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News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:33 am

That TRU that Will goes to seems to always be well stocked. Ours doesn't even have an entire 4 foot display, is half stocked at best and everything is old stock - except for the 8 Scattershots taking up the place where Sky Lynx would look nice.

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:35 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:If Will's pics from not too long ago are anything to go by, Cyclonus is still available at Canadian TRUs.

Yup, here are pics of my TRU yesterday:

Dear Primus...! Wish my TRU had that much stuff, wow...

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:35 am

Kurona wrote:I think getting a G1 re-issue works just fine and fits in. It's the right size, it's very accurate to his actual appearances; being a quadruped and sometimes not even that he doesn't actually need much articulation... of all the G1 guys, he works the best with Generations I think.

I fully agree, thats what I did. Aside from the locked in articulation for his motorized feet, there isnt much need for an update.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Swindle and Brawl are best as Bruticus's legs. (Legs ONLY, dammit!!!) Their individual robot modes are passable at best, the vehicle modes are average.

Swindle is such an amazing arm though, I love that dedicated transformation!

Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, I managed to win a CW Defensor on eBay. wasn't expecting it, but there you go.Anyway, I now need to get Deluxe Groove so I can toss out Rook. Anyone remeber when he is supposed to go on sale?

Insurgent wrote:It's a shame Hasbro didn't release groove fully.

Hasbro's Deluxe Groove which is exactly the same to Takara's Groove (paint apps and all) will be coming out end of May and will not be an exclusive. So yes, he is getting a full release.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:42 am

Ironhidensh wrote:Wow. I haven't seen that much transformer selection at TRU in at least ten years. Canada for the win, eh?

Hell yeah!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:44 am

Wow ... so that's what a fabled Transformers section is supposed to look like.
-edit- That could make for an interesting thread "Post pics of your local stores TF section"

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sat May 07, 2016 7:47 am

Burn wrote:Wow ... so that's what a fabled Transformers section is supposed to look like.
-edit- That could make for an interesting thread "Post pics of your local stores TF section"

Or really boring as most of the post will just be blank :lol:

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat May 07, 2016 8:16 am

carytheone wrote:
Burn wrote:Wow ... so that's what a fabled Transformers section is supposed to look like.
-edit- That could make for an interesting thread "Post pics of your local stores TF section"
Or really boring as most of the post will just be blank

It could help end the age old discussion about who gets the shaft more from a tf distribution view. England will be in for a shot of winning that one.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Sat May 07, 2016 9:08 am

william-james88 wrote:
Insurgent wrote:It's a shame Hasbro didn't release groove fully.

Hasbro's Deluxe Groove which is exactly the same to Takara's Groove (paint apps and all) will be coming out end of May and will not be an exclusive. So yes, he is getting a full release.

What? You mean I just paid may !madness for nothing? I thought he was meant to be like slingshot and wildrider. Grumble grumble. Oh well, at least I can bask in his glory a month earlier.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat May 07, 2016 9:18 am

Insurgent wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Insurgent wrote:It's a shame Hasbro didn't release groove fully.

Hasbro's Deluxe Groove which is exactly the same to Takara's Groove (paint apps and all) will be coming out end of May and will not be an exclusive. So yes, he is getting a full release.

What? You mean I just paid may !madness for nothing? I thought he was meant to be like slingshot and wildrider. Grumble grumble. Oh well, at least I can bask in his glory a month earlier.

Groove is an online exclusive like Quickslinger and Brake-Neck, yes. By "not be an exclusive", I'm guessing Will meant that he won't be tied to a specific online retailer.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Sat May 07, 2016 9:49 am

Ah, ok. Phew. thanks man.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat May 07, 2016 10:06 am

carytheone wrote:Optimus Comprimer

You're my new favourite

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:13 pm

So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:17 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Wow, yeah, unfortunately, this seemed to be an issue with a number of them from the start. I remember someone posting something about that way back at the beginning of this thread. I've been really careful of all of my figures from that mold... #-o

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:19 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

God, that sounds frustrating... as a compromise, Silverbolt still looks cool enough to display on his own, right?

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:20 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Maybe you should stop playing with and transforming your Transformer toys?

You're an adult collector after all. :-P

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:28 pm

Burn wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Maybe you should stop playing with and transforming your Transformer toys?

You're an adult collector after all.

It's a sad day when that logic is the only way to enjoy hasbro's transformers :BLACKEYE:

Kurona wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

God, that sounds frustrating... as a compromise, Silverbolt still looks cool enough to display on his own, right?

No, not if his abdomen snaps off :HEADHURTS:

Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Wow, yeah, unfortunately, this seemed to be an issue with a number of them from the start. I remember someone posting something about that way back at the beginning of this thread. I've been really careful of all of my figures from that mold...

Ya know, the thing is is that, I knew that was possible, so I always took extreme care when doing that, with both him and cylconus. I honestly think the plastic is being enbrittled by the air or something stupid like that, cannot believe that I have to shell out another $25 to fix this stupid problem, and I thought the saga of sh|tty hasbro plastics came to a close with my pile of broken CW Magnus' :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:41 pm

Having fun with the combaticons. I tried to replicate the cg renders from Hasbro:

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sun May 08, 2016 10:47 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Wow, yeah, unfortunately, this seemed to be an issue with a number of them from the start. I remember someone posting something about that way back at the beginning of this thread. I've been really careful of all of my figures from that mold...

Ya know, the thing is is that, I knew that was possible, so I always took extreme care when doing that, with both him and cylconus. I honestly think the plastic is being enbrittled by the air or something stupid like that, cannot believe that I have to shell out another $25 to fix this stupid problem, and I thought the saga of sh|tty hasbro plastics came to a close with my pile of broken CW Magnus'

Hm, this has me curious now. Does anyone know if the plastics on Takara's Silverbolt and Magnus are any better? Because honestly I could go with either colour scheme, but if Takara's plastic is less brittle I might just end up shelling out import fees for them.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Mon May 09, 2016 8:27 am

Kurona wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Wow, yeah, unfortunately, this seemed to be an issue with a number of them from the start. I remember someone posting something about that way back at the beginning of this thread. I've been really careful of all of my figures from that mold...

Ya know, the thing is is that, I knew that was possible, so I always took extreme care when doing that, with both him and cylconus. I honestly think the plastic is being enbrittled by the air or something stupid like that, cannot believe that I have to shell out another $25 to fix this stupid problem, and I thought the saga of sh|tty hasbro plastics came to a close with my pile of broken CW Magnus'

Hm, this has me curious now. Does anyone know if the plastics on Takara's Silverbolt and Magnus are any better? Because honestly I could go with either colour scheme, but if Takara's plastic is less brittle I might just end up shelling out import fees for them.

The plastics that Hasbro and Takara use are exactly the same.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Mon May 09, 2016 8:48 am

steals_your_goats wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, I was transforming Superion back into Silverbolt, and I noticed that the neck plate seemed very loose, turns out that the plate that the head is connected to has almost completely snapped at the hinges. Kind of a shame that I'm already having to replace my Silverbolt after just over a year of having him

Wow, yeah, unfortunately, this seemed to be an issue with a number of them from the start. I remember someone posting something about that way back at the beginning of this thread. I've been really careful of all of my figures from that mold...

Ya know, the thing is is that, I knew that was possible, so I always took extreme care when doing that, with both him and cylconus. I honestly think the plastic is being enbrittled by the air or something stupid like that, cannot believe that I have to shell out another $25 to fix this stupid problem, and I thought the saga of sh|tty hasbro plastics came to a close with my pile of broken CW Magnus'

Hm, this has me curious now. Does anyone know if the plastics on Takara's Silverbolt and Magnus are any better? Because honestly I could go with either colour scheme, but if Takara's plastic is less brittle I might just end up shelling out import fees for them.

The plastics that Hasbro and Takara use are exactly the same.

This is true. I have Takara UM, and ever since Hellscream's report, I'm ULTRA ( :-P

) careful when transforming those legs. It feels ULTRA sketchy and makes a sound that makes me cringe.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon May 09, 2016 8:54 am

Woah wait, so the plastic used on Takara's hotspot has the same ultra cheap feeling? With the super squishy ladder?

The plastics were different in the past. Takara's Gen Tankor, for instance, has different plastic than Hasbro's.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon May 09, 2016 11:14 am

People seemed to like my pics of my toysrus, but I didnt really get a good shot because there was a ladder in the way. It wasnt the most indicative of the store. Plus, I fond an extra display stand full of TFs today and wanted to share that too. You will noice that there is as much CW as RID. Both are similarly stocked and sell similarly well. And I am still full of Cyclonuses. These pics were all shot this morning:

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Mon May 09, 2016 11:21 am

Dear Primus, man!! I have to drive an hour to get a selection like that!

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon May 09, 2016 11:27 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:Dear Primus, man!! I have to drive an hour to get a selection like that!

I haven't even seen a selection like that since TRU in the early 2000s. That's amazing.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Mon May 09, 2016 10:11 pm

The more I play around with Brawl the more I simultaneously like him more and dislike him more. I keep finding more sculpted detail which is really wonderful to look at and I'm adoring playing around with the tank mode even without a turret swivel... but man that waist. Thankfully it doesn't come into play in his leg mode, but gosh I thought everything was being over exaggerated about it and I'd be able to deal with it when I got it but my lord is it terrible. I don't think I'd mind so much if it actually was able to lock in somewhere; it especially messes up the arm mode and all. I'm at least still able to get some cool poses out of Brawl but this is some of the worst design I've seen in-hand so far.