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Puffer pack makes me giggle every time I see it but I’m not sure exactly why.
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The_Doctor posted:Beware! The boy seeks to outlive you! Ha! I have a 30 year headstart on him. He'll never catch up.  flavor.flv posted:Starscream is: I like your reasoning. If he kills me, then at least I can go out knowing he was smarter than me.  CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Starscream obviously lacks or has an underdeveloped whatever the Cybertronian equivalent of a prefrontal cortex is. He's extremely smart but he has zero impulse control. I like that about Starscream, he schemes and plans and is generally smart. But he always bites off more than he can chew. But I don't really like Starscream. He's interesting though. I should read the Underbase sage with him. That, to me, is still Prime Starscream.
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Dec 4, 2021 19:29
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I think I've seen Starscream Prime's upgraded form 
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Dec 4, 2021 20:35
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Seems House of Frasier is having an existence failure sale. Had a few Cyberverse bits and Siege Micromasters for about a tenner.
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Dec 4, 2021 23:04
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It’s also entirely quantum whether you get your order or not.
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Dec 4, 2021 23:09
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I finally finished my Rodimus model kit. Now he can bug Megatron:
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Dec 4, 2021 23:11
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The_Doctor posted:It’s also entirely quantum whether you get your order or not.
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Dec 4, 2021 23:27
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The_Doctor posted:It’s also entirely quantum whether you get your order or not. I was pretty mad about it at the time, but it was actually quite fitting that I was tricked into buying Doubledealer. I won't be buying from HoF again though
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Dec 4, 2021 23:43
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I did end up with two Sky Lynxes, after a failed first attempt. But they’re absolute charlatans, and I wouldn’t do it again.
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Dec 5, 2021 00:07
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So rumor is IDW is in danger of losing the Transformers and GI Joe license next year. Wonder if it might end up back at Marvel, they seem to snatch things up lately.
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Dec 5, 2021 00:11
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Arquinsiel posted:I was in the Oxford Street one. There's a few bits on the shelves downstairs at least. Oh actual in store? I might have to pop into town and have a look.
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Dec 5, 2021 01:19
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The Last Call posted:So rumor is IDW is in danger of losing the Transformers and GI Joe license next year. I've been hearing either Boom or Hasbro starting their own comic division up. Boom would make sense as that's where Power Rangers nested and has now risen it up into the semi-big leagues
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Dec 5, 2021 01:30
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Yeah, but people really, really liked what IDW was doing before the Hasbro mandated crossover events messing up the story flow.
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Dec 5, 2021 02:40
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The Last Call posted:So rumor is IDW is in danger of losing the Transformers and GI Joe license next year. The rumor comes from Bleedingcool. Maybe let's hold our collective horses yet.
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Dec 5, 2021 02:49
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Amazon said that my Puffer Pack is on the way and that Jackpot is expected sometime before Christmas. This supply chain stuff is wild. Yeah both of those showed up this week, one from Pulse, one from Amazon. I was surprised, since originally they both said March.
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Dec 5, 2021 08:08
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The_Doctor posted:Oh actual in store? I might have to pop into town and have a look.
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Dec 5, 2021 14:49
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Keldroc posted:Yeah both of those showed up this week, one from Pulse, one from Amazon. I was surprised, since originally they both said March. Did your Puffer Pack have a really strong soapy smell too? Mine reeked even through the box. Also Tigatron shipped from Amazon and will be here tomorrow. So yay!
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Dec 5, 2021 16:32
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Shiftypenguin posted:Did your Puffer Pack have a really strong soapy smell too? Mine reeked even through the box. No, I just went and sniffed it and it just smells like cardboard. Yours must have been sitting in the truck with some Bath & Body Works stuff or something.
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Dec 5, 2021 19:44
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If anyone sees the Cyberverse Deluxe Thunderhowl with the
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https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/transformers-cyberverse-deluxe-thunderhowl-not-mint/nmhsee7103
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Knormal posted:https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/transformers-cyberverse-deluxe-thunderhowl-not-mint/nmhsee7103 I believe that is a new repackage that does not include the BAF parts. I saw an Arcee from the Thew wave the other day in that packaging that also lacked the BAF.
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Dec 5, 2021 21:56
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I think I have the head rattling around in my desk drawer. PM me.
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Keldroc posted:I believe that is a new repackage that does not include the BAF parts. I saw an Arcee from the Thew wave the other day in that packaging that also lacked the BAF.
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Dec 5, 2021 22:51
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Keldroc posted:No, I just went and sniffed it and it just smells like cardboard. Yours must have been sitting in the truck with some Bath & Body Works stuff or something. It was the figures themselves that had the soapy smell. They're better now after having sat outside for a bit yesterday. The smell seriously stank up my collection room until I decided to have them air out outdoors.
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Dec 5, 2021 23:52
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Oh, hey, I didn't mention at the time but I got the package from my Secret Santa on Friday. I'm just holding off opening it at least until I get my Santee's gift out to them. I'm planning on excavating my storage to see if there's anything worth sending along with what I already got them, so hopefully will have that done by end of this week.
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I got some vintage Kabaya Gum Transformers kits from 1985 earlier this year and finally got around to building and painting them. For being cheap ¥70 models, they're decent if you take the time to fix them up a bit. The peg holes had to be widened with a hobby knife because otherwise the parts fit WAY too tightly. Some parts wouldn't even go together and Prowl's hood got stuck to the point that I had to slowly pry it off over a few minutes lest the peg snap off completely. Also, I couldn't widen the holes too much either because then they'd be too loose for pegs used in their altmodes. It was a lot of trial and error. For the most part, they don't really transform traditionally, rather they partsform. I tried to stick with toy colors for these, barring Prime's windows. All of them were molded in a terrible shade of seafoam green plastic. They also each came with a 35 year old piece of gum.    Prime is the most impressive of the four I have. Other than the partsforming arms, he transforms the same as World's Smallest Transformers Prime; he's even a smidgen smaller than him too! He awkwardly holds his gun by the middle to his side since his arms aren't articulated.     Starscream is the runt of the pack, not even coming up to Prime's shoulders. He's also the only other one that partially transforms with his nosecone flipping up after removing his head. His vehicle mode is nice, but his arms don't have a place to go. They can peg into the wings, but they're not meant to. They look awkward and there's not enough clearance for the wings to sit flush with the body.     Sideswipe's my least favorite of them. They take some major liberties with his design that are unnecessary. His chest is, for whatever reason, upside down from his traditional appearance and his legs make him look like a Micromaster. His head is also a weird, hollow C-shape.     Prowl's pretty good, but is fragile in robot mode due to the way the chest, head, torso and arms all plug into each other. Move an arm and he's likely to explode into pieces. His head guns are now hand guns, or at least I think they are. They're omitted from the instructions, but they kind of fit in his fist holes, so that's where they're going. I considered drilling holes into his head for them, but he's already molded with a hole in the back of it and I didn't want to risk cracking it apart.     They were fun to paint and I'm planning on getting a couple more sets to finish the seeker trio and maybe paint up a Nemesis Prime and a G2 Sideswipe or something.
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Very nice, but I'm sure we all want to know about the gum. How was it?
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Dec 6, 2021 20:00
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Well, I was asked in the Gunpla thread too, so... It smelled slightly fruity. It tasted like bubblegum and a musty old book.
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Dec 6, 2021 20:18
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Ah, so the best kind of bubblegum then. A win all round!
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Dec 6, 2021 20:37
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They just gave up on accuracy when they got to Sideswipe. Every major piece is wrong!
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Dec 6, 2021 21:01
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https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1468046208124035072 Props to the real one who told Alex "I will pay you money to draw me Inferno."
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Dec 7, 2021 03:45
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Good ol' Shitpiece is having a real renaissance these days
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oh goddammit I just got the SS one with the clear chest, if I had known we were getting a solid color one with the rust mark I would have waited. This has turned into a poo poo show: https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1467880573918195721
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Dec 7, 2021 06:32
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That's an big lol from me. The ss86 Kup is still my fave, but those new colors remind me more of the geewun toy.
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According to the tracking info, my Secret Santa's gift has been delivered. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's actually got there.
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Dec 7, 2021 10:51
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Found Tigatron and Rhinox at Wal-Mart, in packages that looked like they'd been mugged (the figures are fine which is all I care about) which is probably why they were still there. We have a robust scalper community.
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Dec 7, 2021 16:03
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Knockout looks good, and back to white OP Magnus.
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I can't believe they brought back Action Masters and I can't believe we let them get away with it
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I really don't see the point of them. The robot modes of current figures are pretty close AND they transform. Not to mention the Red figures don't even have impressive articulation.
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