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AcademyofDrX wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:What my local Walmart looked like, lots of Sparkless Datsuns.

Having known, I wouldn't have imported mine from Amazon.jp.

Hey everyone, raise your hand if you never made a bad toy decision due to FOMO.
(Anyone who takes the bait is a liar.)

I made a few bad decisions because I wasn't FOMO enough. Like that 10$CAN DotM Guzzle I saw on a Walmart's peg ONE time that I skipped because "it will be on sale soon enough".

-Kanrabat- wrote:I made a few bad decisions because I wasn't FOMO enough. Like that 10$CAN DotM Guzzle I saw on a Walmart's peg ONE time that I skipped because "it will be on sale soon enough".

What is fomo?

Razorbeast88 wrote:What is fomo?

Fear of missing out

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:What is fomo?

Fear of missing out

Ahhhhhhh I see
Yes, fomo is what made me pay like $110 for igear weapon specialist a few years back lol, to name one of many many examples

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:What is fomo?

Fear of missing out

The only recent one I can recall is the Siege Rung from TT, but it was only about $12 shipped, so not that bad (hindsight and all that). But I did pay probably close to $15 for Siege Singe, but I don't regret it, because unlike Rung & Smashdown, Singe did NOT get a 2nd release in ER.

Hoping to find that Sparkless seeker set. I realized I'd like them to complete a Redwing/Hotlink/Skyquake trio to go with the other 2 trios I already have, and SG Starscream will be the one by himself on the SG shelf.

I know both Walmart and Target were restocking this weekend so I made one last trip to a Walmart and lucked out with the Sparkless Seeker. There was a single Seeker and a Single Rattrap/Primal pack. This marks the end of the Netflix line for me and I'm glad I ended with a mold I really like.

Now I just need to wait on BBTS to ship The Rainmakers and I'll have all 9 seekers that I'm aware of.

I ordered sparkless seeker on ebay a few days ago and yesterday I went to Walmart and saw 3 of them

Big oof

aronjlove wrote:Now I just need to wait on BBTS to ship The Rainmakers and I'll have all 9 seekers that I'm aware of.

Shattered Glass Starscream is the tenth by my count, though some collectors intentionally exclude him since he's not a standard continuity Decepticon.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Now I just need to wait on BBTS to ship The Rainmakers and I'll have all 9 seekers that I'm aware of.

Shattered Glass Starscream is the tenth by my count, though some collectors intentionally exclude him since he's not a standard continuity Decepticon.

Ah, yeah, sorta the same as I completely forgot about the SG line as I was thinking of repaints.

Razorbeast88 wrote:I ordered sparkless seeker on ebay a few days ago and yesterday I went to Walmart and saw 3 of them

Big oof

I still need to see him. I want to grab him if I can

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:I ordered sparkless seeker on ebay a few days ago and yesterday I went to Walmart and saw 3 of them

Big oof

I still need to see him. I want to grab him if I can

I hope you're able to! I think he comes in the mail tomorrow but he'll be my only siege seeker
Hotlink looks a little too much like skywarp for me
I thought Redwing looked too much like Starscream at first but he's grown on me little by little

Might call this guy Skyquake though

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:I ordered sparkless seeker on ebay a few days ago and yesterday I went to Walmart and saw 3 of them

Big oof

I still need to see him. I want to grab him if I can

I hope you're able to! I think he comes in the mail tomorrow but he'll be my only siege seeker
Hotlink looks a little too much like skywarp for me
I thought Redwing looked too much like Starscream at first but he's grown on me little by little

Might call this guy Skyquake though

Mine will be called Skyquake too.

Redwing is my favorite of the mold, his colors were perfect. Hotlink is my 2nd favorite, the black and purple rule on him

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Redwing is my favorite of the mold, his colors were perfect. Hotlink is my 2nd favorite, the black and purple rule on him

Same, Red Wing and Hotlink are my favorite uses of the mold, in that order. Red Wing's colors really pop, and I also love that we got a figure of a character who owes his entire existence to a comic coloring error and a massive misunderstanding.

Autobot N wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Redwing is my favorite of the mold, his colors were perfect. Hotlink is my 2nd favorite, the black and purple rule on him

Same, Red Wing and Hotlink are my favorite uses of the mold, in that order. Red Wing's colors really pop, and I also love that we got a figure of a character who owes his entire existence to a comic coloring error and a massive misunderstanding.

Redwing was the only Siege Seeker I wanted, but I could never find one for a reasonable price.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:I ordered sparkless seeker on ebay a few days ago and yesterday I went to Walmart and saw 3 of them

Big oof

I still need to see him. I want to grab him if I can

I hope you're able to! I think he comes in the mail tomorrow but he'll be my only siege seeker
Hotlink looks a little too much like skywarp for me
I thought Redwing looked too much like Starscream at first but he's grown on me little by little

Might call this guy Skyquake though

Mine will be called Skyquake too.

Redwing is my favorite of the mold, his colors were perfect. Hotlink is my 2nd favorite, the black and purple rule on him

He actually has a Decepticon symbol on him, so it seems Skyquake is the easy consensus.

sol magnus wrote:He actually has a Decepticon symbol on him, so it seems Skyquake is the easy consensus.

There's another consensus for Shitstorm. Much more funny and relevant to his overall look, despite Skyquake being a "proper" name.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:He actually has a Decepticon symbol on him, so it seems Skyquake is the easy consensus.

There's another consensus for Shitstorm. Much more funny and relevant to his overall look, despite Skyquake being a "proper" name.

Yeah, that's his internet forum handle, for sure. LOL - I even said "I picked up Shitstorm today" on my Action Figure Facebook group when I got him on Friday.

sol magnus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:He actually has a Decepticon symbol on him, so it seems Skyquake is the easy consensus.

There's another consensus for Shitstorm. Much more funny and relevant to his overall look, despite Skyquake being a "proper" name.

Yeah, that's his internet forum handle, for sure. LOL - I even said "I picked up Shitstorm today" on my Action Figure Facebook group when I got him on Friday.

Lol, jinx, I too call him Skyquake after deciding that Shitstorm makes him sound like a Rainmaker

I got one more name for y'all. With his green being a sort of military green making him look soldier-like, he could be a version of the Onslaught-colored generic Seeker that fans have dubbed... Slaughterhouse.

Sabrblade wrote:I got one more name for y'all. With his green being a sort of military green making him look soldier-like, he could be a version of the Onslaught-colored generic Seeker that fans have dubbed... Slaughterhouse.

Hmm...I kinda like that better. Reasons -

Usually a Seeker's name implies an ability or quality they have. Skyquake doesn't sound like anything other than another way to say "Thundercracker". Slaughterhouse makes him sound like a stone cold badass killer.

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I got one more name for y'all. With his green being a sort of military green making him look soldier-like, he could be a version of the Onslaught-colored generic Seeker that fans have dubbed... Slaughterhouse.

Hmm...I kinda like that better. Reasons -

Usually a Seeker's name implies an ability or quality they have. Skyquake doesn't sound like anything other than another way to say "Thundercracker". Slaughterhouse makes him sound like a stone cold badass killer.

Still, he also have that s#it-eating grin......
Soooooooooooo........

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I got one more name for y'all. With his green being a sort of military green making him look soldier-like, he could be a version of the Onslaught-colored generic Seeker that fans have dubbed... Slaughterhouse.

Hmm...I kinda like that better. Reasons -

Usually a Seeker's name implies an ability or quality they have. Skyquake doesn't sound like anything other than another way to say "Thundercracker". Slaughterhouse makes him sound like a stone cold badass killer.

Still, he also have that s#it-eating grin......
Soooooooooooo........

Then he's a stone cold psychopathic killer.

I'm intending to call mine Outbreak as a slight nod to the figure's intended purpose as a zombie, but I hadn't considered using him as Slaughterhouse, that's actually a solid suggestion.