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donny1975 wrote:

carytheone wrote:Bug minibots? You have my attention, please link me more.

Sorry I meant the other variants of glypher....bug as in punch buggy

Ah, hahaha. Yup, pretty neat lil dudette. Nice posablity too. I think you can nab the entire group for like $60 at BBTS.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Nope $80. I'd highly recommend getting at least one. That Wasper looks pretty dope. I may have to start a new PoL and nab Hub or Bump.

carytheone wrote: That light piping is just for you Cobz!

Oh Bro buddy, I got so blazed off that hit of your light pipe, I forgot to thank you, man.
I like that figure a lot. He gets a lot of critz from the fans, but I don't know why. I think he's real cool. Like Miles Davis cool.

I can see this line becoming a very dangerous obsession.

Aren't they some cute lil boogers? I could easily get sucked in on these too, but I can't bring myself to pay the import prices on them. Especially when there are so many big bots out there. But ya, they are Fun with a capital F!

They remind me of penny racers or those little G1 bots like Bee.

Do you know the history behind the G1 mini bots? If not I'd love to tell you. You pretty much hit the nail with the above statement.
I would also tell you the history of Q if you don't already know, and would like to.

Cobotron wrote:Do you know the history behind the G1 mini bots? If not I'd love to tell you. You pretty much hit the nail with the above statement.
I would also tell you the history of Q if you don't already know, and would like to.

I don't know either and I'm always up for story time! Them Q formers are some cute lil bots. At 10 bucks a pop it will be too easy to toss them in a PoL or stack when ordering other stuff.

PS, don't bogart that light pipe.

Hold on a sec bro...

cool.

Alright. Check it out.
Microman was a 3 inch tall race of aliens who came from outer space and "used your desk as base", as it read on the awesomely badly translated Microman packaging. One of their schticks was that they could hide there tech in everyday earth objects. Hence, cassette tapes that turned into helicopters, or tape decks, microscopes, and hand guns that turned into robot sentinel.

Ok, so Takara made what we knew as kids as Penny Racers. they were imported over here by somebody, maybe Hasbro? I don't know what they were called in Japan. Maybe Q? But the G1 mini bots came from the Microman toy line and they were robot sentinels disguised as everyday Earth toys. They were specifically designed in that SD car aesthetic to look like the Penny Racer toys. Bee and Cliff even have an approximation of the penny slot in the back, that is the plate that there heads are on.
Soooooooooooooo, the G1 mini bots WERE Penny Racers!

Now, Q was an evolution of the Penny Racer toys, whatever they were called, made by Takara.
they got there names from the pattern their little pull engines caused them to drive in. You would pull them back and they would drive in a big circle, then, right at the end, they would get this little burst of power and do a tight little 360 loopty loo, creating the little curly tail of the "Q". Q went on for years, and got all kinds of different cars and robots with those little pull back motors in them. I had/have some from the 80's that were from a popular robot series called Dugram, and they sort of "transformed".

So Q is an old line mostly focusing on cute little super deformed cars. And this new line is just an extension of that, but minus the pull engine, and plus way better transformations.

Was that interesting? Are you glad you know that?
Want another hit off this light pipe?


P.S. Thanks for the inspirato for my new sig.

Cobotron wrote:Was that interesting? Are you glad you know that?
Want another hit off this light pipe?

YES, YES & YES.

Well, I was about to try and embed a sound clip here, but I decided to stop before the elite guard shows up and makes us stop.

Dood, micromen sound way cool. I wish Hasbro would have just straight ported those guys over here. That sounds like the ultimate kid toy. Almost like toyception. It's like the fiction is in your hands...

Well... too much for me. I'm going go get some fresh air.

BTW, I'm loving that sig. We should start a Jazz Club Gang.

JCG; yeah, you know me!

Skip dap bibbity bap bap.

Count me in.

Heeeeey! There you is Va'al. Been a while. I've been hoping you might stumble across our photo challenges. You gotta get in the band, man.
Scobbity beep bop shoobity BIP!
Yaaaaaaah.

HEY HEY, there you are Mr 10k post. I've been wondering about cha.


Well, we got ourselves a trio now. Fortunately I have 3 different Jazz molds. I'm going have to borrow that snazzy movieverse Jazzerciser if we pick up any more band mates.

That FoC visor is really doing it for me, but minus points for no door wings. Man, I love me some door wings. Door wings and hood chesticles are the best!




SCAT! Dats all I got. I know it's a shame, and I live just out side of New Orleans

So I was putting away my play pretties as I tend to do and I saw FoC Sideswipe standing there looking sad and neglected. He came with this big honking gun modeled after the "Path Blaster" from the game (which is OP's default weapon) and I've never been able to get a good pose with it. It's really heavy. So I go for this under arm sling mode and I'm trying to get SS's other arm to help support the weight of this beast and low and behold; I just found out the damn cannon extends.

I present to you for your viewing pleasure:



And just check out this BFG!



Bonus name: Lean Back Mode Sideswipe. Now he stands on my FoC shelf proudly, with a pose all his own.

Ya, I love me some door wings too, but here's a lil improve head cannon. On Cybertron you don't need doors 'cause there's no pibity peeps to ride on yo' seats. Y'dig Daddy-O?
And...
CHESTICLES?
I'll file that over here with my own coinage, scrodallions.

Skibity skibity bee bang bee bow bee bout.
That's all I wrote , so I'll let myself out!

Jaaaaaaazzzzzzzz.


Edit: it extends?!? I did not know that!
I'm out.
jaaaaazzzzzz.

Cobotron wrote:Edit: it extends?!? I did not know that!
I'm out.
jaaaaazzzzzz.

And it extends just a bit farther. I didn't pull it until it clicks. It went from being that weird awkward gun to being the diggity dope up front and center piece of the FoC cubby. I kept playing around and came up with another pose for my lil red buddy.





Well, TRU will be opening soon and I'm living stag this week. So it's time for a Sunday Funday TF run! Woot Woot!

So the hunt was unproductive but fun. None the less I have a little show and tell from a delivery on Thursday.

The STRUGGLE, it got me.

Great photos! I'm so on the fence about the Leader Seekers. That hardest thing is I already know they are cool TFs thanks to JF, so their even harder to resist.

Hey, I was lost in thought and it came to me, the original toy line that the Q, and I think Penny Racers came out of was called Choro-Q. (and I'm not talking about the all omnipotent alien race from the Q Continuum)

Flee bop, a sqwee bop, a flew flum flauw!
jaaaaaazzzzzzz

My take on the leader Seekers, that is my $26 take. I probably won't be getting any more MP seekers and I wanted a TC with a unique look to stand with my MP Starscream when he arrives (Monday ).

Great mold, sexy alt mode and a ton of pew pew comes with them. No mask like JF, but two extra guns, the null rays. TC is keeping those, the rest will be handed out to new 'Con recuits. Viper had already claimed two.

Again at $26, that was a super easy pickup and I'm very happy.

TC may have taken a couple flights around the house before coming to rest on the "MP" shelf.

I've heard of Choro-Q before. Not sure why, probably on one of the toy store sites or here on lovely Seibertron. Which, according to the Twincast, is not pronounced the way I expected it to be. I'm still having a hard time with that. Sabertron?!? Ima gonna keep mispronouncing in my head.

Beep boop skee weeeeee

Wait that's R2 not scat, derp.


EDIT: I just had a bit of late night inspiration. I've never been a big fan of all that showy chrome pew pew that Jetfire came with. So I just did a pew pew swap and I'm thinking I like it quite a bit. Also Viper is looking good with some comically oversized blinged out cannons. The GI 'Con seems pretty comfy showing off.

I'll try and remember to drop some pics after work.

Great photos Cary!!

Also, that Shia video was awesome. I've never seen it somehow, DO IT!

Cram's back! How was the vaca hombre?

Cobotron wrote:Cram's back! How was the vaca hombre?

I am! Had a lot of fun, played some golf, went to Legoland and the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, saw family and friends. It's nice when relatives buy you meals while you're on vacation

Didn't see MP Starscream at the one TRU I went to, but they had a LOT of Combiner Wars stuff. Also didn't see the Megatronus that has now been released (Warrior/deluxe class that is)..BUT! MP Hot Rodimus AND Shockwave official announcements AND colors?! Pre-ordered!! Cancelled my DX9 Carry as TRU MP09 can now be "Rodimus Prime" only. Still have DX9 Tyrant pre-ordered though, unless Takara goes bananas and releases Galvatron.

carytheone wrote:I'm leaning heavily on wanting to create a thread for the weekly challenges. What's the thoughts on that? Or do we just wanna keep it local?

I might push you on that latter one, and use the Photo Blitz section.
It'll get more attention, and even if it doesn't you lot populate it well enough as it is!

Va'al wrote:

carytheone wrote:I'm leaning heavily on wanting to create a thread for the weekly challenges. What's the thoughts on that? Or do we just wanna keep it local?

I might push you on that latter one, and use the Photo Blitz section.
It'll get more attention, and even if it doesn't you lot populate it well enough as it is!

It would be fun to get more peeps involved.

carytheone wrote:

Va'al wrote:

carytheone wrote:I'm leaning heavily on wanting to create a thread for the weekly challenges. What's the thoughts on that? Or do we just wanna keep it local?

I might push you on that latter one, and use the Photo Blitz section.
It'll get more attention, and even if it doesn't you lot populate it well enough as it is!

It would be fun to get more peeps involved.

I'm giving this "it's own thread" idea some thought. We should convene this evening and swap notes. I think it would be great to
A. Get more folks involved, and
B. Get it out in the "public" eye, so even those who can't/won't participate, can lurky loo.

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Va'al wrote:

carytheone wrote:I'm leaning heavily on wanting to create a thread for the weekly challenges. What's the thoughts on that? Or do we just wanna keep it local?

I might push you on that latter one, and use the Photo Blitz section.
It'll get more attention, and even if it doesn't you lot populate it well enough as it is!

It would be fun to get more peeps involved.

I'm giving this "it's own thread" idea some thought. We should convene this evening and swap notes. I think it would be great to
A. Get more folks involved, and
B. Get it out in the "public" eye, so even those who can't/won't participate, can lurky loo.

Wanna meet here, PM, skype?

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Va'al wrote:

carytheone wrote:I'm leaning heavily on wanting to create a thread for the weekly challenges. What's the thoughts on that? Or do we just wanna keep it local?

I might push you on that latter one, and use the Photo Blitz section.
It'll get more attention, and even if it doesn't you lot populate it well enough as it is!

It would be fun to get more peeps involved.

I'm giving this "it's own thread" idea some thought. We should convene this evening and swap notes. I think it would be great to
A. Get more folks involved, and
B. Get it out in the "public" eye, so even those who can't/won't participate, can lurky loo.

Wanna meet here, PM, skype?

I'd rather not clutter up your zone, PM or I'm cool with skype too. Take this robromance to the next level?

Oh. Snap. Robromance.

Let's do a PM Skype username swap. I'm on the road and I can't remember which UN I'm using these days.