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The thing that's comical about BBTS is stuff I pre-ordered has "Estimated ship date" of the next month and then when next month hits it updates to the next month. I've got a Silent Hill figure that's been shipping in one month for almost 2 years now haha
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Anora posted:This might be BBTS and others giving the streamer copies pre-street date to drum up sales before the full release Still bullshit. What’s the point in street dates if a retailer can unilaterally break it for “special” customers? If you’re willing to break the street date for a select few, just ship the toys to everyone. If a reviewer gets product direct from the manufacturer for review purposes then that’s different, and the reviewer should disclose that. But don’t tell me you bought it from BBTS (and I should, too!) unless you’re going to also clarify that BBTS shipped it to you early, and run the risk of BBTS incurring the manufacturer’s wrath for breaking the street date.
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Dec 24, 2022 17:36
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Got an original style Bumblebee on a keychain, and it’s easily one of my favorite Transformers purchases.
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Dec 24, 2022 20:31
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BizarroAzrael posted:Might be Hasbro's shithousery here, but Zavvi don't get the benefit of the doubt I'll bet money on Zavvi. I've never gotten a single thing I've ever ordered from them.
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Dec 24, 2022 20:47
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Due to an outbreak of COVID in our house earlier in the month my mom never got around to getting gifts for me or my sister so since we were stopping at Wal-Mart today for a bit of last minute shopping anyways she told us to go around and find ourselves some gifts, didn't see much else of interest so I went and got a bunch of Transformers, went with Studio Series Wheelie, Core Class Shockwave, Buzzsaw, Sandstorm, and Jhiaxus At this rate I'm going to have a small army of Predacon bugs, particularly once that 4 pack arrives and whenever I get around to hunting down Waspinator, Inferno, Tarantulas, and Black Arachnia, also makes Buzzsaw the first Beast Wars figure that I also own a "Cybertronian" form for since I have the old Cybertron figure of his lying around somewhere, also Jhiaxus will have a "Mini-Me" since I have that nuclear orange Starscream remold of him lying around as well(technically could do this with Shockwave as well since I have a Cyberverse figure of him hanging around)
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Dec 24, 2022 21:29
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Anora posted:This might be BBTS and others giving the streamer copies pre-street date to drum up sales before the full release This is assuming you're talking people getting figures way early for their reviews, if they're just reviewing them a couple days before street dates then the scheduling might line up.
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Anora posted:This might be BBTS and others giving the streamer copies pre-street date to drum up sales before the full release I don’t think Emgo breaks street dates, I tend to start swing pop up in stores near the time he gets it. I don’t think he’s actually getting his stuff through BBTS though and he has mentioned that certain of his followers will send him stuff that is showing up in other countries but not his area yet. PrimeVPrime on the other hand gets it ages ahead of everyone else though.
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Dec 25, 2022 03:02
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Second verse same as the first
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So I’m reading the IDW Optimus Prime series, I bought all 5 volumes so I’ll have all 25 issues, but I also got the Unicron series. At what point should I stop reading Optimus Prime and read Unicron? it’s my understanding that (at least) the final issue of Optimus Prime takes place after Unicron.
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I think that Unicron and Optimus Prime are interleaved between OP issues 22, 23, and 24, and then 25 is the epilogue. I'm waiting on a friend to hit me with the proper reading order. EDIT: Here is a single document with everything you need to know: https://tfwikicommunity.wordpress.com/reading-guides/idw/ Short version: Optimus up through issue 21, Unicron 0, OP22, Unicron 1-4, Optimus 23-24, Unicron 5 and 6, OP25 DoctorWhat fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Dec 25, 2022 |
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Dec 25, 2022 03:33
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I really loved Unicrons design.
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Merry Christmas everyone! And a special thank you to strangehamster who was my Secret Santa this year! That’s toy colours Galvatron and Cyclonus!! Many thanks again!   And the sweater is great too! You bet your rear end everyone on the shelf is going to be trying it on. 
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Dec 25, 2022 16:15
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard bro... You had me at CheeseCorn...  But then you drop a friggin masterpiece in addition to the other bad rear end poo poo?!  I am not worthy! So bad rear end! Thank you TF-bro! My Santee's package should be enroute and I hope you get it soon. Merry Christmas! e: jesus this is like Christmas as a kid! I'm awestruck TheDK fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Dec 25, 2022 |
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Dec 25, 2022 16:34
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Generations Selects Galvatron is only 27 bucks on Amazon right now, a ludicrously good deal for a Leader class figure
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https://twitter.com/preterniadotcom/status/1607207324623556612?s=46&t=niejkZX7GMH98Npsddn8yQ
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https://twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/status/1607240105931964416?t=ibnJKY2MBGVTtJkKwmg1yg&s=19
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Found Tarantulas at the store today. He’s no Inferno, but he’s really good.
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 From the mysterious The Great Burrito, I got some classic comics, Kingdom Mirage, and Velocitron 500 Galaxy Shuttle! Not pictured: Cheesies (superior to Cheetos, IMO) ketchup flavored chips, and a selection of fine Canadian chocolates. They... didn't make it till picture time. Thank you so much! Galaxy Shuttle looks like he's related to Jazz and I couldn't track one down on my own. This is great! I'm pretty sure I've now got the first appearance of IDW Drift in here, too! CAPT. Rainbowbeard fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Dec 26, 2022 |
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Dec 26, 2022 21:56
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The MSJ posted:https://twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/status/1607240105931964416?t=ibnJKY2MBGVTtJkKwmg1yg&s=19 I like how the vaguely ape-shaped blob jumped backwards into a slightly taller blob
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Dec 26, 2022 22:01
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Thank you Secret Santa, I am intrigued by the Toywolf Fortune Cat. Yes a robot cat that turns into a little floor toilet. I’m also excited for a modern GoBot Mixer Robo. 
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Gobots!!
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They really are missing an opportunity to introduce more Gobots into the line. Crusher being the main exception, and that's still quite limited.
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I really hope they do, and they own the rights to the Gobots characters as I understand it? They’re a separate rights body from the Machine Robo characters, I think?
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They own the rights to the GoBots trademarks, meaning what Tonka did with the Machine Robo designs, but not the designs themselves. They can make characters named Leader-1, Crasher, Cy-Kill and so on, but they can't make something that looks substantially and distinctively like the Machine Robo jet, or the Machine Robo F1 car, or the Machine Robo bike thing, at least without risk of getting sued. Road Ranger is a good example of something they're safe doing: A GoBots name on a recoloured G1 character that looks little or nothing like the Machine Robo original. The new Crasher is a redeco of the Mirage mold, which Hasbro clearly own, and is *partially* inspired by the cartoon look (they arguably own that extremely specific design but it's probably close enough to the toy that it would wind up in court and risk ruining the relatively happy position they're in), but also partly by the Fracture toy that was repurposed as Crasher in the MLP crossover, which they also clearly own. It's an homage, but it's got enough distance to be safe. Dabir fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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The MSJ posted:https://twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/status/1607240105931964416?t=ibnJKY2MBGVTtJkKwmg1yg&s=19 Edit: Here's Prime. They just kind of gave up on incorporating those bars around his front, huh? https://twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/status/1607381446297063424 Knormal fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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Dec 27, 2022 01:56
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Dabir posted:They own the rights to the GoBots trademarks, meaning what Tonka did with the Machine Robo designs, but not the designs themselves. They can make characters named Leader-1, Crasher, Cy-Kill and so on, but they can't make something that looks substantially and distinctively like the Machine Robo jet, or the Machine Robo F1 car, or the Machine Robo bike thing, at least without risk of getting sued. Road Ranger is a good example of something they're safe doing: A GoBots name on a recoloured G1 character that looks little or nothing like the Machine Robo original. Which makes it a bit funny that the Tom Scioli Go-Bots comic leans very heavily on the original toys for it's designs(continuing the design philosophy he had done for Transformers vs GI Joe)
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drrockso20 posted:Which makes it a bit funny that the Tom Scioli Go-Bots comic leans very heavily on the original toys for it's designs(continuing the design philosophy he had done for Transformers vs GI Joe) Yeah, that kinda makes me wonder about how much they can really show, I mean there was no doubting those designs.
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question, when selling boxes, or opened figures alongside their boxes, how much difference does having the original foam/plastic clamshell/etc from the inside of the box matter in the price? I've got a bunch of transformers boxes with styrofoam and plastic inserts still in them, and figure I might just chuck all that interior stuff and flatten the boxes for later instead of having them take up a lot of space. I mean, I have the space for them to take up, but if the plastic figure holder inside the box doesn't really matter to the price when selling an opened figure, I might just say gently caress it and get rid of those.
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I think that if you're including a box at all, it's the whole packaging people want. Otherwise the toy is just rattling around in some cardboard. Conversely, I think most people are not interested in paying premium for packaging at all, unless the packaging is fancy and designed to be resealable/good storage. Like SOC GaoGaiGar.
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Yeah only packaging I've kept in recent years was the packaging for Trypticon(as it made storing him a bit easier) and for the HISS Tank Megatron set, would have kept the packaging for the Jurassic Park set too but it had a giant gash in it when I pulled it out of the delivery box
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drrockso20 posted:Yeah only packaging I've kept in recent years was the packaging for Trypticon(as it made storing him a bit easier) and for the HISS Tank Megatron set, would have kept the packaging for the Jurassic Park set too but it had a giant gash in it when I pulled it out of the delivery box DINO DAMAGE
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Follow-up to my secret santa post from rainbowbeard, I don't know what these things are but they are rad and combine into a terrifying plane-monster:  Also short story, I gave my nephews the Core class Soundwave last year and recently my wife found one of his arms in her car. We held onto it until they were here visiting this week and returned it. I was always jealous of that little guy and never got one for myself, but now I have it!  Not pictured: MP-55. I just got her into robot mode today. Lots of accessories to play with so I'll snap a pic once I find a worthy pose, but she is definitely going into my newly arranged display area, as pictured here:  e: oh and Skywasp! He'll be on the Predacon shelf. TheDK fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Dec 28, 2022 |
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Those planes are megabox/beastbox stuff and I love those guys. Animal that becomes cube? What more could you want in life? Two monkey that turn into cube and are also combiners so you can form a giant gorilla out them? Luckily they have that too.
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Yup, he's right. Those are MegaBox. I'm glad you like your gifts, TheDK! Forgetting to cancel the second Nightbird (because Hasbro Pulse is a nightmare to see what you've preordered) and being matched with someone strongly in favor of black repaints was a very happy accident indeed!
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Fun fact: Jhiaxus's chest has just enough room to slot a Prime Master or Titan Master in there, held securely by the nose cone. Like, say, the Prime Master of the Liege Maximo. For instance.
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My local Walmart had Retrax on clearance for $15 so I grabbed one finally. He's such a goofy little guy. Like, his articulation isn't great and he can't stand on his own really, but there's a certain charm about him. Also apparently he missing two legs and his antennas are on backwards... cuz Walmart, I guess.
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Can't believe that of all of Beast Wars it's Retrax the Overly Friendly that gets a reissue He hung out on shelves so long back in the day that I had several chances to stand there for minutes going "is that too silly to spend $15 on?" (cause that's what deluxes cost in Canada in the late 90s) Now if they reissued The Meat from Rocky I'd be there with bells on strangehamster posted:Thank you Secret Santa, I am intrigued by the Toywolf Fortune Cat. Yes a robot cat that turns into a little floor toilet. I’m also excited for a modern GoBot Mixer Robo. Merry Christmas! Sorry if that was a little too out in left field, I was buying with my sense of humour that day. I've always liked that Mixer Robo in particular out of the Action Toys crew, because of the knives. Why is the cement mixer guy also the stabby guy? Who knows? Kniiives. I got my Santa yesterday, too, and it is awesome. The request was "just gently caress me up" and TheDK came through with a scout-class Cyberverse? Arcee, Kingdom Slammer, and the Skywarp/Earth Sideswipe combo pack. I do love a Lambo, and now my Lambos will match! Also, enough dollar store convertiforming robobusters to stage a small knockoff beatdown or make jokes about ANKLEBITER and EQUIPMENCE for the rest of time, and a lovely Jesus's Birthday card to boot! Thank you, dude!
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The toy wolf toilet bots are ridiculous and I love them. I have three I think?
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Phy posted:Can't believe that of all of Beast Wars it's Retrax the Overly Friendly that gets a reissue Yeah, of all the characters to reissue he's a head scratcher for sure. I wonder if it's a mold availability thing or something?
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