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News Credits: 60 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:33 pm

Primeultimus wrote:No only in the Phillipines so far.

Checked that Philippine site. It's going to be released as a group buy order. As for mass release via TRU....not confirmed yet.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:48 pm

fenrir72 wrote:
Primeultimus wrote:No only in the Phillipines so far.

Checked that Philippine site. It's going to be released as a group buy order. As for mass release via TRU....not confirmed yet.

Was wishing it to be a kmart exclusive. closest store is Ten miles away.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:36 am

AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, it's a great time to be a Transformers fan!

For me personally, I haven't been this bored since the Unicron Trilogy...

News Credits: 1 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:26 am

Any news on Trypticon?

News Credits: 1 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:18 am

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, it's a great time to be a Transformers fan!

For me personally, I haven't been this bored since the Unicron Trilogy...

You must be bored often.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:36 am

Alpha Dominus wrote:
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, it's a great time to be a Transformers fan!

For me personally, I haven't been this bored since the Unicron Trilogy...

You must be bored often.

Nope, it's just the brand is very one note at the moment... combiners, reissues, and the new show (which after 13 episodes, I don't like), all very G1 stuck with a specific style/gimmick. Animated, pre-CW Generations/Universe, and Prime at least had quite a bit of diversity and variety... not to mention the toys have been cheapened, simplified, and are more expensive, which bothers me. I'm bored. There is literally nothing of interest for me in the brand right now or in the immediate future outside of the comics and possibly the show if a plot is introduced I-)

News Credits: 4888 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:53 am

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, it's a great time to be a Transformers fan!

For me personally, I haven't been this bored since the Unicron Trilogy...

You must be bored often.

Nope, it's just the brand is very one note at the moment... combiners, reissues, and the new show (which after 13 episodes, I don't like), all very G1 stuck with a specific style/gimmick. Animated, pre-CW Generations/Universe, and Prime at least had quite a bit of diversity and variety... not to mention the toys have been cheapened, simplified, and are more expensive, which bothers me. I'm bored. There is literally nothing of interest for me in the brand right now or in the immediate future outside of the comics and possibly the show if a plot is introduced

Oh man, sounds like that really sucks. I guess we should go back to the time when there was only one line of transformers toys on the shelves like G1, or the beat era, or maybe diversify the shelves with more movie toys >:oP

Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:57 am

Speaking of boring, I predict that this argument is gonna be boring as hell. Yawn.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:15 am

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:and the new show (which after 13 episodes, I don't like),

14 episodes, you mean.

News Credits: 33 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:22 am

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of boring, I predict that this argument is gonna be boring as hell. Yawn.

No! We must stoke the flames and warm our backsides whilst gobbling popcorn watching the subsequent drama! :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 101 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:19 pm

I've never been more bored about Transformers since Diaclone. At least, Kiss Players was interesting. :POWERPUFF:

News Credits: 4888 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:31 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I've never been more bored about Transformers since Diaclone. At least, Kiss Players was interesting.

(Still cant believe you own that statue.. you know the one...with the sneaky fire convoy)

News Credits: 101 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I've never been more bored about Transformers since Diaclone. At least, Kiss Players was interesting.

(Still cant believe you own that statue.. you know the one...with the sneaky fire convoy)

Oh yeah, that. It was around 10$ shipped. Small and cheap.

But did you know, I'm a proud owner of a Kiss Player! Autorooper with Atari. It's a repaint/remold of Alternators Jazz. The TF itlesf is a great mold and I really love the minifig.

And this is the official box cover art:

I paid like 30$ + shipping for it, 100% complete with box and papers! Honestly, I wouldnt mind another line of exclusive Takara TFs that come with sexy minifigs, complete with some absurd storyline! :lol:

News Credits: 60 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:40 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I've never been more bored about Transformers since Diaclone. At least, Kiss Players was interesting.

(Still cant believe you own that statue.. you know the one...with the sneaky fire convoy)

Oh yeah, that. It was around 10$ shipped. Small and cheap.

But did you know, I'm a proud owner of a Kiss Player! Autorooper with Atari. It's a repaint/remold of Alternators Jazz. The TF itlesf is a great mold and I really love the minifig.

And this is the official box cover art:

I paid like 30$ + shipping for it, 100% complete with box and papers! Honestly, I wouldnt mind another line of exclusive Takara TFs that come with sexy minifigs, complete with some absurd storyline!

A real treasure "K". Upskirt is so befitting Atari-san :lol:

(also got this gem and haters sure don't know what they are missing!)

News Credits: 4 · Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:03 pm

Don't need complex toys with more parts. This is what the movie toys had. Didn't like the movie toys. All those complex Transformations just to get a ugly robot.

Think the Combiners Wars toys are great toys. Simple to Transform, Look great and have enough articulation. Think their HasTak's best update Combiners toys.

News Credits: 16 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:08 am

fenrir72 wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Oh well. The jet modes still look pretty nice after all this time. The robot modes never did.

We had to squint back in the late 80s and use a whole lot of imagination back then when playing with those bricks.

P.S. Since I can't wait for the local TRU and my local specialty store to get the Seekers, preordered at RK

$69.99!? That's a great price for a set of three G1 reissues. It makes me wonder what was with the price of the Insecticons set.

News Credits: 26 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:19 am

I just wish Blaster's knees could bend like that...curse you misleading box art. I mean it's not like the box art has EVVVVVVVVVER lied to us before right...who would lie to a poor little child in the 80s about such things? Blaster was one of my favorite figures as a kid. Here's hoping he comes down the MP pike soon. :saint:

~reluctantyouth~

News Credits: 4888 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:35 am

reluctantyouth wrote:I just wish Blaster's knees could bend like that...curse you misleading box art. I mean it's not like the box art has EVVVVVVVVVER lied to us before right...who would lie to a poor little child in the 80s about such things? Blaster was one of my favorite figures as a kid. Here's hoping he comes down the MP pike soon.

~reluctantyouth~

I am so surprised Soundwave has not been retooled and redeco'd as Blaster yet.

Also, I did some research on the previous Blaster release. While the insecticons were sold at large, Blaster wasn't. He was a con exclusive at first and found his way to HTS but was still quite limited. That release never got the same exposure as the insecticons or perceptor. And plus that was 7 years ago, so quite a while and thus I really dont get the complaining. Like last year's Predaking, its an easy toy to rerelease and finally make available to everyone who didnt get him, and at retail

And plus, check this:

Instead of getting him used locally for 40$-60$, I can get him new with the same accessories of his previous rerelease.

News Credits: 101 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:17 pm

william-james88 wrote:Also, I did some research on the previous Blaster release. While the insecticons were sold at large, Blaster wasn't. He was a con exclusive at first and found his way to HTS but was still quite limited. That release never got the same exposure as the insecticons or perceptor. And plus that was 7 years ago, so quite a while and thus I really dont get the complaining. Like last year's Predaking, its an easy toy to rerelease and finally make available to everyone who didnt get him, and at retail

News Credits: 4888 · Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:21 pm

Thanks Kanrabat, and its cool to have Orson Wells in our Transformers discussions, its all related.

News Credits: 60 · Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:58 am

A poster in a Philippine site has claimed that he got a variant Seeker set.

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I'm lucky, I got the variant version of the coneheads. Landing gear comes with rubber tires! heheheh...[/quote]

News Credits: 60 · Sun May 03, 2015 1:01 am

fenrir72 wrote:A poster in a Philippine site has claimed that he got a variant Seeker set.

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I'm lucky, I got the variant version of the coneheads. Landing gear comes with rubber tires! heheheh...

[/quote]

[quote author="@majingaazetto" source="/post/564910/thread" timestamp="1429876472"]Special BIG thanks to Eric and Cybertron Philippines.

[img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1045656/CybPH/Hasbro%20Platinum%20Edition%20Seekers.cybph.jpg"]

I'm lucky, I got the variant version of the coneheads. Landing gear comes with rubber tires! heheheh...[/quote]

Possible to request for images? For posterity sake?

[quote author="@majingaazetto" source="/post/564927/thread" timestamp="1430020138"]Sorry, my bad! It was meant as a joke![/quote]

Update.Treat the quote from this source I got it from, Cybertronphil as a false info. So no rubber tires people.

News Credits: 3653 · Tue May 05, 2015 10:54 pm

Working on galleries of the oddly colored Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blitzwing set. I thought william-james88 would like to see this pic since he figured out the Machtackle connection for Astrotrain.

News Credits: 4888 · Wed May 06, 2015 6:02 am

Seibertron wrote:

Working on galleries of the oddly colored Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blitzwing set. I thought william-james88 would like to see this pic since he figured out the Machtackle connection for Astrotrain.

I love this pic!!! Thanks for sharing.

News Credits: 657 · Wed May 06, 2015 9:00 am

Got that set last week and adore it. The colors, especially on Blitzwing, work surprisingly well in hand. I actually went back and ordered a bunch of the Landcross reissue guys after fiddling with it (though I don't have the black version of Mach on the way yet).