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strangehamster posted:This is the schedule from the last TFcon -> http://www.tfcon.ca/tfcon-2013-event-schedule I'm still not positive about going or not. I am terrible at going to places and being a person, but it's something to consider for sure.
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Captain Magic posted:Okay cool, thanks. I will be your friend, you can sit by me.
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Feb 11, 2014 20:52
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I'd like to go, but at the moment, can't commit due to funds. It's been a bad last couple months, so I'm about to put up a crapton of stuff for sale. Hopefully things might look better closer to October.
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Feb 11, 2014 21:09
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therealjon_ posted:How on earth do you afford a one month vacation to Disney? I don't even know how you get an entire month off of work without getting injured, pregnant or being the CEO so you can do whatever the gently caress you want.
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Feb 11, 2014 21:29
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Gammatron 64 posted:I don't even know how you get an entire month off of work without getting injured, pregnant or being the CEO so you can do whatever the gently caress you want. If I had been hired right away, instead of being diddled around and classified at part-time temporary, I would have 32 total vacation days and holidays per year. Before the change this year one could carry over 80 hours of unused vacation from the previous year. strangehamster fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 21:35
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I can imagine having enough day accrued but I can't imagine taking my hands off the wheel for more than a couple weeks. I wish I could trust my co-workers enough for that but NOPE. The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > Transformers: Work and Vacation Chat
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Feb 11, 2014 21:42
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SpikeMcclane posted:I'd like to go, but at the moment, can't commit due to funds. It's been a bad last couple months, so I'm about to put up a crapton of stuff for sale. Hopefully things might look better closer to October. Send me some good toy pictures, they were so small last time I could barely tell what was for sale. I'm estimating about $50 per person per day if I can put three people in a hotel room, how much does a goon eat per day? Would you fly or drive up? I'm trying to work out a budget for myself too. strangehamster fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 21:48
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Typically if you're a teacher you get all your time off at once (since weekends are typically prep), like either as a summer thing or in higher-ed you can take a sabbatical once every 600 years to work on your own research (to prove to the University you're still employable) so like... It happens that there are people who have time off of work for a month at a time. The actual funding that vacation part... I don't even know.
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Feb 11, 2014 21:58
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Rei_ posted:Typically if you're a teacher you get all your time off at once (since weekends are typically prep), like either as a summer thing or in higher-ed you can take a sabbatical once every 600 years to work on your own research (to prove to the University you're still employable) so like... It happens that there are people who have time off of work for a month at a time. Or two, if you teach at college levels in the Netherlands. I get roughly 12 weeks off each year, but yeah. Teacher have no free weekends. Unless you prep your lessons during the week itself.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:05
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I'm gonna be in Toronto in July! Doing wedding preparations and stuff with my fiancee and her family and friends. I might convince her to go (or let me go) one of these years since she likes more general cons, but for sure not this year. I wouldn't even ask.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:06
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Captain Magic posted:I'm still not positive about going or not. I am terrible at going to places and being a person, but it's something to consider for sure. I am rather bitter I can't go to the chicago one this year. Of course the one wedding I'm going to this year has to be on that exact loving weekend.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:12
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Spiderdrake posted:It's not a bad experience. Meeting people is nice, but the feeling of being somewhere your hobby is completely accepted and actually feels really normal is a unique one. I've been to cons and stuff for Magic or other hobbies, and TFCon doesn't feel like that, it's not very "nerd con" in sentiment. You'll see a broad mix of people, most of whom seem to be enjoying themselves without weirding you out. Though I did hear hamster saw someone propose, ehhhhh. It was a little bit awkward and the man didn't take his hat off on stage 
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Feb 11, 2014 22:31
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I will be at both TFCons this year and will be nerd-friends with any of you loner-goons! I like to transform robots, drink heavily and swear loudly in public. Also tabletop games. If any of these things interest you, lets hang out! I'm flying from the Raleigh-Durham area (don't have tickets yet, hunting for deals). Also, I finally found some new 'bots at my local Target establishment. I always choose a particular cashier because she asks me if I want a gift receipt and I always smirk and say, "no, thank you" as I get out my card to pay for my transforming robot toys and 6-pack of two-hearted ale. It never fails. I picked up Skywarp, Scoop and the Minicon combiners. I saw Armada Starscream and the blue Predaking but passed. The detail on blue Predaking's missile launchers looked pretty good, I may go back and pick him up (they had at least 4 of him so I think there's a good chance he'll hang around a bit).
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Feb 12, 2014 00:44
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Spiderdrake posted:I am rather bitter I can't go to the chicago one this year. Of course the one wedding I'm going to this year has to be on that exact loving weekend. I can't go to C2E2 because my girlfriend is the made of honor in a wedding. I've been actively trying to break up that engagement for months.
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Feb 12, 2014 00:46
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Skybytes robot mode on the comic cover looks somewhat similar to Shark Megatron from Prime. I hope it's a new mold though, we could get him repainted as one of the Seacons or Pretenders with a shark alt mode.
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Feb 12, 2014 01:03
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TheDK posted:Also, I finally found some new 'bots at my local Target establishment. Skids? 
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The_Doctor posted:Skids? From what I understand Canada has a shitload of Skids. You're probably better off finding it there.
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Feb 12, 2014 01:35
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Ehhhh. You guys are over-estimating how much Disney World costs. Would it be *cheap*? No, but you can find timeshares or long-term stay hotels available for probably less than renting an apartment in a city, and then just seasonal or annual passes for everyone for park entry. Food can be done cheaply if you limit what you eat inside the parks. Orlando is not really an expensive city if you get away from the major tourist areas.
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Feb 12, 2014 01:48
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Also I'm going to say if I was a betting man that Voyager Roadbuster is probably going to be retooled to Voyager Hound and a bunch of other Autobot and Decepticon guys until it rivals Jazz as the most used Classics mold. And will probably be like whirl where's he's just a modernized G1 version of the toy.
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Feb 12, 2014 01:56
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Endless Mike posted:Ehhhh. You guys are over-estimating how much Disney World costs. Would it be *cheap*? No, but you can find timeshares or long-term stay hotels available for probably less than renting an apartment in a city, and then just seasonal or annual passes for everyone for park entry. Food can be done cheaply if you limit what you eat inside the parks. Orlando is not really an expensive city if you get away from the major tourist areas. Yeah but then you're in Orlando for a month.
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Feb 12, 2014 02:10
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Endless Mike posted:Ehhhh. You guys are over-estimating how much Disney World costs. Would it be *cheap*? No, but you can find timeshares or long-term stay hotels available for probably less than renting an apartment in a city, and then just seasonal or annual passes for everyone for park entry. Food can be done cheaply if you limit what you eat inside the parks. Orlando is not really an expensive city if you get away from the major tourist areas. $10 for food per person per day and 250 per week for a time share plus park tickets is still about $6500, plus there's the travel cost. That's more than my yearly mortgage cost with insurance and taxes included.
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Feb 12, 2014 02:25
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SpikeMcclane posted:$10 for food per person per day and 250 per week for a time share plus park tickets is still about $6500, plus there's the travel cost. That's more than my yearly mortgage cost with insurance and taxes included. How much was the loan if you pay less than $6,500 a year for a mortgage with taxes/ins?
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Feb 12, 2014 02:40
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Had to make a tough call between Feral Rex and Warbotron today, so I've got a displayed but not transformed Bovis w/box and everything I'm looking to sell, asking $105 shipped to US addresses.
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Feb 12, 2014 02:40
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therealjon_ posted:How much was the loan if you pay less than $6,500 a year for a mortgage with taxes/ins? Loan was around 70k. I sometimes forget how good that is nowadays. Combination of managing to get in on a short sale and being in an area that has one of the nation's lowest costs of living.
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Feb 12, 2014 02:54
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The_Doctor posted:Skids?
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Feb 12, 2014 03:59
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TheDK posted:Negative. Haven't seen that wave in my area at all and I'm kind of upset about it. I just found the wave with Armadascream and Scoop. I fear Skids and Waspinator has passed by my area completely. Why cookie Rocket posted:People that live in the glass house of the TF thread should not throw rocks about disposable income. Ha! Joke's on you! I haven't bought a new Transformer in months! 
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:I just found the wave with Armadascream and Scoop. I fear Skids and Waspinator has passed by my area completely. Canada just got the Skids wave, check Ebay because they're soon going to be flooding the place.
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Feb 12, 2014 05:10
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Has anyone ordered from transformerland.com before? Good or bad?
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Feb 12, 2014 05:24
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MB13 posted:Has anyone ordered from transformerland.com before? Good or bad? I've used them before, I've had no issues.
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Feb 12, 2014 05:35
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Keldroc posted:Yeah but then you're in Orlando for a month. SpikeMcclane posted:$10 for food per person per day and 250 per week for a time share plus park tickets is still about $6500, plus there's the travel cost. That's more than my yearly mortgage cost with insurance and taxes included.
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So after weeks of not being sure about Dark Cybertron, I'm thinking it's getting a little better. Plus unless I'm wrong it looks like I was right (kind of) in my hope that Megatron would recover at least a little of his old self.
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I thought it was pretty funny that he made BB wait to make his entrance more dramatic. Oh, Megatron...
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Feb 12, 2014 15:50
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Some tumblrite summed up my favorite dark cybertron moment
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Rita Repulsa posted:Some tumblrite summed up my favorite dark cybertron moment Yeah, it's stuff like that that is what I've been liking Dark Cybertron for. Optimus Prime is not your dad.
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The Kapow listing for the iGear seekers mentions each one having an extra head. They're neat, but they're pretty expensive. I get that it's the set of 3 and it works out to ~£80 per guy, but it's a big lump to do in one go.
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EthanSteele posted:The Kapow listing for the iGear seekers mentions each one having an extra head. They're neat, but they're pretty expensive. I get that it's the set of 3 and it works out to ~£80 per guy, but it's a big lump to do in one go. I think the extra head is that awful animated one
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This issue of Dark Cybertron is kind of an odd miniconclusion. The two main plotlines conclude in two fistfights. Optimus Prime's is one of them and it's one of the best handled Prime smackdowns ever. All of TFP Primes Moralizing, all of Live action Prime's tough talk, they never had a really earned moment of Prime-ness like this. Great stuff.
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Phy posted:Yeah, it's stuff like that that is what I've been liking Dark Cybertron for. Optimus Prime is not your dad. I don't know that seems kinda out of character for Optimus to me(although I'm not as familiar with the IDW version as I am with others)
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There'd better be a one page recap of Dark Cybertron when MTMTE returns, since I find it impossible to read the actual comics.
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