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Gammatron 64 posted:All 2 of you guys actually excited for Acid Storm better army build that sucker, or else he's never going away. He is not available in Germany. There is no justice in this world. *Actually the only currently released Masterpiece aside from MP-10 I'm interested in period, because I'm weird. It would be Skywarp, but since he uses the old version of the mould which I don't like as much...
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TRU is saying that today was a limited release to coincide with SDCC, and that larger shipments will be available in mid-to-late August. People on TFW who talked to the distributors up in Washington report that there were 1000 Soundwaves for today's sale, and 995 of them were marked for online order. They sold out in about 13 minutes. Hopefully TRU is taking that into account when placing their larger shipment orders.
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Jul 18, 2013 17:25
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I love Acid Storm but it's difficult to get him here, so I hope you guys drown in them instead  As they say around these parts, "Dios le da pan al que no tiene dientes"
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Jul 18, 2013 17:25
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Also everyone should probably be prepared for the August shipments to have a higher price, a la MP-10.
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Jul 18, 2013 17:28
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Keldroc posted:Also everyone should probably be prepared for the August shipments to have a higher price, a la MP-10. why would it have a higher price? A larger shipment if anything would mean a lower price.
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Jul 18, 2013 17:31
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Everything about the Masterpiece line in the US makes me feel really good about being an adult collector of small plastic transforming robots. e:^^^^^^^^ 
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Jul 18, 2013 17:31
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So, Armada Starscream, huh? Also who the heck is Scoop supposed to be?
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Jul 18, 2013 17:32
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Bushifox posted:why would it have a higher price? A larger shipment if anything would mean a lower price. Because the super high demand shown today will tell TRU that they can price it higher and it'll still sell. They did the exact same thing with MP-10 Optimus. Blackheart posted:So, Armada Starscream, huh? Also who the heck is Scoop supposed to be? Probably Scoop.
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Jul 18, 2013 17:33
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Captain Magic posted:No man, don't you get it? He's a Seeker, and he's GREEN. Green is my favorite color even, but I have 3 MP seekers already so I'm good. I have the exact same toy in blue. Money and shelf space is a limited resource for me, so I'd rather spend it on something new and cool that I don't have already 3 times over. I have the little Deluxe Acid Storm anyway, so I'm good as far as Acid Storms are concerned. I kind of regret not getting Red Alert because he actually has a lot of remolded parts from Sideswipe, but c'est la vie. Not gonna feel the same way for skipping Acid Storm or Sunstorm.
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Jul 18, 2013 18:02
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Keldroc posted:
Yeah I was just doing a quick search on tfwiki. Somehow I had completely forgotten he existed, and assumed he was an obscure comics character or something.
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Jul 18, 2013 18:06
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Scoop is a very, very random choice. Never had a fiction role anywhere, isn't completing any set of other chug remakes, and whatever niche they're trying to fill with him could have been fit with a more notable character. Also he gets his targetmaster partners but starscream neither gets his minicon nor his broken wing for a sword gimmick?
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Jul 18, 2013 18:33
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I guess Acid Storm is finally sold out, he never showed as "in stock" for me, I guess you had to clear your cache to see him.
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Jul 18, 2013 18:37
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Scoop looks fantastic. The difference between Scoop and MC Acid Storm is that one is a $10 toy, and the other is an $80 toy that's leader class sized.
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Jul 18, 2013 18:46
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There's a possibility he's set to take a role in one of the two monthly books and the writers are just giving Hasbro lead time. Or it could just be one of the designers' favorite characters. Who knows.
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Jul 18, 2013 18:53
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Oh god, they're spinning the Legion-luxes in BH as "it took five steps to transform G1 Wheeljack and two-and-a-half pages for this DOTM guy".
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Jul 18, 2013 20:17
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So apparently the "fan-built" transformer will be a "Fembot Seeker with a sword"
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Jul 18, 2013 20:40
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I'm not really shocked at them wanting to make simpler transformers for their shows and movies. So long as chugs continue (and legions the size of legions), I don't really care. They said as much in the interview with vangelus that they still want to have fans in 30 years so they're simplifying things. And I've encountered mothers in public who wouldn't let their kids buy or transform transformers because "they're too complicated for you" - infuriating bullshit for sure, but them's the breaks. Prime... isn't really the series to do this with, at least not in my opinion. I would not be surprised if the next series is the complete opposite in tone, a Teen Titans Go/Ultimate Spiderman crazyfest, going by this philosphy. The most popular animated shows on the air right now seem to be Adventure time, mlp, and TMNT (when it actually airs, pilot beat Korra in viewing numbers). Yes I know Animated already existed and Rescue Bots exists too, but I think they're going to get even less serious while still having bots fighting cons.
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Jul 18, 2013 20:42
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Blackheart posted:So apparently the "fan-built" transformer will be a "Fembot Seeker with a sword" And the fans voted for this when we already have Slipstream why?
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Jul 18, 2013 20:43
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404GoonNotFound posted:And the fans voted for this when we already have Slipstream why? It's a Hasbro conspiracy to re-use that Generations:FOC mold a fourth time!
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Jul 18, 2013 20:49
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Yonic Symbolism posted:I'm not really shocked at them wanting to make simpler transformers for their shows and movies. So long as chugs continue (and legions the size of legions), I don't really care. They said as much in the interview with vangelus that they still want to have fans in 30 years so they're simplifying things. And I've encountered mothers in public who wouldn't let their kids buy or transform transformers because "they're too complicated for you" - infuriating bullshit for sure, but them's the breaks. They already did it once back in Armada, remember, and I know it sold like hot drat, but they also had a minicon pack-in with every deluxe.
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Yonic Symbolism posted:I would not be surprised if the next series is the complete opposite in tone, a Teen Titans Go/Ultimate Spiderman crazyfest, going by this philosphy. The most popular animated shows on the air right now seem to be Adventure time, mlp, and TMNT (when it actually airs, pilot beat Korra in viewing numbers). Yes I know Animated already existed and Rescue Bots exists too, but I think they're going to get even less serious while still having bots fighting cons. it's sort of the same frustration I feel with TV shows based on superheroes. Aside from the new Avengers cartoon being godawful, it means a TV show needs to establish who these people are again even though we already know from the movies, cartoons, video games and comic books. I guess that's how it goes for franchises.
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Jul 18, 2013 20:52
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panel questions posted:"No plans for MLP Transformer" Thanks TF fans, for asking the important questions. 
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Blackheart posted:So apparently the "fan-built" transformer will be a "Fembot Seeker with a sword"
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Jul 18, 2013 21:10
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Blackheart posted:Thanks TF fans, for asking the important questions. Burn down the fandom.
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yeah my wife asked me once if I ever thought about going to a Transformer convention, I told her there would be no quicker way for me to ever give up on the whole thing then stick me in a ballroom with a few hundred of those loving people It's much easier to self-select on the Internet and even now and again some of you fuckers here are embarrassing
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Jul 18, 2013 21:15
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SRM posted:it means we need to establish a new Transformers before this one can do more interesting things with its story and reach the potential that it has. Maybe it didn't quite set up the 4th season that Animated did, but I would have liked to see it run longer to get to a bigger climax. If I had a dollar for the amount of times I've complained about this I'd be a millionaire. That's the nature of children's TV I guess. Nothing seems to last beyond 3 seasons.
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Jul 18, 2013 21:19
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I'm hoping to pick up Acid Storm when he's on super clearance so I can get the better head for Starscream, and a second one to repaint into Skywarp. I just Wal-Mart Skywarp for like $25, maybe it'll happen again?
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I'm hoping to pick up Acid Storm when he's on super clearance so I can get the better head for Starscream, and a second one to repaint into Skywarp. I just Wal-Mart Skywarp for like $25, maybe it'll happen again? Thundercracker still hasn't gone on clearance and the TRUs here still have half a dozen each sitting in one of the video game section cases. Seems unlikely, but maybe Acid Storm just won't sell at all and they'll have no choice.
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Jul 18, 2013 21:51
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Blackheart posted:So apparently the "fan-built" transformer will be a "Fembot Seeker with a sword" A KABUKI SAMURAI fembot, to be exact!  ...well I think it's neat 
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Jul 18, 2013 21:54
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TRU doesn't put things are clearance very often. I mean poo poo, mine still has a TON of DOTM deluxes for $16 each. Believe me, I'm right when I say that Acid Storm is not going to move, unless they make him in really limited quantities (which I'm hoping they do). My store still has Thundercrackers, although Prime showed up for about a week and was never seen again. Dre2Dee2 posted:A KABUKI SAMURAI fembot, to be exact! Perceptor? Is that you? (Man G1 got weird)
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Jul 18, 2013 21:56
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So the official photo for Whirl is a hell of a lot more MTMTE-esque.  Also: Tailgate, Skids and Shrapnel:   
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Jul 18, 2013 21:58
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This is so dumb and insane.... it's pretty awesome
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Jul 18, 2013 22:02
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Yeah not seeing much resemblance to the idw design in that whirl
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So apparently they cut the line off for Hasbro booth store tickets at SDCC at 4:30AM this morning, and even then the people in line still have to draw the lucky tickets at a raffle to get a ticket to stand in line to buy anything at the booth. In anticipation of it being a complete clusterfuck as always, I had a friend who went to Wednesday Preview Night pick up Metroplex and the GI Joe vs. Transformers box for me.
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Jul 18, 2013 22:10
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The_Doctor posted:So the official photo for Whirl is a hell of a lot more MTMTE-esque. It's still really, really Dorvack/G1. Like almost slavishly so.
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Jul 18, 2013 22:22
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Keldroc posted:So apparently they cut the line off for Hasbro booth store tickets at SDCC at 4:30AM this morning, and even then the people in line still have to draw the lucky tickets at a raffle to get a ticket to stand in line to buy anything at the booth. In anticipation of it being a complete clusterfuck as always, I had a friend who went to Wednesday Preview Night pick up Metroplex and the GI Joe vs. Transformers box for me. If you didn't camp out all night you couldn't even get a ticket for a small chance to buy souvenirs?  That's like the worst parts of Y2000 era Black Friday and playing Powerball.
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Tailgate looks great! First thing I'd do with him would be to bin that stupid bloody targetmaster thing, mind. In other news, Quakewave arrived today! And is awesome. And solid as hell. And has the most ridiculously tight joints I think I've ever encountered. I also seem to have two sets of replacement arm parts instead of the originally listed opaque hand & gun barrel. Hrmm.
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Jul 18, 2013 22:27
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strangehamster posted:If you didn't camp out all night you couldn't even get a ticket for a small chance to buy souvenirs? And the people camping out missed Soundwave! It's been nearly impossible to win at being a Transformers fan this week.
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Sentinel Red posted:Tailgate looks great! First thing I'd do with him would be to bin that stupid bloody targetmaster thing, mind. I ordered from aces toy store and didn't receive the solid hand and gun. When I contacted them they said they hadn't received the solid hand and gun yet but would in a few weeks at which time they would send them out. Perhaps this is the case with other retailers as well?
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Phy posted:It's still really, really Dorvack/G1. Like almost slavishly so. The head is dead on "No, your expression is more like this". And I think with some finagling you can make his legs more backwards bendy. I'm sure someone will steal Sandstorm's rotors and make Whirl even more comic accurate.
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