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She is very nice, can confirm. They’ve been together a year now!
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So has FedEx tracking just been completely dead for anyone else for the last several months? Everything I've tried to look up I just get a "Unfortunately we can't retrieve your tracking at this time" message. It happens from various online stores so I don't think it's anything the seller's doing wrong.
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Knormal posted:So has FedEx tracking just been completely dead for anyone else for the last several months? Everything I've tried to look up I just get a "Unfortunately we can't retrieve your tracking at this time" message. It happens from various online stores so I don't think it's anything the seller's doing wrong. The tracking is the only thing they seem to do correctly, at least for me. I can track my packages as they travel via donkey across the Midwest. Look at this badass. https://twitter.com/preterniadotcom/status/1564065716126482432?s=21&t=cJNIJIypxpBPFtaMDAAxTg
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Silhouette posted:YoTH Prime legit owns, and I wish more primes had that color scheme I have abject contempt for YotH Optimus on the basis that vanilla MP10 was extremely hard to come by but they made like ten times as many YotHs. Really weird and lovely way to treat fans. I had a Hasbro normal MP10 and everything, it wasn't even a personal issue.
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Found this cool bot at Target. No Tarantulus yet. 
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I saw Tarantulas yesterday but I'm done with that stuff.
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The Entertainer in Shepard's Bush Westfield had a bunch of Beast Wars reissues half off if anyone's nearby and wants them.
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I was staying with some friends out in the Swedish countryside and they'd picked up this comic at a local 'loppis' or garage sale. It was in Swedish, and my Swedish is ok, but even still I had trouble understanding what the hell was going on. There were a lot of *As you know from the previous edition type text boxes. It was a cool story where Shockwave was going all mad scientist with a bunch of robot corpses, including Skyfire and Optimus, and was bringing them back to life and forcing them to attack the Autobots. On the back page it also had an awesome ad for He-Man sweaters you could mail order. Anyway thought the cover was cool and wanted to share a random sighting!
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That is a cool piece of nostalgia!
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Red Rox posted:It was in Swedish, and my Swedish is ok, but even still I had trouble understanding what the hell was going on. There were a lot of *As you know from the previous edition type text boxes. It was a cool story where Shockwave was going all mad scientist with a bunch of robot corpses, including Skyfire and Optimus, and was bringing them back to life and forcing them to attack the Autobots. On the back page it also had an awesome ad for He-Man sweaters you could mail order. Yeah, Skyfire (or more precisely his construction) was a Big Deal in the comics for a few issues which made it a little funny coming after the Constructicons' creation and also I think he's barely mentioned after because of the reasons Skyfire was also memory-holed for a good while.
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Red Rox posted:I was staying with some friends out in the Swedish countryside and they'd picked up this comic at a local 'loppis' or garage sale. If they were talking about what was going on, it might have partly been because they couldn't show the Spiderman appearance that came before. It's kinda crazy in the old Marvel comic how many Autobots were around only to get wrecked for long stretches of time, get fixed up and soon after wrecked again and likely done with. Funny note is that Skyfire was Autobot leader in some regions due to another company having licensed Optimus Prime before TF's took off proper.
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Had a whole post ready talking about how the Marvel GI Joe comics handled their large toyetic cast better than Marvel Transformers did with their large toyetic cast but it wouldn't let me post it for some reason...
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drrockso20 posted:Had a whole post ready talking about how the Marvel GI Joe comics handled their large toyetic cast better than Marvel Transformers did with their large toyetic cast but it wouldn't let me post it for some reason... That's fair. I think part of it was Hama was much more invested in it than Budiansky was and Bob probably figured he had to introduce a bunch of new characters anyway so why not keep the old ones on the shelf. Even Budiansky started to pick his favorites, I think, like with Grimlock and Blaster.
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Blaster had quite the rise for awhile. Kicked Grimlocks rear end.
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Dawgstar posted:That's fair. I think part of it was Hama was much more invested in it than Budiansky was and Bob probably figured he had to introduce a bunch of new characters anyway so why not keep the old ones on the shelf. Even Budiansky started to pick his favorites, I think, like with Grimlock and Blaster. Right up to the Underbase saga when he cleaned the board. Even poo poo like the Seacons who had only been introduced that year got melted. You're right about Hama though, the dude lived and breathed GI Joe, I think he pretty much created all the characters and any that he didn't he didn't use much (I seem to remember Quick Kick wasn't one of his which is why he mostly spent his appearances injured and in a gulag).
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Fil5000 posted:Right up to the Underbase saga when he cleaned the board. Even poo poo like the Seacons who had only been introduced that year got melted. Similarly while Hama was willing to accommodate a surprising amount of Toyetic things into the comic, he definitely fought back against it when it was too much for him to stomach, like him successfully making an argument to allow him to ignore the Cobra-La stuff from the movie and toyline, or killing off the Battle Force 2000 Joe's almost immediately after he was forced to introduce them into the comic
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It's not hypocrisy so much as Harmony Gold isn't being a bunch of dickheads about the license anymore.
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It's blatant hypocrisy, on account they tried to stop the sale of a Jetfire-colored Cobra Skystriker years ago.
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My inner child wants that pretty bad, IP shenanigans or no.
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Keldroc posted:It's not hypocrisy so much as Harmony Gold isn't being a bunch of dickheads about the license anymore. Think less "isn't being" and more "were legally forced not to be". In 2017/18 when they tried to sue the current Battletech license holders about the Unseen designs (ie, the battlemechs that were originally based on Macross VFs and destroids), their suits were dismissed with prejudice, which prevents them from suing about the same issues again. Their lawsuit against Hasbro over the Jetfire Skystriker was in 2013 and settled out of court, and clearly that didn't stop them from getting back on their bullshit at the time. E: while it's cool to see a modern VF toy in Jetfire livery, because of HG's longstanding fuckery I'm hoping that Deceptive Thinker or one of his colleagues has their legal kicking boots on. Ee: that or Hasbro finally launches a Jetfire in Skull One colors. Phy fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Sep 1, 2022 |
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Phy posted:Ee: that or Hasbro finally launches a Jetfire in Skull One colors. THAT should be the Shattered Glass colors.
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Nodosaur posted:It's blatant hypocrisy, on account they tried to stop the sale of a Jetfire-colored Cobra Skystriker years ago. I guess I just don't think of corporate entities in terms of "hypocrisy." The situation changed, in part for reasons beyond their control due to their poor legal choices. For all we know HG can't even do anything except nod and smile under the new agreement with the Japanese rights holders. Would be interested to see Hasbro come after this, though, but given that HG's attempt to do the same failed, Hasbro's most likely would, too. Probably time to let it go.
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Let's all just wait and see if they gently caress up and stick an Autobot logo on there in the factories?
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Phy posted:Think less "isn't being" and more "were legally forced not to be". In 2017/18 when they tried to sue the current Battletech license holders about the Unseen designs (ie, the battlemechs that were originally based on Macross VFs and destroids), their suits were dismissed with prejudice, which prevents them from suing about the same issues again. I'll pass it along to the right people
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I'll pass it along to the right people Good. Worse off, if a judge dismisses the Lawsuit you can drop a line of Shattered Glass Seekers in Red, Blue, and Yellow.
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Oh hey not Jetfire us up at BBTS. And is TWO FIFTY https://twitter.com/preterniadotcom/status/1565332764383215617?s=21&t=z2MHEh09ygwCeQ1BMmnNRQ
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I put down for it. I don't think the masterpiece jetfire was especially distinct enough to warrant the purchase, since I have the commander class release. Extremely pricey, sure.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I put down for it. I don't think the masterpiece jetfire was especially distinct enough to warrant the purchase, since I have the commander class release. Extremely pricey, sure. I considered it, but it seems to be just about 8 inches tall. Jetfire needs to be big!
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Joe Fisto posted:I considered it, but it seems to be just about 8 inches tall. Jetfire needs to be big! 100% agreed, especially when they're charging that much for it. My inner child, however, made a demand. I'm just grateful I can indulge myself this way.
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:100% agreed, especially when they're charging that much for it. The inner child is a strong voice
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I'll pass it along to the right people Oh snap. Ok, yeah they'll have a far better understanding of what the landscape looks like than this internet bozo. Joe Fisto posted:Oh hey not Jetfire us up at BBTS. And is TWO FIFTY Outside of model kits and the Toynami Robotech line, Macross stuff tends to be produced in low numbers, or shockingly expensive, or both. Even the knockoffs, from what I've heard. Jetfire being Big because the G1 toy was big will never not amuse me just a little, because the VF-1 in-universe was one of the smallest mecha in the setting, like a 3/4 scale F-14. Phy fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Sep 1, 2022 |
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Joe Fisto posted:Oh hey not Jetfire us up at BBTS. And is TWO FIFTY I preordered from the Kitz Concept site before I saw this and it was sketchy enough that I would have rather paid a bit extra and went through BBTS. The minimum shipping charge was $20, and the fast one was $45, so the total cost was either $230 or $255. You pay half plus shipping upfront, and they only accept Paypal. After the transaction went through, the item was still in my cart which had me worried, I do have it in my order history though. The status is "pending" and no explanation what that means, they definitely charged me the $130 through Paypal.
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Phy posted:Oh snap. Ok, yeah they'll have a far better understanding of what the landscape looks like than this internet bozo.
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I’ve been thinking about what if Hasbro did an SS86 Unicron? Take the Haslab one and just scale it down by half or a third or something. We’ve seen them do resizing with the Classics seekers upscaled to ER, so it’s not outside their ken.
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I think a scaled-down Haslab Unicron would actually be a really bad idea compared to an all new mold. Haslab Cron is engineered around his size and mass. His transformation, his joint layout, everything about him. And at a smaller scale, an unaltered kibble distribution would look a lot worse. Unless you own or have handled Haslab, it's hard to explain.
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Joe Fisto posted:Oh hey not Jetfire us up at BBTS. And is TWO FIFTY Thought about grabbing it. The best versions of the jet is made by Arcadia who use to be Yamato. They have made other versions of course and even the SFD-1 which you could at the time get in a light up version. True quality.
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I was also tempted, but really I'm satisfied with the commander class Jetfire from a while back. It's really the perfect incarnation. If I was dying for a fastpack valk, they aren't exactly rare (except in TF colors)
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I was reminded of those vintage Kenner-style Star Wars figures they're doing for The Mandalorian, and was thinking that might be something cool to do with Transformers - almost like a reverse Studio Series. Like, give me a day-glo tiger striped G2 Nitro Zeus, Scorn as a Beast Wars Transmetal, or G1 Tarn with goofy proportions and two points of articulation.
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The_Doctor posted:I’ve been thinking about what if Hasbro did an SS86 Unicron? Take the Haslab one and just scale it down by half or a third or something. We’ve seen them do resizing with the Classics seekers upscaled to ER, so it’s not outside their ken. best bet for SS86 Unicron is just the head
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