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No no. There's always an explosion person, or a wind person, or a fire person, or a electric person..the list goes on forever!! ALWAYS!!

itscramtastic wrote:No no. There's always an explosion person, or a wind person, or a fire person, or a electric person..the list goes on forever!! ALWAYS!!

Well true, there's a robot master for ever occasion.

Or an animal/other if we're talking Mavericks.

So who else is disappointed but not surprised the MMX collections will be split into two just like the MMLC?

carytheone wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:No no. There's always an explosion person, or a wind person, or a fire person, or a electric person..the list goes on forever!! ALWAYS!!

Well true, there's a robot master for ever occasion.

Or an animal/other if we're talking Mavericks.

So who else is disappointed but not surprised the MMX collections will be split into two just like the MMLC?

Of course there is, which is why I said it

Definitely disappointed. Just combine it all!

itscramtastic wrote:

carytheone wrote:So who else is disappointed but not surprised the MMX collections will be split into two just like the MMLC?

Definitely disappointed. Just combine it all!

I was foolishly hoping that they'd combine the X games in one, like the MM collections from 2 generations ago.

I've seen the MMLC1&2 discounted here and there so hopefully I can pick up the X collections on the cheap for the Switch at some point.

I just deleted the never played (on the Vita) PSOne versions of MM8, X4 & 5 and MML from my Vita a few days ago. Got plenty of room, just wanted less clutter. Actually trying to find a good game to play on my Vita that I haven't played yet (mostly sifting though my PS+ collection). Still can't motivate to play Persona 4 though. I just can't seem to get into that one. Probably best to stick to my backlog plan and just walk away.

I did get a little into Uncanny Valley on the Vita, it seems interesting.

I just can't get over just how incredibly good this figure is.

That thing looks both cute and incredibly fun! I love all the running and pew-pewing poses you can get him in

I made a trip down to the Temple Я Doomed Toys and found this guy at an appropriate voyager price of just over $25.




I don't normally go for movie stuff, but I've heard an awful lot of good about the TLK Nitro mold and TC is my boy so I decided to give this guy a chance. I think it's the movie toy faces that bother me the most. Even though Cobotron described his head as a swiveled bug eyed raisin (which it totally looks like) I kinda dig it. There is just enough color variation to make it look like a face (albeit an alien bug face) and the metallic red paint used on the eyes is nice.

Of course the first thing I was asked after picking it up was "which TR head are you going put on it?" Fair enough question. So let's see...

The first suggestion was Apeface.



Nah, not quite the right look and the color bugs me. He would make a good Soundwave though Hmmmmm, what else we got lying around.






Well, Flywheels looks pretty good, but would need a paint job. Horri-Bull, nope. Fangry, Primus no! Squeezeplay's color is way off, but has a nice pointy evil seeker-ish face... foreshadowing

Let's see if the Autobot headmasters can help us out.




Not quite, but I've never felt like Shuffler looked very Autoboty. Dig his kitty cat whiskers Siren looks pretty good actually, with them red aviators and splash of blue, but needs some matching greys. Might as well get the obligatory fan fave head swaps out of the way.

First up everybody's favorite grumpy gills followed by the "looks good on every body" Grimlock.




You know, if Brawn had a full head after market add-on, he'd work great. And dammit if Grimlock doesn't look dope AF Tempting as it is, I'm looking for a good match to keep this bot as Thundercracker.

How about a few deluxe head borrows.




I was surprised about how poorly Triggerhappy worked. Quake on the other hands looks almost perfect on that body. The color is just a bit off, but I like it. Well too bad they got bodies to get back to.

While posing and playing with TC I had a realization. It'ts mirrored, but one arm is full on Megatron with the other being even more Overlord.




Nope, doesn't work. Maybe with the Nitro deco.




sorry I peed a little.

I think I accidentally input the big head code. Well while we're at it.



You know... I kinda like it... might just be my Soundwave bias

Ok, enough of that nonsense. I'll let you off the hook if you didn't pick up what I was putting down earlier. You might have even noticed an obvious omission from the TR headmaster line up.

Dats right OVERKILL!




This is the one. In the pictures the blue of his head looks lighter than it does to the eye. In hand it's a perfect match. He has such a deliciously evil look accentuated by those wicked lines on his face (that I do wish was silver) and the spiky pointy bits fit in with the movie-verse aesthetic. Mo pics, less talk.





Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're a seeker man! Have some self respect and unfold them wings!





That's more like it. ALT-MODE!






Oh look, booster butts.



I can't help but feel that his alt-mode needs some Cobra fraction symbols.



Just sayin...

And why in the hell did Tak/Has (who even made this thing, it has both brands on the box?!?!?!) not paint those grey bits of the wing that fold up? dafuq?

Gerwalk anyone?



And last and probably least, buddy up mode.




Any head swap requests?

I think you covered it!

As I was scrolling, I kept thinking, what about Overkill? Huh, maybe Curly never got Over kill.

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BINGO! Overkill!

Nice work! Looks great!

And I think I simply called it a raisin, but your pics are the best ones I've seen and it doesn't look THAT bad. Still an ugly movie head, but it does have a decent evil bug bot look to it.

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BINGO! Overkill.

you know I like to be coy and build tension

Fun toy, kinda, just barely wish I had the OG version.

Yup, that's an ugly mug alright.

Nice! And huh... Waspinator. It's a tad too nightmarish for me to see the ol' goof Waspy, but there's something there

So, I know half the basis for Overboard (cassette Overkill). But he turns into a head, who's that supposed to be?

shajaki wrote:But he turns into a head, who's that supposed to be?

Thundercracker

Waspy was grabbed because that's the only bug bot I got and I didn't feel like pulling Overboard off TC's body.

Honestly I don't think OB's head mode is anyone except a repaint of Crashbash. Genericons to the front! Every team needs fodder

Overboard, overboard, overboard...

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!

Looks great!! I love that dang mold. I miss it!! Stupid spear thingy on the nose breaking on Nitro!!

I may try to find him again..

Nice nice nice nice nice!!!

I love TC, he is awesome!!! And I agree Overboard looks great with him! But I do love that Starscream/Waspinator head, it is too awesome

Picture PERFECT shots, Cary! OB looks killer on TC.

And ya just gotta love Waspinator.

Nitro Z makes a perfect Decepticon transtector; I only wish I could've obtained a Cogman to be another, more Autobot-friendly bod.

Thinking of it now, Cogman would've worked as a transtector for Siren!! Probably..hmmmm

bodrock wrote:..... more Autobot-friendly bod.

Like YOU!!!!

Cobotron wrote:

bodrock wrote:..... more Autobot-friendly bod.

Like YOU!!!!

Also, congrats on 100 (now 101) pages sir!! I feel bad I dropped the ball and it was you that pointed it out. Dang it.

And it was page 101 that Cram suddenly stopped liking jokes. And the World felt cold and dead.

Cobotron wrote:And it was page 101 that Cram suddenly stopped liking jokes. And the World felt cold and dead.

Back to the lecture at hand, Studio Series. Everyone needs them, and no one needs any.

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:And it was page 101 that Cram suddenly stopped liking jokes. And the World felt cold and dead.

Back to the lecture at hand, Studio Series. Everyone needs them, and no one needs any.

I'm not sure what other Studio Series figs I'll be getting, but dat Leader Grimlock looked so cool I had to buy.

bodrock wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:And it was page 101 that Cram suddenly stopped liking jokes. And the World felt cold and dead.

Back to the lecture at hand, Studio Series. Everyone needs them, and no one needs any.

I'm not sure what other Studio Series figs I'll be getting, but dat Leader Grimlock looked so cool I had to buy.

Swinging by your neck of the woods to see what's new bodrock, it's been a while.

I hope it's not too crazy for ya over there, Crammy! I hope you're doing well.

I've been considering downsizing the collection a bit....the hard part will be selecting the ones I can part with, right?

Right!? I'm currently at the tip of a reduction iceberg myself.


I just posed this question in a private convo but;


It is better to have had and lost or to have never had at all?


Regrets vs FoMo - thoughts?

bodrock wrote:I hope it's not too crazy for ya over there, Crammy! I hope you're doing well.

I've been considering downsizing the collection a bit....the hard part will be selecting the ones I can part with, right?

It is quite crazy and I pulled a Homer and ran away. Selecting who is on the sale list IS the toughest part. I've tried to knock it down to bots that haven't received any attention, but then I give them attention taking the pictures and things. Or I find faults with the item and don't want to sell it as is (loose joints or some such, usually right outta the packaging) until I fix it, and then I want to keep it!

carytheone wrote:Right!? I'm currently at the tip of a reduction iceberg myself. I just posed this question in a private convo but; It is better to have had and lost or to have never had at all? Regrets vs FoMo - thoughts?

I kind of touched on it above, but having the regrets for items really annoys me. You've bought stuff from me, the only way I can usually find the same quality of what I've sold is by buying it new, again. That gets old. So I've sold off what I had in to something, then re-buy at a higher price (I have deals you know). This time around it's been a little easier as I don't USUALLY take the pictures before I sell, I would just make a list knowing what I have and THEN take pictures to confirm the buyer wants it. Then I have regrets for selling. If anything, it's making me fully appreciate the figures for what they are before I part ways with them and then looking for them again.