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News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue May 10, 2016 10:08 pm

The Doctor... has arrived.

News Credits: 4875 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 12, 2016 6:32 am

The thrift shop had a ton of broken figures, but this one was alright:

News Credits: 2 · by **SureShot18** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:58 am

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Hey man, that is a decent haul. Defensor is my favorite combiner and my favorite combiner wars combiner to date. He is a great toy! I have him on my desk currently. Just saying: Rook works best as an arm.

Also, to make my post relevant, I managed to out-smart someone on Ebay in an auction this afternoon and won a Generations G1 Drift. He'll be here next week!

Nice catch there. I imagine he's going straight to the MTMTE shelf.

I'm interested in getting him eventually but something about him doesn't float my boat. I have the Adventure one from the two pack with Jazz and he works for now.

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:49 pm

SureShot18 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Hey man, that is a decent haul. Defensor is my favorite combiner and my favorite combiner wars combiner to date. He is a great toy! I have him on my desk currently. Just saying: Rook works best as an arm.

Also, to make my post relevant, I managed to out-smart someone on Ebay in an auction this afternoon and won a Generations G1 Drift. He'll be here next week!

Nice catch there. I imagine he's going straight to the MTMTE shelf. I'm interested in getting him eventually but something about him doesn't float my boat. I have the Adventure one from the two pack with Jazz and he works for now.

He is going straight there

I wanted the legends one, but it was too much and I didn't need or want that Jazz. Plus, I really like the look of the original :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu May 12, 2016 5:17 pm

Got myself a deluxe RID Thunderhoof. Unfortunately at full price but he's worth it.

News Credits: 4875 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 12, 2016 6:37 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Got myself a deluxe RID Thunderhoof. Unfortunately at full price but he's worth it.

You didnt want to get quillfire?

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu May 12, 2016 6:54 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Got myself a deluxe RID Thunderhoof. Unfortunately at full price but he's worth it.

You didnt want to get quillfire?

Once I finally got the desire, he was gone...

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:15 pm

I got something! I can participate in this thread again ... for at least a day then it'll be back to waiting an eternity ... I need a raise.

ahem, so ... this is something for the old timers to sit back and go "awwww yeah! G1!" and something educational for kids (I'm looking at you Hellscream, D-Max and Cobotron!)

100% complete Decepticon Pretender Iguanus!

And some other little knob head that the seller threw in for a freebie.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:18 pm

Burn wrote:I got something! I can participate in this thread again ... for at least a day then it'll be back to waiting an eternity ... I need a raise.

ahem, so ... this is something for the old timers to sit back and go "awwww yeah! G1!" and something educational for kids (I'm looking at you Hellscream, D-Max and Cobotron!)

100% complete Decepticon Pretender Iguanus!

And some other little knob head that the seller threw in for a freebie.

I know who he is, he was one of my favorite character designs in Stormbringer, and I saw the original toy in a book on all the G1 toys... I am pretty well versed in G1 toys

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:18 pm

Hey look! A toy that predates me by almost a full decade! :lol:

I can appreciate that. Pretenders are pretty cool. Even brought back to the modern day thanks to that Botcon set! If only they would do more of them :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:20 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Hey look! A toy that predates me by almost a full decade!

I can appreciate that. Pretenders are pretty cool. Even brought back to the modern day thanks to that Botcon set! If only they would do more of them

Those huge backpacks on the tfcc ones look pretty horrid, I always thought that the point of Pretenders was that you didn't necessarily know they were a pretender, the way tfcc does it is almost like cheating

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:22 pm

Dude, I'm a year older than you. >:oP

AWESOME HAUL!! :APPLAUSE:

The goofiness off all of Transformerdom doesn't get any goofier than Pretenders, and I love them for it.

News Credits: 1646 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:24 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Hey look! A toy that predates me by almost a full decade!

I can appreciate that. Pretenders are pretty cool. Even brought back to the modern day thanks to that Botcon set! If only they would do more of them

Those huge backpacks on the tfcc ones look pretty horrid, I always thought that the point of Pretenders was that you didn't necessarily know they were a pretender, the way tfcc does it is almost like cheating

True, but at least they gave it a whirl. If they made an actual pretenders mainline toyline again, they may try harder at least.

Cobotron wrote:Dude, I'm a year older than you.

AWESOME HAUL!!
The goofiness off all of Transformerdom doesn't get any goofier than Pretenders, and I love them for it.

Feel flattered, he called you young dude! :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:28 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:I saw the original toy in a book on all the G1 toys... I am pretty well versed in G1 toys

One is not versed until you have held them in your hands young Padawan.

Cobotron wrote:Dude, I'm a year older than you.

Be silent n00b! :-P

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:33 pm

Burn wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:I saw the original toy in a book on all the G1 toys... I am pretty well versed in G1 toys

One is not versed until you have held them in your hands young Padawan.

Well, if you wanna send him to me, that'd be awesome, I'll gladly verse myself in his glory :-P

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:36 pm

Burn wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Dude, I'm a year older than you.

Be silent n00b!

Get off my lawn!

News Credits: 4875 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:38 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Got myself a deluxe RID Thunderhoof. Unfortunately at full price but he's worth it.

You didnt want to get quillfire?

Once I finally got the desire, he was gone...

Did you check walmart too? There were quite a few of him there. And he's not in the same section as the other tfs. They are i the front instead in a display block that looks like this:

News Credits: 2 · by **Mr Skram** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:51 pm

Burn wrote:I got something! I can participate in this thread again ... for at least a day then it'll be back to waiting an eternity ... I need a raise.

ahem, so ... this is something for the old timers to sit back and go "awwww yeah! G1!" and something educational for kids (I'm looking at you Hellscream, D-Max and Cobotron!)

100% complete Decepticon Pretender Iguanus!

And some other little knob head that the seller threw in for a freebie.

That's awesome! I still have mine, though I think the belt is missing(probably in a tub of action figures in my mom's attic somewhere).

Hate to be a buzzkill, but it's *almost* complete. I don't see any stickers.

Though I wouldn't feel too bad because as a young lad I almost completely misapplied mine! haha :lol:

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:13 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Got myself a deluxe RID Thunderhoof. Unfortunately at full price but he's worth it.

You didnt want to get quillfire?

Once I finally got the desire, he was gone...

Did you check walmart too? There were quite a few of him there. And he's not in the same section as the other tfs. They are i the front instead in a display block that looks like this:

Thunderhoof was bought at my local Walmart. The TF section is baren. My local TrU only have that lame Grimlock. I need to go shop in Montreal it seem.

News Credits: 4875 · by **william-james88** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:15 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Thunderhoof was bought at my local Walmart. The TF section is baren. My local TrU only have that lame Grimlock. I need to go shop in Montreal it seem.

Thats a pic from Alberta.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:52 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, if you wanna send him to me, that'd be awesome, I'll gladly verse myself in his glory

HA! I could probably find a Jazz or Bumblebee, they were pretty common.

Cobotron wrote:Get off my lawn!

Get in the bowl.

Mr Skram wrote:Hate to be a buzzkill, but it's *almost* complete. I don't see any stickers. Though I wouldn't feel too bad because as a young lad I almost completely misapplied mine! haha

I'm just happy to get a Pretender with all his bits and bobs. Stickers are a thing for way down the track.

I should work out which Pretenders I still need to complete the line.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu May 12, 2016 11:12 pm

Cobotron wrote:The goofiness off all of Transformerdom doesn't get any goofier than Pretenders, and I love them for it.

*coughkissplayerscough*

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Fri May 13, 2016 1:01 am

I just transformed Iguanus and something occurred to me.

Pretenders are the fore-fathers of Combiner Wars

"Whaaaaaat? Burn's off his rocker again! Clearly being on holidays and away from people has increased his anxiety levels and he's lost it!"

Yes well that may be partly true, BUT ... take a look at the inner robots. For the most part, they look and transform the same (arms fold over, legs fold up), the only thing that differentiates them is the accessories and that's what changes what they transform into.

Flash forward to Combiner Wars, you have your base structure, of which small things are changed to differentiate the characters.

Old idea given a modern make over.

Don't blame Pretenders for Alpha Bravo though. That's just one seriously **** up joke.