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News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:20 pm

Va'al wrote:
Insurgent wrote:It pleases me to see someone else with great Alpha Bravo love. Sure, I'll replace him with Slingshot when he comes out, but he's still always gonna have a place in my collection. Love that pose you have him in.

The Pose of Joy!

Why must I yell UCHUUU KITAAA when I see that pic?.

Toy fair was great and a much better way to spend a Saturday than on Valentines day.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:01 pm

Speak for yerself, I got no sleep at all. Still haven't. And I have students coming for tutorials all day tomorrow. GAHD.

(It is fun, but I am knackered.)

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:49 am

In addendum to my earlier post, I ripped alpha Bravo out of his prison (I don't like the new things they are using to keep the figure in place), and after an hour of just messing around with him, I'm really impressed.

Hasbro have really out done themselves with this line

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:52 am

Agree, what happened to those paper ties? I thought Hasbro was going for greener packaging. These little things are fiddly, some can be untagged at one end so if you wanted to you could repack but most are in such awkward places that you cant get your fingers to them.

by **ThunderThruster** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:27 am

Cyclonus is impresive, but I'm still quite happy with the deluxe.

As for Leader Ultra Magnus,.......I can't sat that I'm all that impressed. The whole Minimus gimmick is cool, and its nice to see that it's been referencd, but as far as I can see, that's all the cab does, is form a box cockpit. After the wonder of MP22, I'd want this to do more than it does. Am glad I've got City Commander.

Protectobots/Defensor are absu-friggin-lutely awesome. Yes, 3 of these guys are repaints/remolds of CW figures that will have already been released, but they, along with the now molds, look amazaing.

Devastator, I'm 50/50 on. Its nice to see that there is finally a proper CHUG figure/set of him, but looking at the individual figures, all I can see are upscaled delexues. They don't look anymore complex than the CW deluxes we are getting, which considering they're supposed to be Voyagers is dissappointing. Add to that that I'm not overboard about some of the aesthetics (mixmaster!) I'm not sure where I sit with these.

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:38 am

Any Air Raid sightings anywhere, shouldn't these be hitting shelves around about now?

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:06 pm

munkimus prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:The Pose of Joy!

Why must I yell UCHUUU KITAAA when I see that pic?.

I need to give Fourze another shot sometime, I was put off a bit by the silliness initially...

On a more related note, unless my local TRU is up to its old tricks of screwing around with what waves it chooses to stock at all, I should hopefully be able to pick up some combiner wars stuff tomorrow.
Doubt I'll end up getting the whole lot, but maybe Dragstrip, Alpha Bravo, and a Legend or two- I guess it will depend on whats actually available

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:36 pm

No luck with Legends unfortunately, there was a peg labelled for them but it had all sorts of junk on, I didn't bother asking if they had any in the back rooms.
They did have a truckload of the Voyagers, and one of each Deluxe on the shelf- suffice to say it's now only firefly and skydive left there

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:39 pm

Saw a bunch of CW legends and Deluxes at Heaton Park (Manchester) Sainsburys, get em while thier hot!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:33 am

leakin' lubricant wrote:Any Air Raid sightings anywhere, shouldn't these be hitting shelves around about now?

Should they? :-?

Hamley's had a good stock of most things wave 1, including Legend class - but at Hamley prices. £22 for a deluxe? PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:57 am

Why would wave2 be hitting now? It takes forever to advance and online shops don't have them yet.

News Credits: 6 · by **MemphisR56** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:29 am

I know forbidden planet usually is slow as all hell getting a hold of new stuff, but it's got the ship date down for wave 2 as being some time in mid-april.

Omegalock seems to think they'll have them in stock on the 7th of March, along with the takara femmebots.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:23 pm

Kapow has received the Takara Legends figures already, not sure what's up with Omegalock's date. :-?

by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:30 pm

Any bricks and morter showing signs of wave 2 yet?

News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:41 pm

Nothing yet but I'm sure that when they are released. every TF site will post about it. Just be patient I want my Airraid as much as the next guy but we must wait, Wait like we always do.

Watch as wave 2 gets released in November. :roll:

by **Blast Cannon** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:03 am

Picked up Firefly and Alpha Bravo from TRU Warrington today. I've got to say they're my favourite Combiner War figures so far. They look and feel so sexy. Skydive just looks a little.. clunky in comparison.

Waiting on Air Raid to complete my Aerialbots set. Resisted the urge to buy Dragstrip as I think the girlfriend might kill me if I start collecting *another* combiner set that I HAVE to complete. :lol:

I've also spent this half term putting flooring down in the loft of my newly built house. It's becoming a much more arduous task than I thought with the amount of wires and piping up there that I didn't take into account. My overall 'Operation Mancave' plan is still a go but I ain't half working for it.. >:oP

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:18 pm

So, is this promising?

http://www.thetoyshop.com/Transformers/ ... biner-wars

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:22 pm

Kapow shipped my Takara Windblade! :DANCE:

And Mr O - that looks VERY promising for us disgruntled ones.

by **Syn_13** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:01 pm

Mr O wrote:So, is this promising?

http://www.thetoyshop.com/Transformers/ ... biner-wars

Nice find! Perhaps I won't have to resort to online sites for future waves. Don't have a problem supporting independent retailers but sometimes they can be pricey. Masterforce do the deluxes at a nice price of £14.99, but along with the likes of Kapow and Omegalock the Voyagers are near enough 30 quid.

Kapow have the figures from New York Toy Fair up for pre-order now, by the way.

News Credits: 2 · by **Oddimus Prime** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:06 pm

Mr O wrote:So, is this promising?

http://www.thetoyshop.com/Transformers/ ... biner-wars

Oh.. ok that IS promising.

I am getting a little afraid that I may wake up soon!

Postie delivered my Whirl / Shockwave that I won off of Lena a couple of weeks back. Lovely figure and looks bloody excellent as the old logical one

I think he will be my Generations Shockwave for now (sorry Beast hunters Shocky, you can go back to my Prime Cons shelf)

Anyone want a Generations Roadbuster? Got a loose one, complete, hanging about that I have no idea why I bought (I have 2...WHY?!?!?!)

Oh and only place of note was Sainsbos that had a Powerglide... If anyone is still after him I can try and pick him up for them... or any of the CW wave ones for tat matter.

I love my Sainsburys

News Credits: 2 · by **Oddimus Prime** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:13 pm

Also does anyone have any clue what sort of range they might have in Dubai?

Going there next month...

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:15 pm

Blast Cannon wrote:Picked up Firefly and Alpha Bravo from TRU Warrington today. I've got to say they're my favourite Combiner War figures so far. They look and feel so sexy. Skydive just looks a little.. clunky in comparison.

Just spotted this.

Skydive still plays, in my mind, the role of the jerk who's obsessed with looking big. Probably because of the chunkier legs and much wider chest/shoulders in robot mode. Firefly has a much meaner, leaner look and feel to it, can't wait to find a second, non-broken one.

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:23 pm

Brace yourselves, TRU are back in the race 8-}

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys ... 0150955%29

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:28 pm

WELL DONE TRU!

by **Blast Cannon** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:46 pm

Va'al wrote:
Blast Cannon wrote:Picked up Firefly and Alpha Bravo from TRU Warrington today. I've got to say they're my favourite Combiner War figures so far. They look and feel so sexy. Skydive just looks a little.. clunky in comparison.

Just spotted this.

Skydive still plays, in my mind, the role of the jerk who's obsessed with looking big. Probably because of the chunkier legs and much wider chest/shoulders in robot mode.

Skydive is on steds? Explains a lot. The tit.