TF-fan kev777 wrote:My wife sent me to Target for milk, and made the mistake of not telling me not to impulse buy a cog and a titan.
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Nice lol. I need to pick up a Red Cog or two.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Lookie Lookie what I got
Well aren't you a lucky SOB. Nice score!
Some nice things. Congrats on getting the adorable bnuny from the future.
Emerje wrote:Here's my big order from eBay.
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RID Brave Maximus! I had one of these pre-ordered some 20 years ago on BBTS but just before the release money had gotten tight so I canceled it with the intention of ordering again when I got paid the following week. They were still in stock when I canceled, but when I got paid they had sold out. So this is unfinished business for me, it even showed up in a BBTS box! I took the plunge on this because I saw one on Mandarake for only 25,000JPY (I'm guessing shipping would have been another 20,000JPY which still would have been a great total), but I was at work when I saw it and had to do something, it was gone 10 minutes later when I checked again.
This one was at a starting bid of $330 + $50 shipping and tax which seemed like a fair price to me. I bid $350, but I was the only bidder. Transformerland tells me that's less than they're worth and similar sold ones on eBay went for more. Yeah, it's Sonokong, but the figure quality is the same. He's complete and the stickers are good, but the seller missed some big spots like around the head that are caked in dust. Also the photo on the auction only showed one side of the box which looked pristine so I made the mistake of of thinking the other side was just as good. The other side of the box in my photo is a disaster, there's a huge hole right in the middle and above that is a big piece of packing tape that somebody had started to pull off and tear the surface of the box. Not good, but the box will be going in a closet so I'm not too broken up over it. Overall I'm very happy to get this in my RID collection at long last. Only a few more pieces and I'll be content with my RID collection being complete enough.
Emerje
Massive congrats on getting Brave Maximus, Emerje. Shame the box is rough, but the disposable cardboard container is nowhere near as important as the figure proper (even if it's nice to look at).
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Got a bunch of packages tonight, which included several figures that are very important to my collection. I am now down to only needing 4 Botcon Animated toys, of which 1 is on the way as well, so I will soon be down to 3. I also have now completed the leader Knight Prime mold collection, having got all 9 releases. Couple that with my 3 FE figures, I have the 12 Optimus Knights of the roundtable!
Very nice, although I'm sure several people hate you now XD
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Bunch of packages arrived today. Lots of good stuff.
Good scores. Hope you're enjoying the big guy.
grimdragon2001 wrote:Got Blurr and Road Rocket from Pulse and Dinobot from Target, and while unreleated, got an SNES the same day
Oooh, nice. Especially Chopperface and the SNES. I missed out on Kingdom Chopperface, so I'm gonna try and get the Buzzworthy release if I can.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I went to Target in hope of finding the Legacy wave 2 deluxes, but things went Sideways instead.
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Ba-dum-tsh!
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm away on a work travel trip, and been exploring all the stores. Had at least a little luck today.
I also had these come in before I left
All of them are lovely, although experience-wise I can only speak on Motormaster. He's quite a treat, even though there are a couple flaws.
Ground_Zero wrote:
Not sure if the image will show, but on a recent excursion to a second hand shop I found a pristine G2 Combat Hero Optimus Prime and G2 Combat Hero Megatron. Optimus is missing one missile but they are otherwise mint.
It shows, and congratulations! I snagged Combat Hero Megs at thrift a few years ago, but he has no weapons.
Congrats on the Magni, D-Max.
Time for me to play some catch-up.
Picked up Skids at Target in early June. Had money to spare, felt it couldn't hurt, and he was the other Wave 1 Deluxe I particularly wanted.
I ordered Selects Turtler off eBay, he arrived June 20. I'm half-hoping there will be a restock of the Seacons at some point, but if not... so be it. He ran me $73.80 plus tax.
Three days later, this lot (which ran me $49 shipped) showed up: Takara Railspike, Wedge, and Heavy Load. All complete except for Wedge's weapon. The funny thing is, based on the pics I assumed Railspike's weapon was missing too... and that would have been something of a plus for me, because I have an orphaned Takara Railspike gun floating around. And because this one
was complete, I still do. Anyone want to trade?
What's
not funny is that I used to have Takara Midnight Express (complete, even!), but sold him as part of a lot back in 2016, along with Energon Hot Shot and Ironhide, and multiple Mini-Cons. A sale I will forever regret, especially since the profits were half-eaten by having to correct a shipping goof.
The next purchase was a legit RiD Rollbar, for $2.50 plus $4.99 shipping; he arrived on the first of July. A small thing, but oh-so-welcome. Meant I could finally retire the KO I've used since 2011... A KO that makes G2 Slingshot look durable by comparison...
After getting fed up with Target not having him in stock yet, I managed to buy a damaged-box S86 Sludge off eBay for $61 shipped on July 26th; he arrived on the 30th. Very glad to have him, and am working on a sword for him.
August 2nd was a good day. After seeing indications that Motormaster was finally being found in US Targets a couple days prior (and I think a call to confirm?), I headed out with both the money I'd set aside for him (and had been anxiously sitting on) and the money from my latest recycling run in-hand. Sure enough, there was Motormaster right on the shelves, along with
Buzzworthy Terrorsaur. Motormaster was who I had set out to get, so of course I grabbed him, and having missed out on
Kingdom Terrycloth I had to snag this one. They're both quite fun, though not without flaws. Terrycloth is notably front-heavy in beast mode, and it has me considering kitbashing him.
Have also indulged myself in a reissue Cheetor for $8.00 plus $4.97 shipping (bought Aug 16th, arrived Aug 19th)...
...and a reissue Optimus Primal for $15.73 plus $8.00 shipping (bought Aug 22nd, arrived Aug 27th). Pretty happy with both, especially Primal. It's very good to have a complete one.
Probably going to go after either Megatron (my secondhand 1996 Megs is missing the missiles, the squirter and tongue, and the entire robot mode head assembly) or Scorponok next, as far as the BW reissues go.
EDIT: Why do spoilers not work within quotes?
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