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Blackheart posted:The "core" PCCs were legit cool scout figures in many cases, and they're even better with the Maketoys Mobine limb kits. A couple of the official limb sets were actually decent too, but yeah they were by far the weakest part of the PCC line. Grimstone and the dinobots is Grimstone and the Contructicons were the only real solid 5 packs. The last two waves of the double packs were good too. The line was cut way too short. The doublepacks were going for 2.50 at target and the 5 packs were 5 bucks each. I wound up getting the whole line one day because everything was on sale.
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Blackheart posted:If I haven't convinced you guys yet about my horrible taste in plastic robots, I picked these guys on discount and they're surprisingly solid and fun to play with, if you fiddle and customize them a bit (which honestly, is the whole point). They're voyager-sized and the best thing is their accessories and guns (the megs vs. optimus pack comes with a ton of extras) have standard 5mm pegs and pegholes so they're great for arming your regular transformers. Don't worry you have good taste, the Construct Bots line is fantastic for what it is
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Blackheart posted:If I haven't convinced you guys yet about my horrible taste in plastic robots, I picked these guys on discount and they're surprisingly solid and fun to play with, if you fiddle and customize them a bit (which honestly, is the whole point). They're voyager-sized and the best thing is their accessories and guns (the megs vs. optimus pack comes with a ton of extras) have standard 5mm pegs and pegholes so they're great for arming your regular transformers. I enjoy them. I'll have to get my camera out and post up some of my mix-and-match monstrosities soon.
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So wow, Diesel. Finally sat down with him and rarely have I ever been so certain I was going to snap a random tab or hinge on a toy. The engineering is impressive and the partsforming is epic, but man, if you have a faint heart, don't even bother. Peaugh's review was almost mandatory prep for this guy. His upper and lower halves are connected by a double hinge so thin that I swear it's partly translucent. He looks awesome, but I don't know how many times I will dare to transform him.
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The good thing is that if you do snap that middle thing he can still be put into both of his modes since the torso tabs into the lower body.
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Now that I think of it, I haven't transformed Assaulter in months because of his near-impossible shoulder tabs.
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404GoonNotFound posted:I am getting all kinds of nervous about finding the Starscream/Scoop/Minicon wave on the shelves without even seeing a Skids or Swerve/Cosmos Swerve and Cosmos haven't been released in America yet. They just released Rhinox and DD like last week.
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I keep getting thrown off by Orbital here in London. They get stuff weirdly ahead of time. They've had Doubledealer sitting in a cabinet since late December, and the Scoops/Minicons wave has been and gone. 
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So you guys weren't kidding about Diesel being fragile. I pulled out the head on the that sliding piece and the whole part came off in my hand. I'm pretty sure my heart stopped beating until I realized I could just slide it back in. I like how Menasor looks on the shelf, but the best way I can describe the whole experience is "not fun". The cars are so tight with the tolerances that transforming them back and forth is a pain, and Diesel has so many thin pieces that transforming it is a worrisome chore. On the other side of the third party equation, I got the last 3 parts to Glacial Lord. Holy crap, he is the most fun I've had with a combiner since my G2 Devastator. If you like the G1 aesthetics, go for it. It is worth every penny.
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For people who use HTS and are inclined, this might be of interest - tfw2005 looks to bury it under AoE news: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/tflegends15 Also man, Dark Cybertron is such a confusing mixed bag. The art thing is really starting to hurt my eyeballs.
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I just want to reiterate that Legends is a terrible game that should not be played by anyone. Those are cool toys, but don't try the game. Be a winner. *thumbs up*
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Spiderdrake posted:For people who use HTS and are inclined, this might be of interest - tfw2005 looks to bury it under AoE news: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/tflegends15 They're not shipping until mid march. And 15% off isn't much. They're not even down to 10 dollars each after the discount+tax.
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The Taint Reaper posted:They're not shipping until mid march. For the math fans out there, $12.75 is what I consider an average price.
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404GoonNotFound posted:...I may have just fused the waist of my Mini-Con Assault team with a super glue mishap Super glue or plastic glue? If it's super glue, you can just leave it in the freezer for a bit and that'll weaken the bond. If it's plastic glue, well, you just melted the plastic to the other plastic and there's no going back.
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SRM posted:Super glue or plastic glue? If it's super glue, you can just leave it in the freezer for a bit and that'll weaken the bond. If it's plastic glue, well, you just melted the plastic to the other plastic and there's no going back. Super glue. The head on the jet guy popped out, so I popped it back in and then proceeed to vastly underestimate the setting time, leading to the current mishap while fiddling around with it.
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Just pulled the trigger on DragonBoatTrain Prime since it showed up on ToyArena. I couldn't help myself.
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strangehamster posted:For the math fans out there, $12.75 is what I consider an average price. I think walmart sells them for 10 usually. Walmart might still be a place worth checking for the Skids and Waspinator wave though. I know that Kaybees used to be the poo poo for finding earlier wave/lesser released figures, but now that they're gone we're just left with the screwy releases and stores still stocking wave 2 voyagers. If you have a Toys R Us Express around your area, those used to be Kaybees and they are usually full of weird things that you wouldn't find in a normal toy store.
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$15 is too drat high, $12 is okay, $10 is great, below $10 is wonderful
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Kaybees were amazing. There's still sort of one in the Florida Mall in Orlando. It's no longer a Kaybees, but only the sign has changed out front, it still has a fuckton of oooold toys. Last time I looked in there it still had Star Trek: First Contact figures in. I know I definitely bought a Classics TF in there that had been off shelves for the longest time, but I can't remember what one.
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The_Doctor posted:Kaybees were amazing. There's still sort of one in the Florida Mall in Orlando. It's no longer a Kaybees, but only the sign has changed out front, it still has a fuckton of oooold toys. Last time I looked in there it still had Star Trek: First Contact figures in. I know I definitely bought a Classics TF in there that had been off shelves for the longest time, but I can't remember what one. drat first contact toys? Most unique things I've come across have been knockoffs. Voyager case rations for Rhinox,Whirl, and Double Dealer all seem to be very promising though. All cases varieties have at least two of a single figure so there's cases with two whirls and a single rhinox and double dealer, Two Rhinoxes and two Whirls, and Two Double Dealers and Two Rhinoxes. So they shouldn't be in short supply hopefully.
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catch22 posted:Has the Skids/Waspinator wave passed? They're hard to find and HTS is sold out of both Skids and Waspinator. Hasbro admitted that they did not produce enough of them.
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The_Doctor posted:Kaybees were amazing. There's still sort of one in the Florida Mall in Orlando. It's no longer a Kaybees, but only the sign has changed out front, it still has a fuckton of oooold toys. Last time I looked in there it still had Star Trek: First Contact figures in. I know I definitely bought a Classics TF in there that had been off shelves for the longest time, but I can't remember what one. There was a KB Toy Liquidators in an outlet mall about an hour north of me for the longest time. I went there once and picked up a dozen TFs that were all long sold out and somewhat sought after as well as a poo poo ton of Marvel Legends for $10 each.
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catch22 posted:Has the Skids/Waspinator wave passed? Waspinator will be shipping in an upcoming wave with Scoop, Arcee and Chromia, but only one per case. So there will be a chance to get him again, but you'll have to be a bit lucky. I'm sure Skids will pop up in another wave later in 2014, too.
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Rhyno posted:There was a KB Toy Liquidators in an outlet mall about an hour north of me for the longest time. I went there once and picked up a dozen TFs that were all long sold out and somewhat sought after as well as a poo poo ton of Marvel Legends for $10 each. I remember finding a couple Action Masters there in the late 90s. Nothing beats finding the original Toy Biz X-Men figures at a Marc's last year. The cards were beat to hell, but hey, why not?
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Keldroc posted:Waspinator will be shipping in an upcoming wave with Scoop, Arcee and Chromia, but only one per case. So there will be a chance to get him again, but you'll have to be a bit lucky. I'm sure Skids will pop up in another wave later in 2014, too. Also, Crosscut in the Rattrap/Tankorr wave, if you're more interested in owning a mold of a tiny car that becomes a horribly beweaponed Autobot rather than Skids The Character.
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Keldroc posted:Waspinator will be shipping in an upcoming wave with Scoop, Arcee and Chromia, but only one per case. So there will be a chance to get him again, but you'll have to be a bit lucky. I'm sure Skids will pop up in another wave later in 2014, too. Wait... a Generations Arcee? Do we know what alt-mode design they're using?
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Confirming Target has marked down Predaking to $35. This target has 20 of them, should I wait it out?
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Rhyno posted:Confirming Target has marked down Predaking to $35. This target has 20 of them, should I wait it out? Ours are $25, wait it out
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Stopped by a local Target and they had Scoop and the Minicon team, so I picked up both. That's all I wanted out of that wave, anyway. $15 is a little hard to swallow, but I'll live with it. Or, I'll hang onto my receipt, keep an eye on Wal-Mart and stuff, and if I find it cheaper I'll just buy from one store and return them to Target with the receipt. 
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Gaz-L posted:Wait... a Generations Arcee? Do we know what alt-mode design they're using? No, but since Chromia and Windblade are using IDW designs, it seems possible that we are finally getting a future car Arcee in the Generations line.
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Keldroc posted:No, but since Chromia and Windblade are using IDW designs, it seems possible that we are finally getting a future car Arcee in the Generations line. Hmmm I'm gonna go ahead and bet on Rattrap repaint, given their deadly allergy to giving Arcee her proper alt mode.
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Hmmm I'm gonna go ahead and bet on Rattrap repaint, given their deadly allergy to giving Arcee her proper alt mode. She is his great-aunt...
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Hmmm I'm gonna go ahead and bet on Rattrap repaint, given their deadly allergy to giving Arcee her proper alt mode. Yeah, it's been nearly 
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strangehamster posted:Ours are $25, wait it out Oooh good to know. At $25 I want one and I have a friend who wanted one as well.
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Rhyno posted:Oooh good to know. At $25 I want one and I have a friend who wanted one as well. I would send you some, work target has them jamming up the shelves, shipping would probably kill the savings 
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