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I just got a Takara Animated Rodimus, finally getting to own a version of this mold. just... holy poo poo 
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Blackheart posted:I just got a Takara Animated Rodimus, finally getting to own a version of this mold. Quite seriously one of my favourite Transformers of all time. I miss Animated a lot.
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Sep 14, 2013 03:55
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Introducing.....THRUSTINATOR!  I find this both brilliant and horrifying. On a side note,Dirgegun and the other cyborgs are some of my favorite Beast Wars molds.... ....wish I had them though.
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Sep 14, 2013 04:16
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Been trying to get a friend of mine to read LSoTW and MTMTE lately, so I decided to go back and read Last Stand again. I'd almost forgotten just how much stuff Roberts had set up back here for stuff that happens in MTMTE. I mean, there was only two years in between them, but it's still impressive.
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Sep 14, 2013 04:37
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Are US people still seeing MP Soundwave on shelves or has he come and gone now, do you think?
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Sep 14, 2013 05:31
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The_Doctor posted:Are US people still seeing MP Soundwave on shelves or has he come and gone now, do you think? I check the availablility twice a week and haven't seen an in stock notice since I got mine.
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Sep 14, 2013 05:42
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Rhyno posted:I check the availablility twice a week and haven't seen an in stock notice since I got mine. I'm being made to sell mine (because stupidly I bought him on my dad's credit card instead of running to an ATM to get the cash out. In my defence I didn't want to lose out on getting him while I was gone), and I was wondering about how readily available he still might be. I don't want to be hunting around and not seeing him for below $200 or so, as I can imagine easily.
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Sep 14, 2013 06:01
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Lepecard posted:Introducing.....THRUSTINATOR! Thats actually loving awesome.
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Sep 14, 2013 06:55
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Captain Magic posted:Huh. For whatever reason I didn't know Hoist was just a Trailcutter remold/paint. It gives Hoist his back wings and truck bed kibble, in a backpack that apparently doesn't have to be removed when he transforms. It also gives Trailbreaker his G1 hand gun, but I don't really care about that. BizarroAzrael posted:Got Generations Stealth Jet Megatron at TRU the other day, who had waves I knew nothing about. Pleasing to look at in both modes except for the fusion cannon just being a way to use extra kibble.
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Sep 14, 2013 08:51
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The_Doctor posted:Are US people still seeing MP Soundwave on shelves or has he come and gone now, do you think? MP Soundwave and Acid Storm are on TRU shelves in the UK now, by the way. £75 and £120 respectively.
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Sep 14, 2013 09:44
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BizarroAzrael posted:MP Soundwave and Acid Storm are on TRU shelves in the UK now, by the way. £75 and £120 respectively. I got mine delivered, free delivery. It's still available on the website now.
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Sep 14, 2013 11:23
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The_Doctor posted:I'm being made to sell mine (because stupidly I bought him on my dad's credit card instead of running to an ATM to get the cash out. In my defence I didn't want to lose out on getting him while I was gone), and I was wondering about how readily available he still might be. I don't want to be hunting around and not seeing him for below $200 or so, as I can imagine easily. $200 seems to be the upper limit of what people are willing to pay right now. That will likely creep upward as time goes on. eBay auctions that are bid-based rather than Buy It Now seem to settle around $160-180.
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Sep 14, 2013 11:54
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The_Doctor posted:Are US people still seeing MP Soundwave on shelves or has he come and gone now, do you think? I actually found mine on Tuesday. It's the first I've seen him on shelves, and I was thinking I missed out because Acid Storm came and went like three weeks back.
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Sep 14, 2013 12:21
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The_Doctor posted:Hoist's gun fits in the hole behind the cab, not in the trailer bed. It took me a while to figure that out. Oh god, duh. That works much better. Thanks!
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Sep 14, 2013 20:50
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I kind of think the hoist that's a recolor of the 2007 tow truck (longarm I think) looks better than this hoist as a classics. So Predacons Rising has leaked and being weak I fell to temptation and watched it. Before I had thought that the next series would just continue from Prime because Hasbro made such a HUGE deal about aligned continuity that I could not see them abandoning it, but now I'm not so sure. I mean, Megatron's come back from a lot of things but I'm not sure how he'll come back from being alive but just sick and tired of this tyranny poo poo. I'm glad they didn't just kill him again and act like everyone's expecting it to last this time. It would take some major asspulls in the plot to come back from that. But really it was a strong finish to Prime. Really, the next series could do something based on IDW or a televised version of WFC and the exodus novels or dig up another crazy british guy to write a show for them. I just don't see a return of TF Prime in the future.
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Sep 14, 2013 21:40
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Edit: Nope, never mind that speculation. That was a great way to finish Transformers Prime. Even has some foundation for RiD or MtMtE when you're reaching but I doubt they'll go that way. I just ordered Soundwave MasterPiece from Takara through the specialist store. Want to know Iceland's insane prices? $228 for Soundwave MP, $82 for each pack of two of his tapes. Iced Cocoa fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Sep 15, 2013 |
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Sep 14, 2013 21:53
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Is paying ~200 more really worth it for a red visor and pink cassette cases?
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Sep 14, 2013 21:57
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It's cheaper than the Hasbro version. As for extra cassettes, I'll figure out in time if I want to buy Rumble/Ravage or not. Not going to touch on the other two anyway. The guy at the store also tried to up-sell this, telling me about Soundblaster and how he has Ratbat, the coolest of them all. I am not that interested.
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Sep 14, 2013 22:08
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404GoonNotFound posted:Is paying ~200 more really worth it for a red visor and pink cassette cases? For a lot of people outside the US it's pretty much the only way to get him for sure.
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Sep 14, 2013 22:11
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Blackheart posted:For a lot of people outside the US it's pretty much the only way to get him for sure.
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Sep 14, 2013 22:48
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Classics Hoist finally sat long enough on my desk that I had to open it and see what all the comments were about, and I love this little guy. Truck doesn't peg together great, but at least he doesn't feel hollow like a lot of the other releases lately (looking at you Combaticons) but my real gripe is with that comic. Do all the Spotlights end as abruptly and shittily?
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Sep 14, 2013 23:07
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The Rage posted:Do all the Spotlights end as abruptly and shittily? The older spotlights were part of the bigger storyline and were pretty hit or miss.
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Sep 14, 2013 23:27
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Spiderdrake posted:Not really sure what was bad about that ending, but no most of the more recent ones are a bit more punchy shooty less introspective. Maybe its just that I don't know what happened next but with the book just ending with Hoist just sitting down and realizing he was all alone and that was his fear and no further resolution, it just seemed like an abrupt ending. However liking Hoist led me to opening Trailbreaker too, and I really liked his book and his figure as well. Nominating this mold for 2013 Deluxe of the Year.
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Sep 15, 2013 07:38
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Despite owning both Trailbreaker and Hoist, I'm not hugely enamoured with the mold. It's solid but not very posable. I think Orion Pax has been my favourite so far.
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Sep 15, 2013 10:21
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Breacher is a pretty fun guy, but mine came without his gun, so I had to compensate.   No modification to either figure.
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Sep 15, 2013 11:20
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Terry van Feleday posted:Breacher is a pretty fun guy, but mine came without his gun, so I had to compensate. Goddammit I still need to find any version of the breacher mold. I did find a Laserbeak (the skystalker repaint, very cool ,get him) the other day, but couldn't get a Brawl. How I miss all of the movie scouts, they were amazing.
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Sep 15, 2013 16:31
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Blackheart posted:Goddammit I still need to find any version of the breacher mold. I did find a Laserbeak (the skystalker repaint, very cool ,get him) the other day, but couldn't get a Brawl. How I miss all of the movie scouts, they were amazing. The GDO guys can still be gotten, the scouts had a really weird release though in North America. The case ratios were sort of screwy and I think there may have been two to three variations and Dead End wound up being the shortpacked figure. But they're still available in Asia. They also axed the Brawn release who would have been the crown jewel of the set next to Hotspot. Also Cliffjumper has a misplaced pin that winds up breaking the grill off when you attempt to transform it, it's in like 90% of the figures. I bought the entire HFTD line right as they were putting it on discounts when RTS was coming out. It's honestly the best of the best in all the movies lines. Once you have every figure from HFTD there is not reason to get the DOTM deluxes or bother with the previous ROTF or Original movie figures. With the possible exception being Voyager Bludgeon, but he was repainted for HFTD as Banzaitron. HFTD is also still really cheap on the secondary market. The only things that will run you some cash are the Scout Prototype figures that were axed at the end of RTS. They used a green Breacher mold with white panels and called it Roadblock or something but it was never mass released and only a few mockups and prototypes were made. That and the limited release RTS Windcharger and it's a shame his mold was never re-used. Then again the new legends mold for Tailgate might be much better for a new Windcharger than the RTS one. Because the Generations Legends guys are probably much better than most of the scout classes released. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Sep 15, 2013 |
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Sep 15, 2013 18:54
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BizarroAzrael posted:MP Soundwave and Acid Storm are on TRU shelves in the UK now, by the way. £75 and £120 respectively. I knew deep down you had probably botched the order here, but I had to hope. £75 for MP Soundwave, yeah right. You git.
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Sep 15, 2013 22:41
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Has anyone seen these guys play? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Zk9d_c3v4
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Sep 16, 2013 01:21
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Ka0 posted:Has anyone seen these guys play? I saw them at the TF Con costume contest, promoting their next show. Are all the songs terrible?
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Sep 16, 2013 02:47
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So I just watched Predacons Rising, I really liked it. Optimus monologues like a motherfucker though but that's no surprise. The ending was a pretty neat twist in that Optimus "dies" and Megatron lives. Knockout is an Autobot.
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Sep 16, 2013 03:13
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Blackheart posted:So I just watched Predacons Rising, I really liked it. Optimus monologues like a motherfucker though but that's no surprise. The ending was a pretty neat twist in that Optimus "dies" and Megatron lives. Knockout is an Autobot. The monologuing was beyond obnoxious. It's worse than all the monologues through the totality of the show summed together. Oy.
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Sep 16, 2013 13:07
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For those who've been waiting, BBTS put up the preorder for Diesel (not-Motormaster) at $119.99 for the next week or so then it goes up $30. $120 was about where I wanted it to be so yay for that.
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Sep 16, 2013 13:14
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I watched the first ten minutes of TFP:BH:PR and it seemed ok so far. Nice to see that the Autobots don't have to dirty their hands with the actual rebuilding work, leave that to the vehicons/working class. I'm also glad they're there along with the Autobots, because it would feel like the planet was a little big for just the 7 of them, otherwise. The obvious Movie parallels can be seen in that opening scene , although as great as John Bishop is, he's no Orson Wells.
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Sep 16, 2013 14:07
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http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/955794-wtf-tfw-268-september-5-2013-a.html Woah. The listener question on the latest WTF@TFW. Woah. "I'm not saying starscream is a jew because he's sneaky or something racist like that"   *cue 10 minutes of Aaron and Omegus trying to dodge the question*
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Sep 16, 2013 14:27
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Why would you even give a question like that air time in the first place? 
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Sep 16, 2013 14:37
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therealjon_ posted:For those who've been waiting, BBTS put up the preorder for Diesel (not-Motormaster) at $119.99 for the next week or so then it goes up $30. I came in here to post this. TFSource is doing the same thing. I'm still waiting on Downshift and Last Chance because I put them in a pile of loot combo with that goddamn Chaos Paladin. I am glad they are fixing him and making him good but I want my toys, dangit.
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Sep 16, 2013 17:16
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Ugh, so we're done seeing Soundwave in the stores now? (US) I couldn't afford him when he first released, I still probably can't but if he's going away I want him. 
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Sep 16, 2013 18:54
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I preordered Diesel from BBTS but it comes with some "M3 Crossfire kit" which I assume is the combiner kibble. Am I correct?
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Does anyone have the Generations Deluxe Orion Pax toy? He looks pretty solid in the pictures but is he actually a nice mold to own or kind of hollow like the Bruticus toys?
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