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[Kurona]

We... do? I remember buying Legends Arcee which I sorely regret and Legends Super Armadascream and having no trouble.

I've heard some stories. Does Scotland have different customs than England? You have different Pounds. (which I still don't understand. No need to explain. Way too off topic. )

Huh? Our Pound is the same as England... think someone's pulling your leg mate.
But yeah, I wouldn't know if our customs are any different to England. It'd make sense; we have plenty of things different anyway... come to think of it, I wonder if leaving the EU would have any impact on this. Anyone here eggheady enough to speculate?

[Cobotron]

Starbucks in London wouldn't take my pounds from Glasgow.

The bad customs stories for imports were from English members in here.

[william-james88]

We... do? I remember buying Legends Arcee which I sorely regret and Legends Super Armadascream and having no trouble.

I've heard some stories. Does Scotland have different customs than England? You have different Pounds. (which I still don't understand. No need to explain. Way too off topic. )

Huh? Our Pound is the same as England... think someone's pulling your leg mate.
But yeah, I wouldn't know if our customs are any different to England. It'd make sense; we have plenty of things different anyway... come to think of it, I wonder if leaving the EU would have any impact on this. Anyone here eggheady enough to speculate?

You will all still pay customs. But you might pay even more if you left the eu, like importing from france and Italy could be more costly than it is now.

And the reason you didn't get hit by customs for your Takara toys is because the were below the treshold. Above 60 pounds and the customs fee is for sure. Same in Canada but there it's 100$ Cdn on Registered mail. Amiami only does registered mail now (it's a recent change) so a customs fee is guatanteed On all orders above 100$. And they sure as he'll count the currency exchange.

[Emerje]

Amiami only does registered mail now (it's a recent change)

Is that a Canadian thing because unregistered is still available to me for orders under 8,000 yen. I just paid for five separate orders between AmiAmi and HLJ using unregistered SAL.

Emerje

[chuckdawg1999]

If Hasbro is content to produce an inferior product because of cost-to-produce limitations, I think Hasbro needs to fire some people, or just let Takara do all the developing, and Hasbro just releases the toys for the markets they have rights to.

I can guarantee you one thing: Hasbro is content with their CW toys

That's my buddy Mike over the guys' shoulder. Also, let's not forget the most important thing when it comes to the CW sets; they have to fit into a $100 price point, period.

Am I the only one who watched the show but didnt read the comics?

Nope I did too. I tried the comics and just couldn't get into it. Transformers worked better as a cartoon.

[william-james88]

Amiami only does registered mail now (it's a recent change)

Is that a Canadian thing because unregistered is still available to me for orders under 8,000 yen. I just paid for five separate orders between AmiAmi and HLJ using unregistered SAL.

Emerje

It's the same, I meant for orders above that, which break the treshold for customs of 100$ Cdn, which are the ones where you are more likely to be hit with customs. Since the only option for over 100cdn is registered, customs is guatanteed.

[Insurgent]

:-? Starbucks in London wouldn't take my pounds from Glasgow.

The bad customs stories for imports were from English members in here.

Scottish pounds are printed in the Bank of Scotland. England are from Bank of England. They look different, but are both pounds sterling and both legal tender in both countries. They should have accepted it.


And to keep it on topic: My Computron hasn't been shipped out yet. I'm going to need to build more shelves.

[Va'al]

:-? Starbucks in London wouldn't take my pounds from Glasgow.

The bad customs stories for imports were from English members in here.

Scottish pounds are printed in the Bank of Scotland. England are from Bank of England. They look different, but are both pounds sterling and both legal tender in both countries. They should have accepted it.

They should, but a lot of English business, smaller and bigger, are a bit snobby about them. Because reasons.

(Also, Starbucks should go suck on a stale croissant, and start paying taxes. Then it might even be allowed to moan - but still accept - different looking money.)

And to keep it on topic: My Computron hasn't been shipped out yet. I'm going to need to build more shelves.

On-topic: I have no interest in Computron or Computicon. Italian customs are odd. Italian delivery services even odder.

[RAR]

Coach & Bus Companies have been known to not accept Scottish notes too (for reasons only known to themselves). Best to swap them or pay by card when crossing the border to save any arguments.

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Sal decreases your chances of getting a custom inspection in the UK and also means if you do get charged the handling fee is much lower.

I don't think the objection is to the customs fees as much as it is to the handling fees.

As for Postal area customs issues post brexit any net importer might be a d*** about it but if it's even slightly level trade it's in no ones best interest to start getting protectionist with your neighbours.

I rarely buy from Hobby Link Japan as the use branded boxes and they are so obviously commercial looking they are customs magnets.

[Cyberpath]

Takara-Tomy Mall replaced all the stock photos of the UW-EX Megatronia set --

You can find the older stock photos here --
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... led/36177/


Yuki:

画像が更新されていますよ♪　＞トランスフォーマー ユナイトウォリアーズ UW-EX メガトロニア: た行｜タカラトミー公式通販サイト「タカラトミーモール」
http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810862543/

Translated from Japanese by Bing

Image has been updated! ♪> transformer unit warriors UW-EX megatronia: line | Tomy(takaratomy) Maul Tomy(takaratomy) official site
http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810862543/

[Burn]

I thought about waiting until the weekend but eh, I had two episodes of Zoo to get through last night and that seemed like a good time to break out UW-08 Computron.

Strafe ... damn damn damn that's some impressive modding they did. He's a fantastic figure.
Nosecone ... again, damn damn damn ... others have said the Rook mold is the best of the CW/UW's molds, and he's perfect as the basis for Nosecone.
Lightspeed and Afterburner ... eh, they didn't do much for them.
Scattorshot, again, not much done for him, but at least they changed the combiner head.
Mega-gun, nice touch.

Out of all the combiners, I think this set may be my favourite.

[Sjeng]

I just realised some very obvious things about Megatronia lol...
-heart, club, spade, diamond... the four card suits!
-also, moon and luna is the same, but is there anything else clever about their names? Trick as in trick taking cardgame?
-their weapons combine into the big sword!

More than meets the eye, indeed!

[Emerje]

-also, moon and luna is the same, but is there anything else clever about their names? Trick as in trick taking cardgame?

Trick comes from her doing a lot of back room deals and scams. Flow comes from her having wind powers.

The sword also forms a giant bug. Shame neither this set nor Victorion painted the eyes differently.

Emerje

[william-james88]

If anyone is looking for Computron, he is still available from nippon yassan:

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/16 ... utron.html

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I thought about waiting until the weekend but eh, I had two episodes of Zoo to get through last night and that seemed like a good time to break out UW-08 Computron.

Strafe ... damn damn damn that's some impressive modding they did. He's a fantastic figure.
Nosecone ... again, damn damn damn ... others have said the Rook mold is the best of the CW/UW's molds, and he's perfect as the basis for Nosecone.
Lightspeed and Afterburner ... eh, they didn't do much for them.
Scattorshot, again, not much done for him, but at least they changed the combiner head.
Mega-gun, nice touch.

Out of all the combiners, I think this set may be my favourite.

I'll take that as a good mini review. I'm glad you like Nosecone and Strafe though as those 2 are my most anticipated figures of the box

[Sabrblade]

Someone (not me) made a photoshop of Grand Scourge combined with 4 Guards of the Woman Destron:

[Kurona]

Eeeeh... can't say I really like it. Probably because it's a pretty bad torso tho imo.

... that said. A nemesis prime in high heels. That got me a laugh

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I just realised some very obvious things about Megatronia lol...
-heart, club, spade, diamond... the four card suits!
-also, moon and luna is the same, but is there anything else clever about their names? Trick as in trick taking cardgame?
-their weapons combine into the big sword!

More than meets the eye, indeed!

I've yet to discover any significance to the moon, tricks and flow with regards to card games or Tarot. The only thing remotely relating to Tarot is the element assigned to each suit:

Clubs: Fire
Diamond: Earth
Hearts: Water
Spade: Air

The Sword has a bug motif relating to the Victorion version of the mold. Look up the episode "Cosmic Rust", one of the more memorable ones of the G1 cartoon.

[Insurgent]

Not combined them yet, but these Technobots might be my favourite team from CW. Guns everywhere, heavy remoulding to the point they don't feel like the same toys, look awesome in alt and robot modes. Lightspeed is the weakest, but I'm glad they used the mould they did because that looks like him. Yes, it's a weaker mould, but it's visually the best choice for him. And we have enough of the dead end mould. And I really love Scattorshot's chest and head. In fact, all of them have magnificent heads.


I'm really looking forward to combining them later.

[Burn]

So you're saying they did good head jobs then?

[King Kuuga]

So you're saying they did good head jobs then?

[Kurona]

Takara always gives good head

[Burn]

Just swapped the hands and feet, the colour shade is off a little but not really enough to stick out like a sore thumb.

In this particular instance, Hasbro clearly do better with hand and foot jobs.

[fenrir72]

Just swapped the hands and feet, the colour shade is off a little but not really enough to stick out like a sore thumb.

In this particular instance, Hasbro clearly do better with hand and foot jobs.

But sucked at the head part of Computron, pun intended

Anyway, just purchased the Hb fist and feet parts for my UW Computicon. In the images, he gives the bruiser the extra height and the extra badassery for Computicon.

[Insurgent]

So you're saying they did good head jobs then?

Six wonderful head jobs. I'm fully satisfied with each one.

Computron himself is excellent. There's a bit of of play before the ratchet in Lightspeed's combiner port, meaning Computron has a bit of knee wobble on one side, but he still holds fine. Other than that, they really went above and beyond with all the remoulding. Computron may be my favourite. And that's from someone who doesn't really care about the technobots as characters.