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Hold the phone Cary, what is it with those AMAZING hand cannons on Bulkhead. Mine sure didnt come with those. Those are some pretty awesome collectables you got, not easy to find at a good price. case in point:
That Ratbat is freaken gorgeous! Better than anything the Transformers Club ever did and yet he was a non exclusive Takara toy. Man, that is so so sweet. And it was of a character from comics that were not translated to japanese yet. So its something super special. Oh man so jealous, but I am glad a cool dude like you who really appreciated these gems got him.

Damn, look how much they nailed that headsculpt!

I'm really down with your, "no post editing" idea. things are looking good and natural.

So are you holding the pointer with your hand?

Thanks Will, glad you enjoyed. Ratbatsman is my only fig of that mold and it's awesome. I've been wanting it since I saw it announced, how ever long ago that was. He lives on that flight stand now; Samus will just have to balance on her own.

If you wanna pimp out your Bulkhead, check it yo! Link's in the pic!

I know BBTS isn't an option, but now you know what your target is

Cobotron wrote:I'm really down with your, "no post editing" idea. things are looking good and natural.

So are you holding the pointer with your hand?

I do like limitations and yes I'm holding the laser pointer. I set my camera on a 2 second timer so any bounce from pressing the shutter button will go away. With the 80mm lens I was using I had zero room for error. Old glass lens on new fancy cameras basically disable all the fanciest of fixin's we take for granted, like image stablization.

Of course I'm using a lens that talks to the camera but I have all that **** turned off. I may be bit of a masochist, minus all the sexual implications.

Pain's good for ya!

Laser pointer?

I want that Ratbat now. He was much cooler as a senator and not a minion.

itscramtastic wrote:Laser pointer?

You betcha!

I want that Ratbat now. He was much cooler as a senator and not a minion.

Super cool fig, awesome paint and head sculpt. I need to try out the fan bat mode.

I forgot about the cassette bot...

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Laser pointer?

You betcha!

BUT WHY?!

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:I want that Ratbat now. He was much cooler as a senator and not a minion.

Super cool fig, awesome paint and head sculpt. I need to try out the fan bat mode.

I forgot about the cassette bot...

You has cassette bot!!

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Laser pointer?

You betcha!

BUT WHY?!

To make them eyes shine bright like a

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:I want that Ratbat now. He was much cooler as a senator and not a minion.

Super cool fig, awesome paint and head sculpt. I need to try out the fan bat mode.

I forgot about the cassette bot...

You has cassette bot!!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh MajorLazer. Gort ya. Good jorb

Speaking of Gort, my Highbrow headmaster is broken like a jerk. Highbrow was the only headmaster I have still, pretty sure I had Apeface and Snapdragon..

Incredible finds Cary! I would so get several of those!!! Lots even!!!

carytheone wrote:I forgot about the cassette bot...

Dont know if you knew or not, but its the same character. Senator Ratbat was a real dick to soundwave, so when the decepticons came into power, soundwave reformatted the senator into one of his slave minions.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I forgot about the cassette bot...

Dont know if you knew or not, but its the same character. Senator Ratbat was a real dick to soundwave, so when the decepticons came into power, soundwave reformatted the senator into one of his slave minions.

I vaguely remember that, but wasn't sure if that was G1 or Dreamwave or IDW continuity.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I forgot about the cassette bot...

Dont know if you knew or not, but its the same character. Senator Ratbat was a real dick to soundwave, so when the decepticons came into power, soundwave reformatted the senator into one of his slave minions.

I am indeed aware. I'm not sure if I read that comic or not, but for some odd reason I want to say I have. But more specifically, I forgot about his cassette bot form when I was shooting.

KO, I'll never say-o

And a wider view of that chaotic display.

Madness I tell you, madness

itscramtastic wrote:I vaguely remember that, but wasn't sure if that was G1 or Dreamwave or IDW continuity.

IDW it would seem.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratbat_(G1)

I prefer the way the current RID handled Soundwave and his minions. They're a co-op more than a master and slaves.

Your setup is looking good Cary!! I really like that updated shot you have of CW Megatron and Generations Reflector.

Thanks for clearing up the Ratbat inquiry

Glad to see Hubcap chilling with the oh so awesome Windcharger.

I agree that I like IDW's Soundwave and cassettes relationship. It is far better than any other and they actually get along nicely and make a great team

Cobotron wrote:Glad to see Hubcap chilling with the oh so awesome Windcharger.

Hubs is pretty awesome himself. Unfortunately his head seems to be permanently just slightly to the right. I don't want to risk breaking the peg to get it to move. The weird thing is that it tilts up and down and appears to just a ball joint.

Thanks again for letting me nab him from you

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Glad to see Hubcap chilling with the oh so awesome Windcharger.

Hubs is pretty awesome himself. Unfortunately his head seems to be permanently just slightly to the right. I don't want to risk breaking the peg to get it to move. The weird thing is that it tilts up and down and appears to just a ball joint.

Thanks again for letting me nab him from you

I want that Windcharger. To replace the CW Windcharger I have.

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Glad to see Hubcap chilling with the oh so awesome Windcharger.

Hubs is pretty awesome himself. Unfortunately his head seems to be permanently just slightly to the right. I don't want to risk breaking the peg to get it to move. The weird thing is that it tilts up and down and appears to just a ball joint.

Thanks again for letting me nab him from you

I want that Windcharger. To replace the CW Windcharger I have.

He's a cool figure. I picked up the Tak set as a nifty gifty to myself (read gift cards). Wipe-Out is running amok raising hell with some rando Decepticons in another castle shelf.

I have both Windchargers. I like the CW one just fine, but those scout figures from that time are nice.

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:I want that Windcharger. To replace the CW Windcharger I have.

He's a cool figure. I picked up the Tak set as a nifty gifty to myself (read gift cards). Wipe-Out is running amok raising hell with some rando Decepticons in another castle shelf.

I have both Windchargers. I like the CW one just fine, but those scout figures from that time are nice.

Something about that RTS Windcharger says Windcharger to me more than CW Windcharger.

Tons more than Alternators Windcharger. Although I may have to remove him from the sale list just because of that S2000 alt mode.

Yeah. Doing that..

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:I want that Windcharger. To replace the CW Windcharger I have.

He's a cool figure. I picked up the Tak set as a nifty gifty to myself (read gift cards). Wipe-Out is running amok raising hell with some rando Decepticons in another castle shelf.

I have both Windchargers. I like the CW one just fine, but those scout figures from that time are nice.

Something about that RTS Windcharger says Windcharger to me more than CW Windcharger.

Tons more than Alternators Windcharger. Although I may have to remove him from the sale list just because of that S2000 alt mode.

Yeah. Doing that..

That Alt Windcharger is one of the best toys ever and looks amazing in both modes. Keep him. And while Windcharger doesnt work too well as a name for that toy, just call him his Binaltech name which is way more appropriate: Overdrive!!!!!!

william-james88 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Something about that RTS Windcharger says Windcharger to me more than CW Windcharger.

Tons more than Alternators Windcharger. Although I may have to remove him from the sale list just because of that S2000 alt mode.

Yeah. Doing that..

That Alt Windcharger is one of the best toys ever and looks amazing in both modes. Keep him. And while Windcharger doesnt work too well as a name for that toy, just call him his Binaltech name which is way more appropriate: Overdrive!!!!!!

Overdrive he is!! Wooooooo!!

Also, why did the Alternators get their guns so Nerf'd compared to the Binaltechs?! Frustrating toy laws!!!

So we cleaned up the guest room and a new shelf became available for the botcave.

Time for some cyberforming.


Looks like the Decepticons found a new base.



Hey Devy, we taking a picture here!


That is one rag tag motley crew.

Interesting stuff. Why did you decide to pair up Generations Megatron with Prime Rumble?

william-james88 wrote:Interesting stuff. Why did you decide to pair up Generations Megatron with Prime Rumble?

Cubby of misfit toys. Neither has a place to be right now. I exiled all the non show bots from my Prime shelf and Gen Megs is an orphan.

That's just where I sat them before I called it a day.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of the great reformatting project, just the tip...