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A puddle water lies still...


suddenly, it begins to pulse, as footsteps grow ever closer...

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Suddenly, a massive foot strikes the ground!


Said foot belongs to a chronically displaced Grimlock, who is fleeing a unit sent by Shockwave to capture him


RAAWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRR



BAM!


Motormaster: we have you now, Grimlock. Surrender before we pummel you further


Grimlock roars in defiance!


Stunticons: ATTACK!



Quickly! Surround him and pummel him!






CHOMP!!!



You monster! I shall turn you to dust!




AAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


CHOOM!!!
-Urgh!


Shockwave: well well, looks as if the Stunticons were no match for you. Fortunately I took that probability into consideration. You may wish to surrender now Grimlock, for I believe the combaticons will not prove so easy to destroy.



Combaticons: form Bruticus!






Shockwave: You may attack Bruticus, though make sure he is still at least somewhat alive when you're done


Grimlock: No one's tougher than me! Especially not some puny cars and planes!



Grimlock: Face me, Bruticus!
Bruticus: I will punch you into a whole other dimension Grimlock!


Grimlock: missed me...


...and again


BAM!!!


OOOOOFFF!!




Shockwave: you... how could you take down a combiner with a mere punch!


Grimlock: I am a Legendary Knight of Iacon, and no one shall ever cage me again!!!
Shockwave: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



Grimlock: That shall buy me time... though not much...


To be continued!

Good show!!!

What a way to ring in 100 pages of the Den, D-Max!!

I agree with ‘Cram, what a great way to enter the triple digits.
Grimlock looks absolutely killer, even if he’s not as massive as we originally thought. I gotta say, I haven’t been this excited for mainline products in far too long. Studio Series is shaping up to be amazing.

Thanks guys! And wow didn't even think about it being page 100

I wanted to do a bit more with this, like I originally intended for Grimlock to fight the Stunticons in robot mode and then convert to beast mode to take on the combiners, ripping limbs off with his dino head. But then I ended up doing the Stunti-fight in dino mode and it made sense to have a tall ass Grimlock fight a combiner.

I also decided against re-combining Menasor for the final fight because I didn't feel like combining him, ripping him apart, and then trying to put him back together and back on a shelf

I am going to be taking a lot of pictures here over the coming weeks, I got a lot of guys who really need some camera time, and I need to clean and move some things around, not 100% satisfied with everything yet. And we got a SS Thundercracker coming from the Densh, a MPM-05 on the slow boat, eventually a LG62, War Hammer Bee, MP-40, and a Greatshot from TFsource once the latter comes in stock, and something very special I will be paying for and having shipped from someone from a Facebook group early next week. So we got bots!

And after that I am taking a break, gonna patiently wait on PotP wave 2 deluxes and prime masters and the rest of the SS guys. Maybe wait until mid may before buying anything more, just to give me time and also to save guys so the latter part of the year isn't boring

Anyhoo, anyone wanna guess what the very special thing will be? Hint: it is a complete version of a mold I already have that's not complete in a different color scheme and it's appeal to me came from an IDW mini-series.

I'm guessing Drift.

Or Impactor.

OR Tidal Wave turning into a whale.

Hmm...honestly I don’t have any ideas. Is it a recent miniseries and could it be a continuation of the Beast hunt?

HAWT DAMN, DAT Grimmy!!! If there's anyone who could solo against planes, logic & automobiles, it's this incarnation of him!

Seeing Combiners merge for the kill is always a favorite sight to behold as well -- love it, D-Max.

My guess is also Beast Wars, but who.....hmmmm....

So do you like Grim?

Fun stuff

itscramtastic wrote:I'm guessing Drift.

Or Impactor.

OR Tidal Wave turning into a whale.

Nope, Nope, and Nope. I will get the WFC Impactor next year, though i plan to try to limit myself in those figures.

SureShot18 wrote:Hmm...honestly I don’t have any ideas. Is it a recent miniseries and could it be a continuation of the Beast hunt?

Both can qualify as a shaky yes

bodrock wrote:HAWT DAMN, DAT Grimmy!!! If there's anyone who could solo against planes, logic & automobiles, it's this incarnation of him!

Seeing Combiners merge for the kill is always a favorite sight to behold as well -- love it, D-Max.

My guess is also Beast Wars, but who.....hmmmm....

Thanks!

And you're close, just no cigar yet. Some of your recent beast hunt figures are close in age to this guy

shajaki wrote:So do you like Grim?

Fun stuff

Grim is the best! He is figure of the year for me so far, and little looks to overtake him, despite how cool Blackout and Optimal Optimus look!

Also, from the Densh man:


I now feel safe knowing I scored the last TRU exclusive! Not I gotta wait out slow boat MPM5, a TFsource haul, and the surprise treat that no one has quite tricked out yet

Hot. Damn. Guys. Thundercracker and Grimlock are both fantastically awesomesauce!!!

The first thing Cracker had going for him was being a Nitro Zeus with new head and paint work. That mold and figure was my figure of the year for 2017, so I was already thrilled. the second thing is that Cracker is my favorite seeker. Thirdly, He improves upon Nitro Zeus in the ways that Nitro was lacking: the paintwork. The paint is gorgeous! The blue is amazing and I love the red and white in jet mode along with the black, grey, and yellow from robot mode. It's gorgeous! And finally, that head is so slick. It's like a cross between Waspinator and movie Starscream, and the paint work is perfect on it.

so without further ado, have some pictures, including one featuring another cool thing about Zues/Cracker: that back jet kibble, while cool looking to some and cumbersome and lazy to others, makes for a great perching help.

So a few pictures to show off.

Firstly, I took Grimlock with me to the office Friday (and I have been encouraged to bring bots regularly, so starting tomorrow, I will be taking a figure in every day, I didn't the past few) and he had some fun. Also found out the head of my department stopped in and took pictures of him while I was away. My camera ain't the only one he's seeing!






Up next, my latest acquisition, earlier than anticipated! by 2 weeks!




Where I was Saturday, fishing the day away:


And finally, my first actual home cooked meal of my apartment! And by that i mean made from scratch dinner, Sicilian Tomato soup!

That's great you got other co-workers who can appreciate, D-Max! I had one other who did (she loved Bayverse Optimus Prime), but no G1ers like me.

I gotta say the new Grimlock looks perfect -- I have a special place in mah heart for the original....but he had stick legs lol

I love tomato soup! Homemade is even better.

So my deskbot tradition is starting up in full. Today's desk bot was good ole TM2 Chopperface:




Then I learned that my MPM-05 is actually a KO. guy didn't say anything in the listings, and now I feel rotten and angry with him. Helps explain my roof tabbing issue as well as the shoulders.

And then I pre-ordered this. I was going to need to get something in June to ship the Falcon free, and this is it. I only have a single upgrade kit, for FoC Ruination, and that was because it was half off and I love Ruination enough to want to see him excel. And the same goes for Volcanicus: I love the idea, and this is one of the very few I want to see make his peak (pic is a link)



And finally, I am moving stuff around again because I still am not happy with where things are. Here is the Legendary Warriors shelf, which I am still very proud of as it gets better and better to me:



It has a lot of Optimus', Rodimus', my Alpha Trion, my Elita-1, some Grimlocks, and Metalhawk and some tiny dudes from Japanese source material. I love it.

Damn dude! How'd you figure out Barry was a KO?

And yes, that Dinoset blow PE's out of the water! I'm down

That Volcanicus upgraded looks fantastic -- almost makes me wanna hunt all of 'em down now....!

Sorry to hear about the falsely advertised MPM-05 -- not cool, D-Max. :/

As soon as I ordered MP36 from HLJ, I got obsessed with checking for signs of KO....and he's legit, as expected, from HLJ.

shajaki wrote:Damn dude! How'd you figure out Barry was a KO?

And yes, that Dinoset blow PE's out of the water! I'm down

Densh passed on the word that EBay was full of KOs, which how they have knocked off an MP so quickly when he hasn't even been widely available for more than 2 months or so baffles me, and I used that guide in the MPM5 thread to find out my trunk had the wonky stickers.

And that dinoset is the bomb guys!!!

Now, onto the the past weekend which featured a lot of of cool stuff!!!

up first, Quite Possibly my most random haul ever:



RiD Galvatron complete, RTS Solar Storm Grapple complete, Thrilling 30 Waspinator (came mint), Prime Knockout (came mint), generations Thunderwing, and RiD 2001 Dark Scream, all complete.

RiD Galvatron came from a seller in the Facebook group I'm part of, and for $35, I could not pass up a complete version of this guy.

The other 5 came from a local nerd shop I discovered with my girlfriend saturday. Also found a comic store and bought some old Beast Wars TPBs, LL volume 2, and the Allspark Almanac.

All 6 figures between them, including tax and shipping in Galvatron's case, cost me $148. Can't beat it really.

up next, we got some desk bots! I love the SG Rod sass, and Tigerhawk in general. My one boss really likes stopping on his way in to see who deskbot of the day is





My girlfriend was up for the whole weekend, we did a one off fancy dinner Friday (too expensive and we both like unhealthy American food too much to do it again), went to the Zoo with my sister and her Boyfriend saturday, where I bought a raptor claw that I now wear all the time, including to work! Then came the adventures where I found the figures above, and then Sunday we made homemade pizza, complete with basil and a drizzle of Arizona ranch, and it was the best homemade pizza I have ever had.

Anyway, pictures! Beware, my ugly mug is in several of them, as I met and talked with Cheetor and saw Rhinox. and we rode a turtle like noble knights (or at least I did...)





I love how the jellyfish make a nice background here:


Knights!!


Pizza!!

Dayum! That pizza DOES look great!

Awesome haul D!

Be careful at that geek shop.

Cobotron wrote:Dayum! That pizza DOES look great!

Awesome haul D!

Be careful at that geek shop.

I need to make sure i go there sparingly, just in case. They had a mint and a loose/complete Sky Shadow from Thunderwing, but I figured I already had the great leader, so I was good. They also had CW guys, T30 Sky Byte, T30 Dreadwing, and others. They also had a broken Gobot.

And that comic store? They had some wave 1 TR as well as 3 CW deluxe Grooves!

Great hauls, D-Max!! You & the gf look like you're having fun.

A few pictures of the new guys! Thunderwing has actually proven to be very addicting and fun, which is funny considering he was the cheapest and he is the one who has the least amount of robot/alt mode parts crossover. But he's great! He was deskbot on Tuesday!

And then Devil Gigatron, oh my how great he is with all his parts. One thing I really love about Beastformers: getting all the extra limbs involved.




I also found Grapple to be quite fun, i like making the Thew joke about how just because he is an architect doesn't mean he needs to look like a building.

Once Darkscream is back together he will be great too. His robot mode is very appealing for some reason, and I love squirrels.

Knockout is sexy, and that is that.

Waspinator is fun in robot mode, he'll look good once I organize my shelves like I've been meaning to for almost a week since I moved some things around to get the bots all in one room. grrr motivation!

You know, that Thunderwing has been a back and forth sale or no sale deskbot for quite some time. I also picked him up cheap, I think $12 shipped MOSC!! Devil Gigatron looks awesome. I've gone back and forth on that guy a lot.

itscramtastic wrote:You know, that Thunderwing has been a back and forth sale or no sale deskbot for quite some time. I also picked him up cheap, I think $12 shipped MOSC!! Devil Gigatron looks awesome. I've gone back and forth on that guy a lot.

$12 is exactly how much I spent on Thunderwing! He is pretty swell, as is Gigatron.

And now, for today's deskbot: Grapple! I find it really funny that he can sort of wield his crane as a gatling gun. He really is a fun figure, and I'm glad I got this mold for a character.

Nice score for $12 D-Max!!

Ah, Solar Storm Grapple. What a cool figure. He lives with Cobotron now.

Great bargains D-Max! That Grapple looks good.

I was going to get that Thunderwing but then got lucky in obtaining the G1 original for a bargain. Not even close to $12, but still decent....even if he was missing his cyclone gun. That thing goes for about $50+ alone. >_<