I don't understand how we all agree we hate blind boxes, but then go on to worship blokees. Was blokees simply the first good blind box, or will transformers collectors literally buy anything?
>>11672474Nontransforming Transformer toys are cringe
Not all of the blokees stuff is blindboxes. The whole case is barely $30 and there is plenty of people selling the one you'd want so what's even the problem here? Their Evas are great kits
>>11672474The bigger Blokees (classic class and above) usually show you exactly what you get on the inside
>>11672474I purchased a Spider-Gwen Blokees. It's pretty neat.
>>11672474It's not good so much as a case has all the figures for sure with a coin flip on one figure being shiny/translucent/etcSo for collectors and how cheap they are it goes over well to just buy the case.
>>11672474Ill admit that i dont like the blind box aspect, but its part of the fun too. Once i get like five figures from a box i tend not to try anymore as i likely get stuck with a dupe and the only guy i know that enjoys blokees is a whale type who already has a ton of figures so i cant trade the duplicates. Overall i dont mind blind boxes if they are fairly priced and fun to have. I dont buy them often but i think ZURU does a fair job with their house brand IP stuff with monsters and dinos etc etc
>>11672619Blokees' galaxy class have fixed assortments with the chase being a variant of one of the figures, so if you buy the full sealed case it negates the blindbox aspect.
Do people customize these at all? either painting or part swapping? These look like they could have a xevoz sort of potential to possibly mix your duplicates into new creations for fun.
>>11672823Yes theres a big photo and customization contest every year by Blokees itself and most of the customs are transformers and naruto little figs
I started out loving these, but got burned out pretty quickly. The new ones with thigh swivels look alright.
>>11672567The cases being sold domestically make clear that the case box is random and could include duplicates. The one time I engaged in that, I ended up with dupes, some of which - 5 years later - I can't even give away on the secondary market. >>11673047Yes, I too can search the interwebz to make my points.
Are they making Megaman blokees?
>>11672474glorified funkos
>>11673047>me: cherish every blokee i have and play with them/pose them, each blokee is a happy memory when i bought it and didn't expect to get this or that character>retarded anon: bought all of them at once and got burned out top fucking kekgarbage hobbyist
I'm curious, but I keep waiting for them to put out a figure that I'm interested in. It hasn't happened yet.
The chief reason that TF Blockees are selling so well and loved by people is that the main TF line has been utter dog shit since at least the tail end of the War For Cybertron trilogy, but who's dog shit kicked into high gear and then some with Legacy being full of literal who's and an influx of AIDs that was frameslop combiners, Unicron trilogy, RID '15, and Gen 2 OC characterd/garrish recolors bullshit. Something Hasbro doubled down with AOP except now we have super literal who's in the form of the 13 Primes and a flood of budget cartoon Optimus Prime/Bumblebees warming shelves while Megatron and Soundwave are overpriced Leader figures and Hasbro having not only learned nothing from the backlash from the Stunticons and doubled down on gouging fans for process of combiner torsos.Blockees, with their evergreen designs and Action Master nature without the two things that damned that line (costing twice what a regular 1990 GI Joe/Turtle cost and the flood of literal who's new characters no one wanted), make them affordable and more appealing to TF fans who despise the direction the main Has ri line has gone into.
>>11673898I'm waiting for a non-transformer line to become available without ordering from some import site
>>11673965We had two of them. Super7 and RED.
>>11674052both shit
>>11673154Sealed cases contain the entire set, and can contain a chase. I'm sure screwups happen but for the most part you are gaurenteed the entire set if you buy a case. I've purchased cases for all sets from both direct and third party and never gotten a duplicate.
>>11672489crying about nontransforming Transformers is even more cringe. Every single transforming mecha has non-Transforming versions out there.
>>11673965how are you posting on 4chan and still afraid of ordering from import sites?
>>11673154My points are my own.>>11673893I didnt buy them all at once either. Max i bought at once was 4. They need more variety in the feet. Which they seem to be starting to do based on Kickback
>>11674060We have internet access in America, son.It's pretty fast, too!
>>11674053Super7 gave us the only Bludgeon remake worth a fuckMeanwhile RED gave us the only Shockwave and Knock Out worth a fuck.
>>11674201You forgot G1 Megatrons. Both S7 and RED are better than the crappy Frankenstein versions we have been stuck with
>>11672474>I don't understand how we all agree we hate blind boxesI love blind box stuff, I buy them all the time. 4Chan is not a hivemind.
>>11672474If someone wanted to get Saint Seiya Blockees, how much of the main cast IE Bronze and Silver Saints have been made? And is there a Pope Ares figure?
>>11674479They have an American site and it's listing what they made so far:https://blokees.com/en-us/products/saint-seiya-galaxy-version-gold-zodiac
Off topic but i doubt there is a blind box general.I saw there is a new tokidoki series, its just the same designs youve seen before but ive never bought a tokidoki for myself at $5 it might be a fun waste of money.
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>>11673898their spiderman model kit from marvel rivals is very good. i gave it a little panel line, painted the correct colours and gave it a top coat. looks great
We've had some 6-7 companies, including major import makers, give us the movie dog in plastic crack and its taken till Blokee showed up to offer one for sale that fucking articulates.
>>11673471supposedly this summerno clue if they are doing figures or if these will be legal to sell outside the far east and import scalpers
>>11673907>Blockees, with their evergreen designswut?I look at OP's image and that shit is not evergreen.Neither is this >>11676767ugly bobbleheaded shit like all other previous kiddy shit styles from the 90s, 80s, 00s, other erasYou can instantly date shit like that, because design styles lose/gain popularity throughout the years.
>>11677795I don't buy TF but every one of those I've ever seen from the shitty movies of the last decade to the toys that came out then and continue to be crapped out at Targets/WMs and Ross/Ollies all over, they look at lot like OP's fucking image. What crack are you smoking dude?>evergreenYou're right, that Batman Beyond will look dated, the fucking cartoon looks dated and a lot of the Japanese designs, like Amazing Yamaguchi are this exact same type of design. But kiddie style or bobble head shit it's not, not even close. You have no fucking idea what you are talking about, mostly.>instantly dateYou'd write the same paragraph about LEGO. You are so typical of the assholes that permeate this board and site.Useless ass opinions.
>>11674212If blind boxes are cheap/giveaways, then fine.The only ones I have, bought second hand so know exactly whats what. Or fast food junk where again, specifically asked for shit like the BK Bugs Bunny.Not hivemind, but consensus. With TF, its fan seem to like 'em. But don't pretend that's the norm.
>>11674087Don't be upset anon. Ultimately they all feel like the same figure do they end up underwhelming. Especially when the main appeal of transformers is the transformation which can make up for relatively underwhelming robot modes.
>>11678533>the main appeal of transformers is the transformation
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>>11678154>You'd write the same paragraph about LEGO.And I'd be right.The only reason people don't think it's dated is because LEGO didn't bother to change the style in 40 years and the line has been going non-stop for those 40 years. You can defintely tell the style was started in the 70s or 60s though, since thats when that style was popular (mr men, etc, thanks in part to cartoons at the time having super fucking low budgets and designs needed to become super simple).If LEGO had dropped that designs for a decade and then came back, it would feel as dated as picLEGO is basically the equivalent of if disco clothing didn't stop being popular. It's hard dated, even though it continues to sell.Actual "evergreen" designs are generally realistic, because as mentioned earlier, styles and taste change from year to year, decade to decade, generation to generation. Realistic will always be evergreen because that's what humans deal with everyday. It's extremely rare for stylized designs to be evergreen and there's going to be a huge amount of disagreement about that too (moebius' and amano's designs are some i'd say are evergreen).And big hands, big feet, big heads, etc are all kiddie shit (read: cartoony).
>>11678533>underwhelmingThe bots coming in made more sense with their ChatGPT tier nonsense than some of the garbage y'all write - and sadly apparently believe.Jeez Louise!
>>11678579>And big hands, big feet, big heads, etc are all kiddie shit (read: cartoony)anon you do realize that toys are meant as a product to children? Cute and cartoony sells constantly
>>11672474>will transformers collectors literally buy anything?yes.
>>11678579>LEGO didn't bother to change the style in 40 yearsSome classic designs remain classic for a reason. The VW bug, the Coca Cola logo, the McDonald arches.No one is saying that any, all or none of those (or similar archetype designs) are good, or bad. But they are readily identifiable classic designs for a reason, son.Disco clothing is not a classic. You are confusing different things and trying to pretend they are the same. Again, "useless ass opinions." I'm not disagreeing with you that the particular design of the Batman Beyond Blokee isn't something that will look good 20 years from now, other than from someone who would wear a satin shiny disco shirt to a party for laughs, or legitimately. But that wasn't what started the conversation - it was your claim that the Transformer Blokees were dated designs. You're wrong about that and this is from someone who doesn't even like Transformers or their designs. >>11679439I hate to break it to you sis, but someone lied to you when they told you that you were clever.If you don't understand that collectors are people who will buy all the shit of the shitty crap that they collect that they can afford and get their hands, someone didn't educate you correctly.And you certainly didn't understand the "how-to-shit-post" assignment, either.
>>11679563>If you don't understand that collectors are people who will buy all the shit of the shitty crap that they collect that they can afford and get their hands, someone didn't educate you correctly.What the fuck are you talking about
>>11679116Yes, no shit. The guy i replied to denies they have kiddie shit style.>>11679563you're mistaking marketing with actual ageless designs.Again, if LEGO had stopped using those designs for a decade, people wouldn't think it was ageless. Again, the only reason you think it's classic is because they haven't stopped using that design since the 70s.You would consider disco clothes classic too if it was constantly in use since the 70s.Again, LEGO definitely takes after the cheap low budget cartoons that were being produced in that time and which 60s and 70s cartoons can't you instantly date due to how budget they look? If you weren't an ignorant zoomer, you wouldn't be thinking "this is modern because it's what i grew up with."Its actually as ancient and stuck ijnthe style of the 70s as disc and the only reason you think disco shit isn't timeless is because it stopped being used.If MEGO hadn't stopped making toys in the 70s and continued on for 40 years, you'd be saying this is classic too.same shit applies to blokee's. they're defintely not timeless and are dated to this era.
>>11679963I like the saint seiya ones
>>11672474Uhmm you do realize blokees also sell regular figures that aren't blind boxes right?
>>11681034/toys/ is full of two people: idiots, who shit post and mouth off without thoughtand shitposters who want to shit-stir for attention
>>11680547Is there like a regular general for this franchise or toys made by someone else because in two years of coming here, blokee discussion was the only time I've seen it discussed and otherwise never heard of this - what anime or manga?
>>11672474>anons why Grimlock costs around 40 eur on Ebay?? is he rare?>dude just go to Aliexpress :)>50eur (80eur original price)WHY GRIMLOCK IS SO EXPENSIVE???holy shit i will go and buy all boxes of thos wave next time i will see them in store..it will be cheaper just to roll grimlock by myself than buying him online
>>11681654Are you asking what the guys in my pic are from?They are characters from the saint seiya franchise, an 80s manga with an anime adaptation. There's been tons of toys over the decades, way cooler than these blokees I might add. As a franchise its bigger outside the US and with an older crowd so thay may be why you haven't seen much of it.
>>11681654Just to add to my comment. Maybe they haven't made new toys in the past couple years.Their most recent big line that I know about is "saint seiya myth cloth ex" if you wanna look it up.
>>11682419>saint seiya franchise, an 80s manga with an anime adaptation.Yes, I know they are "Saint Seiya" since I saw that on the Blokees sub (which mostly seems to be a Transformer thread which is a bit annoying if you don't care). And yeah, the only manga I really know is horror and even that, not much, and anime only the stuff that's really broken through and a lot by meme.It's not my speed but looks good. Cooler toys would be interesting to see, in another thread, I suppose. Thanks!
>>11682419I just want the main cast regular forms plus Shinia and Marin and God willing, Pope Ares. Not much interested in the Gold Saints, outside MAYBE the bad guy ones but they aren't high priority.
I feel like Blokees is a perfect chance for them to make toys of characters that don't canonically transform
>>11673898I don't care about blokees until they made the best kamen rider that is, Shin Kamen Rider complete with his motorcyclone.
>>11682862I was impressed with how some of those Marvel and DC looked and want to see something else that isn't weeb or transformers
Man subby's been on the rampage recently huh.
>>11683098The stalkers sure have been busy!
What the hell is Saint Seiya?
>>11683957Sailor Moon for boys.A bunch of orphaned teenagers are kidnapped and sold off to a secretive underground organization called Sanctuary, which trains heroes to fight evil. Sadly, the bulk of the top heroes (Gold Saints) have gone evil and hijacked control over the organization and one of them having killed its leader and taking on the dead man's identity so they can take over the world. The teens have to expose the conspiracy and bring down the villains, so the reborn incarnation of Athena can take over Sanctuary.
I found this on the GameStop when I wondering what to use a store credit on.I'm not paying $49.99 for some weeb shit but it at least looks interesting. The box is over a foot but it doesn't say how big this thing is finished.
>>11684682Here
>>11684697Thanks. So way bigger than the large Marvel Rivals, Transformers and whatever the DC are called - Champions Challengers or something else?
Answering my own question >>11658565No, their Batman Beyond can't do the gargoyle pose. It has slightly above average articulation but not Revoltech AY levels.
One thing that bugs me is that they added these small upper winglets but they are not articulated. That "hinge" (blue arrow) is a cosmetic solid piece so the winglets can't fold down. They interfere when you try to spread the wings out horizontally like this.
They're amusing. We're getting Mega Man soon.https://www.rockman-corner.com/2026/01/blokees-mega-man-line-announced.html?m=1
>>11686410And more stuff!>>11685097Can he stand in that position without you using that back wing? And, >>11685101 what I see elsewhere is even the hardcore Transformer's fans noting that the series and waves seem to improve.
Bought one of the blind boxes at Target tonight. I'll build it for the experience, photograph it and then sell. Best to sell second-hand disassembled?
>>11686488>Can he stand in that position without you using that back wing?The feet doesn't bend forward far enough so you'll have to balance it on just the toe area.
>>11674059>>Every single transforming mecha has non-Transforming versions out there.So? Those are also pointless trash. Stop wasting money on a figure that’s only half of what the character actually is. Blokees is cool for some other franchises, but fucking dumb for TF
>>11686924Gotcha, thanks. Still probably won't buy Terry but I make break down and buy the 30 pack of batwank now that Entertainment Earth has it officially, especially if I need to dump something in my cart to rate free shipping.>>11687097It sure doesn't feel like that when you see how overwhelmingly TF fans take over any conversations that start up about Blokees anywhere on line.
>>11687263The TF fanbase is big enough that any niche will seem huge.We used to get a thread about the old BTR line from Hasbro from time to time and they used to rival NECA and Figma threads
