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Comfortador: Jul 31, 2003; Just give me all the 3ggs_n_b4con you have.

Wait...wait.

I worry what you just heard was...
"Give me a lot of b4con_n_3ggs."

What I said was...
"Give me all the 3ggs_n_b4con you have"

...Do you understand?

Well if anyone US (Michigan more specifically) finds a Slug in the wild, you'd have a friend in me!

# ? Aug 1, 2022 23:28

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 12:58

Medullah: Aug 14, 2003; FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Comfortador posted:

Well if anyone US (Michigan more specifically) finds a Slug in the wild, you'd have a friend in me!

I saw a billion of them at Target every time I went for a while, I didn't get one because I'd hoped that meant they were Ollie's bound.

I know I've told you that before, just saying heh.

# ? Aug 1, 2022 23:32

Comfortador: Jul 31, 2003; Just give me all the 3ggs_n_b4con you have.

Wait...wait.

I worry what you just heard was...
"Give me a lot of b4con_n_3ggs."

What I said was...
"Give me all the 3ggs_n_b4con you have"

...Do you understand?

Medullah posted:

I saw a billion of them at Target every time I went for a while, I didn't get one because I'd hoped that meant they were Ollie's bound.

I know I've told you that before, just saying heh.

Thanks genius.

I don't live by any Targets so the gas/travel is questionable on a "chance"

# ? Aug 1, 2022 23:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Comfortador posted:

Well if anyone US (Michigan more specifically) finds a Slug in the wild, you'd have a friend in me!

Check Walmarts, I saw a couple on a shelf in one last week.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 00:15

War and Pieces: Apr 24, 2022; DID NOT VOTE FOR FETTERMAN

Keldroc posted:

Slug is still here and there. Grimock goes for well over $100 now.

We'll get another Grimlock, he's got mechanical bits molded into the neck that we'll see again

# ? Aug 2, 2022 00:32

Rhymenoserous: May 23, 2008

Comfortador posted:

Well if anyone US (Michigan more specifically) finds a Slug in the wild, you'd have a friend in me!

I mean I imagine any one of us can just snag you one and ship it. There�s several at my Walmart. And judging by how long they stuck around I bet they are in Ollie�s now.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 01:00

Open Marriage Night: Sep 18, 2009; "Do you want to talk to a spider, Peter?"

Comfortador posted:

Well if anyone US (Michigan more specifically) finds a Slug in the wild, you'd have a friend in me!

I�ll keep an eye out for you. Actually heading to Target right now.

EDIT: Target sucks! Only really had Red Cog and Dinobot.

Open Marriage Night fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Aug 2, 2022

# ? Aug 2, 2022 01:21

TheDK: Jun 5, 2009

I check targets fairly regularly. Will post if I find one.

E: I have only seen the one I bought in the central NC area

# ? Aug 2, 2022 01:40

Action Jacktion: Jun 3, 2003

Dabir posted:

What's a good Wheeljack spotlight episode from G1?

He never really got a spotlight episode, though he was featured in a lot of them, usually to invent stuff to help other characters. He saves the day in "SOS Dinobots," but of course that one's more about the Dinobots than him.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 02:33

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Joe Fisto posted:

No luck at Walmarts today finding Velocitron

I saw some of the Velocitron repaints no one wants today (Green Hoist and Black Skids). Everyone else was long gone.

Also, word has it Cosmos is one per case, so just :lol:

# ? Aug 2, 2022 05:05

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

Action Jacktion posted:

He never really got a spotlight episode, though he was featured in a lot of them, usually to invent stuff to help other characters. He saves the day in "SOS Dinobots," but of course that one's more about the Dinobots than him.

Shame. I've not really been feeling Kingdom Wheeljack, so I was hoping that seeing his big moment or whatever would make me like it more. I mostly picked it up cause I knew he was main cast, it felt like I should have a version of him. That was probably a mistake. Buying toys shouldn't be an obligation like that.

Anyhoo, Bot Bender Orinj cannot be stopped with these Megatron combiners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jq_M7sjeoU

# ? Aug 2, 2022 12:58

Marmaduke!: May 19, 2009; Why would it do that!?

He has a great part in The Movie :pressf:

# ? Aug 2, 2022 13:10

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

Dabir posted:

Shame. I've not really been feeling Kingdom Wheeljack, so I was hoping that seeing his big moment or whatever would make me like it more. I mostly picked it up cause I knew he was main cast, it felt like I should have a version of him. That was probably a mistake. Buying toys shouldn't be an obligation like that.

Anyhoo, Bot Bender Orinj cannot be stopped with these Megatron combiners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jq_M7sjeoU

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-aTbHsZJ9g

# ? Aug 2, 2022 13:37

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

Arquinsiel posted:

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-aTbHsZJ9g

lmao

Another question, is Kingdom Tracks actually as bad of a toy as people make out? Any time I look up opinions on it there's this thick layer of "ugh worst toy ever" all over it but I can't tell whether that's genuine or just nerd whining. And does anyone know if it fits in ER Prime's trailer? I heard it does, but I haven't been able to find confirmation cause all anyone wants to talk about is the legs. That's one of the things I don't like about Wheeljack, that he's so massive in car mode compared to the Legends-scale guys I have like Brawn and Cliffjumper.

Although while I was looking, I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvvFoZ6FaI

# ? Aug 2, 2022 15:02

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

Dabir posted:

lmao

Another question, is Kingdom Tracks actually as bad of a toy as people make out? Any time I look up opinions on it there's this thick layer of "ugh worst toy ever" all over it but I can't tell whether that's genuine or just nerd whining. And does anyone know if it fits in ER Prime's trailer? I heard it does, but I haven't been able to find confirmation cause all anyone wants to talk about is the legs. That's one of the things I don't like about Wheeljack, that he's so massive in car mode compared to the Legends-scale guys I have like Brawn and Cliffjumper.

Although while I was looking, I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvvFoZ6FaI

I think Kingdom Tracks is quite good. The leg transformation is esoteric but it's not, like, hard. The only issue is locking the car mode together but there's a trick to that too, and I think both modes look great. I don't think he fits in ER Prime's trailer though.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 15:30

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

The legs can be a bit wobbly and don't necessarily clip together properly. It's best described as 95% of the way to being perfect, with one flaw that will drive some people nuts. I'm very happy with mine, even if I do want to try tighten the pin on his left leg/right wing panel at some point.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 15:49

CAPT. Rainbowbeard: Apr 5, 2012; My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.; Lipstick Apathy

Tracks' legs do not tab together properly, the tab is too shallow. There are 3D printed kits available that keeps everything where it should be, and that makes the figure extremely good.

If that sort of thing doesn't bother you at all, it's a great figure as-is.

\/\/\/\/ I never thought of that! I'm not really set up for that kind of toy surgery though, I'd probably break it as well.

CAPT. Rainbowbeard fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Aug 2, 2022

# ? Aug 2, 2022 17:26

Arquinsiel: Jun 1, 2006; "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first."

God Bless Margaret Thatcher
God Bless England
RIP My Iron Lady

I think it's actually the depth of the pin causing the problem. On mine the right leg tabs together fine, but the left does not. This carries over to car mode where the right wing panel sits out a little wonkily. I'm pretty sure if I can push the pin in about half a mm then it'll be fine. The main problem is getting a decent angle on both sides of the joint so that I can apply pressure without wrecking it.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 17:47

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

Mine tabs together just fine and the tolerances are all tidy. My only issue is getting all the car shell bits aligned and tabbed for car mode, which with the extensive translucent plastic is a little tense.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 17:58

BooDooBoo: Jul 14, 2005; That makes no sense to me at all.

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Dabir posted:

lmao

Another question, is Kingdom Tracks actually as bad of a toy as people make out? Any time I look up opinions on it there's this thick layer of "ugh worst toy ever" all over it but I can't tell whether that's genuine or just nerd whining. And does anyone know if it fits in ER Prime's trailer? I heard it does, but I haven't been able to find confirmation cause all anyone wants to talk about is the legs.

I only have Road Rage, who I've upgraded quite a bit.

Please ignore the loose panels, she's getting repaired and I've not got the patience to get everything sitting JUST RIGHT so it looks good.

She does fit in Earthrise Prime's trailer though, but I had to pull out some of the Trailer upgrades to fit her in. If you don't have those or don't mind moving the, she's good to go!

# ? Aug 2, 2022 18:48

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Nthing that Kingdom Tracks is a fine design that just suffers from mold tolerance issues. He's a floppy nuisance to get together in car mode, but not like the worst design ever or anything. And I see I was beaten because it took me too long to get him back in car mode to confirm that he does fit in Optimus' trailer. He's probably the only deluxe car who does.

On the topic of G1 guys here's allegedly Voyager Ironhide. He looks pretty slender, I'm a little worried he's still going to have the "take off half the van and set it aside, it's a shield or workbench or something" cheat.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 19:00

Keldroc: Apr 19, 2004; Marketing materials and speculation are not spoilers. Jesus Christ.

Knormal posted:

Nthing that Kingdom Tracks is a fine design that just suffers from mold tolerance issues. He's a floppy nuisance to get together in car mode, but not like the worst design ever or anything. And I see I was beaten because it took me too long to get him back in car mode to confirm that he does fit in Optimus' trailer. He's probably the only deluxe car who does.

On the topic of G1 guys here's allegedly Voyager Ironhide. He looks pretty slender, I'm a little worried he's still going to have the "take off half the van and set it aside, it's a shield or workbench or something" cheat.

I'd say the opposite, it looks like the whole van side and roof unfolds from his legs.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 19:17

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I see scaled up ER Ironhide arms and legs, with maybe improved feet like the upgrade kits you can get.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 19:33

Rhymenoserous: May 23, 2008

DoctorWhat posted:

Mine tabs together just fine and the tolerances are all tidy. My only issue is getting all the car shell bits aligned and tabbed for car mode, which with the extensive translucent plastic is a little tense.

Mines legs fall apart if I sneeze hard in the room he exists in.

I�d argue that he�s probably the wonkiest bot in his line, but nowhere as near as bad as some of the goofy poo poo we�ve seen in the past.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 20:49

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

BooDooBoo posted:

I only have Road Rage, who I've upgraded quite a bit.

Please ignore the loose panels, she's getting repaired and I've not got the patience to get everything sitting JUST RIGHT so it looks good.

She does fit in Earthrise Prime's trailer though, but I had to pull out some of the Trailer upgrades to fit her in. If you don't have those or don't mind moving the, she's good to go!

Awesome, cheers! I don't leave anything plugged into the trailer when it's in trailer mode, so that should be fine.

Knormal posted:

Nthing that Kingdom Tracks is a fine design that just suffers from mold tolerance issues. He's a floppy nuisance to get together in car mode, but not like the worst design ever or anything. And I see I was beaten because it took me too long to get him back in car mode to confirm that he does fit in Optimus' trailer. He's probably the only deluxe car who does.

Cliffjumper is technically a Deluxe. I also heard that the Smokescreen mold fits, but the only one of those I have any interest in is Prowl to be part of a G1 Animated squad and ER Prowl is artificially expensive because it comes with an Ironhide I don't want.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 20:49

Keldroc: Apr 19, 2004; Marketing materials and speculation are not spoilers. Jesus Christ.

The_Doctor posted:

I see scaled up ER Ironhide arms and legs, with maybe improved feet like the upgrade kits you can get.

It's not, and in fact the TFW news post calls out that it's very much not the ER mold and is a brand new thing.

There's only so much variation you can get from Ironhide/Ratchet.

# ? Aug 3, 2022 00:13

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Keldroc posted:

I'd say the opposite, it looks like the whole van side and roof unfolds from his legs.

Here's hoping. I feel like that would be a lot of panel origami, but it's definitely feasible.

Dabir posted:

Cliffjumper is technically a Deluxe. I also heard that the Smokescreen mold fits, but the only one of those I have any interest in is Prowl to be part of a G1 Animated squad and ER Prowl is artificially expensive because it comes with an Ironhide I don't want.

You're right, the Prowl Bros. mold also fits in the trailer. And I forgot about Cliffjumper and Bumblebee being deluxes, they should fit too. I also had a Sideswipe repaint sitting around and I can confirm that mold doesn't fit, so at least I wasn't completely off in thinking most cars would be too wide.

And for someone who definitely won't fit, I snagged a Cosmos tonight. I had to do the dirty trick of going to a Walmart half an hour before closing and snagging him off the pallet in the middle of the walkway. Based on the contents of that pallet, I can confirm it looks like each Walmart is getting a grant total of one Cosmos in this first shipment. But two Burn Outs. So weird.

# ? Aug 3, 2022 07:34

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�ve seen a couple of big pallets in Walmart, but none have had TF signage on any of the boxes, except for whatever this is:

# ? Aug 3, 2022 09:06

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

That'll be Rescue Academy. Might be the chunky one step changers like the Optimus Primal Gavin showed off on TRDQ

# ? Aug 3, 2022 09:13

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

HISS Tank Megatron is on shelves at my local "independent" (akso owned by Forbidden Planet) comic store! And it's really, really on the shelves, good lord, it's huge.

# ? Aug 3, 2022 11:47

Other: Jul 10, 2007; Post it easy!

Yeah I saw one at JB HiFi last week but didn't buy it since I got it preordered elsewhere, it really does have a big shelf footprint

# ? Aug 3, 2022 12:55

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

They just barely got two on here diagonally and it's pushing everything else off to the side. There's a few copies of Iguanus that have just disappeared into the void behind them.

Knock-Out and Elita-1 on here too. I was tempted by both, cause I don't own a carbot that does the hood chest thing and Elita-1 is just a cute design, but I already bought Prime Arcee and I've ordered Tracks online, so I wanted to show some restraint.

Not sure about Prime Arcee. I think I like her. I like her a lot more after figuring out that her shoulders and abs do actually click into place, they just weren't clicked in out of the package. The light piping looks good! First TF figure I've bought that had it. Not my first toy with it ever, I had Bionicles as a kid.

Tell you what, she definitely holds Lionizer better than anything else I own.

Dabir fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Aug 3, 2022

# ? Aug 3, 2022 14:12

Joe Fisto: Dec 6, 2002; And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Anyone like old movie bots?

# ? Aug 4, 2022 00:54

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

New upcoming figure leak:

code:

� Tra Gen Legacy EV core Nemesis Prime
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Grimlock
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Bomburst Pr (Core Energon Monster Package refresh)
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Swoop
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Starscream Pr
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Skar
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Snarl
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Shrapnel
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Prowl
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Crosscut
� Tra Gen Legacy Ev Deluxe Junkion 2
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Nemesis Leo
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Ramjet Pr
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Junkion
� Tra Gen Legacy Ev Voyager Bludgeon

We already got regular Ramjet, G2 Ramjet, and Desert Camo Ramjet, someone at Hasbro really likes Ramjet.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:08

Medullah: Aug 14, 2003; FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Joe Fisto posted:

Anyone like old movie bots?

Old? OLD? Those are NEW movie bots whipper snapper

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:13

Joe Fisto: Dec 6, 2002; And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Medullah posted:

Old? OLD? Those are NEW movie bots whipper snapper

Figures from the new old movies from like 2008 or something I think maybe

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:15

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

Movie toys from 2008 are older now than beast wars toys were then

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:19

Medullah: Aug 14, 2003; FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Joe Fisto posted:

Figures from the new old movies from like 2008 or something I think maybe

DoctorWhat posted:

Movie toys from 2008 are older now than beast wars toys were then

THAT'S STILL NOT OLD I'M NOT OLD STOP IT

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:29

Joe Fisto: Dec 6, 2002; And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Medullah posted:

THAT'S STILL NOT OLD I'M NOT OLD STOP IT

The slow march of time leaves no one behind my friend.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:33

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 12:58

Rhymenoserous: May 23, 2008

Knormal posted:

New upcoming figure leak:

code:

� Tra Gen Legacy EV core Nemesis Prime
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Grimlock
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Bomburst Pr (Core Energon Monster Package refresh)
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Swoop
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Starscream Pr
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Skar
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Core Snarl
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Shrapnel
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Prowl
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Deluxe Crosscut
� Tra Gen Legacy Ev Deluxe Junkion 2
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Nemesis Leo
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Ramjet Pr
� Tra Gen Legacy EV Voyager Junkion
� Tra Gen Legacy Ev Voyager Bludgeon

We already got regular Ramjet, G2 Ramjet, and Desert Camo Ramjet, someone at Hasbro really likes Ramjet.

Nobody actually got regular Ramjet unless they were lucky.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 01:49

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