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TheDK posted:One of them was 3500 goddamn US dollars. May have been sideswipe I think? Smokescreen is $4000, for that price he better help me cheat at slots! HiriseSoftware fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Oct 27, 2014 |
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Please post pics of AFA graded guy and his wares.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:19
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:BBTS has a gold chrome MP-05 Megatron up for preorder. Are they doing a better one soonish? I kind of blacked out and woke up with aone of those preordered; is that a bad thing? Is MP-05 not so great? Given the two dif reissues they're putting out, it seems like a MP Megs 2.0 announcement isn't far off. MP-05 has issues. The knee ratchets tend to just break after awhile, and various other pieces feel very fragile. He looks okay in bot mode once everything is aligned, but you better not touch him if you want those things to stay aligned. His waist separates very easily when picked up, and he can stand in very few poses. His arm canon is enormous (it's in scale to the gun mode) and he can't support it without the right side of his body drooping under its weight. His face sculpt doesn't look quite right, and his skinny legs are oddly long to get him to MP-01's height. His P38 mode is spot on, albeit giant, and is the only real strength of the figure. I've defended this figure in the past because he was sort of impressive in his complexity and was at the time the best Megatron, but figures have gotten so much better since. Hegemon, the X-Transbot one above...they simply leave MP-05 in the dust. tldr: MP-05 sucks, wait for Takara to announce 2.0 version or go 3rd party.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:25
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What part of the city is the con? I declined to go to Supernatural Con with my girlfriend but now I feel stupid as I could have hitched a ride and hung out with you dudes.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:30
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Rhyno posted:What part of the city is the con? I declined to go to Supernatural Con with my girlfriend but now I feel stupid as I could have hitched a ride and hung out with you dudes. It's at the same hotel. She's buying Transformers right now.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:47
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Rhyno posted:What part of the city is the con? I declined to go to Supernatural Con with my girlfriend but now I feel stupid as I could have hitched a ride and hung out with you dudes. This was my second con (first was Charticon last year) and I had a blast. Got way too drunk Friday and slept too much on Saturday as a result. Ended up passing out early last night and missed the party at the bar. However, got some awesome robots, got to meet strangehamster (missed the doctor), and had some deep dish pizza. Overall I give it two thumbs up. I'm planning on Toronto next year. Will post a lovely phone pic of my haul later when I get home. Still amazed I fit everything into my suitcase.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:48
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HiriseSoftware posted:It's at the same hotel. She's buying Transformers right now. gently caress. Me.
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Oct 26, 2014 20:07
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Yay, Chevy Aveo for $30! Was only in a few countries (not US) and only sold at Chevy dealers after a test drive.
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Oct 26, 2014 20:17
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HiriseSoftware posted:Yay, Chevy Aveo for $30! Was only in a few countries (not US) and only sold at Chevy dealers after a test drive. Having driven an Aveo, I think $30 is still overpriced.
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Oct 26, 2014 20:38
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Ka0 posted:I almost feel bad for TFC. After the tfcon reveals, lots of people are jumping off the ship on Prometheus. I find M3 to be pretty solid once he's all together, but he is unquestionably the fiddliest third party combiner I have when it comes to transformation and the actual act of combining. Diesel is so overdesigned that I came back around the other side and love him because of it. I would have a hard time recommending him to the average fan, but as someone who always wanted high end Stunticons, that set is glorious. That said, I am not particularly interested in any more like that. I think Herc and Uranos are about the right level of detail versus plain, but Defensor is just too far in the other direction. And yeah, Quantron and now Maketoys' Defensor just remind me of how annoying Giant's components were, and combined with how small they are, I have no interest in any more of their combiners. quote:Granted I just care for Hot-spot and First Aid. Whoever gets those right will interest me. Not gonna lie, if TFC's Hot Spot was better, I might be willing to overlook the rest of the set's flaws, but I just find him kind of repulsive. Maybe we're just expecting too much from a group of emergency vehicles after teams of planes, construction equipment, exotic cars, and war machines? Is that as good as the Protectobots are going to get?
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Oct 26, 2014 20:46
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Endless Mike posted:Having driven an Aveo, I think $30 is still overpriced. A guy on the other side of his little booth had one for $75, so I think I got a good deal for the rarity of this thing.
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Oct 26, 2014 20:49
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AoE Voyagers are $20. Aoe Leaders $35. Anything must have?
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Oct 26, 2014 21:04
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HiriseSoftware posted:A guy on the other side of his little booth had one for $75, so I think I got a good deal for the rarity of this thing.
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Oct 26, 2014 21:27
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Xenomrph posted:I got my Aveo for like $20 from sirtoys or whatever that website is maybe 2 months ago. Eh well it's been on eBay for far too much and it was calling my name at the show, so.. Plus with Transformers I like to see things in person before I buy them.
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Oct 26, 2014 21:35
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Rhyno posted:AoE Voyagers are $20. Aoe Leaders $35. Anything must have? Don't bother with the Leaders unless you really want them. Leader Optimus is alright, Leader Grimlock has lots of problems, such as the fact that his dino mode looks like crap. Neither of them are outstanding enough to be a must-buy Voyager-wise, I'd say anything is fair game. Evasion Mode Optimus is a must-buy, Voyager Grimlock is overall better than his Leader version (albiet with a more garbage weapon), AoE Hound is just a really fun figure with a load of guns. AoE Galvatron is a fun figure, who compacts his vehicle mode shell really well, but he lacks in paint apps. Slog is kinda weird, but I like him. Part of his soft plastic is misformed due to how he's in the package, but if you want all of the Movie Dinobots, you should get him. Voyager Drift is just a repaint of that one voyager from Dark of the Moon (I forget the name), but he was a pretty drat rad mold, and it looks great in Drift's color scheme. If you already owned the origional figure, then you might give it a pass, but otherwise, get him
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Oct 26, 2014 21:47
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XavierGenisi posted:Voyager Drift is just a repaint of that one voyager from Dark of the Moon (I forget the name), Skyhammer
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Oct 26, 2014 22:30
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I love the robot toys. They are good. It is immensely calming to transform. Things fit together like they should. I want a Devestator. Make me one Hasbro.
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Oct 26, 2014 22:51
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XavierGenisi posted:Don't bother with the Leaders unless you really want them. Leader Optimus is alright, Leader Grimlock has lots of problems, such as the fact that his dino mode looks like crap. Neither of them are outstanding enough to be a must-buy Sweet, might go back for some Dinobots. Xenomrph posted:Cool, thanks! I got him, $17 and change after tax, I'll find a box tomorrow and figure out shipping costs. You want him out of package to save?
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Oct 26, 2014 23:02
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Phy posted:Skyhammer aka the best ever transformer to turn into a helicopter as its primary goal. Gen Springer owns, but it's not the best at being a heicopter-Robo; Skyhammer's a masterwork.
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Oct 26, 2014 23:07
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Saw the $30 walmart Jetfire display, could not resistDoctorWhat posted:aka the best ever transformer to turn into a helicopter as its primary goal. Gen Springer owns, but it's not the best at being a heicopter-Robo; Skyhammer's a masterwork. I'm pretty sure in the Vangelus interview where he asks about using that mold the Hasbro dude was like 'mold ownz, wanted to use it again'
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Oct 26, 2014 23:40
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Spiderdrake posted:Saw the $30 walmart Jetfire display, could not resist Well yeah, it's the best ever use of helicopter blades ever in a TF figure that isn't turning them into seperate weapons or whatever. They turn into speed lines!  It'd only be better if it had thigh swivels, but there's just no room in the engineering for them. I'm so glad the Drift version happened, because that gives it actually-good weapons instead of mechtech nonsense. But I love my skyhammer well enough anyway and I got it for like 10bux at an outlet store so I'M NOT COMPLAINING. DoctorWhat fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Oct 26, 2014 |
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Oct 26, 2014 23:47
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So if you have a biglots around it might be worth checking for older CHUG stuff. The ones near me had some Universe 2.0 stuff including Autobot Countdown. http://randomtoyreviews.blogspot.com/2012/09/transformers-universe-autobot-countdown.html http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Countdown_(G1) He's around the size of Leader jetfire and way more bulky. And for a good long time he was the largest figure until Metroplex came out. Granted his G1 version was a micromaster, but the figure is one hell of an upgrade.
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Oct 26, 2014 23:48
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$30 Jetfire at Walmart? Brb.
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Oct 26, 2014 23:54
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Semi-ironically eating at Toby Keith's I Love a This Bar and Grill, is anyone still here? gently caress the haters 34oz of beer is just $4!!!! (That is a whole liter of piss water, The Doctor!) strangehamster fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Oct 27, 2014 |
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Oct 27, 2014 00:06
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The Taint Reaper posted:So if you have a biglots around it might be worth checking for older CHUG stuff. The ones near me had some Universe 2.0 stuff including Autobot Countdown. Biglots are super hit-or-miss by me. They used to be havens of after-market TF releases but starting about a year ago most of them cleaned out their entire toy section and since then they've barely had any Transformers at all. The ones by me just got the first wave scouts w/minicons (Starscream, Bumblebee, Prime, and Megatron) and are selling them at the somewhat ludicrous price of $10. They also just got the last Kre-O combiner wave in with Computron and Menasor, also $10.
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Oct 27, 2014 00:19
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strangehamster posted:Semi-ironically eating at Toby Keith's I Love a This Bar and Grill, is anyone still here?
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Oct 27, 2014 01:35
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No $30 Jetfire  where did that number come from anyway?But I did pick up Skybyte and Roadbuster for $20 each. So, we'll call it evens.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:00
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So they posted spoilers about the new cartoon Optimus needs to evolve into OPTIMUS SUPREME by going on a spiritual journey. Now the only Optimus Supreme that ever existed was the Energon Optimus and Omega Supreme combination. Which I assume any sort of combiner for RID15 is next to impossible given the limited size class.
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Oct 27, 2014 03:14
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catch22 posted:Given the two dif reissues they're putting out, it seems like a MP Megs 2.0 announcement isn't far off. Good to know, thank you I'm reconsidering.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:13
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Is that better looking Evasion Mode two-pack out yet? I've been waiting on that to pick up EM Prime.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:19
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Captain Invictus posted:Is that better looking Evasion Mode two-pack out yet? I've been waiting on that to pick up EM Prime. Is that the one with the faceplate? Hey Xeno, Slog is cheaper on Amazon right now http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-...s+voyager+class Rhyno fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Oct 27, 2014 |
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Oct 27, 2014 04:28
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Captain Invictus posted:Is that better looking Evasion Mode two-pack out yet? I've been waiting on that to pick up EM Prime. You're going to have to be specific. There's a bunch of them out.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:32
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Rhyno posted:I got him, $17 and change after tax, I'll find a box tomorrow and figure out shipping costs. You want him out of package to save? In fact if you want to hold off on shipping and see if you can get lucky on the ML Target 3-pack, I don't mind waiting.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:59
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Xenomrph posted:Absolutely. I'll give a look but there were none at Target today.
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Oct 27, 2014 05:09
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The Taint Reaper posted:So they posted spoilers about the new cartoon Rhyno posted:Is that the one with the faceplate?
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Oct 27, 2014 05:36
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Knormal posted:I think it's really unlikely that's going to tie into the Generations combiner theme in any way, they probably just still had the trademark on the name. But hopefully it means we'll get a better-looking Prime figure later in the line. Ah poo poo, that's the one I wanted. But I like the mold enough to drop $20 on it so I guess I'll buy the standard one.
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Oct 27, 2014 05:43
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Rhyno posted:Is that the one with the faceplate?
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Oct 27, 2014 08:16
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Keldroc posted:Not gonna lie, if TFC's Hot Spot was better, I might be willing to overlook the rest of the set's flaws, but I just find him kind of repulsive. Maybe we're just expecting too much from a group of emergency vehicles after teams of planes, construction equipment, exotic cars, and war machines? Is that as good as the Protectobots are going to get? Definitely not. I mean one the First-Aids looks like the RotF twins Ice Cream truck so at least that can improve. The big thing I want out of a Defensor is the ability to have it with only one arm because First Aid isn't there.
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Oct 27, 2014 13:24
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Here's a few images of that "selling AFA graded Transformers for $4000" guy (he is "IAMRATCHET TOYS"):   Buy today, and pay tomorrow, and the next month, and the next month, etc etc.
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HiriseSoftware posted:Here's a few images of that "selling AFA graded Transformers for $4000" guy (he is "IAMRATCHET TOYS"): Some of those things are box only. He is selling AFA graded boxes.
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