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News Credits: 5749 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:42 am

The long awaited TFSS figures have finally started shipping, and thanks to a tweet from Texas we can know who the first figure is! We know some of you want to be surprised when the figure arrives, so we'll do our best not to spoil it. There are six possible figures:

Ultra Mammoth
Scourge
Circuit
Jackpot
Slipstream
Breakdown

Check your mailboxes! For those who don't mind being spoiled scroll on down and meet your first TFSS figure.....

News Credits: 251 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:56 am

Man, I really want that figure. Wish it had been available for general release. :-(

Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:55 pm

To the Ebaymobile!

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:05 pm

And there it is! Took a while for the most obvious repaint to show up, and it's an exclusive. Oh well.

News Credits: 5749 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:35 pm

I'll have to check the mailbox when I get home. I only live a couple of hours away from FubPub's office, and usually get their figures within the first couple of days of shipping.

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:37 pm

Curse you Yanks. :-x

(Though I'm not a member, so I wouldn't get it anyway.)

Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:30 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:To the Ebaymobile!

Really wishing I'd preordered it when it was up at TfSource or BBTS. Guess I'll get into a bidding war with you in short order. May the wealthier man win.

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:52 pm

Va'al wrote:Curse you Yanks.

(Though I'm not a member, so I wouldn't get it anyway.)

you could have just paid the ridonkulous shipping charges and maybe have gotten it someday!

(and there's ebay, and BBTS and TFSource had pre-orders up for the individuals)

worst case scenario...grab a spare RTS Prime and some black paint.

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:55 pm

craggy wrote:
Va'al wrote:Curse you Yanks.

(Though I'm not a member, so I wouldn't get it anyway.)

you could have just paid the ridonkulous shipping charges and maybe have gotten it someday!

(and there's ebay, and BBTS and TFSource had pre-orders up for the individuals)

worst case scenario...grab a spare RTS Prime and some black paint.

I prefer to just curse the Yanks, it's cheaper.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:58 pm

Va'al wrote:
craggy wrote:
Va'al wrote:Curse you Yanks.

(Though I'm not a member, so I wouldn't get it anyway.)

you could have just paid the ridonkulous shipping charges and maybe have gotten it someday!

(and there's ebay, and BBTS and TFSource had pre-orders up for the individuals)

worst case scenario...grab a spare RTS Prime and some black paint.

I prefer to just curse the Yanks, it's cheaper.

Or wait for TakaraTomy's take, with shiny paint ;;)

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:04 pm

I must be one of the few people who don't like that mold.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:04 pm

Opps double post.

News Credits: 13 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:01 pm

may be to soon to worry but i havent gotten a shipping email yet, hope they dont intend to wait til after botcon to send me mine

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:20 pm

njb902 wrote:I must be one of the few people who don't like that mold.

I agree that bare, it's horrible. There's a way to greatly improve it though.

Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:29 pm

The only one I ordered was Slipstream. I hope it comes out soon.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:19 am

Saving the best 'til first...

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:05 am

Banjo-Tron wrote:Saving the best 'til first...

Doesn't look like Jackpot to me.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:15 am

njb902 wrote:I must be one of the few people who don't like that mold.

I didn't like it at first, but it grew on me. The bot mode has nice articulation and posability. But I've already got the original with Reprolabels and the Generations Gift Set repaint, so even if this was a retail release, I don't think I'd be interested in a 3rd version of this mold.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:16 pm

Glad to see something is finally shipping.
That 300+ payment seems sooo long ago.

:MAXIMAL:

Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:21 am

I got mine today and was pretty excited to see the FunPub box. I thought maybe they were going to finally redeem themselves for the past mistakes.

That lasted for about 50 seconds after I opened the box. Apparently that new mailer that FunPub was bragging about when they announced the service isn't all it's cracked up to be. The foam was too thick on the bottom and there is no foam on top. This resulted in the smokestacks rubbing against the top cardboard of the box and wearing the paint off. :BOOM:

I feel like I've given FunPub enough chances to get things right, but they keep finding ways to screw things up.

At any rate, everything else about the figure is in good shape. I don't want to risk getting a bad figure back just for two areas of rubbed paint, so I'm not going to send it back. I'll probably just touch it up with a little silver paint on my own. However, I will recommend that everyone check their figures when the come in.

News Credits: 13 · Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:27 am

so am I the only one still waiting for an email saying its been shipped?

News Credits: 20 · Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:30 pm

You're not gonna get an email. Mine showed up this morning. I transformed him and he went straight into a display case with the rest of my Scourge figures. Had some minor rub on the side of one of the smokestacks but I don't care about it. Kinda weird that they put foam in the boxes. I was surprised to see it. Now I feel like I have to keep that ugly mailer box, haha.

News Credits: 5749 · Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:05 pm

Mine just arrived as well.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:41 pm

Got mine today, but haven't opened him yet, not sure if I'm going to.

Really disappointed that these guys aren't getting fancy boxes with art on them like all the exclusives from previous yeas that I didn't get. Does this guy even come with tech specs? Or even instructions?