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Rhyno posted:Paul, the operator of SirToys has advised us that his supplies are running low on the V2 already and he's not certain he will be able to get more. You might want to risk it and snatch one up. God drat it. He's even got a KO Predaking now too for $35.
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Cassa posted:God drat it. He's even got a KO Predaking now too for $35. There's been a few on his site in various sizes. I'm hoping for KOs of one of the 3P ones. I'm also baffled by the Red MP-10A KO pricing. A few months back they were $100 and now they're selling for as much as the real deal.
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Feb 3, 2015 07:21
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Rhyno posted:There's been a few on his site in various sizes. I'm hoping for KOs of one of the 3P ones. That it's specifically the 32cm one implies, to me and my uninformedness, that it's the MMC one.
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Feb 3, 2015 07:31
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^^ That's a knock-off of G1 Predaking, not any of the third-party ones. They come in a variety of sizes. http://actionfigurechecklist.com/Images/Album/index.php?v=list&i=0&p=Transformers_KnockOff_KO/Combiner/Predacons/v2 Today I started the long-overdue process of rearranging my shelves to make room for new and upcoming figures, and as part of that I took the time to put together TFC Hercules. It's weird, when I first got him he seemed huge, but in putting him together again now in a post-Metroplex world he seems much less impressive. If Hasbro's Devastator is really Metroplex-sized he's going to tower over the third-party offerings, even if he is less complex. I mean check this out (not my picture): 
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Feb 3, 2015 07:39
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Cassa posted:That it's specifically the 32cm one implies, to me and my uninformedness, that it's the MMC one. It's clearly a G1 KO as Knormal says. Knormal posted:Today I started the long-overdue process of rearranging my shelves to make room for new and upcoming figures, and as part of that I took the time to put together TFC Hercules. It's weird, when I first got him he seemed huge, but in putting him together again now in a post-Metroplex world he seems much less impressive. If Hasbro's Devastator is really Metroplex-sized he's going to tower over the third-party offerings, even if he is less complex. People seem to think he's halfway between those two as far as scale.
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Feb 3, 2015 08:12
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:I actually found the Combiner War limbs out in the wild!! I have Dragstrip from like a month ago, but saw all of them at a Wal-mart here, went back the next day, and all but one Dragstrip and Alpha Bravo were gone.
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Feb 3, 2015 08:33
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Rule no 1 of toy hunting: Never go back the next day.
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Feb 3, 2015 08:59
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Yeah if you see something you want you better grab it. Since we're moving in 3 months I decided to buy some bags, catalog and store a bunch of my collection. I got to 73 figures bagged and stored. Probably would have gotten twice as much done but I felt the need to transform everything as I put them away.
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Feb 3, 2015 09:09
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Rhyno posted:Yeah if you see something you want you better grab it. I followed the rule. I only want Menasor and Defensor.
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Feb 3, 2015 09:19
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Knormal posted:Today I started the long-overdue process of rearranging my shelves to make room for new and upcoming figures, and as part of that I took the time to put together TFC Hercules. It's weird, when I first got him he seemed huge, but in putting him together again now in a post-Metroplex world he seems much less impressive. If Hasbro's Devastator is really Metroplex-sized he's going to tower over the third-party offerings, even if he is less complex. Devastator is apparently 18 inches tall, which makes him 6 inches shorter than Metroplex. That's substantially taller than any third party combiner released so far, the tallest being Warbotron at a little over 14 inches. Shuraking (Dinobot combiner) may be close to 18 inches but it's a long way from completion. Keldroc fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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I still haven't seen a combiner wars figure in the wild.  Rhyno posted:It's clearly a G1 KO as Knormal says. I am not an expert and will readily admit as such.
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Feb 3, 2015 12:17
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Rhyno posted:Yeah if you see something you want you better grab it. Packing them in vehicle mode is more efficient, anyway. You did the right thing.
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Feb 3, 2015 13:21
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Just picked up TF:P Dead End from the shelf. This dude is insane, very fun figure. Crazy lightpiping.
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Feb 3, 2015 16:35
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Packing them in vehicle mode is more efficient, anyway. You did the right thing. Most of them got vehicle mode. Some got weird contorted folded up mode to fit in the bags. I ended up putting stuff away that I haven't owned all that long just to have them packed up and safe. Plus I have all this Chinese crap on the way.
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Feb 3, 2015 16:41
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  X-Transbot MM-VIII Arkose eh, I pre-ordered. It'll be my quintessential Beachcomber.
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Feb 3, 2015 19:05
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catch22 posted:
Beachcomber the hippie peacenik and his big machine gun.
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Blackheart posted:Just picked up TF:P Dead End from the shelf. This dude is insane, very fun figure. Crazy lightpiping. Yeah, he's great. For some reason his colors make me imagine he's a beatnik with an unnatural hunger for robo-flesh.
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Feb 3, 2015 19:12
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therealjon_ posted:There are all kinds of people who collect for different reasons. The less rational ones tend to get noticed more because they are usually obnoxious babies if something isn't going their way. I'm sure most people collect 3P Transformers because they are just better quality robots (for the most part). I've seen about half and half crazies (TROOOFANS) and rationals ("I bought these children's toys as an adult because they are cool"). My theory is that a collector has a decision/crisis point at which they have spent too much money on a single toy. They must at that time decide if they will see how deep the rabbit hole goes. $400 was when I had to admit toys are fun, but hobbies don't rule my life, you gotta pay the rent, etc. A bit more pride/hubris and I could see myself saying "Hell no toys are my life. F U MORTGAGE COMPANY ROLL OUT!!"
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Vaporware posted:I've seen about half and half crazies (TROOOFANS) and rationals ("I bought these children's toys as an adult because they are cool"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Q86rA8V9o
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Feb 3, 2015 20:53
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I think toy collectors are basically the male equivalent of crazy cat ladies. I fill the emptiness in my soul with plastic robots. My grandfather had an entire basement devoted to a huge model railway and had like 20 beat up '70s muscle cars in a garage that "he was gonna fix up" so it's probably that too
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Feb 3, 2015 21:03
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i like the new RID Grimlock :3
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Gammatron 64 posted:I think toy collectors are basically the male equivalent of crazy cat ladies. I fill the emptiness in my soul with plastic robots. I think this is true.
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Feb 3, 2015 21:33
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I don't loving talk to my Transformers the way my super crazy friend talks to her 6 cats.
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Feb 3, 2015 23:12
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How can you love your TFs if you don't loving talk to them you weirdo
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Feb 3, 2015 23:14
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Well, it's a start. 
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The_Doctor posted:Well, it's a start. You can flip the panel that the autobot symbol is on up into his tummy to fill out his torso!
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Feb 3, 2015 23:23
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Blackheart posted:How can you love your TFs if you don't loving talk to them you weirdo "Who's a good little Grimlock????"
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The_Doctor posted:Well, it's a start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4C1ZQKmw4
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Feb 3, 2015 23:28
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The_Doctor posted:Well, it's a start. They are Groot.
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Motormaster looks really good, I'd almost buy him to leave him not combined because the combined form doesn't look all that great.
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I'm sure we'll never know which came first in the design process, but the mold is definitely a way better Motormaster than it is an Optimus.
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Probably about being an Optimus remold instead of a sweet Power Core Combiner
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Rhyno posted:I don't loving talk to my Transformers the way my super crazy friend talks to her 6 cats. I think Transformers are probably better than cats though because they don't poo poo in a sandbox in your house and give you toxoplasmosis Also I'm deathly allergic to cats and merely being in a house with one for 15 minutes makes me beg for the sweet release of death. Dogs are cool, though. There aren't many crazy dog people with 20 dogs because you get one or two and you're like "okay, that's enough."
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Spiderdrake posted:Probably about being an Optimus remold instead of a sweet Power Core Combiner "I was in the combiner wars before it was cool!"
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therealjon_ posted:Motormaster looks really good, I'd almost buy him to leave him not combined because the combined form doesn't look all that great. That's my plan, but I'm not really that much of a combiner guy. I AM a bigass purple and grey robot guy.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Also I'm deathly allergic to cats and merely being in a house with one for 15 minutes makes me beg for the sweet release of death. Dogs are cool, though. There aren't many crazy dog people with 20 dogs because you get one or two and you're like "okay, that's enough." Dog people are just as crazy, it just takes fewer dogs to reach crazytown.
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You guys ain't seen poo poo until you walk in and she has 4 cages full of ferrets.
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Don't make me post pictures of my friend's basement. Clean as a whistle, completely innocuous looking, work PC plus gaming PC in the middle of the room. Then just a ton of really plain looking shelving units with odd notations written on them. Inside? Well over a hundred snakes. Meanwhile he looks at me funny for buying a robot here or there.
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