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This isn't to be funny: But, between training for a bodybuilding competition which puts me on a bed at 9 up at five schedule, working 9 to 6:30, and fitting in time to do normal things like eat dinner and have sex with my girlfriend - I have absolutely no time to drive around Illinois for this ****.... in fact, I'm gonna' be draggin' ass tomorrow jsut because I'm up at 10::45!

Once again, not to be funny or offensive... I wish I **could** make the drives sometimes.

TJ Duckett wrote:This isn't to be funny: But, between training for a bodybuilding competition which puts me on a bed at 9 up at five schedule, working 9 to 6:30, and fitting in time to do normal things like eat dinner and have sex with my girlfriend - I have absolutely no time to drive around Illinois for this ****.... in fact, I'm gonna' be draggin' ass tomorrow jsut because I'm up at 10::45!

Once again, not to be funny or offensive... I wish I **could** make the drives sometimes.

I feel ya.

TJ Duckett wrote:This isn't to be funny: But, between training for a bodybuilding competition which puts me on a bed at 9 up at five schedule, working 9 to 6:30, and fitting in time to do normal things like eat dinner and have sex with my girlfriend - I have absolutely no time to drive around Illinois for this ****.... in fact, I'm gonna' be draggin' ass tomorrow jsut because I'm up at 10::45!

Once again, not to be funny or offensive... I wish I **could** make the drives sometimes.

Actually I totally understand. Life gets in the way ... so it's nice to come home and have a package waiting for you. It's like multi-tasking for collectors. Of course, with Dahpadre's buying habits I'm sure he gets a lot of packages as well.

I'd recommend Toynk as well as long as you check out their website first. They oddly only keep some things in their store front but have lots of goodies out back in their warehouse. I'd buy a lot more from them if I could go in their store and see exactly what Transformers they have in stock.

TJ Duckett wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

TJ Duckett wrote:Also, what do you guys think of the pics of the G2 Prime from the Generations line? It's getting a lot of buzz, but I'm just NOT feeling it! I feel like even the look of my G2 Scourge just kills it.

I'm pretty sure, the more I look at this figure, that it was intended to be an update to RID Scourge. I was excited about this figure at first, but the more and more pics I see of it, the more boring/lackluster it looks to me. Kind of blah ... but I know the inevitable Scourge repaint (and possibly Ultra Magnus) will kick ass.

I think it'll make a decent scourge... I don't think it'll beat G2, bc honestly, the G2's mold of scourge is wicked and timeless... but, the G2 optimus gen. ver. is so ugly, that I think repaints have no choice but to be better :-\

Also, collection update for myself. Gf got me this yesterday as an Xmas gift:

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200 ... MEWNX%3AIT

And the guy lives like 15 minutes away, so it'll be here tuuuuuuuueeeeeesday!

Also, having Cybertron Galvatron shipped today too. So, this'll be a good week.

On Friday, ordering the Hybrid Style G1 convoy, and I'm pretty stoked for that.

Still looking for Generations Blurr though... can't seem to find him anywhere.

Congrats on Soundblaster. Great repaint figure.

And damn you for all the talk about THS-02 Convoy. I've wanted to do his gallery for years but never did because I didn't own THS-01 and THS-02B. Well, now I'm one step closer thanks to your THS-02 posts ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SA:US:1123

Thanks guys for being understandabing about my last post... I had a sinking feeling it'd be taken the wrong way, but it's appreciated that you are all real people who "get it", haha.

@Seibertron - Thanks! For some reason, I'm on this kick, and now I'm just getting figures I've always wanted but have never gotten. I'm also looking at finding alternators Ravage (the "all fours" version), and the crystal Cybertron Convoy/Wingsaber Xmas set to flash out those molds repaints to at least 3 a piece.

Also, I was actually talking on Tfw2005 about how it sucked not to have a THS-02 gallery on here before making that purchase! So good stuff!

TJ Duckett wrote:Thanks guys for being understandabing about my last post... I had a sinking feeling it'd be taken the wrong way, but it's appreciated that you are all real people who "get it", haha.

@Seibertron - Thanks! For some reason, I'm on this kick, and now I'm just getting figures I've always wanted but have never gotten. I'm also looking at finding alternators Ravage (the "all fours" version), and the crystal Cybertron Convoy/Wingsaber Xmas set to flash out those molds repaints to at least 3 a piece.

Also, I was actually talking on Tfw2005 about how it sucked not to have a THS-02 gallery on here before making that purchase! So good stuff!

Glad to hear that my galleries are useful with your purchases. A lot of people have given me grief about not having a THS-02 gallery. I avoided him for a long time because I didn't have anywhere for him to go in the galleries on the site. Due to the site restructure about 2 years ago, I have a spot just perfect for him under the general "Takara Miscellaneous" section. Just have to get a decently priced THS-02b and I'll be good to go.

I'm also looking for that Galaxy Force Sonic Convoy set that you mentioned. Don't pay more than $200 for it. I've been watching it on eBay for a really long time. It's very tempting to give in and pay $300 for it, but I've seen about 1/2 dozen of them go for $200 MIB or MISB.

As for Alternator Ravage, I never once saw him or Rumble at Walmart. I actually imported mine from the UK, where he showed up first, dreading finding him at Walmart for $20 or $25 after importing him for $70, but I never once saw him. Glad I made the investment.

Seibertron wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Speaking of galleries, I'm uploading the photos for Fansproject Protector and Sidearm right now. Should be up on the site's homepage in about thirty minutes.

And the pics are up!

Nice, thorough gallery, Seib. I especially like how many photos you took of the different versions of Rodimus in the armor. The Universe version (Battle at Cybertron) surprisingly doesn't look as clashing with the colors as I expected. What's your opinion of how it looks in person?

Seibertron wrote:

TJ Duckett wrote:Thanks guys for being understandabing about my last post... I had a sinking feeling it'd be taken the wrong way, but it's appreciated that you are all real people who "get it", haha.

@Seibertron - Thanks! For some reason, I'm on this kick, and now I'm just getting figures I've always wanted but have never gotten. I'm also looking at finding alternators Ravage (the "all fours" version), and the crystal Cybertron Convoy/Wingsaber Xmas set to flash out those molds repaints to at least 3 a piece.

Also, I was actually talking on Tfw2005 about how it sucked not to have a THS-02 gallery on here before making that purchase! So good stuff!

Glad to hear that my galleries are useful with your purchases. A lot of people have given me grief about not having a THS-02 gallery. I avoided him for a long time because I didn't have anywhere for him to go in the galleries on the site. Due to the site restructure about 2 years ago, I have a spot just perfect for him under the general "Takara Miscellaneous" section. Just have to get a decently priced THS-02b and I'll be good to go.

I'm also looking for that Galaxy Force Sonic Convoy set that you mentioned. Don't pay more than $200 for it. I've been watching it on eBay for a really long time. It's very tempting to give in and pay $300 for it, but I've seen about 1/2 dozen of them go for $200 MIB or MISB.

As for Alternator Ravage, I never once saw him or Rumble at Walmart. I actually imported mine from the UK, where he showed up first, dreading finding him at Walmart for $20 or $25 after importing him for $70, but I never once saw him. Glad I made the investment.

Dude, your galleries aren't just useful, but they're a "must have" resources to people who invest their time and money into this, IMHO. For most people, like me, who don't have anything to look at besides a box at most, and, hell, even a picture of a box if you're ordering it, it's awesome to be able to have such detailed, OBO pictures at our disposal before making these purchases.

So thanks for taking the time to have ALL of this, including these forums available for us, free of charge. It's an awesome thing that you do man.

nilocomic wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Speaking of galleries, I'm uploading the photos for Fansproject Protector and Sidearm right now. Should be up on the site's homepage in about thirty minutes.

And the pics are up!

Nice, thorough gallery, Seib. I especially like how many photos you took of the different versions of Rodimus in the armor. The Universe version (Battle at Cybertron) surprisingly doesn't look as clashing with the colors as I expected. What's your opinion of how it looks in person?

Thanks for the compliment about the gallery, nilocomic. Glad you liked it. I wanted to do the Sons of Cybertron Rodimus as well, but didn't think it was going to really add anything. I figured most people that had that version had at least one of the other versions so I just went with the 3 primary ones.

The lighter yellow on Universe Rodimus is very similar to the light yellow used in the Protector Armor. I think the Classics version looks best and the Henkei version doesn't look too shabby either (depending on your preference of chrome versus no chrome). The Universe Rodimus looked pretty good with the Protector armor. I'll probably leave that one as Protector since I just got RTS Rodimus yesterday.

TJ Duckett wrote:Dude, your galleries aren't just useful, but they're a "must have" resources to people who invest their time and money into this, IMHO. For most people, like me, who don't have anything to look at besides a box at most, and, hell, even a picture of a box if you're ordering it, it's awesome to be able to have such detailed, OBO pictures at our disposal before making these purchases.

So thanks for taking the time to have ALL of this, including these forums available for us, free of charge. It's an awesome thing that you do man.

That's awesome to hear. That comment might've just made my day.

I'm glad that you found Seibertron.com and have started participating on our forums. That means a lot to me and it's fans like yourself that keep me motivated to do all of this. Nice to have another Chicago Seibertronian here as well!

Seibertron wrote:

TJ Duckett wrote:Dude, your galleries aren't just useful, but they're a "must have" resources to people who invest their time and money into this, IMHO. For most people, like me, who don't have anything to look at besides a box at most, and, hell, even a picture of a box if you're ordering it, it's awesome to be able to have such detailed, OBO pictures at our disposal before making these purchases.

So thanks for taking the time to have ALL of this, including these forums available for us, free of charge. It's an awesome thing that you do man.

That's awesome to hear. That comment might've just made my day.

I'm glad that you found Seibertron.com and have started participating on our forums. That means a lot to me and it's fans like yourself that keep me motivated to do all of this. Nice to have another Chicago Seibertronian here as well!

Good stuff. You deserve all of the props in the world. Do you guys ever do get togethers, or expos, or anything like that here in IL.?

TJ Duckett wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

TJ Duckett wrote:Dude, your galleries aren't just useful, but they're a "must have" resources to people who invest their time and money into this, IMHO. For most people, like me, who don't have anything to look at besides a box at most, and, hell, even a picture of a box if you're ordering it, it's awesome to be able to have such detailed, OBO pictures at our disposal before making these purchases.

So thanks for taking the time to have ALL of this, including these forums available for us, free of charge. It's an awesome thing that you do man.

That's awesome to hear. That comment might've just made my day.

I'm glad that you found Seibertron.com and have started participating on our forums. That means a lot to me and it's fans like yourself that keep me motivated to do all of this. Nice to have another Chicago Seibertronian here as well!

Good stuff. You deserve all of the props in the world. Do you guys ever do get togethers, or expos, or anything like that here in IL.?

We've been trying to plan one for a while. Been tough with everything that's going on. First-Aid, part of our Rockford crew of Seibertronians, was trying to plan one for December 4th in Schaumburg but I don' think it worked out. Maybe we should try to plan one around January 14th or 15th. I have to double check to make sure that weekend works for me though.

I think Schaumburg's a great location. I love love LOVE gameworks! Even though I work weekends, if it's something that's more night oriented, I could definitely go.

TJ Duckett wrote:I think Schaumburg's a great location. I love love LOVE gameworks! Even though I work weekends, if it's something that's more night oriented, I could definitely go.

We could possibly do Gameworks, though I was thinking more of a sports bar type environment like the one at TGI Friday's, Chile's, Applebees or something where we could have tables and the bar to ourselves. If I recall correctly though, Gameworks has a similar bar/restaurant area as well. Do they have a bar there where those of us who want to sit and have a few brewskies could chat instead of playing games?

Yea... they actually have a really NICE bar inside. That's why me and my guys enjoy it, because, even though I personally game, most of them don't, and, it's one of those places that has something for everyone... like a lot more of an adult version of dave and busters with way better games.

TJ Duckett wrote:Yea... they actually have a really NICE bar inside. That's why me and my guys enjoy it, because, even though I personally game, most of them don't, and, it's one of those places that has something for everyone... like a lot more of an adult version of dave and busters with way better games.

I'm not a big gamer but they do have one of my all-time favorite games ... House of Dead 2! If any of you play that, I'd be game to blow a large beer's worth of quarters on killing Zombies.

Yea, I play that. I even have Time Crsis and all of that with the guncon on my PS3. I love rail shooters man! haha.

well last night i was at walgreens picking up cough medicine when on my way out i thought about taking a stroll through the toy aisle i found spec ops jazz and turbo tracks i bought both boy the things you find when your not trying to drive all around town

Nice find LG! Hella' random too!

Lord Grimlock wrote:well last night i was at walgreens picking up cough medicine when on my way out i thought about taking a stroll through the toy aisle i found spec ops jazz and turbo tracks i bought both boy the things you find when your not trying to drive all around town

That's awesome! Congrats, Lord Grimlock. Which city did you find them in?

Algonquin Target has finally caught up on things! There were two Dirges, two Thunderwings, three Skullgrins, two Cliffjumpers, some Tomahawks and Terradives, and one Red Alert. No Blurrs, sadly. I don't have any interest in that mold, but I'm kind of surprised how hard it is to come across.

I got lucky and found a Powerglide at Marshall's in Streamwood last week. Man, I'm glad they got this guy in because I'm liking him a lot more than I thought I would! Especially in the G1 paint scheme. It almost made me get Skyfall as well, but then I remembered Algonquin TRU having a good number of the Darkwind version of that mold, so I grabbed that instead. Had absolutely no interest in him before, and now I couldn't wait to get him!

Sightings to report ...

Stopped at the Golf Mill Target last night around 8 or 9pm. They had at least 3 each of Thunderwing, Skullgrin, and Cliffjumper. They also had several other newer figures like Soundwave, Red Alert, Dirge, Blurr (who I snagged for a staff member), Terradive, and Tomahawk.

After that I stopped at the Golf Mill TRU. They had several (4 or 5) each of Tomahawk and Terradive, surprisngly. The Rampage in the Ruins 3 pack was discounted to $24.99. They also had some of the new 3.75" Marvel Universe figures (Doc Samson, World War Hulk, etc).

nilocomic wrote:Algonquin Target has finally caught up on things! There were two Dirges, two Thunderwings, three Skullgrins, two Cliffjumpers, some Tomahawks and Terradives, and one Red Alert. No Blurrs, sadly. I don't have any interest in that mold, but I'm kind of surprised how hard it is to come across.

I got lucky and found a Powerglide at Marshall's in Streamwood last week. Man, I'm glad they got this guy in because I'm liking him a lot more than I thought I would! Especially in the G1 paint scheme. It almost made me get Skyfall as well, but then I remembered Algonquin TRU having a good number of the Darkwind version of that mold, so I grabbed that instead. Had absolutely no interest in him before, and now I couldn't wait to get him!

Marshall's had Skyfall or Silverbolt? If they had Skyfall, that means they've got the Walmart exclusive Hardhead as well, which I'd love to get again for the Head Robots figure.

Congrats on finding out-of-stock figures there! I love hearing stories of people finding things long after they're available somewhere.

Seibertron wrote:Marshall's had Skyfall or Silverbolt? If they had Skyfall, that means they've got the Walmart exclusive Hardhead as well, which I'd love to get again for the Head Robots figure.

Congrats on finding out-of-stock figures there! I love hearing stories of people finding things long after they're available somewhere.

It was definitely Powerglide and Skyfall of the Walmart Exclusives that Hardhead was a part of. I think they're being spotted in Marshall's all over the place.

Honestly, if anyone sees a blurr, please help Mr out. I'll def pay cust plus shipping