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Speaking of TRU, there's a slight silver lining to the whole Masterpiece fiasco: apparently they're giving out 10% coupons for your next eBay order from them if you're one of the ones who attempted to purchase a Soundwave and/or Acid Storm. The best part? Nothing's stopping you from using said coupon when you actually re-order them on the 18th... 
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strangehamster posted:http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=23058556&skuid=16503857 It's better than the £35 ($50) from a comic store or [NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK] at TRU. 
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Jul 11, 2013 23:12
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Or til they seize it at Customs and make you pay £XX above to get it through. This is why I get stuff off ebay in the UK or Kapow.
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Jul 12, 2013 00:10
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The_Doctor posted:It's better than the £35 ($50) from a comic store or [NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK] at TRU. Did you buy (limit) two?
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Jul 12, 2013 00:11
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I've just been sending out my friends in the US to the toy aisle when they visit a Target or TRU and seeing what they can find.
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Jul 12, 2013 01:09
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The_Doctor posted:I've just been sending out my friends in the US to the toy aisle when they visit a Target or TRU and seeing what they can find. Goons find me a Skyquake, bring it to TFCon!
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Jul 12, 2013 01:31
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I mean't seeing an AFA graded Randy crushed to pieces but that video still cracks me up.
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Jul 12, 2013 04:21
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I'm sure most if not all the people in this thread know this already, but just in case: If you like giant robots even a little bit, you need to go see Pacific Rim right goddamn now.
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Jul 12, 2013 09:56
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I had no idea Huffer was so popular as to have a bunch of 3rd party dudes competing to do versions of him. Still, this Cubex one certainly blows Rager out of the water:   Obviously, it's unfinished hence the lack of something to preserve the poor chap's modesty. Apparently can hook up to MP10's trailer no problem too.
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Jul 12, 2013 14:15
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It'll never work, big waste of time!
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Jul 12, 2013 15:25
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^^ That 3rd party Huffer looks really good, hope the price isn't too outrageous. Also, I've recently become the owner of a HFTD Payload and I need some opinions before I open it because this guy looks like a certified piece of yellow poo poo in the box. The alt mode appears to be the only saving grace as it does look exactly like a Tonka truck. So, any Payload owners out there care to comment on him? For reference, I am talking about this guy: 
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Jul 13, 2013 00:12
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TheDK posted:Also, I've recently become the owner of a HFTD Payload and I need some opinions before I open it because this guy looks like a certified piece of yellow poo poo in the box. The alt mode appears to be the only saving grace as it does look exactly like a Tonka truck. So, any Payload owners out there care to comment on him? Transform him. Then change your opinion. Granted I like mine because he looks like a proper mean robot with insanely huge legs and switchblades. Loader mode is awesome.
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Jul 13, 2013 01:09
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I've got the initial green Long Haul version of the mold, I dig him.
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Jul 13, 2013 02:54
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Yep, already talked about him some pages ago but I'm gonna third that, it's a pretty cool mold. You can minimize the backpack a bit mistransforming it just a little.
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Jul 13, 2013 04:12
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My biggest problem with the mold is the absurdly shallow truck bed. Otherwise it's pretty good for a movie design.
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Oh hey, I just got that one in the mail a couple days ago. It's an... Eccentric toy, even more so than most of the movie line. It works a lot better in practice than it does in theory, as various little bits of gimmickry and construction make it very satisfying to handle (the truck bed raising feels surprisingly nice), but a lot of concessions had to be made to fit it into the pricepoint (really should've been a leader class figure), chief of which is the lack of a wrist swivel and a joint at the base of his kibbleshelf-scaffolding to move it further back. Most disappointing for me is the lightpiping. His eyes are made of that same clear red as classics Cyclonus that can cause his face to light up like a pair of windows on a blast furnace, but of course it's totally blocked off by the kibble. Shame. I have to say the mould does look much better in green, but of course Long Haul runs literally four times the price of Payload on eBay. No thanks. On the other hand it really is a toy that begs to be customized; If you could add in the missing joints, connect the big kibbleflap with the cabin to the lower legs via a pair of hinges, So really in the end it comes down to how much tolerance you have for eccentric movie toys, as is standard with that line. I personally do quite enjoy it, but I feel I'll enjoy it a lot more the more alterations I start making to it, once I'm done moving house again.
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Jul 13, 2013 10:04
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And yet another 3rd party Huffer/Pipes
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Jul 14, 2013 07:01
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Why the sudden Huffer rush?
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Jul 14, 2013 07:21
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Keldroc posted:Why the sudden Huffer rush? Who cares? It's not like any of them are gonna sell. Big waste of time.
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Keldroc posted:Why the sudden Huffer rush?
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Jul 14, 2013 07:41
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He's also very simple, relatively easy to make a figure of him.
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Jul 14, 2013 08:13
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Odds are pretty good only one of them at most will make it to market anyway. Remember when there were three third-pary Megatrons in the works? In other third-party news, Impossible Toys is going out of business, and is having a death spasm of Bumblebees. http://tfsource.com/impossible-toys-customs/?sort_by=newest
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Jul 14, 2013 09:05
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Knormal posted:having a death spasm of Bumblebees. That's the worst type of death....
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Jul 14, 2013 10:19
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Holy poo poo Quakewave is awesome. My only concern is how much force it takes to collapse the legs. It keeps me from transforming it more often. Still a drat near perfect Masterpiece figure. A couple more MPs and I think I'll be good (yeah right)
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Jul 14, 2013 23:30
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Four days until TRU Soundwave's original release date. Any new info at all? Getting kind of nervous.
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No Your Other Left posted:Four days until TRU Soundwave's original release date. Any new info at all? Getting kind of nervous. No idea, but my paypal refund went through and I got the TRU discount email saved, so it's ebay store or bust for me... 
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So, did you guys hear about how TRU mistakenly mailed out an Acid Storm so the guy who received it contacted them asking if he could pay for but TRU demanded that the person return it? There's a big thread about it on TFW. I just wonder if anybody got any Soundwaves in the mail??
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Jul 15, 2013 04:29
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Something tells me we'll be hearing more and more about this TRU snafu.
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So looks like a Transformers Arcade Light Gun game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys21kGsxK_U Are arcades still that big of a thing?
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Unknownone posted:So looks like a Transformers Arcade Light Gun game: Sadly... no.  They still exist in Asia, though. Luckily I have a local arcade that has 3rd Strike, ST, Marvel 2, KOF98 and Vampire Savior so I'm like the luckily guy ever, and it's probably the main reason why I haven't moved outta my otherwise crappy rear end state.
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Unknownone posted:So looks like a Transformers Arcade Light Gun game: Not in the sense we probably think of them, but the "Family Fun Center" model still exists in the form of Chuck E. Cheese and similar places, and it has been adapted into more "adult" forms like Dave & Buster's. All the games at such establishments are specifically designed to be difficult to replicate on the home systems, as one of the things that helped kill arcades was the fact that the home experience began to surpass the arcade; some believe that the high quality home versions of Street Fighter II were the real death knell, in fact. So you get things like the motion-sensing 9-1-1 Police Trainer shooter, all those racing games with moving cockpits, Dance Dance Revolution, etc. Anything that requires extra expense to play at home, essentially, and light gun games fall into that category. You still see new House of the Dead and Time Crisis games pop up now and then, and it wouldn't surprise me if House of the Dead folks were involved with this Transformers game, considering Sega is publishing. It's also possible that this was partially commissioned as something to put in Universal theme parks to accompany the TF ride, in which case any profit generated by regular arcades is simply gravy.
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Dammit people, I'm starting to think the Construct-a-Bots are kind of cool Also this price seems pretty convenient, if you don't mind those molds: Platinum Bruticus + Grimlock
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Blackheart posted:Dammit people, I'm starting to think the Construct-a-Bots are kind of cool They kind of are, I just think people are going to dismiss them because they expect them to be Transformers. I almost kind of wish they were entirely their own thing and didn't have the baggage of the Transformers brand. Of course, with the Transformers brand, they WILL probably sell better to kids, I think it's just fans that won't accept them, and honestly that's probably a pretty drat good trade. Construct-a-bots are about a million times cooler than Hasbro's poor man's Lego. Yes, even the minifigs. I'm like the one guy who doesn't give a poo poo about KREO minifigs. Keldroc posted:some believe that the high quality home versions of Street Fighter II were the real death knell, in fact.  It wasn't until like, the PS3 and Xbox 360 when Capcom finally made an accurate port of ST by just emulating the arcade rom on one of their collections.  But no seriously I know what you mean. GET IN THE ROBOT fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Jul 16, 2013 |
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Gammatron 64 posted:
The 3DO version of Super Turbo was pretty much arcade perfect aside from load time. Of course, most people don't know about it because it was on the 3DO.
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To me arcades were sentenced the day the PSX port of Tekken turned out better than the coin-op version. I believe it was 1995.
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Man, Voyager Beast Hunters Shockwave is a terrible Transformer, but it's a hell of a toy.
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SRM posted:Man, Voyager Beast Hunters Shockwave is a terrible Transformer, but it's a hell of a toy. He looks fantastic as a robot but has an absolutely imcomprehensible transformation and alt mode. Also, I can't get his tread to hold in his gun to make the connection line regrettably. Still one of the best looking ROBOTS even if it's a garbage Transformer if that makes sense. He's so beefy and purple and monoeyed~~~ 
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The Cyberverse Commander Shockwave is even worse, if you can believe it. They might as well not have even bothered with giving it an alt mode for all the good it does.
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I'm fairly certain I have never once transformed BH Shockwave, not even out of curiosity. It's just a big purple action figure with a spinny arm for all I care. It sure is a beautiful big purple action figure, though.
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Well I was just excited for Charticon but after this promo video I am loving giddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHXINEyQFpA
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