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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:46 am

Man, I have not seen a single TTC since early may. I'm jealous!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:54 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, I have not seen a single TTC since early may. I'm jealous!

Frankly, I'm surprised that I found Cogman at all, given how poor distribution is around here.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:25 pm

A few updates:

1. The main page update is going to be delayed for a while. Originally, my parents thought that I would have hardwood floor put in my room while I was on my missions trip a few weeks ago (so I had to put my collection into storage), but they haven't heard back from Lowe's yet. And since I don't want to put my collection back up until I get hardwood floor (because, with my luck, as soon as I'd get it put pack up, Lowe's would call and say that my floor was ready to install), it'll have to wait for a while.

2. Tomorrow night, I'm gonna be leaving for a vacation. First, we'll be going to Nashville and spending some time there on Thursday. On Friday, we'll drive down to Jackson, Mississippi, to watch a ballet performance that my sister is in (she's been down there for two weeks as part of an intensive or something). On Saturday (my birthday BTW), we pick her up and drive up to Knoxville to spend a few days with my cousins, and we'll drive home on Monday.

As usual, I'm bringing a few TFs with me:

Scrounge, the vacation guru, makes his comeback, and TLK Prime is coming as his bodyguard in case we run into any Straxuses (Straxi?) while we're there.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:43 pm

Drift's sword works pretty well with Scrounge ;)^

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:46 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Drift's sword works pretty well with Scrounge

It feels way too short for a Deluxe figure, but it's just the right size for a Legends class like Scrounge.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:03 pm

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:31 pm

Aww snap! Seaspray is awesome!!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:43 pm

itscramtastic wrote:Aww snap! Seaspray is awesome!!

That much is true. I haven't gotten the chance to open Cosmos just yet, but I figure I'll enjoy him as much as I enjoy Scrounge (which is to say, quite a lot).

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:08 am

Birthday present:

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:47 pm

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:00 pm

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I'm still angry this thing never came to my stores, then disappeared from online, and is now shelfwarming in many areas!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:06 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
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I'm still angry this thing never came to my stores, then disappeared from online, and is now shelfwarming in many areas!

Hasn't come to my stores either. I picked it up in Birmingham after calling a few Toys R Us's to see if they had any. I think I got the only one there.

As for the set itself, I'll try to do a review tomorrow, but I can tell you now that Nautica is the best one in the set.

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 6:13 am

Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:59 am

itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:11 am

itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

So you're gonna get a bee

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:06 am

Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

Bumblebee21 wrote:So you're gonna get a bee

Negative, Ghost Rider. Getting the Chaos on Velocitron set if they still have it!!

In regards to Bumblebee, I think Human Alliance is gonna be my Bayverse Bee, for all time. :lol:

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:17 am

itscramtastic wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:17 am

Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:20 am

itscramtastic wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:Awesome pick up N!! Just got a 15% off coupon from TRU the other day that is good from August 4th through 20th, and during that time I'll be near stores that have it in stock!! Woo hoo!!

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News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:50 pm

I haven't had much time to fool around with the COV set (I've been playing Overwatch a lot after we got back, given that Doomfist was released about a week ago), but I'll try to do a good review. I'll be ranking the set from least good to best (I would say worst, but there isn't actually a figure that I dislike in the set).

5. Rodimus Prime. He isn't necessarily the worst figure in the set, but he has so little to offer compared to the other four figures. I kinda feel bad putting him at this spot, though, since he's a pretty cool little dude. Only thing I don't like is that his joints are excessively tight (might be due to the diecast, though).

4. Fastlane. Kinda the same logic as RP. Isn't bad, but has so little to offer. He's pretty neat, but I don't like how simple his transformation is (the box says 7 steps, but you could honestly boil it down to 5: turn head 180, connect legs, flip up feet, flip up hands, and flip up shoulders), and the shoulders on mine don't complete the full 90 flip to alt-mode, so you're left with the wheels facing slightly inward.

3. Laser Prime. He's cool. The joints are a good deal tighter than Retail Prime, and this version also has the proper deco. However, the stickers on mine are absolutely horrible, with cuts and air bubbles in a lot of places. If they used paint instead of stickers, he'd take the number 2 spot.

2. Quickswitch. Pretty great. Slightly tighter than Sixshot (still kinda loose, though), and it looks like he has more paint. Only gripe I have is the aforementioned slight looseness.

1. Nautica. I have very few negative things to say about Nautica. The colors are great, joints are perfect, and the turbine things stay in pretty well. The only gripe I have is that I think her forehead looks a bit too big compared to the rest of her face, but that's a very minor gripe.

All in all, it's a pretty great set, and well worth what I paid for it.

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 4:48 pm

Huzzah!! Nice write up N!! Really hoping I'll acquire the set in a few weeks!!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:00 pm

Thanks!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:26 pm

Hardwood floors have finally been installed in my room, and I'm in the process of moving excess stuff back in there and setting up the collection. Once I finish that up, I'll update the pictures.

Also, hauls:

Pretty great figure. Definitely takes Prime's spot as the best TLK figure (though, he was the only one I had until now), though Scorn or Nitro Zeus may take that spot once I get them.

Plus, my parents went up to Cincinnati for some concert, and my Dad got me Misfire, Twintwist, Windblade, and MTC Megs at a Toys R Us down there (they won't be back until late tonight, so I probably won't get to open the figures until tomorrow.

Also, not a TF haul, but I did manage to get the best skin that Overwatch has ever released: