>ITT: Toy lines you really miss and want more of.
Why on earth did hasbro cancel this line? Was it just because it didn't get popular until it's final wave and Clearance era? These guys are just Amazing toys.
Does anyone know of compatible figures with these guys? I want more really bad. I found some from my childhood lately and I am foaming at the mouth at how great they are.
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XEVOZ AM DED
>>5698262
And their predecessors, Stikfas.
>>5698262
They never really sold well. It was hard to get kids excited without a cartoon or movie tie-in, and a lot of stores over-ordered wave 1 (which, let's be honest, was okay but nowhere near as good as the designs got later in the line). It's not surprising that Hasbro canceled it, even later in the line when shit was getting really cool they still weren't selling that well.
It's a real shame though, cause they were some of the coolest and most creative toys ever put out under the Hasbro banner. I have assembled quite a large collection off eBay (which cost a LOT) and I love them to death.
The same guys who worked on it have produced the Modibot line recently, which actually is Xevoz-compatible! So if you're hungry for new parts or accessories, there's always that....sadly, Modibot is thematically nowhere near as interesting as Xevoz though.
It's bittersweet to see a toyline die locally but find out it was doing really well in other countries, continuing without you.
Xevoz came out what...? 2004~2005? Anyways, shortly after that, Hasbro's Stikfas license expired. I guess the end of Xevoz came with that
Stikfas manufactured their own stuff past that, but from what I hear, their post-hasbro quality is poor. It quietly died down later.
>>5698740
This is probably the reason. Hero Mashers are basically the same concept but have the benefit of having Power Rangers and Transformers characters and marvel heroes and what have you to benefit from
>>5698742
I need this.
i`m glad i picked them up when i did
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>>5698809
Nice collection. I see you have a bunch of Meta Beasts. The only one I ever got was the Grey were-wolf dude that can packaged with the vampire.
>>5698745
Stikfas became utter garbage, but the boss didn't care because he's rich as fuck from daddy's money. He eventually got charged for fucking a 17 year old whore and went into the slammer for stat rape.
Singapore is still full of the shitty later waves of stikfas, which will be rotting on shelves here forever.
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>>5698794
God, these pics are making me feel pain that my collection is so far away. And it's also making me realize what an awesome figure Razorclaw was. I usually don't really go for like...werewolf-y type characters and such, but this guy was just awesome. Without this armor he just looked like a pretty normal panther, and he had that awesome flat sword and the boxing gloves...man what a fun figure.
I should rescue my Xevoz from my parents house.
z bots
bring back z bots, somehow
tiny sculpts full of character, great playsets and shit, just everything about them is the best shit
>>5699436
Came here to post this.
>>5699436
I have a small 45 Record carrying case loaded with these guys and a box of vehicles. Can't wait for my son to be a bit older to play with them.
Legendary Comic Book Heroes. We were a cunt hair away from fucking Grendel figures and a motherfucking Mean Machine, as well as a goddamn Big Guy BAF
I have very fond memories of these. When I was young, I looked forward to every other weekend when my mother would take me on the 30 min drive to the nearest Target and each time I would get a different Xevoz figure. It's more the excitement of the trip I remember, though mixing and matching characters was still a blast. I had a box I'd throw them all in with the manuals and the little pieces used to make the odd dice-like things. I actually found it a year or two ago but I don't remember where it is now.
>>5698710
Stikfas were boring. sure, they came first and had things like a dragon guy and an alien robot but xevoz had more detailed parts and never really needed those stickers
I wish that the 1999 iteration of Henshin Cyborg had lived long enough to deliver the updated costumes and the new female concepts.
>>5699436
Amen, z bots were the best. I would play with mine for hours. For some reason, I would always reenact a beast wars scenario of both teams crashing on a remote planet and battling for supremacy. The fang fighter (pic related) was always my base for the Voids.
I bought basically all of these when I was a young'n I still have then all in a giant box. Missing a few parts I assume.
>>5698262
I have never seen any single one of thouse on stores ever.
So probably they had really bad distribution as well.
>>5698754
apparently there is an original Monster Mashers line that US retailers didn't want for just that reason.
Not sure if its going to be made for other markets, or abandoned
>>5698742
dude, i would kill for if they have a Chimera or Hydra set, shit evena 3 headed dog and its puppies would be crazy
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>>5704888
I'd actually be more interested in Hero Mashers if they had actual wrists (the current joint set-up gives them forearm swivels, though), the elbow joint was put in the forearm to allow for a [below the] bicep swivel, and every weapon had the fingers wrap around the handle rather than half of them having handles being small pegs going into what are essentially boxes with holes (pic related). As of right now, the only ones I'm interested in are the Jurassic World ones.
i would like something like Warplanets to come up
could be a different theme, but with the general idea.
Shout-out to Machine Robo Mugenbine. I only had the opportunity to pick up a handful of sets before the line folded. It satisfied an itch that Transformers hadn't in years.
Miss ya, shorty.
>>5704888
What the fuck, that looks awesome. Dumb ass company.
>>5705515
>Dumb ass company
>US retailers didn't want it
???
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>>5704973
who holds a sword like that on the right hand?
>>5706173
Legendary Hasbro stock photographer
>>5706173
>not knowing about Hasbro's preference for left-handedness
>>5699436
Blindbag fad is beginning to fade, wait for the blindbag fad to return.
>>5704800
Really? In NY, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a TRU, Target, or a Wal-Mart that DIDN'T have them. Hell, the first series were overordered and shelfwarmed so bad that they were clearanced everywhere.
I can't imagine "bad distribution" was that much of an issue, because even people in "Toothless Fuck, Missouri" were getting them
do we post the unproduced ones aswell, for extra pain?
Cock fart poop balls
>>5707958
Didn't they actually make a fire elemental though?
>>5707958
did mech shell even have a shell? it looks like a bunch of parts that it looks like a shell
>>5710249
yeah, but they wanted a magma/rock for the 5th wave
they wanted to name it Rockahuna
>>5710353
I'm crying right now. That looks so freaking cool.
>>5698941
OH FUCK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS
I've had that guy sitting in a drawer for years.
I remember him having some badass golden mayan-looking armor and weapons, but over time it all disappeared piece by piece, so now he's naked.
>>5710744
cry more...i said MORE
Also posting the other one i had just to let it go
>>5712309
I CAN'T BECAUSE THE MAGMA IS DRYING OUT MY TEAR DUCTS
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>>5712387
i don't wanna hurt your feelings anon
i used to be an avid goer of teh goldengonzo forum back in the Xevoz era
When shit was dead and this images came in. Some guy claiming to work for Hasbro said those photos where made with unfinished prototypes, painted to look pretty but actually being held together by wires and glue
I don't know how much of that was true
I also recall some people talking about a small finite number of Mechashells out there.
also the Ursa Khan prototype that was sold on ebay like last year (pic related)
there were other pics of unproduced Xevoz
>>5704888
>Not sure if its going to be made for other markets, or abandoned
Apparently these will be made for other markets but not in the US.
Hasbro has said that they still might release them in the US as a retailer exclusive since the major retailers like exclusive lines.
Hasbro also teased that they may also release them on HTS if they can't find a retailer to pick them up as an exclusive which makes sense. If they're going to go into production on them they might as well try to move as many units as possible. Or they could just offer them to online retailers with Hasbro accounts like BBTS.
Just cause US retail doesn't want them doesn't mean that you won't be able to get them.
>>5710229
No, kill yourself
>ITT: Toy lines you really miss and want more of
>6 figures
>9 variants
>cancelled
Shit sucks. I know they weren't perfect, but I really liked them.
>>5714789
I really loved the Simpsons figures that had the built in chip that would allow them to interact with others if you had a playset. Seems a like an idea in the same vein as "johnny long-torso", but the novelty of it at the time was enough to satisfy my 11-12 year old brain
