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tigertracks 24 wrote:That's not a bad free figure. Was it yellow or blue??

Yellow. I already have one but still, I was expecting something worth $10 tops.

no new transformers sightings.. but the target on carpenter road in AA had the Order 66 two packs. they had two with yoda, and one each with mace windu, palpatine and anakin. I picked up the windu and palpatine packs.. the clone troopers look awesome. damn you star wars.. I wasn't going to collect these, but there are too many cool figures coming out right now.

God Magnus wrote:So, my first adventure of ordering from chocolate-robot.com has finally come to a close. A few weeks ago, I ordered a Masterpiece Starscream from their site since they weren't at the last con. Two weeks and three e-mails later, I finally got a reply. Apparently, from what they told me, someone had broken into their accounts and had changed all their passwords. Once they had that all resolved, they finally got back to me and apologized for the delay and said that they were going to send the Masterpiece Starscream right away. Also, they said they were going to send along a free figure to make up for the troubles. Well, I got my package today. The free figure? Binaltech Tracks. Pretty cool of them, huh?

Wow, nice. I thought that it was wierd that they were being unreliable, I've talked to them a couple of times and they seem like pretty genuine guys.

So I got somemore stuff from TFM's collection. His wife is going nuts trying to liquidate all the stuff he left behind, and noob and I have been helping her. (working our asses off ):

Botcon '05 Descent Into Evil Box set
Botcon '05 Flareup
G1 Pirahnacon, loose/near-mint/missing sword only
G1 Grotesque, same, complete
G1 Apeface same, missing gun
G1 KMart Legends Grimlock
ML Blue Labcoat Beast

and some extra Alts to resell

I did pick up some other things that are going to be taken back upon realizing that they had been modified, or had missing important parts.

And a big thanks to TT for the Club Exclusives Astrotrain and Airrazor! Much appreciated my friend.

I had a great, great toy run yesterday.

I picked up:

02 - Galactic Marine
03 - Mustafar Lava Miner
06 - Mace Windu
07 - Airborne Trooper
08 - Super Battle Droid

Jedi Training on Dagobah Battle Pack

ML Galactus Series Professor X, Bullseye, Deathlok and Dr. Strange.

A 2nd 10th Anniversary BW Cheetor, I opened him and he's fantastic.

Transformers Universe "Tiny Tins" Dirt Boss to go with the Mirage my girl bought me.

G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron "Punching Pops".

Still no Classics Devastator or Alt Ravage/Rumble at any of the WalMarts I went to yesterday

Edit: I picked up Transformers Universe Railbot Overlord at the CVS in Jackson today along with ML Galactus series Nightcrawler at the Jackson Kmart.

Well, I'm in Rhinelander, WI for the next two weeks. stopped by the local wal-mart. no Alts. they did have a few cases of the 30th Anniversary SW figures. I picked up a galactic marine and the airborne trooper. they also had two mcquarrie troopers. didn't pick them up. they had the clone/speeder bike two pack as well. I'll probably pick that up later this week. there is also a Shadow Stormtrooper unleashed for 19.99. I hadn't seen that yet. unfortunetly, it'll probably be too hard get that back on the plane.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Well, I'm in Rhinelander, WI for the next two weeks. stopped by the local wal-mart. no Alts. they did have a few cases of the 30th Anniversary SW figures. I picked up a galactic marine and the airborne trooper. they also had two mcquarrie troopers. didn't pick them up. they had the clone/speeder bike two pack as well. I'll probably pick that up later this week. there is also a Shadow Stormtrooper unleashed for 19.99. I hadn't seen that yet. unfortunetly, it'll probably be too hard get that back on the plane.

I went to like 30 freaking stores this weekend looking for the 09 McQuarrie Storm Trooper and came up empty :/

I'm getting ready to place an order with hasbrotoyshop.com for some star cases for my figures. I went over to my parents and picked up the box that had all my MOSC figures from 8-9 years ago. Going to get cases for them too.

Question as far as spotted figures are concerned....
I'm looking for a couple Classic Starscreams, and two Reissue/Classics Soundwaves. Has anyone spotted any of them in still on shelves recently. I'll be out hunting after work Friday.

-Jon

Rodimus Lantern wrote:Question as far as spotted figures are concerned....
I'm looking for a couple Classic Starscreams, and two Reissue/Classics Soundwaves. Has anyone spotted any of them in still on shelves recently. I'll be out hunting after work Friday.

-Jon

I have not seen Soundwave in weeks between TRU in Okemos, Jackson, Novi, Ann Arbor, Flint and the two in Grand Rapids.

Starscream I have seen several times but I can't remember specificly which store(s). I'll keep an eye out and let you know though.

EDIT: Just kind of an FYI, I get around quite a bit and I have only ever seen 7 Soundwaves. 6 at the TRU in Okemos and 1 at the TRU in Ann Arbor.

So apperantly Michigan sucks for TFs! Lucky me I live in CANADA! Well for classics not so much, because all I see is a few Mirages and mainly Cliffjumpers and Ramjet... Which sucks because I dn't have money to spare for Redecoes and Recolors Anyways I don't think Canadians belong in this thread

JTKranix wrote:

Rodimus Lantern wrote:Question as far as spotted figures are concerned....
I'm looking for a couple Classic Starscreams, and two Reissue/Classics Soundwaves. Has anyone spotted any of them in still on shelves recently. I'll be out hunting after work Friday.

-Jon

I have not seen Soundwave in weeks between TRU in Okemos, Jackson, Novi, Ann Arbor, Flint and the two in Grand Rapids.

Starscream I have seen several times but I can't remember specificly which store(s). I'll keep an eye out and let you know though.

EDIT: Just kind of an FYI, I get around quite a bit and I have only ever seen 7 Soundwaves. 6 at the TRU in Okemos and 1 at the TRU in Ann Arbor.

Thanks. I've only seen Soundwave myself twice and one of those times I bought it. I haven't seen Starscream in a really long time though.

DestronPrime wrote:So apperantly Michigan sucks for TFs! Lucky me I live in CANADA! Well for classics not so much, because all I see is a few Mirages and mainly Cliffjumpers and Ramjet... Which sucks because I dn't have money to spare for Redecoes and Recolors Anyways I don't think Canadians belong in this thread

You're still welcome, MI might as well be Canada, what how far north we are, and how many Canadians live here.

DestronPrime wrote:Anyways I don't think Canadians belong in this thread

not to be mean or anything but, start a canadian thread or something. there is tons of canadian colletors on these boards. you will have a blast and for sure meet some new friends. go ahead and do it.


the new spider-man 3 figures are awesome!

Are they? I was looking at Venom but I couldn't bring myself to pay $15 to find out if he was any good or not.

They look about the size of a Star Wars figure (3 1/2") is that about right?

EDIT: If anyone happens to see any of these could you let me know where?

Transformers Universe Railbots: Tankor
Galactus Series - Marvel Legends: War Machine
Galactus Series - Marvel Legends: Hulk (Green or Grey)

Thanks!

- JTK

i bought the $7.99 venom figure. i also couldnt bring myself to pay more for the bigger packed figures. i will be buying as many of the villians as i can. i am a sucker for the bad guys. i hope we see a black cat( ) soon.

Sweet. I might have to check that out. I was really happy with the Spider-Man Origins Venom until I realized every time I closed my door he would fall over.

He hangs perfectly from the wire shelf I have a bunch of TF's stored on though so I no longer hate him

spidey guys are out of scale, i think officially they are 5 inches. i believe toysrus is running a promotion this week on gift cards with spidey purchases.

and soundwave is probably all but gone at this point.

noob wrote:spidey guys are out of scale, i think officially they are 5 inches. i believe toysrus is running a promotion this week on gift cards with spidey purchases.

and soundwave is probably all but gone at this point.

Yup and with Star Wars stuff too. I got a $5 gift card when I bought the Jedi Training on Dagobah battle pack

Went to the TRU and Comic City in Novi today, while killing time before a dentist appointment. I found ML Showdown Mr Fantastic vs. Moleman variant set, with the "Negative Zone" colors. That was suprising. They didn't have much in the way of TFs other than the normals, still a decent amount of Cybertron.

At CC I grabbed the Stormbringer Trade, they still and a good mount of MLs there, all the way back to the Apocalypse series. Not all of them mind you, but a goood bit still.

Pretty uneventful day, but it's nice to have spring weather.

PorQPine wrote:Went to the TRU and Comic City in Novi today, while killing time before a dentist appointment. I found ML Showdown Mr Fantastic vs. Moleman variant set, with the "Negative Zone" colors. That was suprising. They didn't have much in the way of TFs other than the normals, still a decent amount of Cybertron.

At CC I grabbed the Stormbringer Trade, they still and a good mount of MLs there, all the way back to the Apocalypse series. Not all of them mind you, but a goood bit still.

Pretty uneventful day, but it's nice to have spring weather.

Did you happen to see Galactus Series Hulk or War Machine?

JTKranix wrote:

PorQPine wrote:Went to the TRU and Comic City in Novi today, while killing time before a dentist appointment. I found ML Showdown Mr Fantastic vs. Moleman variant set, with the "Negative Zone" colors. That was suprising. They didn't have much in the way of TFs other than the normals, still a decent amount of Cybertron.

At CC I grabbed the Stormbringer Trade, they still and a good mount of MLs there, all the way back to the Apocalypse series. Not all of them mind you, but a goood bit still.

Pretty uneventful day, but it's nice to have spring weather.

Did you happen to see Galactus Series Hulk or War Machine?

Nope, just the bearded Hulk from the Apoc Series, I'm at a loss for his name right now. Mostly Apoc, Mojo, and Onslaught series.

PorQPine wrote:

JTKranix wrote:

PorQPine wrote:Went to the TRU and Comic City in Novi today, while killing time before a dentist appointment. I found ML Showdown Mr Fantastic vs. Moleman variant set, with the "Negative Zone" colors. That was suprising. They didn't have much in the way of TFs other than the normals, still a decent amount of Cybertron.

At CC I grabbed the Stormbringer Trade, they still and a good mount of MLs there, all the way back to the Apocalypse series. Not all of them mind you, but a goood bit still.

Pretty uneventful day, but it's nice to have spring weather.

Did you happen to see Galactus Series Hulk or War Machine?

Nope, just the bearded Hulk from the Apoc Series, I'm at a loss for his name right now. Mostly Apoc, Mojo, and Onslaught series.

Cool. Thanks.

I have been hitting the rite aids around here looking. So far 3/5 (out of 18) have had ML but nothing from the Galactus series. I think I'm going to end up getting them on eBay.

JTK, i saw a grey hulk today at a riteaid nearby. they're 13-14 bux a pop though. if you want i can pick him up for you.

how much are you wanting to spend on the pair?

noob wrote:JTK, i saw a grey hulk today at a riteaid nearby. they're 13-14 bux a pop though. if you want i can pick him up for you.

how much are you wanting to spend on the pair?

I'm watching a Hulk on eBay right now that might end cheaper than that. I'll let you know tomorrow for sure.

I know rite aid has them marked more than the original MSRP but they usually run more on eBay w/ shipping. So I'd be happy with spending $30-$40 on the two since I got the rest for $5 a pop.

rite aid is on the crack. that's all i have to say about that. well all the new stuff seems to be hitting now, alts, devastator, candy primes, etc.

noob wrote:rite aid is on the crack. that's all i have to say about that. well all the new stuff seems to be hitting now, alts, devastator, candy primes, etc.

I have seen all the candy stuff. I passed on the keychain heads, they look quite bad (to me).

I went to a couple of WalMarts today (W. Saginaw, Charlotte) and they didn't have any Devastator/Rumble/Ravage