Discuss the myriad toylines, games and merchandise of the Transformers Universe (and the wonders of Guzzle's transformation) here. Discussion of other toylines is also welcome.
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Aaron Hong
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by Aaron Hong » Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:49 pm
snarl wrote:
And who's this ****?
Judging from the chestplate that's going to be Rumble/Frenzy/whatever your taste is.
I'm not sure if it's any better or worse than what FansProject did. :ambiguous:
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by snarl » Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:54 pm
I went to a Toys R' us near me, they've got a good many Straxus in there, plus Darkwings aplenty.
Made me feel a bit of a **** for buying them from BBTS
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by Professor Smooth » Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:58 pm
snarl wrote:I went to a Toys R' us near me, they've got a good many Straxus in there, plus Darkwings aplenty.
Made me feel a bit of a **** for buying them from BBTS
Just curious. What's the price difference?
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by snarl » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:13 pm
Don't even know - but adding shipping, possible customs duty, it's bound to be more.
Darkmount probably costs about a tenner in TRU. I reckon it probably cost about £15 or a bit more getting him from BBTS
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by Mr_Tigg » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:31 pm
Professor Smooth wrote:snarl wrote:I went to a Toys R' us near me, they've got a good many Straxus in there, plus Darkwings aplenty.
Made me feel a bit of a **** for buying them from BBTS
Just curious. What's the price difference?
It's £9.99 from TRU but when you add postage on top it comes to £14.95.
I went back to FP today and they'd restocked on Straxus, so finally picked one up (at £15). I dare say it's a very nice figure.
Must confess I'm a little disappointed how most the 'revised' decepticons are turning into tanks of some sort - can't hasbro have a little more imagination?
When are they going to do a new version of Shockwave??
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by saysadie » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:18 am
I like 'em, but I'm pretty disinterested in buying. Not completely, but mostly. Mostly, I'm more choosy as to
how I spend my money, I suppose.
Why couldn't this have all come about five-ten years ago, when I was more inclined to buy toys and had less bills?
That said- I bought an Arcee and a Bludgeon and probably will buy WFC Megs and probably Soundwave if I come across them at a time I have money.
I think it was Bludgeon that pissed me off by having stressed plastic right out of the box, though.
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by bumblemusprime » Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:46 pm
God ******* damn it all to ******* hell.
I am seriously going to spend over three hundred bucks so I can have Megs, Starscream and Grimlock MPs. And that's if the eBay bids don't go up.
Best First wrote:I didn't like it. They don't have mums, or dads, or children. And they turn into stuff. And they don't eat Monster Munch or watch Xena: Warrior Princess. Or do one big poo in the morning and another one in the afternoon. I bet they weren't even excited by and then subsequently disappointed by Star Wars Prequels. Or have a glass full of spare change near their beds. That they don't have.
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by Kaylee » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:43 pm
I really like some of the USB ones, like the PC mouse that turns into a dinosaur!
Saw a bunch of them in Tokyo and really wanted them
along with an isobot, a really tiny laptop I found and Cloud Strife + motorcycle.
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by Best First » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:51 pm
Got Grimmers a few weeks ago - opted for the TRU version as i don't really need an apron on my dinobot.
He is super, altho he is probably less impressive than some of the other MPs in that he is essentially just a larger, better articulated version of the original toy - i guess with the fact he doesn't have a 'realistic' alt mode it changes the game a bit, altho they could maybe have got more ambitous and given us a more techno organic T-Rex.
Anyway, still love him. Red eyes for me!
Is Megs any good? he looks abot spindley.
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by Hot Shot » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:13 pm
Best First wrote:Is Megs any good? he looks abot spindley.
The design is fine, but the joints are weak and floppy, the metal tarnishes/rusts, and the plastic is brittle. He's the worst Masterpiece figure so far IMO. Not worth the price at all.
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by Kaylee » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:16 am
I'd disagree. Really love my megs, he's not perfect but not much takara could have done differently given the requirements.
I think I had a review of him up here ages ago?
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by saysadie » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:57 pm
Also opted for the TRU Grimlock, just as good, much cheaper.
It's been the only new toy in a couple of years or so to get any sort of real joy out of me upon opening.
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by Aaron Hong » Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:26 am
Added Drift to the family recently.