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[Aesir]

Originally Posted by pittstop

I've been slightly disappointed that they haven't done more with the inbetween concepts - where are the pretenders? the special teams? the 6 changers? the duocons? the triggerbots? the power masters?

and yeah where are all the G2 unpdates?

I'm getting the feeling that possibly the design choices are based on the personal favourites of the designers and not related to what collector may be interested in.

I'd love to see an update of RID Megatron for instance. But this could also be the opportunity to finally give some characters a figure that never had one, such as that plant in Beast Machines, or the fembots from G1 season 2.

there are some updates on older toys, but mostly in homage form or something, like in the ROTF line theres Bludgeon, Mindwipe and a couple of Stunticons, as well as a blokey called Fearswoop who uses Hooligan's colours

Plus Botcon gets loads of repaints in homage to cyberjets and stuff

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Aesir

Plus Botcon gets loads of repaints in homage to cyberjets and stuff

Botcon at least has been giving me a bit of a pre-G2 fix.

As for the RotF homages, when they're being applied to "movie-style molds" I'm less inclined to dig them. Dirge is the only one that kind of calls to me, despite having a superior Botcon Dirge.

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

Botcon at least has been giving me a bit of a pre-G2 fix.

As for the RotF homages, when they're being applied to "movie-style molds" I'm less inclined to dig them. Dirge is the only one that kind of calls to me, despite having a superior Botcon Dirge.

although, Hasbro did say that Bludgeon (and probably Mindwipe by extension) were originally designed for Universe

[pittstop]

meh exclusive figures give me migraines. I would never pay more than the original price for a repaint. Some of these convention figures are more than double the original price.

I want them in ordinary stores at ordinary prices!

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Aesir

although, Hasbro did say that Bludgeon (and probably Mindwipe by extension) were originally designed for Universe

Not quite...they were designed with Universe in mind and then modified to fit the movie asthetic. Like we're supposed to grateful for spindly looking limbs.

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by pittstop

meh exclusive figures give me migraines. I would never pay more than the original price for a repaint. Some of these convention figures are more than double the original price.

I want them in ordinary stores at ordinary prices!

I do too, but the reality is that those are figures that Hasbro doesn't believe would sell that well at mass retail, so they're made at limited quantities as exclusives. In that mind, we should probably be grateful we have the opprotunity to get them at all.

The pricing is high because, while producing a figure from a mold costs just as much to do as any other normal retail figure, you're only doing a couple thousand of them. So, in order to pay for the fact you aren't going to be selling as many figures in order to break even on the use of the mold-to-toy process, you have to increase the price to make up the difference. Add in the fact that the Club wants to make a profit at a margin that's probably higher than WalMart needs, you end up with a very pricey repaint. At least remolds/tools can sweeten the deal a bit...

[YoungGuyver]

Wow. Just walked into Toys R Us looking for Dinobot (thought I'd give him a try) and noticed two new figure.

25th anniversary rerelease of Perceptor and Insecticon 3 pack.

Walked out with both of them. Not bad. Perceptor could use better shoulders, and maybe a twisty waist. But he's really a whole lot better than most G1 figures. And the insecticons, for the amount of joints they have? Not bad. Not perfect. But if they could be retooled to have a few extra better joints, they'd be great for the Classics line.

I had no idea Perceptor was a triple changer. A tank mode?

[Aesir]

Universe Darkwind yesterday :3

I also picked up my Nephew's X-mas present, the Devastator Showdown car track set

[Crimson Icon]

Just got Skids and Mudflap Ice cream truck. I thought the figures would of been a bit bigger

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by Crimson Icon

Just got Skids and Mudflap Ice cream truck. I thought the figures would of been a bit bigger

well its only deluxe class, and split between two robots too

[Aesir]

Finally done it, the giant Devastator Toy is now mine! ALL MINE!!! (He was 25 pounds off)

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Aesir

I also picked up my Nephew's X-mas present, the Devastator Showdown car track set

My son got that for his 5th birthday. It's actually a pretty decent size.

Anyhow, bought RotF on Blu-Ray last night, the Wal-MArt version with the IMAX scenes.

[Wonko The Sane]

Got myself a mini-haul yesterday,as I finally brought ROTF Toys.

I gots:

ROTF Deluxe Ravage
ROTF Deluxe Sideswipe
ROTF Deluxe Sideways
And

ROTF Deluxe Stalker Scorponok

(And somewhere,out there,Aesir is saying 'FINALLY!',lol)

[YoungGuyver]

<glares evily>
traitor

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally Posted by YoungGuyver

<glares evily>
traitor

Traitor?How?

[Aesir]

just gotlots of RockLords (gobots) in the mail

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Aesir

just gotlots of RockLords (gobots) in the mail

I bought a handful of those a couple of years ago for about $10 from a store in Kansas City, just to say I own a few.

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

I bought a handful of those a couple of years ago for about $10 from a store in Kansas City, just to say I own a few.

I now have 10 rock lords, and 3 gobots coming in the mail soon, plus a dealer I know from Auto Assembly has loads that he's willing to sell to me at really low prices etc (I started a gobots craze on anotehr site lol)

[pittstop]

Originally Posted by Aesir

I now have 10 rock lords, and 3 gobots coming in the mail soon, plus a dealer I know from Auto Assembly has loads that he's willing to sell to me at really low prices etc (I started a gobots craze on anotehr site lol)

strange I was dreaming about gobots the other night. I have this recurring dream about a shop in my parents home town (which no longer exists) which stocked some toys, I got most of my Star Wars, Zoids and Transformers from there. But never Gobots as seriously I thought at the time they looked "naf", but in hind sight I really wanted a leader one, oh well, my subconscious still wants one even though I've grown out of them.

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Aesir

I now have 10 rock lords, and 3 gobots coming in the mail soon, plus a dealer I know from Auto Assembly has loads that he's willing to sell to me at really low prices etc (I started a gobots craze on anotehr site lol)

If you can find them for cheap, Gobots can be quite good fun.

[Aesir]

just got in the mail:

ROTF Ramjet

Gobots:

Hans-Cuffs (2 versions)
Rest-Q
Pumper

(seriously...those names arent jokes)

[pittstop]

http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Han.../hans-cuff.htm
http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Rest-Q/rest-q.htm
http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Pumper/pumper.htm
http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Regular/Pumper.html

mmm could easily be alternate universe versions of hotspot, first aid and street wise.

"pumper" ha

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by pittstop

http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Han.../hans-cuff.htm
http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Rest-Q/rest-q.htm
http://tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Pumper/pumper.htm
http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Regular/Pumper.html

mmm could easily be alternate universe versions of hotspot, first aid and street wise.

"pumper" ha

trust me, that has occured to me

the funny names are silly, as are alot of Gobots names, like Royal-T (a plane)

[pittstop]

actually from the alt mode I immediately thought Prowl for Hans-cuff. What did strike me as odd was when you said "two versions", every link I found for Gobots says there aren't any variants for Hans-cuff.

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by pittstop

actually from the alt mode I immediately thought Prowl for Hans-cuff. What did strike me as odd was when you said "two versions", every link I found for Gobots says there aren't any variants for Hans-cuff.

Well I have one that is mostly white with a black line down the bottom, and one that has a black hood and boot. I think one might be a custom job maybe I dunno lol

[pittstop]

Originally Posted by Aesir

Well I have one that is mostly white with a black line down the bottom, and one that has a black hood and boot. I think one might be a custom job maybe I dunno lol

http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Reg...tml#variations

seems TRU.com need to amend their listing, according to Toyarchive.com there are "variants" but it doesn't list what they are. Seems each country coloured it slightly differently and the standard version (pictured in the link) was the North American version.

[Aesir]

Variations: Many countries produced Hans-Cuff in various colors. Colors ranged from Buue, Red, and Yellow.

they also need a spell checker lol

I have that version, and I would guess the UK variant too

[Crimson Icon]

Just picked up ROTF Arcee and Ejector

[Wonko The Sane]

Got a few stuff this weekend.

Universe Voyager Treadbolt
Universe Deluxe Tankor
Beast Wars: Omnibus(To be given away shortly)
Transformers Best of UK: Omnibus

[Crimson Icon]

Just picked up Masterpiece Skywarp for 60 bux at my local Wal mart. You guys and girls should check it out. Don't know how long this sale is on for but it's alot cheaper then the online stores are saling it for.

[Wonko The Sane]

MP Skywarp is $50 in Canada,unless you're referring to the Japanese version.

[YoungGuyver]

Just got my USB Ravage!
Only 2Gb of memory on it, but it also comes with a desktop defender. Just Ravage walking around the screen, roaring and occasionally transforming. Just installed it


ooh, I just figured out how to make him transform and eat icons and stuff! hehe, fun

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by YoungGuyver

Just got my USB Ravage!
Only 2Gb of memory on it, but it also comes with a desktop defender. Just Ravage walking around the screen, roaring and occasionally transforming. Just installed it


ooh, I just figured out how to make him transform and eat icons and stuff! hehe, fun

you sure its not just some weird japanese virus destroying your computer rom within? lol

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by YoungGuyver

ooh, I just figured out how to make him transform and eat icons and stuff! hehe, fun

Does it poop the remains?

[YoungGuyver]

I don't really know... with windows its really hard to tell the difference

[Aesir]

GeeWun Ultra Magnus :3

[Wishful Thinking]

My Classics Magnus Trailer/Armor has been processed by BigBadtoystore...FINALLY. Should be shipping very soonish.

[Aesir]

Yesterday I got:

ROTF Human Alliance Sideswipe
ROTF Stalker Scorponok
TFA Samurai Prowl
TFA Elite Guard Bumblebee
TFA Waspinator
Universe Countdown
Universe Tread Bolt

That's right...those guys in the UK...WHOO!!!

[Xaxis]

Today I finally found the MP Skywarp WalMart exclusive. Woot!

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Xaxis

Today I finally found the MP Skywarp WalMart exclusive. Woot!

Found him too, but decided to opt for a Cobra Surv. Port instead. I'm looking to build a Cobra Outpost Fallout 3 style.

[Wonko The Sane]

Got myself ROTF The Fallen and Universe Unicron yesterday

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Wonko The Sane

Got myself ROTF The Fallen and Universe Unicron yesterday

Revenge of the Fallen Fallen?

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by Wonko The Sane

Got myself ROTF The Fallen and Universe Unicron yesterday

whose Universe Unicron???

[pittstop]

Originally Posted by Aesir

whose Universe Unicron???

there was a version of Armada Unicron released in Universe packaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkRcKfqa7I

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

Revenge of the Fallen Fallen?

Yes him,lol

[Aesir]

Originally Posted by pittstop

there was a version of Armada Unicron released in Universe packaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkRcKfqa7I

oh

weird lol

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by pittstop

there was a version of Armada Unicron released in Universe packaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkRcKfqa7I

Yup. It's just Armada Unicron repackaged. The cool thing about it is that it validates my decision to put him on my Classics shelf.

[Wishful Thinking]

My City Commander armor should be here tomorrow!!! EEEEEEE!!!!!!!

[Wishful Thinking]

It came last Friday. It's almost everything it was hyped up to be. Since everyone knows how awesome it looks (makes your Classics Ultra Magnus look like a proper UM), I'll point out the nitpicky flaws...

1. The waist belt doesn't like to stay on. There's nothing really to clip onto, so it just hangs on by resistance...not my preferred method of attaching stuff.

2. The "pins" they use for joints are plastic vinyl, I think, which makes me wonder if the joints will last.

3. The mold is obviously beginning to suffer from reuse. Some joints are too loose and the hole where you're supposed to attach the Shotgun of Justice to the back of his sholder is too wide for the peg, making it useless.

None of these are deal breakers and I still recommend the City Commander armor if it can be had within your budget ($88.99+shipping most places).

[Omega_Prime]

im getting wst liokaiser and wst fort max for christmas i know because my parents let me pick them out, but if anyone knows is the quick change fort max the same size as blue card fort maxh