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trebleshot · 04-17-2012, 08:35 AM

The Marvel Shape Shifters were done by Toy Biz long before Hasbro did Crossovers. IIRC, they were KB Toys exclusives in the United States and did not do very well (as shown by that price tag).

I remember back then Marvel fans didn't like them (little to no articulation to the figures, unless it was due to the transformations, sculpts were ruined by the gimmick, etc, etc.) and Transformers fans didn't like them because they weren't TFs and treated them like knock-offs. In my personal opinion, they were worse than Crossovers. Look at poor Morph - he shoots a missile out his ass!

Of course, now they're a great little novelty, especially as a precursor to Crossovers. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the guys who worked on the Shape Shifters ended up working on Crossovers too.

On a side note, KB itself went out of business for good about 2-3 years ago.

04-17-2012, 08:35 AM	#7612
trebleshot Dark Lord of the 'Ark Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,224	The Marvel Shape Shifters were done by Toy Biz long before Hasbro did Crossovers. IIRC, they were KB Toys exclusives in the United States and did not do very well (as shown by that price tag). I remember back then Marvel fans didn't like them (little to no articulation to the figures, unless it was due to the transformations, sculpts were ruined by the gimmick, etc, etc.) and Transformers fans didn't like them because they weren't TFs and treated them like knock-offs. In my personal opinion, they were worse than Crossovers. Look at poor Morph - he shoots a missile out his ass! Of course, now they're a great little novelty, especially as a precursor to Crossovers. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the guys who worked on the Shape Shifters ended up working on Crossovers too. On a side note, KB itself went out of business for good about 2-3 years ago. __________________