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News Credits: 19 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:32 pm

Black Roritchi is a must for me. I'd done well money wise being able to skip most of the recent selects stuff and despite being too tight to pay £60 for two seeker voyagers I've spent over half of that just on Sandstorm

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:37 pm

Damn, missed on Roritchi on Pulse by seconds. #-o

Woke up, checked Pulse, hit the pre-order button and the next screen said it was sold out. Backed up, hit refresh, now says sold out. So this one sold out at exactly 4pm. Had to go to BBTS and pay the night shift tax on him.

Emerje

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:37 pm

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

After discussing Hotlink's current availability, I now report to you that Red Wing is currently still in stock at TFSource.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:53 pm

well I cancelled my Pulse pre-order for Hothouse and Roritchi, because I can get them Together on BBTS , and save a bit on shipping (even though each item is $2 more on their site). I swear Pulse is going to cancel my account one of these days. I've canceled so many pre-orders because I can get items sooner/cheaper from other places. The only pre-orders I have now are God Neptune, and the Centurion Drone (at the early error price of $19.99), because of course I cant get those anywhere else.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:55 pm

o.supreme wrote:well I cancelled my Pulse pre-order for Hothouse and Roritchi, because I can get them Together on BBTS , and save a bit on shipping (even though each item is $2 more on their site). I swear Pulse is going to cancel my account one of these days. I've canceled so many pre-orders because I can get items sooner/cheaper from other places. The only pre-orders I have now are God Neptune, and the Centurion Drone (at the early error price of $19.99), because of course I cant get those anywhere else.

I just go with TFSource since I can bundle together a whole bunch of orders to get free shipping with no tax (BBTS always charges tax for me and applies it to their $4 shipping cost).

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:00 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:well I cancelled my Pulse pre-order for Hothouse and Roritchi, because I can get them Together on BBTS , and save a bit on shipping (even though each item is $2 more on their site). I swear Pulse is going to cancel my account one of these days. I've canceled so many pre-orders because I can get items sooner/cheaper from other places. The only pre-orders I have now are God Neptune, and the Centurion Drone (at the early error price of $19.99), because of course I cant get those anywhere else.
I just go with TFSource since I can bundle together a whole bunch of orders to get free shipping with no tax (BBTS always charges tax for me and apply it to their $4 shipping cost).

My last experience with TF Source was not good. I Pre-ordered the last 2 Selects Seacons. They took my money upfront, would not let me cancel, and were way late on delivering them.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:03 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:well I cancelled my Pulse pre-order for Hothouse and Roritchi, because I can get them Together on BBTS , and save a bit on shipping (even though each item is $2 more on their site). I swear Pulse is going to cancel my account one of these days. I've canceled so many pre-orders because I can get items sooner/cheaper from other places. The only pre-orders I have now are God Neptune, and the Centurion Drone (at the early error price of $19.99), because of course I cant get those anywhere else.
I just go with TFSource since I can bundle together a whole bunch of orders to get free shipping with no tax (BBTS always charges tax for me and apply it to their $4 shipping cost).

My last experience with TF Source was not good. I Pre-ordered the last 2 Selects Seacons. They took my money upfront, would not let me cancel, and were way late on delivering them.

Did you preorder them with your Stack, or no?

Also, I've learned that it is much safer to use only PayPal rather than using a card when it comes to any online retailers.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:10 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Did you preorder them with your Stack, or no?

I'm not overly familiar with TFSource, if that is an option, it's not up front and center, sounds like an option for multiple orders, whereas I had just one (one order of 2 items)

Sabrblade wrote:Also, I've learned that it is much safer to use only PayPal rather than using a card when it comes to any online retailers.

Absolutely. I had sold some items on eBay, and had a hefty some in my Paypal account, they took it straight from. It's also another reason why I try to refrain form using Pulse. They won't let you use Paypal on pre-orders. It's nice they don't charge you until the item is about to ship but still...

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:20 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Did you preorder them with your Stack, or no?

I'm not overly familiar with TFSource, if that is an option, it's not up front and center, sounds like an option for multiple orders, whereas I had just one (one order of 2 items)

It's basically the TFSource equivalent of BBTS's Pile of Loot. Preordering with your Stack has them only charge you when the items come in stock, and you can cancel preorders before they come in stock. But, once they do come in stock, you will be charged by that point. Plus, your Stack can combine orders to be shipped together in one big package, and if the total cost of items shipped is at least $150, you get free shipping. It is way more convenient than ordering items the old fashioned way with your Cart.

The link to Your Stack right is next to the link to your account on the top-right corner of the site's main menu bar, but only appears after you login. Full information on Order Stacking can be found here.

News Credits: 54 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:47 pm

Sabrblade wrote:After discussing Hotlink's current availability, I now report to you that Red Wing is currently still in stock at TFSource.

Oof, presuming that TFsource is displaying in USD then the 89.99 translates into 118.53 Cad for me.

Thanks for letting me know though I'll see how I feel on the 1'st

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:53 pm

Deadput wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:After discussing Hotlink's current availability, I now report to you that Red Wing is currently still in stock at TFSource.

Oof, presuming that TFsource is displaying in USD then the 89.99 translates into 118.53 Cad for me.

Thanks for letting me know though I'll see how I feel on the 1'st

I would imagine the eBay prices are worse, yeah?

News Credits: 54 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:57 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Deadput wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:After discussing Hotlink's current availability, I now report to you that Red Wing is currently still in stock at TFSource.

Oof, presuming that TFsource is displaying in USD then the 89.99 translates into 118.53 Cad for me.

Thanks for letting me know though I'll see how I feel on the 1'st
I would imagine the eBay prices are worse, yeah?

Probably, I did however see an Amazon listing or something that was about the same price or so fairly recently about a week or 2 ago.

Really hope Hasbro does a rerun of him at some point.

News Credits: 18 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:11 pm

Well that was fast. Emgo just dropped a review for Black Roritchi https://youtu.be/LGUiIcAMdEU

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:50 pm

Immortal Starscream wrote:Well that was fast. Emgo just dropped a review for Black Roritchi https://youtu.be/LGUiIcAMdEU

I usually don't play favorites with YouTube reviewers, but way to go, getting a legit review before the ones who steal samples from the manufacturing center.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:30 pm

Man, ai love the deco on Roritichi. i am on the fence with Fasttrack but I may have to get that

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:43 pm

I'm getting both for sure. Unfortunately it appears Black Roritchi suffers from repaint floppiness of most selects. Prime v Prime just reviewed Fasttrack and the spear mode was pretty firm, whereas on Black Roritchi, as you can see in Emgo's review, the handle is pretty floppy.

That's my main complaint, ever since the line started with Red Swoop and Riccochet. All my Selects (except for the TT Seacons), have been way too floppy. I wish there was a way to fix the ongoing issue.

News Credits: 42 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:35 pm

o.supreme wrote:I'm getting both for sure. Unfortunately it appears Black Roritchi suffers from repaint floppiness of most selects. Prime v Prime just reviewed Fasttrack and the spear mode was pretty firm, whereas on Black Roritchi, as you can see in Emgo's review, the handle is pretty floppy.

That's my main complaint, ever since the line started with Red Swoop and Riccochet. All my Selects (except for the TT Seacons), have been way too floppy. I wish there was a way to fix the ongoing issue.

Which other ones do you have? I have every selects except for Nightbird and Red Swoop is the only one that is really floppy for me. Riccochet has only 1 floppy joint and the others are all on par with the original mold uses. At least for me, maybe I'm just lucky.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:43 pm

Lancer is bad. Cromar, Zetar, and Greasepit are looser than the originals they were modeled after. Thankfully since their parts lock in pretty well, they are not as bad, but still noticible.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:49 pm

o.supreme wrote:Lancer is bad.

Mine's fine. Maybe you got a dud.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:29 pm

Many of you have sent us the review to the newly revealed Generations Selects Black Roritchi from Emgo. You can watch it below. This release is of course extreamly interesting to fans since the existence of this figure hints at the fact that we could get a black redeco of Titan Scorponok, which Roritchi would go with.
You can get this figure right now, we posted that a little earlier today. Let us know if you are getting it and if you have the room for an extra Titan if ever that does happen.

News Credits: 65 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:49 pm

william-james88 wrote:Many of you have sent us the review to the newly revealed Generations Selects Black Roritchi from Emgo. You can watch it below. This release is of course extreamly interesting to fans since the existence of this figure hints at the fact that we could get a black redeco of Titan Scorponok, which Roritchi would go with.
You can get this figure right now, we posted that a little earlier today. Let us know if you are getting it and if you have the room for an extra Titan if ever that does happen.

We could also use a nice recolor of Grand Maximus' Cog, maybe with the incentive Pretender Shell/Decoy Armor for the Gran(d) Headmaster unit that never got produced for the Transformers Legends figure.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:04 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:We could also use a nice recolor of Grand Maximus' Cog, maybe with the incentive Pretender Shell/Decoy Armor for the Gran(d) Headmaster unit that never got produced for the Transformers Legends figure.

That would be great. Until then Aragon is my stand-in for Grand Max's Cog.

News Credits: 65 · Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:08 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:We could also use a nice recolor of Grand Maximus' Cog, maybe with the incentive Pretender Shell/Decoy Armor for the Gran(d) Headmaster unit that never got produced for the Transformers Legends figure.

That would be great. Until then Aragon is my stand-in for Grand Max's Cog.

Well, I'm using my Aragon as...Aragon. I don't want to have to buy another 3-pack just to have a stand-in Cog for Grand Maximus along with another "Invisible" Mirage and Decepticon Impactor. :lol: