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[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Ordering on online shippings always too darn high!

As much as it pains me to say this ... Premium Collectables. Order Fortress Maximus through them and shipping will be free.

Devastator wasn't $300 btw, you seriously got stooged on that. He was closer to around $200-$220. I can't recall (because I went with the Takara version as I didn't expect to find him locally) but Metroxplex was around the $150. So I would imagine Fortress Maximus to be no more than $200. You might even be able to catch him in a sale and save a few more dollars.

Burn wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Ordering on online shippings always too darn high!

As much as it pains me to say this ... Premium Collectables. Order Fortress Maximus through them and shipping will be free.

Devastator wasn't $300 btw, you seriously got stooged on that. He was closer to around $200-$220. I can't recall (because I went with the Takara version as I didn't expect to find him locally) but Metroxplex was around the $150. So I would imagine Fortress Maximus to be no more than $200. You might even be able to catch him in a sale and save a few more dollars.

You mean...the retail prices I have here aren't even the real ones?

speaking of Fort Max....i didn't know that you could remove his shin cannons & place them elsewhere on him, nice touch that

i'm still a bit miffed that he doesn't have hip cannons though

anywhoo....my list of figs that i would like to get from this line

Fort Max
HardHead
Galvatron
PM Prime
Wheelie
Nightbeat
&
Blaster

Wolfwire's wolf form still bugs me. It just looks kinda goofy. Body and head and tail look fine. It's the legs and particularly the overly chunky paws that ruin it for me.


Hm. How can I get Scrounge without buying a huge combiner I do not want? The Smelting Pool is one of those stories that really stuck with me since childhood so I always been fond of the lil guy.

Wolfwire eh?

Worst name ever.

MGrotusque wrote:Wolfwire eh?

Worst name ever.

Not as bad as Salt Man Z.

MGrotusque wrote:Wolfwire eh?

Worst name ever.

Yeah, but you don't have to call him that when you've bought him. Just like all the other name changes. I still call all non-matrix-enhanced Rodimus figures as Hot Rod no matter what it says on the box. Although I have to admit I kinda like the name Skrapnel more than Shrapnel.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Skullcruncher: no
Wolfwire: no
Mindwipe: no

What do you have against animals D-Max?

Apeface: Yes

Well at least you havent gone completely off the rails

Just kidding get what you like and like what you get

Burn wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Ordering on online shippings always too darn high!

As much as it pains me to say this ... Premium Collectables. Order Fortress Maximus through them and shipping will be free.

Devastator wasn't $300 btw, you seriously got stooged on that. He was closer to around $200-$220. I can't recall (because I went with the Takara version as I didn't expect to find him locally) but Metroxplex was around the $150. So I would imagine Fortress Maximus to be no more than $200. You might even be able to catch him in a sale and save a few more dollars.

I got Hasbro Dev for $160 shipped(Amazon or HTS, I don't recall which), but that was in the US. I wouldn't expect Fort Max would be any higher than that.

to me....i'd rather prob get Hulkie instead of Dev! mind you....the price seems to be about the same for both figures! i think it's a matter of space....rather than the actual fig itself

Hulkie? What are you on about stu?

ZeroWolf wrote:Hulkie? What are you on about stu?

Hulkie is a legends scale third party devastator. Not entirely sure what it has to do with this thread but I've come to expect stuff like this from him

ZeroWolf wrote:Hulkie? What are you on about stu?

It's DX9's Legends scale Devastator. He's pretty sweet AFAIK (No partsforming at all, good articulation, solid plastic etc).

Ah thanks guys that makes sense now and you're right syg, it has nothing to do with this...wonder if he put it in the wrong thread.

I mean all things considering, if I want to spend that kind of money I want something to show for it, not a legend sized toy.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, you guys are gonna be having some expensive months ahead of you

Not too expensive when compared to what the other options are:

Thanks to a staff member, I've received a personal demonstration confirming that Galvatron's head can turn with the crown on.

Autobot N wrote:Thanks to a staff member, I've received a personal demonstration confirming that Galvatron's head can turn with the crown on.

Pretty sure this was demonstrated way back at nycc, I don't know why everyone was doubting it. Is his titan master still unpainted though?

steals_your_goats wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Thanks to a staff member, I've received a personal demonstration confirming that Galvatron's head can turn with the crown on.

Pretty sure this was demonstrated way back at nycc, I don't know why everyone was doubting it. Is his titan master still unpainted though?

I'm pretty sure it was painted.

Autobot N wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Thanks to a staff member, I've received a personal demonstration confirming that Galvatron's head can turn with the crown on.

Pretty sure this was demonstrated way back at nycc, I don't know why everyone was doubting it. Is his titan master still unpainted though?

I'm pretty sure it was painted.

Okay cool so there's still some hope.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Wolfwire's wolf form still bugs me. It just looks kinda goofy. Body and head and tail look fine. It's the legs and particularly the overly chunky paws that ruin it for me.

Wolves actually have much bigger paws than domesticated dogs, so the "chunky" paws on Weirdwolf aren't all that odd when you know that.

Lists? Lists? LISTS!

Fort Max - no
Alpha Trion - no
Highbrow - no
Blurr - no
Astrotrain - no
Mindwi.... y'know this is getting dull, I'm just going to posts the yeses:

purple T. rex Vos-looking guy - yes
Gorilla Jet - yes

Maaaaaybe Flywheels if the little guys turn out to be a lot of fun, or maybe not. Meh.

Too lazy for a list, so I'll just sum it up.
YES
Rewind and Chromedome (Because...Rewind and Chromedome. I mean, c'mon.)
Takara Fort Max
Wolfwire
Highbrow
Galvatron

MAYBE
Hardhead
Mindwipe
Takara Blurr

Sigma Magnus wrote:Too lazy for a list, so I'll just sum it up.
YES
Rewind and Chromedome (Because...Rewind and Chromedome. I mean, c'mon.)
Takara Fort Max
Wolfwire
Highbrow
Galvatron

MAYBE
Hardhead
Mindwipe
Takara Blurr

I will second that list minus Wolfwire and Mindwipe...'nuff said!

Aw, Brawn is going to be a Titan Master head? That's really kinda disappointing to hear. But that Wiredwolf who will always be Weirdwolf to me is a must buy. He was my first headmaster.

Kinda disappointed though no Combiner Wars Jazz, Bluestreak, or Sideswipe (though Botcon saddened me with the news of that Ratchet because he'll probably now be taken off the table. I hope not though)

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Wolfwire's wolf form still bugs me. It just looks kinda goofy. Body and head and tail look fine. It's the legs and particularly the overly chunky paws that ruin it for me.

Wolves actually have much bigger paws than domesticated dogs, so the "chunky" paws on Weirdwolf aren't all that odd when you know that.

Not that big. It just looks a bit too cartoony for my tastes. The third-party Weirdwolf shown above has better legs. Eh I still might get him anyways and paint one as Carnivac as it should be an improvement on the Cybertron Snarl I own that I also repainted as Carnivac. And I might get another to repaint as a Siberian Husky like my family dog whom I still very much miss.