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I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

I like how the vehicle modes look but I’m not a fan of the robot modes.

Okay I will say it. The "eyebrows" on "Ken" look pretty silly!

I realy like Vega(he needs a little paint removal though) as maybe some new Decepticon overlord
Ken and Ryu are kinda cool too, but I don't like the arcee at all.

I want all four, but I'll probably only end up getting Ken and Chun-li. Still, I like what I'm seeing!

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever. But eh, we geeks listen to our hearts, not our brain.

Also, based to the pictures, I confirm that Ken and Ryu are absolutely HORRID, while Bison and Chun-Li are GENIUS. Too bad that I can't really find a buyer partner who think the opposite of me and just want KEN and Ryu.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil?

In case anyone missed it...

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM

https://twitter.com/pcwr_Etchy/status/1000324131215233025

Repainting Transformer toys to emulate human characters...including realistic flesh tones.

A bold experiment...that had to happen someday.

C'mon, even if you hate it, some mistakes just have to be made for the brand to evolve, right?

Definitely picking these up...eventually.

Chun-Li looks FANTASTIC!! They did an incredible job with those colours!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever. But eh, we geeks listen to our hearts, not our brain.

Also, based to the pictures, I confirm that Ken and Ryu are absolutely HORRID, while Bison and Chun-Li are GENIUS. Too bad that I can't really find a buyer partner who think the opposite of me and just want KEN and Ryu.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil?

How much for a buy in?

Hotconvoy wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever. But eh, we geeks listen to our hearts, not our brain.

Also, based to the pictures, I confirm that Ken and Ryu are absolutely HORRID, while Bison and Chun-Li are GENIUS. Too bad that I can't really find a buyer partner who think the opposite of me and just want KEN and Ryu.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil?

How much for a buy in?

The plan would be to buy both sets. I'd keep Bison and Chun-Li, the other would keep Ken and Ryu. That's one deluxe and one voyager each. So the bill would be split in half, however, not counting the shipping. If customs hit, that would be split however. I'd pay the whole shipping and get both sets. Then open the boxes, separate the figures, repack a set, then the other would pay his shipping to get his share.

A bit convoluted, but it may work. Such a team buy/trade should only be done between people that have total trust in each others, of course.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever. But eh, we geeks listen to our hearts, not our brain.

Also, based to the pictures, I confirm that Ken and Ryu are absolutely HORRID, while Bison and Chun-Li are GENIUS. Too bad that I can't really find a buyer partner who think the opposite of me and just want KEN and Ryu.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil?

How much for a buy in?

The plan would be to buy both sets. I'd keep Bison and Chun-Li, the other would keep Ken and Ryu. That's one deluxe and one voyager each. So the bill would be split in half, however, not counting the shipping. If customs hit, that would be split however. I'd pay the whole shipping and get both sets. Then open the boxes, separate the figures, repack a set, then the other would pay his shipping to get his share.

A bit convoluted, but it may work. Such a team buy/trade should only be done between people that have total trust in each others, of course.

Of course, but I was just asking I can't really aford it right now.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Gouken (JP and EN) - Sheng Long
That one was completely random. "Gouken" didn't sound Asian enough?

Maybe "Gouken" would have sounded too much like a particular racial slur when pronounced by Americans?

Caelus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Gouken (JP and EN) - Sheng Long
That one was completely random. "Gouken" didn't sound Asian enough?

Maybe "Gouken" would have sounded too much like a particular racial slur when pronounced by Americans?

That would be quite the stretch.
Heck, I didn't even knew "beaner" was a thing.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever.

No, there's a number of TF figures alone that I can easily pass on because I simply have no place for them in my collection, regardless of how nice they look.

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever.

No, there's a number of TF figures alone that I can easily pass on because I simply have no place for them in my collection, regardless of how nice they look.

The key word here is "NEED".
Food, rent, clothing, healthcare, are all needs. We wouldn't die from lack of toys or collectible....
...
.....Do.... do we?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever.

No, there's a number of TF figures alone that I can easily pass on because I simply have no place for them in my collection, regardless of how nice they look.

The key word here is "NEED".
Food, rent, clothing, healthcare, are all needs. We wouldn't die from lack of toys or collectible....
...
.....Do.... do we?

There probably are people out there that addicted to collecting (not necessarily Transformers) that probably do suffer some negative health effect if they don't appease their collecting desire.

I admit, there are times when I may have an absolute **** of a day and I feel the only thing that might make it better is plastic crack.

Then I remember how **** my local K-Mart is so I come home, look at the TF hauls thread and quietly make a list of who to ban.

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:I have absolutely zero need for these figures ... but damn I'm still tempted.

Honestly, we can say that for EVERY toys and collectible ever.

No, there's a number of TF figures alone that I can easily pass on because I simply have no place for them in my collection, regardless of how nice they look.

The key word here is "NEED".
Food, rent, clothing, healthcare, are all needs. We wouldn't die from lack of toys or collectible....
...
.....Do.... do we?

There probably are people out there that addicted to collecting (not necessarily Transformers) that probably do suffer some negative health effect if they don't appease their collecting desire.

I admit, there are times when I may have an absolute **** of a day and I feel the only thing that might make it better is plastic crack.

Then I remember how **** my local K-Mart is so I come home, look at the TF hauls thread and quietly make a list of who to ban.

HA! The one that shall not be named....

Seriously, too many times I've bought things on impulse "just because". Then later, I'm filled with remorse and "whys". Got rid of so many of these purchases when I went full "gamestop" to my local geek store last year with my multiple epic G1 hauls. That's why I just won't buy these Street Fighter figures. Even though Bison and Chun-Li are FANTASTIC, I just cannot justify to be stuck with one or two figures that I don't like but still paid 2 to 3 times a normal deluxe/voyager retail price.

But a set that would have Bison and Chun-Li exclusively? Even though my mind would say "YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE MOLDS, DUMMASS!!!", My heart would be all "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"
Seriously.

the yellow on Chun-Cee looks oddly green to me. Anyways yeah she's probably the best executed one but still looks pretty horrendous.

You know, Vegatron's blockiness makes him look like a User from Season 1 of ReBoot.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:Then I remember how **** my local K-Mart is so I come home, look at the TF hauls thread and quietly make a list of who to ban.

HA! The one that shall not be named....

Aw come on, my buying has slowed down lately. Pick on WJ, with his other worldly stocked TRU's

I got major love for Street Fighter, and these ended up better than I thought they would. I got a good paycheck coming up. I might go for it

shajaki wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:Then I remember how **** my local K-Mart is so I come home, look at the TF hauls thread and quietly make a list of who to ban.

HA! The one that shall not be named....

Aw come on, my buying has slowed down lately. Pick on WJ, with his other worldly stocked TRU's

They have been pretty piss poor lately. But as I wrote elsewhere, I think its a shared phenomenon of seasonal toys being given more attention.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, Vegatron's blockiness makes him look like a User from Season 1 of ReBoot.

I have no problem with that Looking forward to giving him a cape

blackeyedprime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, Vegatron's blockiness makes him look like a User from Season 1 of ReBoot.

I have no problem with that

Me neither. I love ReBoot.