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donny1975 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

donny1975 wrote:Haven't been here in a while...thought I'd check it out and see what's what...

But, Like, there's 'nuthin goin' on...

What's next on the horizon for your new MP collection, aside from Apollyon that is?

Yeah, things have slowed down quite a bit Donny, mainly because I'm running out of figures to sell . Apollyon and MP-10 are on pre order and I've currently got my eye on a couple of MP-09's on Ebay.

MP 09 with or with out the "winnebego"? I might also suggest getting a pair of those die cast knees for him...just in case.

Ooh what about your mp 13 did you get all of the other cassettes yet, don't recall seeing them in here...

I was gonna insert something inappropriate About selling other "items" when you run out of figures...but then I thought better of it.

I'm going for full on Winnebago or nothing.

I actually had the cassettes before MP-13, I had them as my Classics minions.

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Ah nice! Best of luck winnebego hunting. lol He is a great display piece.

donny1975 wrote:Ah nice! Best of luck winnebego hunting. lol He is a great display piece.

Thanks mate, hopefully I should have one ordered by this time tomorrow.

MP-09 secured , now begins the agonising wait for a parcel shipped from China!

leakin' lubricant wrote:MP-09 secured , now begins the agonising wait for a parcel shipped from China!

congrats! Hope the wait isnt too long!

Thanks mate the, BTW your Ark is coming along very nicley, which I had the room ( not to mention the skill) for something like that.

leakin' lubricant wrote:Thanks mate the, BTW your Ark is coming along very nicley, which I had the room ( not to mention the skill) for something like that.

Thanks LL! I can't wait to get it finished.

donny1975 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Thanks mate the, BTW your Ark is coming along very nicley, which I had the room ( not to mention the skill) for something like that.

Thanks LL! I can't wait to get it finished.

I look forward to seeing it finished

Just posted some minor up dates...

I seem to have gotten a little stand crazy!

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

Nice! I love stands but they do increase the amount of real estste you need for display. Where did you find them at? I was looking for the QW stand back when I got him and couldn't find it online.

I only started collecting MP's at the tail end of last year. I had MP Grimlock for my Birthday in November then got Prime, Prowl and Starscream at Christmas. I picked up Sunstorm when he was on offer at TRU in Jan, and I have just ordered Bee from an online retailer.

Really wished I'd started sooner as I've missed out on so much good stuff (mainly Sideswipe/Thundercracker/Soundwave). eBay prices for some of those are mind-blowing and then there's the KO's...

not sure if Bigbadtoystore is an option for you cost wise and customs wise, but they have every single one of those figures in stock...

donny1975 wrote:Nice! I love stands but they do increase the amount of real estste you need for display. Where did you find them at? I was looking for the QW stand back when I got him and couldn't find it online.

Here's the link for the Quakewave stand.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/unavermin/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

My Starscream one is the official one and the Skywarp one is the KO version. I got both of them off eBay from separate sellers, who no longer have them for sale, however chimungmung are selling them, I'm not sure if his are official or KO but the KO's are great quality.

Heres the links:

http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?cPath=31_69&products_id=1979

http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?cPath=31_69&products_id=2249

MightyMagnus78 wrote:I only started collecting MP's at the tail end of last year. I had MP Grimlock for my Birthday in November then got Prime, Prowl and Starscream at Christmas. I picked up Sunstorm when he was on offer at TRU in Jan, and I have just ordered Bee from an online retailer.

Really wished I'd started sooner as I've missed out on so much good stuff (mainly Sideswipe/Thundercracker/Soundwave). eBay prices for some of those are mind-blowing and then there's the KO's...

This guy is your friend:

http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?cPath=31_69&products_id=1471

The rest of the tapes may cost you a bit though.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

donny1975 wrote:Nice! I love stands but they do increase the amount of real estste you need for display. Where did you find them at? I was looking for the QW stand back when I got him and couldn't find it online.

Here's the link for the Quakewave stand.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/unavermin/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

My Starscream one is the official one and the Skywarp one is the KO version. I got both of them off eBay from separate sellers, who no longer have them for sale, however chimungmung are selling them, I'm not sure if his are official or KO but the KO's are great quality.

Heres the links:

http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?cPath=31_69&products_id=1979

http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?cPath=31_69&products_id=2249

Thanks for the links LL! I will check them out barring getting them this way I will try my hand at making my own...maybe.

He's here,

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

Well what can I say, what a great looking figure, quite possibly the most screen accurate Masterpiece yet. That said he isn't perfect, he's incredibly hard to transform correctly, getting everything tabbed in is a bit of a chore (as you may see in my photos I chose to quit while I was ahead with his alt modes) but when you finally get him transformed he looks fantastic on display! Very pleased I got him, especially since it was never going to due to the poor reputation he has, just need Magnus to go with him now

A bit more MP-09 love:

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Yaay! He arrived! That transformation is tricky...tthe worst part for me was getting the feet and ankles positioned just so...when going to alt-mode.

You're right he does look awesome, the sculpt is great. Enjoy!

Just ordered Wheeljack off eBay and put a deposit on Tracks.

donny1975 wrote:Yaay! He arrived! That transformation is tricky...tthe worst part for me was getting the feet and ankles positioned just so...when going to alt mode.

You're right he does look awesome, the sculpt is great. Enjoy!

Tell me about it! It took me ages to figure out the proper arrangement for them, but once you figure out the tricks to getting him between modes is a lot of fun and very rewarding.

MightyMagnus78 wrote:Just ordered Wheeljack off eBay and put a deposit on Tracks.

Enjoy Jacky, he's a nice piece, not quite the home run everyone makes him out to be but he looks great displayed with the other carbots. I've decided to pass on Tracks, I'll probably regret that but I need to focus on securing Magnus before he becomes super expensive.

The Exosuit mold is really underrated IMO, especially when you add the Dr Wu heads.

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So it's felt like I've been waiting for this guy forever, and now he's finally here!

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

Aaaaaand I'm 5 years old again!

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

Really impressed with this guy, This figure was one of the main deciding factors in starting a Masterpiece collection and he is well worth picking up, he's not without his faults, fiddly transformation, some scuffing of paint during transformation and some tabbing issues, but my Takara Masterpieces have those issues and he was way cheaper than some of those so I really can't complain.

Next up:

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

I passed on this guy right at the start of my collection, mainly because there were more important figures to cover and I'd heard some mixed reviews, however I had an extra few quid in my PayPal and Toy Arena was selling him at a pretty good price so I thought why not, really nice figure, a small paint nick on his shoulder aside he's perfect, no tabbing issues, really nice paint, very pleased.

Posted this in the haul thread also but I went a little bit MP mental this month...

MP-13 Soundwave, MP-14 Red Alert, MP-15 Rumble and Ravage, MP-18 Bluestreak and MP-19 Smokescreen. Meanwhile MP-12 Sideswipe is still stuck in UK customs .

Have also ordered MP Hot Rod (Hasbro) MISB off eBay for a decent price. I got Hasbro's version because MP-09 is just way to expensive, especially with all the QC issues. That said Hasbro's Roddy suffers from shoulder disintegration, which terrifies me TBH but we'll see.