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new star wars 30th figures at TRU in ann arbor yesterday. only had r2s and obiwan left in droves.

I got my 6" Titanium G1 Magnus, WW Megs, and the Fallen!! So far I've only taken a break from work long enought to get Magnus out of his box and type this message. I think Magnus is awesome! The paintjob on his head is really good on mine. TT, I can understand what you mean about the blue color.. I have several different Magnus figures(G1, Hard hero statue, myclone, etc..) his blue is a different shade on about all of those, so I don't mind the color too much. The fallen looks cool. I have already seen him out of the box.. WW Megatron. really cool looking in the box. can't wait to get him out. and yes, he DOES look a lot like Galvatron in altmode. I had never thought about that before. Hope the rest of you that had them on order get them soon!

I haven't found anything new this week (haven't been out hunting since Sunday)

I did get my shipment from BBTS yesterday though. I got 6" WWI Megatron, 6" G1 Ultra Magnus, Revoltech Optimus Prime and Revoltech Ultra Magnus.

TFCC Airazor and Astrotrain came today. The boxes are amazing!

My quest for a Wal-Mart exclusive Transmetal Rattrap has finally come to an end. I just received the MOC one that I won off eBay for $15 with shipping. I was going to get the one that noob pointed me toward but the guy wanted to rape me on the shipping. Heck yeah!

Hey Michiganders.

Thanks to the suggestions from nooB and PorQPine, I was able to score me a Titanium Rodimus Prime at the Lansing K-Mart aka Big K. For those who are looking, I also found there a Cybertron Mudflap and Menasor, as well as a Titanium WWI Starscream. They are all still there though it should be noted that the Menasor package is beat the F out of. So buy at your own risk.

On that same note, the lady at the checkout asked me if I wanted a warranty for Rodimus.... Dubbya Tee Eff? I mean seriously... a warranty for a toy. I know it's metal and I can bust someones cranium with it but a warranty?

(Vote to have our own forum on here!)

Anyways peace out!

-DB

I had someone ask me that a couple fo weeks ago. Seems like they are clutching at straws...

Just got done giving my new G1 Shockwave some better feet. There was some pretty bad oxidization of the metal toes in the one that I just bought. So I took the nice ones from by beat-up version and pulled the ol' swaperoo. Now he's simply immaculate.


So I got my TITs WW Megatron and Magnus today, I'm impressed with both, but I don't have a fav just yet. Megatron is sweet in his bot mode, and his alt mode is suprisingly convincing, very solid overall.

I was suprised at the size of Magnus when I first saw him in the box...he's huge!! Both modes are acceptable with a fun transformation, just not quite as solid as Megatron overall. Still a very nice version of our favorite soldier-to-the-circiuts city commander. A darker blue would have been nice, but, hey, he's still copesetic.

I'll join in on the people saying that the TIT line is improving, both in articulation and transformation, and I highly recommend both of them.

Anyone notice on the new product checklist, the movie figs are getting 3in versions?

I was wondering if it would eventually be cheaper if we all got together and just ordered cases of Transformers and other stuff when they come out. What do you guys think?

it would work if one of us had some kind of business and then we could get a wholesale rate. otherwise, cases don't help that much, and you can't exactly just order cases from hasbro directly ... or can you?

noob wrote:it would work if one of us had some kind of business and then we could get a wholesale rate. otherwise, cases don't help that much, and you can't exactly just order cases from hasbro directly ... or can you?

That's what I was wondering. I would think that you should be able to independently be able to order them. Anyone know the Chocolate Robot guys to ask them?

most of the chocolate robot stock is directly from hlj. you just need to have a business certification (or wholesale number) and then you have to buy in volume. i think the order volume is tied directly to the % off. and it's probably lower for diamond select and such.

Diamond doesn't give retailers much of a break on anything. As far as Hasbro goes, I'm pretty sure you need to have a contract with them and they usually only deal with large distributors, from what I've been told.

noob wrote:it would work if one of us had some kind of business and then we could get a wholesale rate. otherwise, cases don't help that much, and you can't exactly just order cases from hasbro directly ... or can you?

Or you can buy a case from BBTS of some things (like Alts)... And the cases of new items are not usually that much more pricey than a brick and mortar store...at least that's what I tell myself.

C'mon Andrew, you know Megatron is the better of the two...

I can't believe what a change was made from skinny, legs fall off, box tank GI Joe Megatron to the tough looking, solid, decent alt mode, mulitple weapon sporting brute that is TIT WAR WITHIN MEGATRON.

I think it is about time Megatron got a worthy figure with good articulation.

Andrew how were the paint apps. to your UMagnus' head? Sloppy and incomplete, or well done??? I also find UM's legs to be a bit wonky, but you are right his sixe is really cool, which is nice to know they retained the idea that he was larger than most normal bots.

My 6" Ultra Magnus looks just fine.

JTKranix wrote:My 6" Ultra Magnus looks just fine.

Maybe I'm just too picky. I told you I had inflated expectations anyway.

tigertracks 24 wrote:Or you can buy a case from BBTS of some things (like Alts)... And the cases of new items are not usually that much more pricey than a brick and mortar store...at least that's what I tell myself.

yeah that works, but i think rodimus wanted to get stuff even cheaper. does bbts do cases for things like that? i mean if we're after htf stuff, each of us would have to order a case and then there's really no point anymore.

how is the transformation for megatron. from the pictures it looks like he just falls over.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

noob wrote:it would work if one of us had some kind of business and then we could get a wholesale rate. otherwise, cases don't help that much, and you can't exactly just order cases from hasbro directly ... or can you?

Or you can buy a case from BBTS of some things (like Alts)... And the cases of new items are not usually that much more pricey than a brick and mortar store...at least that's what I tell myself.

C'mon Andrew, you know Megatron is the better of the two...

I can't believe what a change was made from skinny, legs fall off, box tank GI Joe Megatron to the tough looking, solid, decent alt mode, mulitple weapon sporting brute that is TIT WAR WITHIN MEGATRON.

I think it is about time Megatron got a worthy figure with good articulation.

Andrew how were the paint apps. to your UMagnus' head? Sloppy and incomplete, or well done??? I also find UM's legs to be a bit wonky, but you are right his sixe is really cool, which is nice to know they retained the idea that he was larger than most normal bots.

http://www.entertaimentearth.com actually isn't that badly priced, either. But I've never dealt with them so I have no idea what kind of services they offer, how their shipping works, etc.

I buy cases all the time at BBTS, and by the time you factor in tax, time, hassle, and gas money, I'd easily say they I'm paying no more than retail. I've actually been ordering more and more online, simply because I'm burnt out on hunting, and retailers are going down the toilet in just about every aspect of their existence.

TT I do think that Megatron is better, but I think that I was suprised more a Magnus due to his size and characterization. The paint apps on mine are good for the most part, but there there is a little blue smudge under his left eye. You can't see it unless you look closely.

I rather like hunting at the moment, it really gives my girl and I something to do over the weekend besides watching movies and the usual.

I did give up on finding 6" titaniums retail though, usually when I find them it's been a good month+ after I got them from BBTS.

PorQPine... you got a Magnus!!?? I hate you! GAH! J/K Grats on that. If you find an extra one would you mind snaggin it for me?

drive-by, i think right now he's only at online retailers (ie bbts). he'll be in stores pretty soon though.

JTK, does you GF also collect something? or do you guys share the collection.

I found 2 of the Ralph McQuarrie stormtroopers at the Westland KB. I bought both. there were no others of the stormtrooper. lots of the other figures from that wave though. also the westland target had a 30th obi-wan and R2

noob wrote:drive-by, i think right now he's only at online retailers (ie bbts). he'll be in stores pretty soon though.

JTK, does you GF also collect something? or do you guys share the collection.

She used to collect dolls but they were all destroyed in a freak moving accident a year ago. Now she just hunts with me. I'm trying to get here interested in starting a new collection of something (not sure what) though

hugo weaving as megatron!!!!!!

ionacus wrote:hugo weaving as megatron!!!!!!

Well, he was great as Agent Smith..

"Mr. Anderson"

And I do think he can act well, he's not going to bring drones of people though, so I assume that they'll get some other pretty big names for Jazz, Starsream, et al.

I think I would like to hear Will Smith play Jazz. I'm trying to think who could pull it off, and I think he could work, and he would add more 'star' quality to the movie. Not Dave Chappelle, Not Vanilla Ice, not Chris Rock... I don't know.

It is too bad that Cullen/Welker cannot get together for the new movie too. I'm sure it has to do with it being 'the biz', and $$$. I can picture the G1 Megatron coming in from an alernate reality with Welker's voice and blowing this sharp-toothed weak@$$ frozen by ice Megs into oblivion.

So, my first adventure of ordering from chocolate-robot.com has finally come to a close. A few weeks ago, I ordered a Masterpiece Starscream from their site since they weren't at the last con. Two weeks and three e-mails later, I finally got a reply. Apparently, from what they told me, someone had broken into their accounts and had changed all their passwords. Once they had that all resolved, they finally got back to me and apologized for the delay and said that they were going to send the Masterpiece Starscream right away. Also, they said they were going to send along a free figure to make up for the troubles. Well, I got my package today. The free figure? Binaltech Tracks. Pretty cool of them, huh?

God Magnus wrote:So, my first adventure of ordering from chocolate-robot.com has finally come to a close. A few weeks ago, I ordered a Masterpiece Starscream from their site since they weren't at the last con. Two weeks and three e-mails later, I finally got a reply. Apparently, from what they told me, someone had broken into their accounts and had changed all their passwords. Once they had that all resolved, they finally got back to me and apologized for the delay and said that they were going to send the Masterpiece Starscream right away. Also, they said they were going to send along a free figure to make up for the troubles. Well, I got my package today. The free figure? Binaltech Tracks. Pretty cool of them, huh?

That's not a bad free figure. Was it yellow or blue??