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I have to say Astrotrain is class. Being the first and only triplechanger I have, he is awesomness incarnate. He aint my favourite tf of all time, but he's certainly worth getting.

Redimus wrote:For some reason he seems to have disapeared from the UK wave one. I have no idea if he has been pushed back a wave, or gone the way of E Galvatron, Cyb Red Alert and Cyb CD Scattorshot....

Bumblebee, Starscream, Hot...er Rodimus. Other than Astrotrain, no one else is missing from wave one are they? Because that's who Woolies had in (with Cyb Soundwave and Nemesis Breaker). I hope they got Astrotrain in in their delivery at the weekend, I'm after another one.

EDIT: Woo. We outposted the Michigander's thread. Well done everyone!

i expect that they will get some stock of him over the next few weeks. I think he's a BRILLIANT figure, but you can't please everyone I guess...

Count me in on the "I love astrotrain" club - he was the first classic I bought. Hotrod on the other hand I'm not interested in at all - the goofy arms put me off!

See, Astrotrain is loved! A brill update on a ...ahem... Classic character.

To be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with any of the Classics figures. Deluxes and above anyway. I will own them all, and they will distract me from any work I may need to do! Go transformers go!

Leonardo wrote:I got my first Classic for my birthday on Saturday. It's Megatron, and I like him lots. I'm going to find Optimus and Jetfire at some point this week. Is Grimlock dire? I've heard bad things...

It grieves me to say it but Grimlock is the weakest Classics figure available.

My Tescos has gotten all of wave one of classics in, a slew of Titanium 3" & Classics Minicons. Also have the Prime/Megatron twin pack too.

Phew, so it seems that Woolies may stock Astrotrain after all. It's good news. And he may be the weakest, but I still think Classics Grimlock is a brilliant figure. What put you off him Grim?

Lord Crump wrote:Phew, so it seems that Woolies may stock Astrotrain after all. It's good news. And he may be the weakest, but I still think Classics Grimlock is a brilliant figure. What put you off him Grim?

Woolies had everyone I listed, but no Astrotrain. So don't get your hopes up just yet. I'm going hunting tommorrow so I will report back if he's appeared.

Lord Crump wrote:What put you off him Grim?

Half a dinosaur as legs. It looks like knee high boots. Not really Badass. A tail hanging off his back. A shite gun. The beast mode is kinda nice. That's about as positive I can be of him.

Big Grim wrote:

Lord Crump wrote:What put you off him Grim?

Half a dinosaur as legs. It looks like knee high boots. Not really Badass. A tail hanging off his back. A shite gun. The beast mode is kinda nice. That's about as positive I can be of him.

You're putting tears in me eyes, mate.

How much are Tesco's selling them for?

Big Grim wrote:

Lord Crump wrote:What put you off him Grim?

Half a dinosaur as legs. It looks like knee high boots. Not really Badass. A tail hanging off his back. A shite gun. The beast mode is kinda nice. That's about as positive I can be of him.

As I said before - Classics Grimlock looks like a badly put together Zoid.

I dont think he looks that bad, mind I havent got him yet.

Oh and for those of those that wanna know, I found some pre-orders on t'bay for MP Megs that worked out at around £65 inc postage. I havent got the time to dig em out again now, but I'll post em later.

Sigh, poor Grimlock can't get no love...
I don't really mind the leg thing, and I can just give him a different gun. So no real problems if you ask me.

KingMob wrote:You're putting tears in me eyes, mate.

Sorry Buddy. He really feels like a let down to me. Maybe I was hoping for too much as a Grim fan but still......

No Astrotrain. Nothing at all appeared.
Disgruntlement rising.

As for this Grim discussion that's appeared, I don't have one so I can't say for definate, but the images I've seen of him doesn't look like anything special. He lacks the sense of power that he usually portrays. The legs are alright, but not in comparasion to his upper body. Just my 2 pence.

No disgruntlement here

1- my package from BBTS was missed by customs so $440 of stuff with no import duty
2- my Alt Mirarge arrived this morning and OMG he is Fab

3- and most important
I won tickets to see the Kaiser chiefs at Doncaster on friday

Dough-bot wrote:No disgruntlement here

1- my package from BBTS was missed by customs so $440 of stuff with no import duty
2- my Alt Mirarge arrived this morning and OMG he is Fab

3- and most important
I won tickets to see the Kaiser chiefs at Doncaster on friday

Kaiser Chiefs, like most indie these days, started to bore me after a while.

Im still having fangasmns over Jetfire... lol.

'allo.

Hey.

I have to agree with the majority here, Grimlock is defiantly my least favourite from the deluxe classics. He’s not all that bad, it’s just that he could have been so much better with only a few minor changes. One of my biggest gripes is that he can’t hold his gun as a sword.

On a different note, I’m not to disgruntled at all this week actually.

Primus with Unicron head, Classic Minicons wave 1 and 20th DVD Prime arrived yesterday.

The Minicons aren’t all awesome, but I still quite like them.

This is the first 20th Prime I’ve ever held in my hands (my original 20th and MP are still MISB).

Apart from the talked about bad points of this version of Prime and the dodgy head and shoulder movement, it’s really nice.

Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be pre-ordering a MP Megs. I think he’ll be packed in robot mode just like all of the MP figures, so customs shouldn’t be a problem.

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Insurgent wrote:He lacks the sense of power that he usually portrays.

That is it! Bloody hell! That is IT! That is exactly what Grimlock misses. No raw power. That was a defining part of Grim. Raw power. How did I miss it?

Grimlock has lost that feeling of RAW POWER that he had in the past.

Harry Munk wrote:'allo.

loving the new name shin

Chaps,

Being my usual tight-fisted self if any of you have not already pre-ordered MP Megs, would any online store offer a discount if a group of us signed up to one shop?

Just an idea, mind...

Oh yeah - I'm not disgruntled but I bet my Missus is as I've got back into collecting again!

JetfireUK wrote:Chaps,

Being my usual tight-fisted self if any of you have not already pre-ordered MP Megs, would any online store offer a discount if a group of us signed up to one shop?

Just an idea, mind...

Oh yeah - I'm not disgruntled but I bet my Missus is as I've got back into collecting again!

Im not sure, But I'd be willing to join in if someone did. Who normally bulk buys outa us lot?

Excellent! There's potentially two of us here - anyone else?

Like Red said, who is normally the bulk buying Brit here?