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Talk:Toy swapping

2011-10-16T17:22:31Z

Editron: /* Toy Swap times three */

Does anyone think this page should be semi-protected or something? I mean, it's been "enhanced" a few times in the span of 2 days (probably by the self entitled douche bags the article speaks of). What's the consensus?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 19:47, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

:Autoconfirm seems appropriate here. If someone has the balls to remove the line about toy-swapping being "undesirable," let them register for a screen name so we can mock them to their face. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:51, 28 May 2009 (EDT)
::Sounds like a ''much'' better plan to me.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 19:55, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

<nowiki>*</nowiki>forehead smack* Protected the wrong bit of the page! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:01, 28 May 2009 (EDT)
:Eh, you cool, Chris. I fixed it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:07, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62666 Bleargh001] found another case, this one Human Alliance Bee and Sam, where Bee's replaced with something else. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:27, 18 September 2009 (EDT)

I ssem to remember on EBay, 2-3 years ago, an Ultra Magnus in Optimus packaging. I got no record of the listing, and I didn't buy it, so who knows.[[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 23:41, 21 December 2009 (EST)

== Painted piece of wood? ==

Please tell me someone has a picture of that. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 14:15, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

==Defending the practice==
Anyone got any links to message boards/usenet/somewhere where an asshole rationalizes doing this? Or are we just hypothesizing? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 09:10, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:Does such a thing exist? Or are we just trying for less partiality?[[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 13:19, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:: Fosterlager was banned from the Allspark for being real smug about doing this. Now he's a TFW2005 mod. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:15, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:::In retrospect, I think he may have been taking a joke too far and you guys were reeled in. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:21, 23 December 2009 (EST)

== Package Swapping? ==

Does swapping packages count as toy swapping? I saw a ROTF Optimus Prime Leader with a first movie leader cardboard inside piece, inside a ROTF box. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] 20:24, 25 January 2010 (EST)

== Tomatoes ==

As this page is currently protected (though their doesnt seem to be a lock icon anywhere), I wanted to add http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/183502-lets-see-some-not-so-cool-stuff-transformers-only-edition-73.html#post4708953 to the list. [[User:Arborday|Arborday]] 14:29, 6 April 2010 (EDT)
:We stopped this article becoming simply a giant list of every instance this happens. We may consider especially weird/outrageous ones, though. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:47, 6 April 2010 (EDT)
::Just added it. Thanks for the head's up. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:56, 6 April 2010 (EDT)

== Image Gallery? ==

How does an image gallery sound? Different pics of toy swapping, for more examples. I have pictures of a Recon Ironhide swapped with a regular ROTF Ironhide, with Transmetal 1 Primal's gun and some appendages I can't identify. I also have a picture of the recent Twins/Sideways HftD Target-Exclusive pack with the TRU-Exclusive Twins (that came with the white Demolishor; didn't have stickers) and a dark-variant Sideways with no head. {{unsigned|Karhukjnsi}}

Hey, check this out:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/susp/Toys/egpharm.jpg

== Kid's won't notice? ==

How would a kid not notice that the toy isn't the one he wants? Normally, it's the kids that know what toy they want, while the parents try to find it. It should be that the ''parents'' won't notice, because they probably just look at the packaging and match the names and not look at the toy. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] 13:40, 4 June 2011 (EDT)
:Kids won't notice if they're kids who just see "cool-transforming-car-robot toy." Until they open the package and find that it's just a silly model car and not a robot.
::- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:20, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
Heck, my 8 year old brother noticed Movie Bonechruser in DOTM Roadbusters packaging ([[Special:Contributions/184.56.18.164|184.56.18.164]] 16:20, 6 August 2011 (EDT))
:Indeed, kids aren't dumb. But alas, this is a reasoning toy swappers use nonetheless, even though it's wrong. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 17:48, 6 August 2011 (EDT)

==Universe Ironhide==
I'm pretty sure [http://pics.livejournal.com/shortpacked/pic/002arhxr this] trumps a painted piece of wood, honestly, is there any reason it's not in the page? (i.e. it has enough, this is not a real case of toy swapping, no one here found it until now, etc.)
:- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:20, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
::That photo is mine. It's not here because it's fake. It wasn't found in a store, but put together by a friend for laughs. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:24, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
:::Ah, I thought that might be the case. Made me laugh, though! - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:33, 26 June 2011 (EDT)

==Toy Swap times three==
I fond this little gem, snapped it and upped it here on the wiki: [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Toy_swap_times3.jpg]
Maybe we could fit it in somewhere? [[User:Editron|Editron]] 13:21, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Toy swapping

2011-10-16T17:21:14Z

Editron:

Does anyone think this page should be semi-protected or something? I mean, it's been "enhanced" a few times in the span of 2 days (probably by the self entitled douche bags the article speaks of). What's the consensus?--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 19:47, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

:Autoconfirm seems appropriate here. If someone has the balls to remove the line about toy-swapping being "undesirable," let them register for a screen name so we can mock them to their face. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:51, 28 May 2009 (EDT)
::Sounds like a ''much'' better plan to me.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 19:55, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

<nowiki>*</nowiki>forehead smack* Protected the wrong bit of the page! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:01, 28 May 2009 (EDT)
:Eh, you cool, Chris. I fixed it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:07, 28 May 2009 (EDT)

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62666 Bleargh001] found another case, this one Human Alliance Bee and Sam, where Bee's replaced with something else. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:27, 18 September 2009 (EDT)

I ssem to remember on EBay, 2-3 years ago, an Ultra Magnus in Optimus packaging. I got no record of the listing, and I didn't buy it, so who knows.[[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 23:41, 21 December 2009 (EST)

== Painted piece of wood? ==

Please tell me someone has a picture of that. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 14:15, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

==Defending the practice==
Anyone got any links to message boards/usenet/somewhere where an asshole rationalizes doing this? Or are we just hypothesizing? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 09:10, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:Does such a thing exist? Or are we just trying for less partiality?[[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 13:19, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:: Fosterlager was banned from the Allspark for being real smug about doing this. Now he's a TFW2005 mod. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:15, 22 December 2009 (EST)
:::In retrospect, I think he may have been taking a joke too far and you guys were reeled in. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:21, 23 December 2009 (EST)

== Package Swapping? ==

Does swapping packages count as toy swapping? I saw a ROTF Optimus Prime Leader with a first movie leader cardboard inside piece, inside a ROTF box. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] 20:24, 25 January 2010 (EST)

== Tomatoes ==

As this page is currently protected (though their doesnt seem to be a lock icon anywhere), I wanted to add http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/183502-lets-see-some-not-so-cool-stuff-transformers-only-edition-73.html#post4708953 to the list. [[User:Arborday|Arborday]] 14:29, 6 April 2010 (EDT)
:We stopped this article becoming simply a giant list of every instance this happens. We may consider especially weird/outrageous ones, though. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:47, 6 April 2010 (EDT)
::Just added it. Thanks for the head's up. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:56, 6 April 2010 (EDT)

== Image Gallery? ==

How does an image gallery sound? Different pics of toy swapping, for more examples. I have pictures of a Recon Ironhide swapped with a regular ROTF Ironhide, with Transmetal 1 Primal's gun and some appendages I can't identify. I also have a picture of the recent Twins/Sideways HftD Target-Exclusive pack with the TRU-Exclusive Twins (that came with the white Demolishor; didn't have stickers) and a dark-variant Sideways with no head. {{unsigned|Karhukjnsi}}

Hey, check this out:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/susp/Toys/egpharm.jpg

== Kid's won't notice? ==

How would a kid not notice that the toy isn't the one he wants? Normally, it's the kids that know what toy they want, while the parents try to find it. It should be that the ''parents'' won't notice, because they probably just look at the packaging and match the names and not look at the toy. [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] 13:40, 4 June 2011 (EDT)
:Kids won't notice if they're kids who just see "cool-transforming-car-robot toy." Until they open the package and find that it's just a silly model car and not a robot.
::- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:20, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
Heck, my 8 year old brother noticed Movie Bonechruser in DOTM Roadbusters packaging ([[Special:Contributions/184.56.18.164|184.56.18.164]] 16:20, 6 August 2011 (EDT))
:Indeed, kids aren't dumb. But alas, this is a reasoning toy swappers use nonetheless, even though it's wrong. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 17:48, 6 August 2011 (EDT)

==Universe Ironhide==
I'm pretty sure [http://pics.livejournal.com/shortpacked/pic/002arhxr this] trumps a painted piece of wood, honestly, is there any reason it's not in the page? (i.e. it has enough, this is not a real case of toy swapping, no one here found it until now, etc.)
:- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:20, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
::That photo is mine. It's not here because it's fake. It wasn't found in a store, but put together by a friend for laughs. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:24, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
:::Ah, I thought that might be the case. Made me laugh, though! - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 15:33, 26 June 2011 (EDT)

==Toy Swap times three==
I fond this little gem, snapped it and upped it here on the wiki: Toy_swap_times3.jpg
Maybe we could fit it in somewhere? [[User:Editron|Editron]] 13:21, 16 October 2011 (EDT)