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AA is still uncertain for me. I'd love to, but have two conferences and an event I need to attend which will eat into a lot of money.

Spotted FoC/Generations Ravage and chums (£12.99 for 2pk) in TRU Lisburn, so hopefully Soundwave ain't to far behind

Sees a bit quiet in here the last couple of days. I put up some thoughts on the Toy Fair reveals on my Facebook (Gav Addy if anybody wants to add me, avatar is me with Simon Furman) which read thusly:

MP Soundwave and minions, yes please, this is why I've been holding off on the Japanese one.

MP Acid Storm, this'll be a pass. Hasbro and TakTom's being unable to get us a set of matched MP Seekers out has gotten to me. Planning to go iGear as and when I revisit these guys.

Beast Hunters, blurgh! Pass and pass again on the spiky bots. Shockwave and Smokescreen will be pick ups to round out the show cast so far and the Preds are maybes.

Bot Shots and Rescue Bots, not lines I've been picking up, not planning to start now.

Kreo, not a big fan of the actual building sets but love the Kreons. Planning to grab all the Microchangers and 2 sets each of the combiners, maybe many sets of the Seacons for Masterforce troop building goodness. Saddened by there being no sign of any Stunticons yet, hopefully we'll get them before this line runs out of steam.

Constructbots, I'll give these a try, probably looking to pick up 'Jackie and Soundwave and carry on from there if I like them in hand.

Metroplex, it's not perfect. Articulation looks pretty limited and the proportions seem far too lanky. It's a big ticket item for a design I'm not 100% behind. It's in the maybe camp for now. If we get confirmation of a Metrotitan repaint I'm more likely to jump for that.

Generations, I'll be after most of these. Springer is a pass. Looks to have been designed with Sandstorm in mind and they're putting it out with the wrong head and the wrong colours first to take advantage of the better known character. I can see why folks are getting excited after the last 5 failed attempts at Springer (Botcon 07, Target 2 pack, RotF Legend, RotF Robot Hero and GDO) but I'm sticking with Defender. When we get the Sandstorm retool I'll be buying that on sight. Hoping with the smaller size of voyagers these days that Blitzwing isn't too tall in amongst Classics Astrotrain and Universe Tankor/Octane. Comic packs are okay, Trailbreaker/cutter is the most essential of what's been shown, Bumblebee is probably a pass. Not sure what I'd put the targetmasters in with, will decide on those as and when I see them, probably ones to look out for on clearance.

Not from Hasbro but I'm liking the looks of the Overlord that's just surfaced. A real shame the company making him doesn't have the best rep, but so long as he displays well enough in robot mode I'm leaning more toward this guy than Metroplex as a big ticket purchase this year.

Manchester has disappointed me with its lack of interesting stuff (nothing for SkyWarpsGhost, either).

All The Entertainer had was DotM refuse and old waves of Prime, no Voyagers or FoC.

As for all the news, stuff looks pretty, mostly the Predacons and Shockwave, but am really going to keep everything at bay for a while. The Generations stuff doesn't interest me that much at all (unless they release another Decepticon apart from Blitzwing).

My Hasbro MP10 showed up today from TRU.co.uk.

I've seen a few guys had theirs posted in just a plastic mail bag, mine was posted in the shipping box that mp10 comes in. So looks like its hit or miss as to how they package the items for posting.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:My Hasbro MP10 showed up today from TRU.co.uk.

I've seen a few guys had theirs posted in just a plastic mail bag, mine was posted in the shipping box that mp10 comes in. So looks like its hit or miss as to how they package the items for posting.

Fingers crossed mine turns up today, quite excited. If its damaged, I wont be happy.

Not paying £100 for MP10. He's not worth that to me. I'd much rather Henkei Prime (who'll probably end up running me close to the same money) or maybe we'll get lucky with a new Voyager-sized, G1 Prime for the 30th Ann. line. £80 or less and I'd be very tempted, but would have to see him in hand. Have these popped up in any physical shops yet?


Toy Fair and 3rd party reveals have me all in a tizzy. Was still very close to being on the cusp of pre-ordering Encore Fort Max for a while, but will gladly get Metroplex now. He's larger, looks to be more poseable, has a lot more detail in his design and will fit the nostalgia factor better, since I never had a Maximus before. I'll still be tempted if they reissue the one with the Pretender shell though.

I've got FP/Hasbro Bruticus v2 on the way as soon as FP release their Mutitioner and Explorer recolours, but am still eyeing up various 3rd party combiners. Giant, Menasor and MMC's Predaking all have me interested, but it's so much money. I'm pretty sure I'll get MMC's Hexatron though, as it looks super badass and everyone's Decepticon army needs a Ninja Consultant. If that Overlord with the Cobra Night Raven jet mode ends up being affordable I'll probably get that and then pray someone does a nice chunky Stormbringer type Thunderwing so I can have a Phase 6er display. I got FP's Chromdedome, and am pretty happy with him, so will stick with these guys for my Headmaster crew. Weirdwolf looks awesome and I can't say no to Brainstorm. Who knows what he's got in that suitcase?!

Hasbro's not slouching either, and aside from Metroplex they'll still be getting plenty of my money. Springer, Blitzwing, BH Ratchet, Trailbreaker and stealth bomber Megatron are all on my wants list and I'll likely pick up some randoms along the way. I'd avoided the Kre-o building sets, as the building block aspect of it seemed really poorly designed. Those little guys looked cool, but wasn't buying fake LEGO that I didn't want. I'm now addicted to the single packs and really hope we see the GI Joe ones here too (I know we won't, but it's nice to pretend) and will probably get any of them I see so long as I've got the money for them.

I saw this Bulkhead/Springer hybrid Lego set http://www.octobertoys.com/forum/viewto ... 33&t=10734 mentioned a while ago and spotted it in the news agent today marked up at £15. Might snag it next time I've got a bit of free cash flow.

Surprising finds at TRU Norwich!

With order:

- PRiD Voyagers, including Thundertron and Ultra Magnus for £16.99!
- All Deluxes, both PRiD and FoC (although not that big a selection, and no Combaticons) for £8.99!
- New arrivals: Generations FoC Legends two-pack (i.e. Decepticon Data Disks - Rumble and Ravage, Frenzy and Ratbat) for £12.99.

My MP-10 arrived from TRU and it was packed in its proper box not a bag. Its in good condition.

Kind of wish I hadnt pounced on this when it appeared at TRU as it will probably come down in price but whats done is done.