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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / [RESOLVED]View active topics
January 11, 2012, 11:26:40 AM
I like the view active topics button on the forum.
Shows me which posts are updating.
Lately the search isn't finding anything.
search.php?search_id=active_topics
Shows me which posts are updating.
Lately the search isn't finding anything.
search.php?search_id=active_topics
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / [RESOLVED]Data base error
December 19, 2011, 07:13:45 PM
I just logged in from Google Chrome.
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General Transformers Discussion / Transformers History section or sticky
December 16, 2011, 06:54:21 AM
I like my transformers.
While I admit the fiction is full of holes, I love them for outlining a pretty simple and fun concept: Living transforming robots.
I think SHMAX needs a section on how this came about. I think this toy franchise is as much about the characters as the concept of a 3-D puzzle. (and the meticulous catalogue there of!)
When Diaclone toys were made and designed in Japan, the concept of a sentient and autonomous robot didn't exist. These were piloted Mechs - like MMPR and Gundam that came after them. What Hasbro did, which was unique, was bring these robots to life.
To my knowledge this has never been done before... to make an endearing "non-human" icon on this scale. Sure we have E.T and Wall-E, but if you think about it, there are very few other fictions out there like this, all because someone said, "the car is a robot, and the robot is alive!" That idea was so cool, it populated a world in comics and on screen that has lasted decades.
Personally I think the fiction took a big hit with all the mystical mumbo-jumbo and mcguffin's of late - I think its lazy story telling - but I will admit the matrix is just a grail legend. On a collectors level, Transformers and grails do go together, so maybe it was inevitable.
I know there are other sites out there dedicated to the story of each character and their specs and profiles, etc. But this tread should be about the core concept. If this site is showcasing the toys in all their detail, it important to have a note about how the toys have developed the fiction, and vice versa somewhere.
While I admit the fiction is full of holes, I love them for outlining a pretty simple and fun concept: Living transforming robots.
I think SHMAX needs a section on how this came about. I think this toy franchise is as much about the characters as the concept of a 3-D puzzle. (and the meticulous catalogue there of!)
When Diaclone toys were made and designed in Japan, the concept of a sentient and autonomous robot didn't exist. These were piloted Mechs - like MMPR and Gundam that came after them. What Hasbro did, which was unique, was bring these robots to life.
To my knowledge this has never been done before... to make an endearing "non-human" icon on this scale. Sure we have E.T and Wall-E, but if you think about it, there are very few other fictions out there like this, all because someone said, "the car is a robot, and the robot is alive!" That idea was so cool, it populated a world in comics and on screen that has lasted decades.
Personally I think the fiction took a big hit with all the mystical mumbo-jumbo and mcguffin's of late - I think its lazy story telling - but I will admit the matrix is just a grail legend. On a collectors level, Transformers and grails do go together, so maybe it was inevitable.
I know there are other sites out there dedicated to the story of each character and their specs and profiles, etc. But this tread should be about the core concept. If this site is showcasing the toys in all their detail, it important to have a note about how the toys have developed the fiction, and vice versa somewhere.
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General Transformers Discussion / Potatoes...? Really?
December 15, 2011, 06:00:19 PM
I really enjoy the various search options here. The database SHMAX has created is truly marvelous and beyond my little pea brain to comprehend.
That said, I can search the form -> food -> potatoes and get a bunch of cool looking figures. What's the connection? Its not obvious to me.
http://shmax.com/database/3858?browse=1&page=2
I get Optimash Prime and other potato heads.... but why G1 Hound? Why Prowl reissue?
That said, I can search the form -> food -> potatoes and get a bunch of cool looking figures. What's the connection? Its not obvious to me.
http://shmax.com/database/3858?browse=1&page=2
I get Optimash Prime and other potato heads.... but why G1 Hound? Why Prowl reissue?
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General Transformers Discussion / Transformers Prime Cliffjumper
December 15, 2011, 01:07:13 PM
Hola!
I've heard that the Transformer's Prime Cliffjumper is in limited distribution by TRU in a 1.5 type wave. Is this true?
I also see there is a Deluxe and a "Robots in disguise" version, the latter is yet to be released.
So what's the truth on this horny devil?
Thanks
I've heard that the Transformer's Prime Cliffjumper is in limited distribution by TRU in a 1.5 type wave. Is this true?
I also see there is a Deluxe and a "Robots in disguise" version, the latter is yet to be released.
So what's the truth on this horny devil?
Thanks
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / [RESOLVED]Sorted product views
December 15, 2011, 07:16:16 AM
When I am looking at products, Dinobots subline for example, I have various sorting tools on to see which is most valuable or which is most commonly collected.
Often when the individual listings come up, I will end up on page -1 or page 0 with no entries on the page.
Moving forward will then get me to the entries.
I think the various sorting features I am using are causing the database to display more pages per product subline than actually exist.
Not a biggy, but just something I've noticed.
Thanks!
Often when the individual listings come up, I will end up on page -1 or page 0 with no entries on the page.
Moving forward will then get me to the entries.
I think the various sorting features I am using are causing the database to display more pages per product subline than actually exist.
Not a biggy, but just something I've noticed.
Thanks!
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General Transformers Discussion / Adding to the database
July 29, 2011, 05:52:08 PM
Okay so I am Canadian and I bought what I'll call "Canadian DOTM Space Case".
Number on the bottom is 6-53569-6115-4 and on the front is say assortment 33810/32032. Packaging is English only, while the Roadbuster counterpart I just bought is multilingual.
So is this a Canadian toy entry? Or the US version?
Thanks!
Number on the bottom is 6-53569-6115-4 and on the front is say assortment 33810/32032. Packaging is English only, while the Roadbuster counterpart I just bought is multilingual.
So is this a Canadian toy entry? Or the US version?
Thanks!