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Heck yeah. I just got a shipping notice on my Ironhide/Prowl set out of the blue after getting the indefinite delay mail last week!
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The_Doctor posted:He's got a fairly standard SE England/Home Counties accent, lower middle class (notice how he pronounces 'Thrust' as 'Frust'). He's adopting the style of our UK TV presenters (the younger ones, obviously), who are usually excitable in the same way. 
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Dec 11, 2020 00:44
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Just wanted to let my Santa know I got their box today safe and sound. I think I’ll wait a lil closer to Christmas to open it.
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I was previously really down on the newer lines' micromasters, but I got two blue and purple guys that kinda reminded me of Crumplezone, and I'm really liking them. The last little robot I got from the War for Cybertron lines was pretty undetailed and made of some kind of waxy soft plastic and wasn't very detailed or articulated, but these guys are a lot better. I was also put off by the fact that all of them are advertised with their combined weapon modes that don't look like anything (which is the tendency of a lot of extra weapon modes), but they actually look good in their normal vehicle modes as well as a combined 8-wheel truck mode. The instructions don't even say the combined weapon mode is a thing, it just says to remove the gun vehicle's weapon to use in another figure's hand. I also while looking around found some of the G1 micromaster combiners that the new micromasters were remakes of, and these things seem cool. I wish they had these things as well. They'd totally fit in with the rest of what Earthrise was doing.  Maybe Hasbro would be reluctant if they can't figure out how to the trailer/attack vehicles/base into a robot as well. That seems to be the pattern.  
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Rhyno posted:I know you guys are probably sick of me saying "here buy my poo poo" but I think somebody said they would be interested if I decided to sell my Toyworld Devastator and my Zeta Bruticus and Superion? To be honest I was waiting on you to post the combiners 
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Dec 11, 2020 04:28
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GD_American posted:To be honest I was waiting on you to post the combiners I'll probably get on it this weekend.
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Dec 11, 2020 05:14
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One of my cats knocked into my MP bookcase while jumping down from his little hut over top of the TV, and MMC Arcee took a four foot header onto the stainless steel base of my floor lamp. 0 loving damage. She is officially stronger than Warpath.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I was previously really down on the newer lines' micromasters, but I got two blue and purple guys that kinda reminded me of Crumplezone, and I'm really liking them. The last little robot I got from the War for Cybertron lines was pretty undetailed and made of some kind of waxy soft plastic and wasn't very detailed or articulated, but these guys are a lot better. Yeah I love that Ironworks and Hotfoot facility got remakes. And they look reasonably good as well.
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Dec 11, 2020 08:54
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what the hell are these "ReAction" figures https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-reaction-blaster-figure-by-super7?refSrc=4981108015206&nosto=productpage-nosto-1 are they even figures, or are they statues? they look completely static to me. 18 bucks for a less than 4 inch tall statue, nope
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Dec 11, 2020 14:29
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They’ve got head, shoulder, and hip articulation. Think the original Star Wars figures.
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Dec 11, 2020 14:52
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"[hastily digging through archives looking for more TF sublines to revive] uh... uh... what if Action Masters, but worse"
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Dec 11, 2020 15:50
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I have received an email from USPS saying that my Santee's package is expected to be delivered by Tuesday.
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Captain Invictus posted:what the hell are these "ReAction" figures https://super7.com/collections/reaction-figures
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Dec 11, 2020 20:29
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Yeah, they're just yet another collectible statue/figurine. This one just intends to invoke some retro toy aesthetic. There's clearly a market.
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Dec 11, 2020 20:40
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Knormal posted:They're not a Hasbro thing, they're a company that specifically makes crappy 70's-style action figures of every IP they can get their hands on. They're basically always inferior to the original figure line they're based on, and are pretty much Funko-Pop-level overpriced garbage. I assume they're targeting a similar market. I was thinking about getting the Megatron one since I will buy and enjoy almost any Megatron, but having seen them in person they're too crappy even for compulsive collecting.
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Yeah I saw them when they were doing the Karate kid and Alien figures and they're really bad but I guess that's the gimmick they're going for.
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banned from Starbucks posted:Yeah I saw them when they were doing the Karate kid and Alien figures and they're really bad but I guess that's the gimmick they're going for. It worked for the Alien figures since those were based on unmade figures Kenner had been planning to do back in the 70's before that giant Alien figure traumatized an entire generation of kids and torpedoed the rest of the planned Alien toyline of the time, but yeah it falls apart for everything else Personally I feel if you're going to do a retro action figure line you would be better off stealing the MOTU style than Kenner Star Wars
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Had they announced before that combiner wars devastator was coming back? Because it's back. https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-combiner-wars-devastator Knormal posted:They're not a Hasbro thing, they're a company that specifically makes crappy 70's-style action figures of every IP they can get their hands on. They're basically always inferior to the original figure line they're based on, and are pretty much Funko-Pop-level overpriced garbage. I assume they're targeting a similar market.
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DK and I are hoping for another batch of Scorponoks, what is this monkey paw Devastator?
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What’s surprising is that Devs will be in stock in mid-January, which seems really soon for Pulse.
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Dec 11, 2020 23:16
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Would anyone care if I did a little review of the Breakdown Vehicon two pack? Haven’t opened it yet but am very excited and I may photograph things. Also I am shooting for sending out my Santa stuff on Monday!!
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Dec 11, 2020 23:26
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My santee should receive their FIRST gift package on the 20th. I am working to additionally secure something very special but it may not arrive for some time.
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Annoyingly RB's second package got held up by USPS. Not sure what's going on there but the last notification I got was December 11, 2020, 1:07 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility SEATTLE WA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER Your item departed our USPS facility in SEATTLE WA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER on December 11, 2020 at 1:07 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination. So hopefully it'll be there soon. So long as it gets there though, that's the main thing
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For what it's worth my usps tracking for various stuff has been far flakier than normal recently but so far everything has arrived as expected.
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Captain Invictus posted:what the hell are these "ReAction" figures The ReAction he's having seems to be "dull surprise"
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Dec 12, 2020 00:41
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My Ironhide/Prowl set just arrived in just the retail box with shipping stickers slapped on it. Box is pretty beat up. Here's hoping the contents are ok.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Would anyone care if I did a little review of the Breakdown Vehicon two pack? Haven’t opened it yet but am very excited and I may photograph things. 
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I'm still loving this guy's reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LJO46Sadbw Also he's good at art: https://twitter.com/GeshGav/status/1336071366227988483 https://twitter.com/GeshGav/status/1337548511471165445
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Burkion posted:Annoyingly RB's second package got held up by USPS. Not sure what's going on there but the last notification I got was A Christmas present I ordered shipped on Dec 4th, Michigan to New York. Last update I had was on the 8th, In Transit, Arriving Late Your package will arrive later than expected, but is still on its way. It is currently in transit to the next facility. Oddly enough I shipped a box to my friend in Japan on Dec 4th. It cleared customs in Tokyo today 
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Hey remember how one of the nice things about the XTB Stunticons was that they were super affordable compared to the other offerings?  
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Can someone tell me what the hell is the appeal of Funko Pops
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GD_American posted:Can someone tell me what the hell is the appeal of Funko Pops
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GD_American posted:Can someone tell me what the hell is the appeal of Funko Pops They're to trap people you want to accuse of gatekeeping who actually have taste.
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GD_American posted:Can someone tell me what the hell is the appeal of Funko Pops They're basically irl x-box achievements to show "I like [X franchise] for people with 0 personality.
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GD_American posted:Can someone tell me what the hell is the appeal of Funko Pops They're beanie babies for zoomers. Some of them sell for thousands.
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Zephirus posted:They're beanie babies for zoomers. Some of them sell for thousands. Nah Beanie Babies were actually fairly good stuffed animals in their own right and not just as collectibles
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On extremely rare occasions the Funko Pop is actually better than the "proper" toy, like with the Troll Hunters stuff. On other even rarer occasions they do something semi-cool, like the blank white Space Marine so you can paint your ow... They just tricked nerds into doing the work for them 
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Arquinsiel posted:They just tricked nerds into doing the work for them
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Spiderdrake posted:Did you just realize that about funko pop or like games workshop? 
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I remember reading that the origin of Funko Pops was that there was a growing market of vinyl figures, and then the big companies developed a stylized mass-production format for figures and crossed that with a lot of branded IP deals to take over the market. I don't know if there's a particular reason Funko Pops took over instead of like Mighty Muggs or whatever. They're cheap little colorful statues that fulfill the nerd need for merchandise of the things they love, and for some people that can spiral into a bigger collection habit. They look kinda cute before you get tired of them. And then reaction figures are that but instead of almost-cute, they're faux-retro with slightly more playability.
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