Talk:Arcee (Animated)

Sex and Gender and Giant Robots

I hope nobody minds me linking to the explanation of fridging. As much as I'm liking this series, that got on my tiny tits Wallace Sage 23:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

D'OOOH!!

Surprise surprise, another Arcee toy cancelled. I'm beginning think Hasbro's designers might have some horrid sexuality issues. --86.87.28.191 17:11, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

All you've shown is that preorders are canceled. This is often done when the release date changes.--Rosicrucian^Talk 17:12, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

It is also done when a cartoon and toyline are canceled.  ;) -Derik 17:45, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

And the happy/wink smiley because...? - SanityOrMadness 17:49, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

Because it's not just a river in Egypt. -Derik 17:52, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

And now we have confirmation that the toy will be produced. Don't we feel silly now?--Rosicrucian^Talk 18:36, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

Which the link provided does not indicate. Hasbro has made the investment in the tooling of this figure and at present we only know that it will not make its existing release date. I mean come on, we don't go crazy over scoops otherwise, why should the wiki compromise its principles here?--Rosicrucian^Talk 17:53, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

We need an "Unproduced Arcee toys" article. -Derik 18:07, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

1: They are long past their release date. 2: Not even a leaked sample yet (which i know, we wouldn't acknowldge anyway, but that's beside the point), and 3: The preceding wave's cancellation also turned out to be not just about pre-orders.--86.87.28.191 18:18, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

4: Hasbro promotional photos and an official press release/solicit for the figure. Which in this case is the only thing that matters. We are not great internet detectives piecing together some sort of conspiracy, and we are generally much more conservative than most of the news sites regarding what we consider an admissible source.--Rosicrucian^Talk 19:28, 21 May 2009 (EDT)

How did we ever source all the other cancelled toys on the wiki, then? Does Hasbro ever come out and outright say that toys have been cancelled? Or is it sort of a, "Well, it's been n years since the toy was supposed to come out, safe to call it cancelled now" sort of thing?

Plus... if people are receiving e-mails from the TFCC, isn't the fanclub usually considered an official source? --Jeysie 08:25, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Little of Column A, little of Column B. Word from Hasbro that a toy is canceled is usually sufficient. In older cases, enough time has elapsed that the leaked info is no longer considered damaging -- say, after a franchise completes its run. -- Repowers 18:40, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

Of course, in this particular case the news was premature.--Rosicrucian^Talk 18:42, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

Thumb Issue

I've heard reports that the thumbs on the Arcee toy break pretty easily. I haven't seen any wear on mine, but I been treating it very delicately. I guess it should be held from the page until more solid verifcation is seen, but I do think people should be warned to be careful with the toy anyway. Riddlerj 22:08, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

Knee/Calf Problems

Just opened and transformed mine for the first time, and I notice that the peg on the back of her right knee joint- where it's supposed to slot to the larger portion of the lower leg -doesn't seem to fit into its intended hole. The tightness of the remaining joints means that this isn't much of an issue for display/play, so I'm cool with it, but I'm wondering: is this is a common enough problem to mention in the article? -- Ayellowbirds 15:23, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

It's there because the tabs on her knees are offset from each other so they interlock in vehicle mode. The resulting slight tilt to the back of her right leg is annoying, and might have been fixed by elongating the corresponding slot on that half of the car hood a bit, but it's a minor design flaw at best, not a quality control issue.--Apcog 10:57, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

I kind of get the feeling that this figure would have benefited from a slightly longer development. Aside from this problem with the knee, her swords don't fit in their storage slots very tightly and her spoiler fins don't stay on very well. None of which are major problems, but all of which should have been better thought out. --Khajidha 16:13, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

I'd say 24 years was long enough, thank you, lol. - Semysane 16:46, 9 April 2010 (EDT)