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News Credits: 295 · Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:15 am

Starscream looks like a moth. (I mean this in a good way, bugs are cool)

Though a fighter jet with legs is pretty hilarious.

News Credits: 25 · Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:08 am

MP Star Saber arrived yesterday. Holy cow, but he is a big sumabich.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:38 am

william-james88 wrote:Found Platinum Liokaiser being liquidated for $66 USD today so I went for it

Neat! I must be honest, I don't think the set works as Liokaiser (too small, too repainty etc), but I still think it looks pretty cool as a set of Decepticon grunts.

Also, is that a G1 Liokaiser set I see with them? :shock:

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:55 pm

While there was no sign of anything Titans return related, check out what hit my Walmart:

I opened that Hound right out of the store. Only TF I have ever done that to, so I had to do a Densh with it. He's so damn fudging sunova beeetchin' cute! I'll share my thoughts about all 3 later in the Last Knight thread, but all 3 are amazing and I love them all.

News Credits: 42 · Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:09 pm

carytheone wrote:
I install/service POS printers and such

I don't care for my printer that much either, but that is brilliant! Install a POS printer so you have to keep coming back and servicing it. Cha-Ching!
:-D

News Credits: 25 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:46 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I had to do a Densh

I always a prove of doing a Densh! :-P

To stay on point, here is a pic of Saber

My wife picked up this guy for me, too:

Not a figure I would have bougjt, but it's a Prime for the Prime shelf.

News Credits: 19 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:19 am

Got me Prime and I loves it. I'll love it even more when I've painted more accurate bits on and I expect reprolabels to sort out the missing robot mode flames.

Love Barricade too. Again needs a bit extra paint and possibly reprolabels. And would it really have hurt Hasbro to put a joint in that car roof to fold up that backpack? But yes I like this figure too.

And not usually into cute or blind bagged stuff but bought a tiny turbo and quite pleased with adorkable lil Screamy.

Just noticed I've posed Optimus in the exact same way (with sword and shield) as MattyCollector Lion-O behind them. :O

Gonna use this Dark Optimus redeco pic posted elsewhere on this site as a reference for painting my Prime. Except without the purple cos mine's a nice dude.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:45 pm

I found these small bots at a thrift shop and got them thinking they were minicons. But they turn out to be G1 of some kind, right? I am not familiar with them. Go a good deal on that power rangers action figure. That is so smart of them. Since the monsters always grow to confron the megazord, the monster action figures get extra playability by also making acton figures of the zords to simulate their battles too.

News Credits: 191 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:59 pm

Oh shoot, I had the Universe Constructicon repaints of those when I was younger! They're some of the Micromaster Combiners; part of Sixbuilder.

News Credits: 25 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:20 pm

These fine fellas showed up in the mail today.

News Credits: 293 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:23 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:These fine fellas showed up in the mail today.

Bravo

Pretty late to the party though. Why the wait? Or did you already own them, and these are re-buys?

News Credits: 293 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:27 pm

So I got these two yesterday.

Slash remains... not good but Barricade is all kinds of wonderful

News Credits: 101 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:46 pm

Thanks to the 25% off sale at TrU, I finally got myself a TLK deluxe Barricade. I would have regretted paying 30$CAN for it, but at 22$CAN, it's fair. In the end Barricade is a GREAT figure. I had fun figuring out the transformation and even though it appear to lack paint, the thing is in fact painted all over. Truly a worthwhile figure.

Also, got some blindbags at 3$ instead of 4$. Got Sideswipe, Black Bee, and Hound at last. Hound is awesome.

I took a page from Will's book-O-savings and I got around 12$ refunded for my previous Optimus. I had to nag the cashier a bit but I also got my rainchecks for 3 deluxes and 3 voyagers. ;)^

News Credits: 25 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:13 pm

shajaki wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:These fine fellas showed up in the mail today.
Bravo

Pretty late to the party though. Why the wait? Or did you already own them, and these are re-buys?

I owned, and sold, the Hasbro releases. I also have (and am selling) the G2 version. I just got to looking at pictures one day and realized that Takara really did the best job on these guys. So I'm in the process of going all UW. Defensor and Superion are here, now to go after Bruticus and Menasor.

Carnivius_Prime wrote::)

Damn, this makes me want to go hunt down some Thundercat figures. :-D

News Credits: 23 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:16 pm

got this piece of crap yesterday
also got black shadow in the corner

News Credits: 9 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:17 pm

Got TLK Deluxe Barricade and Legion Barricade. The Deluxes are $5 more

News Credits: 1646 · Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:00 pm

Everyone is getting the Prime, the Barricade, and the tiny dudes!!! I likes!!!

News Credits: 19 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:11 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Everyone is getting the Prime, the Barricade, and the tiny dudes!!! I likes!!!

Prime and Barry cos they're the most popular characters and are brand new molds. If they'd released that shiny new deluxe Bumblebee now instead of that barely painted AoE redeco he'd be appearing in this thread a lot too I reckon.

Are voyager Megatron and Hound in wave 2? I ask cos pics of Megs often show up in listings for voyagers alongside Grimlock and Prime but Hound doesn't but I haven't seen any sign of Megatron in shops.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:39 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:If they'd released that shiny new deluxe Bumblebee now instead of that barely painted AoE redeco he'd be appearing in this thread a lot too I reckon.

New Bumblebee mold? Now I know not to waste my money on that one! Can I see pics of the new Bumblebee mold? Also is Slash a redeco?

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 19 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:44 am

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:If they'd released that shiny new deluxe Bumblebee now instead of that barely painted AoE redeco he'd be appearing in this thread a lot too I reckon.

New Bumblebee mold? Now I know not to waste my money on that one! Can I see pics of the new Bumblebee mold? Also is Slash a redeco?

yes Slash is a redeco of his AoE toy in silver instead of the garish colours he was before.

Still haven't seen any proper photos of the new Bee but the CG render is

And this instruction sheet bit showing his arm cannon is a seperate alternate part that stores away when not in use.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:27 am

Yay! A Bumblebee with 2 hands!

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 19 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:31 am

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:Yay! A Bumblebee with 2 hands!

Previous deluxes have had two hands too. In some cases the hand folds away to reveal a thin cannon like on the AoE figure. The changable hand/cannon here means we get a chunkier, more badass gun.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:17 am

FSS 5.0 Megatron and Optimus arrived yesterday. Prime is amazing, but my Megatron has a defective Spacewarp and I'm gonna have to call funpub about it, sigh.

Picked up Crashbash and Legion-class Springload today. They're nifty little bastards.