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Hey D, can you dump a bunch of photos for us today?

You get Jurassican!



Anyways, the main point of the past week has been the arrival of some new dinos, thanks to Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous!

The new dinos. Toro the Carnotaurus is really col, I enjoyed her in the series, and glad she got a pretty good toy complete with scar and burned coloring. Stegosaurus and Baryonyx are pretty neat as well. I love little Bumpy, she goes great with the baby dinobots. And Darius isn't bad either.



Then i also got the new Amber Collection Blue. Golly, she is such a great toy. I'm willing to say she is one of the best 6" scale figures I own, right up there with Gray Hulk as the best.






And she can put up a hell of a fight too







And with her, there are 5 different universes represented that can be considered in scale with one another. So we dive into the D-Maxiverse



These 2 figures still really tickle my fancy. They are just super fun together and individually.



Murder partners with their murder mounts



And some baby dinos for fun



In other movie news, I still really appreciate the design of Jolt, it's an underappreciated look



And just sayin', Breacher and Blue are a badass pairing



And finally, my first actual deskbot in months: Cybertron Soundwave! Ya know, this is my favorite "classic" soundwave design, and i've come to discover that, much like Ratchet, Soundwave is a sleeper favorite of mine. His IDW2005 and Cyberverse selves really helped seal that over the past couple years. Cyberverse soundwave is my favorite character overall.

Nice photos! Thanos must be confused as to how he ended up in that fight

ZeroWolf wrote:Nice photos! Thanos must be confused as to how he ended up in that fight

When you have the reality stone, just about anything is possible!

Some new 6" figures arrived today, and I am loving all 3 of them right now



Mando is so cool, the paint work here and the molding is incredible! I love this figure!



And the Armorer is also really good. I love the forging tools and her cape. She is sheer joy



My universe Lio Prime, himself sort of an oddity in the Transformers world, has a special and unique place in the collection




I now know who truly was the original Cyber key craftswoman

My boy arrived today

Nice!

Thanks to an awesome deal from a seller, I present to you my newest combiner limb: a preproduction sample of SG Starscream! I have a spare HFG secured from a fellow Seibertronian so he can take his rightful spot on my soon-to-be-complete combiner.

Battle Core Maximus: 3/5 complete

Nice! How did you manage to get that rarity!

ebay, I was randomly cruising and checking out some rarer CW limbs, and after looking at it the seller offered me a helluva a deal on him, so I took it. Same thing happened with the same seller 1 day and a half later with another figure that should be here in the next few days, who will be 4/5 for the combiner!

I've had that happen with me before, except the deal wasn't any cheaper really:lol:

This one was cheap enough that I could buy a voyager figure with the amount I saved compared to the original price, and it was under $100.

also, the 2nd dude of the day arrived:

Got the 2nd figure this week I never thought I'd own.

Battle Core Maximus 4/5 Complete

Fantastic haul D-Max!

here is the current Battle Core Maximus team, awaiting 1 final member, and the 4 more random combiner teams I have assembled, complete with backstories: Sky Reign, Infernocus, Megascream, and Lost Lightatron

I wonder, are you the only person to turn CW Cyclonus and his gestalt form into a good guy?

ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder, are you the only person to turn CW Cyclonus and his gestalt form into a good guy?

I would guess most likely yes

I obtained the final piece my Ultimate Prime needed. He is now entirely set!!

My Sunstreaker arrived today, so 3/4 of the final retail wave attainted.

I will say, the yellow isn't horrible in person, but wow does it not take good photos. I promise, in hand, the yellows look much better than they do here, but the different in hand is still noticeable.

I will also say i was right that he is engineered just like Wheeljack. I am pretty sure the base torso behind the windshield is the same chunk as Wheeljack too, and the transformations are nigh identical except for some superficials.

first impression, he's not a bad figure, but the colors and also his looseness around the waist and hips drag him down some for me

A package arrived today from our very own Rodimus Prime, and I am stoked. Some much needed parts, an Animated Botcon figure, and the final piece of Battle Core Maximus!

Who does the circular saw belong to?

ZeroWolf wrote:Who does the circular saw belong to?

That's a part from MP-28 that is meant to go with my MP-40. With it, the only thing that might have convinced me to get SS86 Hot Rod is now on a Hot Rod I already own, so I'm good!

Nice! Also love your custom Battle Core Prime!

Got an update, since it has been a bit.

First up, Thanks to Rodimus Prime, I got a very nice Botcon animated figure. And I think this might be my new favorite Animated figure






Next up, a newly updated Jurassic World shelf. Outback and Stiggy are forever partners



On a combiner note, ratchet is really nice. The First Aid mold definitely was one of the winners of CW.



I am also trying out some configurations for Battle Core Maximus. Still haven't quite nailed down which configuration to use.





Speaking of combiners, I still cannot believe this is a real shelf in my Den. It is so wonderful.



So MP-40. This was a figure I've nearly sold several times. Just haven't liked it. But, I got him a saw weapon from MP-28, and it is amazing how much 1 accessory can change an opinion. This is now a great figure I enjoy.








And finally, I give you what might be my new favorite figure in my collection. I cannot stop playing with it! It is fantastic! It's perfect.

The "Jurassic Shelf" is looking nice, but you need a Tyrannosaurus of some kind though.

I really want Studio Series Devastator, but the price tag is what's holding me off. I figure it's cheaper now though to buy the set instead of buying the figures individually.

Tyrannacon wrote:The "Jurassic Shelf" is looking nice, but you need a Tyrannosaurus of some kind though.

I really want Studio Series Devastator, but the price tag is what's holding me off. I figure it's cheaper now though to buy the set instead of buying the figures individually.

That's what all my Grimlocks are for!

It was really smart of them to space out Devastator components like they did, really helped focus in on the components bots and space out the price