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News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:48 am

I tried to wait on Warden and to see what would happen with MakeToys Armageddon & Swerve but I can't. :grin:

Motormaster=shipped

News Credits: 4 · Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:07 am

Shadowstream wrote:
Tsutsukakushi wrote:While its great shopping at BBTS & supporting them. The Hasbrotoyshop.com has almost all the 30th 2014 wave 1 deluxes in stock. A few days ago HTS had Waspinator,Skids,Goldbug & Dreadwing in stock. best part is,spend over $50 & get free shipping.

Except that HTS's shipping department is run by brain dead monkeys. Trust me having patience and waiting on a shipment from BBTS is worthwhile.

I've had no problems with HTS. The shipped items always arrive quick,in great shape & the proper items.

Most the the time the HTS TF prices are cheaper than the BBTS TF toy prices. BBTS doesn't offer free shipping on qualifying orders like HTS does.

Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:31 am

Tsutsukakushi wrote:
Shadowstream wrote:
Tsutsukakushi wrote:While its great shopping at BBTS & supporting them. The Hasbrotoyshop.com has almost all the 30th 2014 wave 1 deluxes in stock. A few days ago HTS had Waspinator,Skids,Goldbug & Dreadwing in stock. best part is,spend over $50 & get free shipping.

Except that HTS's shipping department is run by brain dead monkeys. Trust me having patience and waiting on a shipment from BBTS is worthwhile.

I've had no problems with HTS. The shipped items always arrive quick,in great shape & the proper items.

Most the the time the HTS TF prices are cheaper than the BBTS TF toy prices. BBTS doesn't offer free shipping on qualifying orders like HTS does.

I've both heard reports second hand about HTS and was stupid enough to have bought from them myself enough times to quantify my opinion of their services. I will always wait for BBTS because they know what they're doing, and when they don't they're gracious enough about it to deal with the problem in the least painful way possible. HTS on the other hand are clueless beyond words, sending the wrong crap to me MULTIPLE TIMES, sending things in boxes way too big for what's inside them, and taking ice ages to do it!

Lesson learned: If their prices are cheap, there's a reason for it.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:37 am

LazyAza wrote:

The calf guns seem to work great with TBone and CarCrash. The foot guns though are trickier to keep in place on LC n DF, have to transform them a little to make it kinda work.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:38 am

RAAAAGH

News Credits: 10 · Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:25 am

Banjo-Tron wrote:RAAAAGH

Intimidating

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:24 am

Agamemnon wrote:
Banjo-Tron wrote:RAAAAGH

Intimidating

Hehe, indeed, quite menacing

. Still waiting on my Waspinator so I can ship my POL and combine my not-Menasor. All these pics are making me want it more and more.

Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:30 pm

My POL is in 'warehouse', which includes this guy. Warden/Fort Max and some other goodies. Argh, I hope it ships today!

News Credits: 10 · Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:43 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:My POL is in 'warehouse', which includes this guy. Warden/Fort Max and some other goodies. Argh, I hope it ships today!

I just got my ship notification. Hopefully I will receive the box (or boxes, lots of stuff in this shipment) tomorrow. :DANCE:

Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:36 pm

Oh boy, am I mildly envious of those getting their Motormasters, as there is definitely something wrong with this picture...

...that I look forward to fixing!

Just waiting on one other item to come in stock before I ship my stack... Someday, it will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine...

Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:18 pm

Got mine a couple days ago, skipped the Motormaster robot mode and went straight to Gestalt. Instructions are pretty cramped so I went with a combination of Peaugh and TJ Ducket's reviews to complete the transformation, the transformation is very complex and satisfying albeit nerve racking in some areas. The waist is definitely the scariest. As many of you have probably noticed in preparing your Deadends for arm mode, his forearm is pretty empty and open, this is filled in with Menasor's rifle which is disassembled to fill it in. I like to have him hiding his rifle so I use the spare rifle piece that was added late to the production run to fill in a bit.

A great very solid figure, the design takes a lot of ques from the G1 toy, my favorite being that they were able to keep Motormaster's altmode cab on the back of Menasor's legs (it's a little thing, but a great touch).

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:08 am

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Got mine a couple days ago, skipped the Motormaster robot mode and went straight to Gestalt. Instructions are pretty cramped so I went with a combination of Peaugh and TJ Ducket's reviews to complete the transformation, the transformation is very complex and satisfying albeit nerve racking in some areas. The waist is definitely the scariest. As many of you have probably noticed in preparing your Deadends for arm mode, his forearm is pretty empty and open, this is filled in with Menasor's rifle which is disassembled to fill it in. I like to have him hiding his rifle so I use the spare rifle piece that was added late to the production run to fill in a bit.

A great very solid figure, the design takes a lot of ques from the G1 toy, my favorite being that they were able to keep Motormaster's altmode cab on the back of Menasor's legs (it's a little thing, but a great touch).

You can also fold in Deadend's side panels to fill the void left if you remove the folded up gun, gives him a rather flat forearm however

News Credits: 123 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:09 am

Banjo-Tron wrote:You can also fold in Deadend's side panels to fill the void left if you remove the folded up gun, gives him a rather flat forearm however

Even so, I definitely enjoy the look of the forearm with the wheels folded in. It's nice to have options.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:15 am

megatronus wrote:
Banjo-Tron wrote:You can also fold in Deadend's side panels to fill the void left if you remove the folded up gun, gives him a rather flat forearm however
Even so, I definitely enjoy the look of the forearm with the wheels folded in. It's nice to have options.

Agreed, and then he can hold the rifle without having a big void in his forearm

News Credits: 5 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:46 pm

Finally was able to mess with mine a little today. I transformed him into robot mode and then began the transformation to Menasor. I can't believe how many moving parts there are on this figure. QC on mine is great, almost scary tight in places. The instructions leave a lot to be desired though. Echoing the choir, do yourself a favor and watch a video review.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:38 pm

Bat-signal out to Diamchoc, can I make a request? Can you put the following YouTube videos on the first page of this thread for ease in finding? I've even got the code for you below. Thanks, sir!

[Edit] I'm making this request because of all the advice on watching the reviews to not break our expensive display piece, and I'd like them all in one place.

Peaugh's review

TJ Duckett, I believe (Kuma Style is the YouTube handle)

Bobby L

I think those are the big ones. I didn't find any other reviews in the limited time I have to look.

Thanks, if you can do this! :BOWDOWN:

[Edit2] Woot! Thanks for doing that, Diamchoc!! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 409 · Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:04 pm

I met a few folks this weekend that each have the entire set. All of them said the same thing: Motormaster took a long time to transform and they were happy to leave them in the gestalt mode after transformations.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:03 am

My PoL containing this was supposed to come today, but thanks to the weather, all bridges into and out of Montgomery were closed, including the interstate, so no deliveries.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:48 am

I have written my text review of Motormaster, if anyone is interested.

http://teletraan2.blogspot.co.uk/search ... otormaster

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:06 am

Yotsuyasan wrote:

So,If that FP Motormaster toy in the middle of this pic is Ultra SCale. Does this mean Those FP Stunticons cars in this pic are all Leader scale.I had no idea these FP Stunticons were so big.

Just kidding.... :lol:

Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:42 pm

Banjo-Tron wrote:I have written my text review of Motormaster, if anyone is interested.

http://teletraan2.blogspot.co.uk/search ... otormaster

Excellent review, again. :APPLAUSE:

Good thing I have the next day off from work when I get him. :lol:

News Credits: 10 · Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:44 am

c/o Joevette8

Soooo... Monkey arms for the win? :lol:

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:12 am

Arctorro wrote:c/o Joevette8

Soooo... Monkey arms for the win?

Trukk and monkey? Consider my mind :michaelbay:

blown

News Credits: 4 · Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:52 am

Midnight_Fox wrote:My PoL containing this was supposed to come today, but thanks to the weather, all bridges into and out of Montgomery were closed, including the interstate, so no deliveries.

My mania king & SXS Blitzwing upgrade package was delayed yesterday due to the snow. I just did tracking on the package & its reading Out for delivery.