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D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:No need to watch everyone.

BLASPHEMY!

If you haven't watched all of them, you're doing it wrong.

And by it I mean life.

Where and when did I say this???

Here!

Ah I see. show me the error of my ways Cram!

Also, just got a notification that I have a package....

Glad to be of service Also, stuff and things have arrived?!

3 days early, but what do I care??

KABLAMOW!

Nice POW acquisition ZAP D-Max!

Haha, called it

of course you made it too easy

Thanks Boss Doc!!

carytheone wrote:Haha, called it

of course you made it too easy

Next time I'll make the guessing game a bit tougher. Gotta actually give you a challenge. and I honestly didn't know how many people would actually try

Well congrats on a dope figure. He's very cool and a lot of fun.

I find a challenge like that hard to pass up.

How bout this one Cary:

a bot from one of the greatest transformers molds of all time that has little characterization and even less room to fit in his box?

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:How bout this one Cary:

a bot from one of the greatest transformers molds of all time that has little characterization and even less room to fit in his box?

That's more of a riddle than a mystery. I can peice together stuff but I suck at riddles.

Greatest mold narrows it down to every line released in the last 30yrs and is very subjective.

We know he is a big fella and is kinda uninteresting.

Ultra Magnus is my first choice, but he got more interesting as of late. Not sure if any variation of his guy would be considered the greatest mold ever.

Gen Metroplex literally shipped with some assembly required, but I doubt he's considered on anyones greatest list. But other than being big he has little characterization.

In that vein, G1 Fort Max comes to mind. Another big guy that to the best of my knowledge isn't all that well fleshed out.

Maybe one of those crazy 6 changers.

I have a huge void in my toy knowledge that spans from after G1 to Prime, so this is going be tough.

I fell you're keeping it simple and this is a g1 toy.

Any hints that won't give it away?

It is a toy that has been released in this decade and is not that large scale wise like you were mentioning but in other ways. Optibotimus is really the only one who did not like the figure that much in its original incarnation.

Try that

You got me man. I don't watch ol optibotimus.

carytheone wrote:You got me man. I don't watch ol optibotimus.

I don't really much anymore, but I was when this guy came out.

Another hint, and this time you should nail it: he had a gimmick that some titans return guys are now doing as well

First thought was head master, Brainstorm. Nah red herring and not the greatest mold evah.

So then I got to thinking what is the other gimmick in TR...














Lack of paint

Oh jeez, now we're talking combiner war figures.














I kid, I kid







So another gimmick from TR, triple changing and this is brings us full circle to what you meant by original form not fitting in his box.






Getting warm aren't I?




Give me a sec to snap a pic with my final answer.

I think you may have it. I am waiting patiently young grasshopper

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I think you may have it. I am waiting patiently young grasshopper

Young? Why thanks

Anyway, for one million dollars - my final answer is....
























































Ok, my real answer is:




































Bet cha were expecting Springer huh? Well that's just too silly for me

Jeez I blew those photos out. I made some changes to my setup and I still haven't gotten a grasp on the lighting yet. Last night they were too dark, tonight to bright. The camera display cannot be trusted.

Very good job Cary, knew you had it in you!

And yeah, the camera looks a bit screwy there. Set up is very moody this week I guess

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Very good job Cary, knew you had it in you!

Well, you kinda just gave it too me in the end. Thanks for the pitty

Yeah, the camera looks a bit screwy there. Set up is very moody this week I guess

Yeah a bit. I just over exposed the pics. I added some diffusing sheets and I haven't gotten used to them yet. Practice makes perfect or at least good enough for me.

Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

I probably can never get him however.

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

I probably can never get him however.

Eh, never say never.

*musically: "on the bay of Eeeeeeee, browsing through my favorite category!"

Ebay has helped get ahold of toys I never thought I'd own. Just gotta wait a bit Silly, you can go hunting and harvesting soon

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

I probably can never get him however.

Eh, never say never.

*musically: "on the bay of Eeeeeeee, browsing through my favorite category!"

Ebay has helped get ahold of toys I never thought I'd own. Just gotta wait a bit Silly, you can go hunting and harvesting soon

Might go that route sometime, though I'd prefer to go Transformerland since I trust them more on quality stuff. They inspect figures that have been removed from packaging, and just makes it more comfortable to purchase.

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

I probably can never get him however.

Eh, never say never.

*musically: "on the bay of Eeeeeeee, browsing through my favorite category!"

Ebay has helped get ahold of toys I never thought I'd own. Just gotta wait a bit Silly, you can go hunting and harvesting soon

Might go that route sometime, though I'd prefer to go Transformerland since I trust them more on quality stuff. They inspect figures that have been removed from packaging, and just makes it more comfortable to purchase.

Eh, that's why I always thoroughly check stuff on ebay. I usually prefer to avoid out of package purchases anyway, I think I've only every got 5 figures ever out of the package

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Actually, even though I already have Springer, I would love to get Sandstorm. He looks pretty boss.

I'm trying to get him now. Unfortunately I'm trying to wait until next week so hopefully the one I'm watching stays put!

I probably can never get him however.

Eh, never say never.

*musically: "on the bay of Eeeeeeee, browsing through my favorite category!"

Ebay has helped get ahold of toys I never thought I'd own. Just gotta wait a bit Silly, you can go hunting and harvesting soon

Might go that route sometime, though I'd prefer to go Transformerland since I trust them more on quality stuff. They inspect figures that have been removed from packaging, and just makes it more comfortable to purchase.

Eh, that's why I always thoroughly check stuff on ebay. I usually prefer to avoid out of package purchases anyway, I think I've only every got 5 figures ever out of the package

I buy stuff I never thought I'd get/find/afford all the time because of that. Patience.

On my eBay account, I have something like 50 saved searches. Stuff pops up all the time (I have to check it twice a day otherwise it piles up) but I only buy if the price is truly right or quite a steal. This might be why my hauls are always so random. Right now, there's some 3P MP's on my hit list, and finishing off my TFC Predaking, but I constantly get sidetracked with stuff I've been hunting for years that randomly pop up for that "OMG" price.

Speaking of random.... just scored a set of Botcon 2016 Magnaboss stickers for $7.50 with free shipping about 15 minutes ago. Now gotta figure out what to do with them.

I already have an extra Prowl that is currently an arm with the other Prowl, but not sure what to do. The 4 "leftover" limbs I have are 2 Prowls, Ironhide and Wheeljack all attached to Optimus Maximus/Sky Reign depending what I'm feeling at the time, plus a spare Sunstreaker on the lost light shelf where Trailbreaker, Hound, Smoke and mirage are combined with Cyclonus. What to do...

Maybe buy an extra Silverbolt and Ironhide, but then what for the remaining limbs? Trying to figure out how to make a Magnaboss

I heard somewhere, maybe on the podcast, that Scattershot makes a pretty good torso for Magnaboss. That way you'll at least have two different bots. Limbs are pretty much up to personal preference.