed alot of creative new inovation

For the most part all I saw last year from Hasbro were Transformer repaints and Star Wars toys based on either Transformers or the origional trilogy, and thats not to mention all the 80's retro stuff I found in the girl isles for my sisters and niece.

Tell me was I looking in the wrong place

If you were looking in the action figure section, yeah. They're talking about toys as a whole and action figures/transforming toys would be considered "classic". Airhogs planes, TMX Elmo, Furreal Friends, Roboreptile, etc. Basically taking the classics and slapping electronics in them (or combining them like rc plane + transformer)amounts to 'creativity' in the toy industry, as there are only so many play-patterns to work with.

meh. just a little retarded for my tastes

I'm off to the fair tomorrow! This is going to be my first, it sucks that I'm moving right now and pretty much broke for it, but still, these are previews of what I can get later.

As for this Choper, well, as I've said, with a movie there comes products, even HotWheels are releasindg a line of transformable cars(they look like crap).

Still if it shoots and isn't made of styrofoam, it has merit

AbsumZer0 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:2006 was a year that didn't rely on classic toys and showed alot of creative new inovation

For the most part all I saw last year from Hasbro were Transformer repaints and Star Wars toys based on either Transformers or the origional trilogy, and thats not to mention all the 80's retro stuff I found in the girl isles for my sisters and niece.

Tell me was I looking in the wrong place

If you were looking in the action figure section, yeah. They're talking about toys as a whole and action figures/transforming toys would be considered "classic". Airhogs planes, TMX Elmo, Furreal Friends, Roboreptile, etc. Basically taking the classics and slapping electronics in them (or combining them like rc plane + transformer)amounts to 'creativity' in the toy industry, as there are only so many play-patterns to work with.

I've been waiting for an opening to mention this, so thanks. I got Elmo TMX for my sister, and it got anoying quick for everyone. However benieth the fur(don't sue me Deftones) I could feel all types of gear and structure that realy made me think of the TF movie designs.

I know asociating Elmo with Transformers isn't something one would think to do, but if they transfered half that tech into this franchise, we'd be at levels unthought of before.

Armada Prime touched on it with the automated trailer, but since Hasbro has resoted back to ball joints and easy clips and I'd like to see them develope more functional automated bots.

However this still does not change the fact that for the lines that they've been saying are their top sellers, things like creativity and inovation have been sorely lacking!

To add to the previos comment, a new line of GI Joe with flashing lights, does not a new era of creative inginuety make!

I'll be more interested to see the Automated Movie Bumblebee toy...

It's supposed to rock. I love helicopters, and helicopter TFs and this does not do much for me...

You know I'm not really sure what to make of this thing. I love the fact that it's a transforming helicopter, but at the same time, it's not of the Transformers brand.

I'll have to be VERY impressed by this for me to pick up something the SpinMaster made.

For $110 it better transform into a robot automatically, make breakfast, do the dishes, scare the pets, and mow the lawn.

Well we now have an image.....lol that thing is horrible looking!

This is really old news to me, i heard about this toy back in december on tv when they were talking about new toys for the holidays.. This was supposed to be out before christmas...

Something tells me there is going to be Transformer product over exposure and inventory over kill. I've seen way too many cheap 5 dollar transforming robots coming out of Asia that don't look bad at all. This helicopter robot transformer better look robot and walk well and look like a helicopter and fly well. And it should automatically transform and not be manual. At least the concept is different ... but to tell you the truth...I am already tired of Transformers. I think if its not unique and have repeated play value it a returning product.

What I am wondering is why stuff like this wasn't done before. there has been plenty of automatic transforming toys, so having a remote-controlled one should be too far of a strech. If I am not mistaken, KB was selling a RC robot/jet some years ago.