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News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:23 pm

Counterpunch wrote:All that junk aside, these are great Mini-Cons!

Boltflash, Flatfoot, and Bodyblock are easily my favorites.

High praise indeed. I may have to return to my first place of employment for the first time in 14 years...

I wonder if they'll remember me?

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:32 pm

zodconvoy wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:All that junk aside, these are great Mini-Cons!

Boltflash, Flatfoot, and Bodyblock are easily my favorites.

High praise indeed. I may have to return to my first place of employment for the first time in 14 years...

I wonder if they'll remember me?

Well, at least the KMart will look the same. (I mean, for the love of God, could the renovate a bit? It's like a morgue in there...)

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:57 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Well, at least the KMart will look the same. (I mean, for the love of God, could the renovate a bit? It's like a morgue in there...)

Tell me about it. It was like they locked the doors in the 70's and only open it up to sell pink sweat pants and broken kiddy pools.

Crap, my fiancee just reminded me the one I worked at is now a Lowes. Guess I won't find any Minicons there now...

Wait! Does John Deere make Minicons?

by **Robot4762** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:59 pm

zodconvoy wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Well, at least the KMart will look the same. (I mean, for the love of God, could the renovate a bit? It's like a morgue in there...)

Wait! Does John Deere make Minicons?

Yes, they are large, don't transform, and are called lawn mowers. :lol:

I used to like K-Mart, but then they opened a Wal*Mart near It and ran it out of buisness.

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:09 am

SailorCybertron24 wrote:
zodconvoy wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Well, at least the KMart will look the same. (I mean, for the love of God, could the renovate a bit? It's like a morgue in there...)

Wait! Does John Deere make Minicons?

Yes, they are large, don't transform, and are called lawn mowers. I used to like K-Mart, but then they opened a Wal*Mart near It and ran it out of buisness.

WalMart is like a massive vacuum for businesses. Unless you're a restaurant, you won't last long next to WalMart.

I'm going to have a heck of a time tracking these down. K Mart's in my area don't like to stock good stuff.

by **Robot4762** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:15 am

hey robofreak, is there any decent K-Marts in Peoria/Pheonix? you would know?

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:30 am

SailorCybertron24 wrote:hey robofreak, is there any decent K-Marts in Peoria/Pheonix? you would know?

I have the worst luck with Kmart's. I usually never find what I'm looking for and almost always leave pissed off. It's been 3 years since I last stepped into a Kmart. There's only one in my area and gas prices won't let me drive over all of God's green earth (or sandy) to find them. I'll probably end up buying them online somewhere.

If you track them down I'll pick'em up from you. I go to ASU west everyday and since you live in Peoria I'm assuming you live close by to them.

by **Robot4762** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:32 am

robofreak wrote:
SailorCybertron24 wrote:hey robofreak, is there any decent K-Marts in Peoria/Pheonix? you would know?

I have the worst luck with Kmart's. I usually never find what I'm looking for and almost always leave pissed off. It's been 3 years since I last stepped into a Kmart. There's only one in my area and gas prices won't let me drive over all of God's green earth (or sandy) to find them. I'll probably end up buying them online somewhere.

If you track them down I'll pick'em up from you. I go to ASU west everyday and since you live in Peoria I'm assuming you live close by to them.

I hate K-Mart too. I tried to return a gift but the guy at the customer service desk was an ass.

by **Meister cries inside** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:45 am

SailorCybertron24 wrote:K-Mart now has exlusives? Who's next Walgreens? CVS Pharmacy? RiteAid? Macy's? why should K-mart get exlusives?

BTW are those heoreoes of Cybertron in the backround? Haven't seen thoes in years.

The Heroes of Cybertron was a loose Walgreens exclusive.

by **Skullcrunchberries** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:55 am

Counterpunch wrote:Got mine!

Thoughts:

Makeshift and Knockdown are assembled wrong. Their legs are attached to the wrong sides of the pelvis. Simply pop off the legs and swap them.

The packaging says "Armada Series", which is incorrect. While Mini-Cons are from Armada originally, these are Classics Mini-Con molds. That aside...

What the hell is up with the Bio on the back of the package? "Many Mini-Con teams were broken apart or destroyed utterly by the greed of the Decepticons, or the desperation of the Autobots." Meow? Since when? Revisionist history if you ask me.

The packaging gives factions to the individual Mini-Cons, they however do not have any faction symbols other than the Mini-Con one.

All that junk aside, these are great Mini-Cons!

This set is easily on par with MB1 and MB2 in terms of cool.
All the figures have individual paint aps and are fairly unique in their look.

Boltflash, Flatfoot, and Bodyblock are easily my favorites.

I noticed Knockdown and makeshift's funky legs first thing, but luckily it's an easy fix. Overall, I'm loving this set. The paint apps are surprisingly good, and I love the paint homages they've thrown in:

Heavytread - Warpath
Boltflash - Nightflight (Or Leader-1! zomg gobots)
Skyhammer - Uhm, Skyhammer XD;
etc etc.

All in all, worth braving the terror that was K-Mart's affiliates.