I'm getting a TF-present, please suggest something?

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I'm getting a TF-present, please suggest something?

Post by Predabot » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:29 am

Aye. My sister is going to buy me a TF off of eBay. :o And it needs to cost less than 33$.

Out of all the generations from Beast Wars and onward, what would you wager is the must-have toy? Except Masterpiece of course. :bf:

I'm currently shifting towards Vector Prime...

It's the first TF toy anybody's buying me in 11 years! :) I could use some tips here.

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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:02 pm

*moving to toys*

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Post by Best First » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:10 pm

Pipes.
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Post by Brendocon » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:29 pm

Flywheels.
Grrr. Argh.

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Post by Legion » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:34 pm

Guzzle!!

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Post by Best First » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:40 pm

or Hardspark.
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Post by Hound » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:56 pm

Vector Prime is a good choice, as is Jetfire (cybertron).

Failing that, go for Alternator Meister
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Post by The Last Autobot » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:56 pm

What about:

Energon: Slugslinger or Bulkhead

Cybertron: Evac
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Post by Shanti418 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:01 am

RiD Optimus, of course.

Vector Prime would definitely be good, though.
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Post by Predabot » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:30 am

Hound wrote:Vector Prime is a good choice, as is Jetfire (cybertron).

Failing that, go for Alternator Meister
Good one! :) Meister would be really cool, it's Jazz! :D

So right now for me, it's between:

Meister
Rid Optimus
Vector Prime

Keep em' comin' lads, keep em' comin'... :)

Pipes.
Flywheels.
Guzzle!!
Hardspark.
Yes of course lads.. because those are all post-Beast Wars.. :roll:

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Post by Best First » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:21 am

Flywheels was remade as Beast Wars Megatron.

Pipes became Rhinox.

Guzzle was rebuilt as Sacavnger and went undercover - with drills for hands.

Hardspark, being Japanese, was obvioulsy rebuilt as Big Convoy.

Everyone knows this.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:16 pm

Buy an Overlord from me. :)

I'm the Overlord guy... you can hardly find me NOT having one for sale... :)
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Post by Aaron Hong » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:40 pm

Alternators Grimlock.

Because I never could get one. :(
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Post by Osku » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:36 pm

Buy a small lot of loose toys instead of one figure?

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Post by Brendocon » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:46 pm

Osku wrote:Buy a small lot of loose toys instead of one figure?
And if it includes Flywheels, Pipes and Guzzle/Hardspark, then all the better.
Grrr. Argh.

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Post by Shanti418 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:00 pm

If we're talking BT/Alts, then I would go with Shockwave over Meister.
But IMO, Hound is the best of the early Alts.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:16 pm

Hound, Silverstreak, Tracks, Shockwave... these are the Alternators that have almost the same look as the originals (well Shockwave only in Bot mode of course). Maybe Skids too.
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Post by Shanti418 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:32 pm

Yeah, Skids was cool too. But defintely don't go with Tracks.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:34 pm

Why not? I just got a friend buy one for me from the States... is there anything I don't know about that toy? :eek:
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Post by Shanti418 » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:03 pm

It's got the most convoluted transformation and worst articulation of them all, IMO.
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