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UK seibertron.com member Wasp-shot23 has sent us a very interesting e-mail, the e-mail is interesting since it tells us what he has found. The Universe 2008 KMart exclusive Mini-Con Multi-pack, blind-packed with a bunch of sweets!
To our US readers, sweets is the British word for candy.
He has also supplied us with a photo of one of the blind-packs:


The Mini-Cons inside of these packs are supposed to have different decoes than their original KMart release, also these blind-packs might be exclusive to the UK as the sweets inside are UK made.
One pack costs GBP 1.99, Wasp-shot23 found his at a Tesco service station.
There are 12 Mini-Cons to collect.
Here are some more images showing the difference between the original and new UK Brimstone:











So, sweets to the sweet!

How do we know that the paint applications are different?

He said so, but I would prefer if he sent us a few picks of the figures.

Doesnt say where he found them.

Ravage XK wrote:Doesnt say where he found them.

Going back and reviewing it, I think he said Tesco service stations.

IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these. I will be more than willing to send some US exclusives your way.

I can tell you that the pictures on the packaging show the same deco's -at least as far as I could tell when I saw them in The Entertainer toy shop a few weeks back.

I have the 12-pack, so I didn't buy any and, thus, can't tell you if the actual figures are different.

If they are different, I can imagine it's likely only in the way that some of the 12-pack mini-cons differ from the stock images, like Skyhammer's face:

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Universe_s ... _robot.jpg
http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Sky ... otmode.jpg

EDIT:

Counterpunch wrote:IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these.

I'd be happy to help a fellow mini-con fan

Counterpunch wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Doesnt say where he found them.

Going back and reviewing it, I think he said Tesco service stations.

IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these. I will be more than willing to send some US exclusives your way.

Ah, thanks. Will check my local Tesco out on the way home. Need to go anyway. I'll pick a few up if I find them.

Also, I would love a hookup of a full set.

If anyone can figure out how many are in a case, what the distribution is, and what a full case costs, it may be more economical to ship a case to one of us in the states for redistribution.

Im not too much into mini cons. I pick em up at the flea market when I see em used in a pile of small toys. But I dont like em enough to buy blind and gorge on junk candy to get em. Thats a little too extreme.

Dead Metal wrote:To our US readers, candy is the American word for sweets.

Corrected

Dead Metal wrote:The Mini-Cons inside of these packs are supposed to have different pain applications

Interesting!

Seriously though, I want. Buying sweets and getting a toy. I want.