The four packs are mixed. There is no correspondence to the lord. The packs I have looked at there are only Enehrgheia figs inside. All Final Evolution that I have seen are in the two packs. I myself will be going to Target again today so I will check it out and report about the four packs.Not in numeric order, aside from your additions. That leaves:
- Fiery Hammer (FE) and Earthshaker
- Whip (FE) and Steelback
- Tongs and Earthshaker (FE)
- Crabs and Spider (FE)
- Hammer and Goad (FE)
- Mole and Solitary Eagle (FE)
- Steelback (FE) and Steelbeak
- Thug and Guardian (FE)
- Fiery Hammer and Steelbeak (FE)
- Mimic (FE) and Goad
- Whip and Tongs (FE)
- Mimic and Mole (FE)
- Spider and Thug (FE)
Solitary Eagle (E)
Screaming Guardian (E)
Hammer (FE)
Crabs (FE)
Which of course is not implausible and fits the missing two spots. That also means the following characters don't appear in the two-packs and thus must be in the four-packs.
Blind Fury
Gravitus
Hideoutfinder
Wise Destroyer
Florus the Poisoner
Branchtearer
Ancient Jellyfish
Mantra
Delos
Magic Lookout
Severe Guardian
Alos
Electricon
Thoughtcatcher
Insecticus
Now, do the four-packs come with figures that correspond to the included Lord, or do they mix it up?
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#51
Posted 11 January 2009 - 06:52 AM
#52
Posted 11 January 2009 - 07:47 AM
#53
Posted 11 January 2009 - 03:36 PM
#54
Posted 11 January 2009 - 10:22 PM
Has anyone seen them anywhere other than Target?
How much are the 4 packs in stores? I have yet to see anything other than 2 packs.
Edited by Liz Sherman, 12 January 2009 - 04:40 AM.
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#55
Posted 12 January 2009 - 03:48 AM
I keep looking every time I go to Wal-Mart, but no dice so far.Has anyone seen them anywhere other than Target?
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#56
Posted 12 January 2009 - 08:59 AM
Eric
#57
Posted 12 January 2009 - 01:15 PM
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#58
Posted 12 January 2009 - 01:41 PM
if i encounter the demons in hell, i will kill them all..
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#59
Posted 12 January 2009 - 01:58 PM
Also, the opposite side of the map specifically states all seven are "Starter Pack Exclusives" and highlights them separately.
Which five come in the pack, and which two don't?
EDIT: Never mind, the scalpers on eBay had a starter. Lavion of course, plus Fiery Angel, Firespitter, Lavor, and Wicked. Multiform Anonymous and Mastodontic aren't accounted for, yet. Also saw the four-packs and like the way they paired the figures together, in much the same way as with the UK versions.
Edited by Boaconda, 12 January 2009 - 02:17 PM.
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#60
Posted 12 January 2009 - 03:37 PM
here's the pic:
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notice the stamped number. on my crabs the avenger card it's pressed into the card so hard that it has bent the bottom of the card nearly creasing it. the cards i got in foil packs from a guy who attended the licensing convention in the middle of last year didn't have this number stamped to the card. of course they're completely different cards in that they are the original italian cards.
Edited by dankingery, 12 January 2009 - 03:47 PM.
if i encounter the demons in hell, i will kill them all..
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#61
Posted 12 January 2009 - 04:07 PM
#62
Posted 12 January 2009 - 04:34 PM
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#63
Posted 12 January 2009 - 06:56 PM
http://uk.youtube.co...h?v=AOdYJ3AKD6c
Ok, Jackpot! My Target got them in. Man, the packaging looks cool. The 2 packs are really sweet. I didn't get a starter set yet. Is tech comic and dvd cool at all?
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#64
Posted 12 January 2009 - 07:43 PM
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#65
Posted 13 January 2009 - 05:42 AM
#66
Posted 13 January 2009 - 05:56 AM
#67
Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:21 AM
I watched the DVD. It's a 15 minute origin story of the Gormiti that is quite bad actually. Which is a shame. It's all CGI. The CGI models of the Gormiti are a little simplistic and almost too kiddish/cartoonish. The background animations though are actually quite nice for something at this level. I was impressed by that part of the DVD. The story is a little convoluted. Essentially it comes down to a timeless battle between the Old Sage (a good, shaman like wizard) and an evil fire lord (already forgot his name). Essentially the fire lord creates Magmion and Lavion who then go into the villages of the original gormiti people and wipe them out. After a time, Magmion and Lavion begin to run low on power and return to the volcano and the fire lord within. The Old Sage's tears form together with the magic of the island to form a glowing sphere called the eye of gorm or something along those lines. I wish I was kidding on the tears part! This orb creates the new gormiti, which are the different tribes associated with each element; air, water, earth and forest. Everything is peaceful. The 4 tribes have a balance of coexistence until the fire lord and his magma and lava tribes return. The fire lord casts a spell over the gormiti, confusing them into fighting each other. Gheos seems to be the main character through out the DVD, and he is unaffected by the spell but begins fighting anyways, saying that he wants to protect his people and think of them only if that is what all the other tribes are going to do.
I have some major gripes with the DVD. First off, in the story, they keep mentioning the "tribes" of warriors that make up the island of gormiti. However, we only ever see the 6 bosses. It was pretty obvious that they just wanted to make CGI models of the "main characters" instead of all the numerous gormiti. It was just a little silly how they would describe large tribes going to battle, and then they would show 4 gormiti in a fist fight with 2 evil gormiti. There was another spot where the narrator said how the 4 large tribes got together annually to honor the Old Sage in a massive celebration, and then they show Gheos and the three other gormiti bosses sitting around a camp fire.
My other gripe is the lack of proofreading and spell checking on the DVD. As a special feature, they have descriptions of each Gormiti, as well as the picture of their corresponding figure. The description is essentially their card text, which is actually a nice feature. But they spell the names wrong several times. Each tribe seems to have one of their characters spelled wrong. For instance, if you go to the Magma section of the special feature, The Thoughtcatcher is spelled as The Toughcatcher. Then when you click on him to open up his page, at the top its spelled The Thoughcatcher. Two different spellings of the same character, both wrong. This actually happens quite frequently.
The comic book on the other hand is actually quite good. It's art is actually really really good and well stylized. They show a large number of gormiti, and some of them look quite monstrous and scary, especially the magma/lava gormiti. I really liked how they depicted Spider the Cruel. Some fantastic artwork. The story is very similar to the DVD, but they go into a good amount more detail. The only complaint is that a different translation crew must have been working on the comic book because several of the names are translated incorrectly. For example, The Thoughtcatcher is called The Thought-Snatcher. Not a big complaint, but it does seem sometimes like there are inconsistencies with the translations of Gormiti from Italian to English for the UK and USA releases.
It really feels like the comic and the DVD are catering gormiti to different demographics. The DVD is obviously very younger kids while the comic is written for an older kid. Not sure if that is good or not. It could be that they are trying to spread the appeal of gormiti to multiple age groups or it could mean that they don't know exactly how they want to market it here in the US. I personally was more a fan of the comic and it's darker, more mature tone.
The map is pretty nice too. It is pretty well detailed, and has locations of various playsets. The poster of all the gormiti on the back is nice too.
Overall though I still enjoyed the set. The DVD was fun to watch, even if me and Jenny were laughing most of the time. And the comic book were fun to watch. I also liked that I was able to get the last Lava figures that I needed in one fell swoop. I sort of wish they had different starter box sets though, maybe one for each tribe or atleast a couple different tribes with the box containing 5 figures, all from that tribe.
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#68
Posted 13 January 2009 - 01:11 PM
The only worry I have is that the game is far too simplistic. It's simple math, higher total wins with no strategy or even a luck element (rolling dice, throwing Gormiti, etc.)
The main competition for Gormiti has to be Bakugan, and like them or not, the game is much more sophisticated especially in the series 2 rules. It combines strategy using different card/bakugan combos as well as a skill/luck element in the rolling of the Bakugan.
I suspect Gormiti's popularity has never really been about the game, more about fun little figures, and honestly a comparison to Bakugan isn't really right as Bakugan is much more a game while Gormiti are more toys.
But I'm afraid that a lot of kids/parents will see make that comparison anyway and that Gormiti will fall short.
The other problem is that Gormiti doesn't seem to have the marketing push Bakugan has. Bakugan had a tour with play demos and freebies as well as a (mediocre) TV show.
With the game being too simple to demo in store really, and no US tv show, I worry that Gormiti lacks the push to be successful in the US market...
All that said, I'm supporting the line as much as I can (buying doubles even for customizing) and no matter how long it lasts, I'm thrilled that a honest to goodness unlicensed in house TOYLINE from Europe has made it even this far!
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#69
Posted 14 January 2009 - 01:09 PM
You're correct - in LethalWhip's page you can see the remaining figures in the pics he took:Not in numeric order, aside from your additions. That leaves:
- Fiery Hammer (FE) and Earthshaker
- Whip (FE) and Steelback
- Tongs and Earthshaker (FE)
- Crabs and Spider (FE)
- Hammer and Goad (FE)
- Mole and Solitary Eagle (FE)
- Steelback (FE) and Steelbeak
- Thug and Guardian (FE)
- Fiery Hammer and Steelbeak (FE)
- Mimic (FE) and Goad
- Whip and Tongs (FE)
- Mimic and Mole (FE)
- Spider and Thug (FE)
Solitary Eagle (E)
Screaming Guardian (E)
Hammer (FE)
Crabs (FE)
Which of course is not implausible and fits the missing two spots.
Solitary Eagle / Crabs (FE)
Screaming Guardian / Hammer (FE)
That's all 15 2-packs accounted for! Now if only the remaining volcano figs would turn up..
#70
Posted 14 January 2009 - 02:19 PM
if i encounter the demons in hell, i will kill them all..
vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
#71
Posted 14 January 2009 - 03:35 PM
I just bought my first Gormiti yesterday at Target (Steelback & FE Whip) and I love them! I can't wait to go back and get more. It was really difficult to resist going today.. we'll see how well I hold out tomorrow
#72
Posted 14 January 2009 - 10:26 PM
They were in the process of resetting the toy aisles and they still had 2 packs on a side cap and then they had a few more 2 packs, 1 of each 4 pack, and four starter packs on the aisle by Bakugan.
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#73
Posted 15 January 2009 - 05:15 AM
#74
Posted 16 January 2009 - 09:30 PM
Then i ended up putting back all the Superhero Squad figures and getting two 4-packs and a 2-pack of Gormiti. I mostly tried focusing on getting the Sea Tribe figures, as those seem to be the coolest by a long shot.
They also had starters, and i wanted to get one but as previously mentioned, i just liked the Sea Tribe ones way better. Although my favorite figure i got today was actually what i guess is a "Final Evolution" version or whatever of one of the Air Tribe guys. I'm a sucker for both bugs and translucent plastic, so he totally won me over.
So yeah...i guess i'm buying Gormiti now.
Quick question, maybe i missed it in browsing this thread, but am i going to have to deal with a ton of overlap if i pick up both 4 and 2-packs? I don't mind getting translucent versions and painted versions of some figures, but it'd be nice if i don't have to keep rebuying the same ones over and over...that's kind of the reason i dumped the Superhero Squad toys in favor of these to begin with.
#75
Posted 16 January 2009 - 09:35 PM
Quick question, maybe i missed it in browsing this thread, but am i going to have to deal with a ton of overlap if i pick up both 4 and 2-packs?
That's kinda what we've been discussing exclusively. No overlap whatsoever, aside from the Final Evolution figures in the two-packs.
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