The Energon Pub

[-Kanrabat-]

Even when I paid for the premium EMS shipping service, my Mandarake box is still held up in Japan Post Limbo after 3 weeks!

All thanks to The Coof panic.

[Emerje]

Even when I paid for the premium EMS shipping service, my Mandarake box is still held up in Japan Post Limbo after 3 weeks!

All thanks to The Coof panic.

At least you have EMS, AIR and DHL options, they can't ship to the US at all right now aside from DHL, but that's more of a last resort only usable for large items. Driving me crazy because they've been listing some amazing Transformers deals lately. Oh well, dumped another $150 on Transformerland instead, probably be here in a week.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Let's hope in Japan, some post office employee didn't just threw my box on the US pile because "Canada, USA, same burgers".

[Emerje]

Let's hope in Japan, some post office employee didn't just threw my box on the US pile because "Canada, USA, same burgers".

To be fair I had a package ship April 7 via AIR from AmiAmi before Japan started limiting shipments and it's still sitting in Tokyo. I just had a package shipped SAL in mid March (about 8 weeks ago) arrive this week.

Emerje

[TF-fan kev777]

Found these two at Walmart getting groceries this morning. Trademarks be damned, Decepticon Mirage is going to be Crasher for my collection.

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[Zeedust]

Even when I paid for the premium EMS shipping service, my Mandarake box is still held up in Japan Post Limbo after 3 weeks!

All thanks to The Coof panic.

Three weeks? Come back to me when it's three months. Because that's how much Hasbro China delayed Lobclaw and Kraken, and guess who it turns out was supplying the place I preordered them from? Allegedly they'll get them either this month or next month, but at this rate I'm not sure I'll EVER get them.

[william-james88]

Even when I paid for the premium EMS shipping service, my Mandarake box is still held up in Japan Post Limbo after 3 weeks!

All thanks to The Coof panic.

Three weeks? Come back to me when it's three months. Because that's how much Hasbro China delayed Lobclaw and Kraken, and guess who it turns out was supplying the place I preordered them from? Allegedly they'll get them either this month or next month, but at this rate I'm not sure I'll EVER get them.

My Leader SS Prime (which I gave up looking for at retail and bought online) took a month to get from China once it actually shipped.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Picked up another parts lot, which helps complete my Cybertron Buzzsaw, gave my adventure Swoop a mace, and has me only 1 piece away from finishing Wolfang!

On Wolfang, if anyone has a mutant mask, I am willing and eager to take it off your hands

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Congrats on your parts haul!

[Zeedust]

Even when I paid for the premium EMS shipping service, my Mandarake box is still held up in Japan Post Limbo after 3 weeks!

All thanks to The Coof panic.

Three weeks? Come back to me when it's three months. Because that's how much Hasbro China delayed Lobclaw and Kraken, and guess who it turns out was supplying the place I preordered them from? Allegedly they'll get them either this month or next month, but at this rate I'm not sure I'll EVER get them.

My Leader SS Prime (which I gave up looking for at retail and bought online) took a month to get from China once it actually shipped.

...Great. Another month on top of that. Just what I anted to hear.

[Emerje]

Not a toy itself, but Transformers Manga vol 2 came today from Amazon. I totally forgot it was being released today. Also in the box was an Earthrise Smashdown that I ordered but wasn't expecting to show up like this. I had actually ordered it with some vitamins last Friday with the understanding that health products were getting priority handling so I thought I would get Smashdown earlier by ordering them together. It still worked out, somehow, though the vitamins wont be coming until Friday.

Emerje

[Extork Trion]

I was surprised to find Sentinal Prime and Scrapper last weekend. It was at Target. But it’s ok because I was picking up some essential beer in the first place. Anyways, I’m really having fun with both of them. Really fun to transform. Sentinal’s back peg can be a pain, but not too bad. Some reviews were saying there should be more paint for the vehicle mode. I agree, but it doesn’t bother me too much. I missed out on the voyager and leader from back then, so this is huge for me. Scrapper is great too. His ‘just smelled poop face’. I don’t really have any complaints with him. I’d recommend both of them. Maybe I’m biased though. Hey, I’ve seen that some of you are looking for Beast Wars. I’m not willing to sell, but I’ve got a bunch of them. Well, most of them aren’t in great condition, but I could share some pics if you’d like on a different thread.

[JoeIsNotCool]

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Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

[-Kanrabat-]

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Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

Poor 3p haul thread, getting ignored as usual...
unofficial-transformers-3rd-party-ko-toy-haul-thread-t89840.php

[ZeroWolf]

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

[JoeIsNotCool]

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

Had no idea there was another thread, but the blue guy is Universal Studios exclusive Evac. I live in England and this released when I was younger, but glad to finally have my hands on him!

[GeekyGamer Gal]

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Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

I'm jealous of the Evac right now, after going to Universal Studios and not being able to find any of the unique exclusives in the parks/stores/warehouses. That 3P Jazz does look good, and I wonder what it is.

[ZeroWolf]

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

Had no idea there was another thread, but the blue guy is Universal Studios exclusive Evac. I live in England and this released when I was younger, but glad to finally have my hands on him!

Nice! Congrats. We have a UK thread in the sightings part of the forum if you ever see something good on your travels or see good deals on the UK website. I'm a UKian my self

[-Kanrabat-]

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

Had no idea there was another thread, but the blue guy is Universal Studios exclusive Evac. I live in England and this released when I was younger, but glad to finally have my hands on him!

No one know about the 3P haul thread. It's buried under 10 sub-forums. There's must be a way to advertise the thread, somehow.

Also, congrats on Universal Evac! I tend to forget to that DOTM was 9 freaking years ago...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

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Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

Poor 3p haul thread, getting ignored as usual...
unofficial-transformers-3rd-party-ko-toy-haul-thread-t89840.php

It's cool in this case, we long ago established 3P is welcome in this thread so long as it's a mix of official with 3P.

Nice Evac! I got mine from Universal back 3 years ago, it is a gun little figure. I love the alt mode!

[-Kanrabat-]

20200513_143839.jpg

Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

Poor 3p haul thread, getting ignored as usual...
unofficial-transformers-3rd-party-ko-toy-haul-thread-t89840.php

It's cool in this case, we long ago established 3P is welcome in this thread so long as it's a mix of official with 3P.

Nice Evac! I got mine from Universal back 3 years ago, it is a gun little figure. I love the alt mode!

It's more about the fact that the poor thread barely get any traffic despite people buying so much 3P figures.

[JoeIsNotCool]

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Adding some additions to the MP shelf with Maketoys, and getting a life long want of mine for cheap! Good birthday month haul thus far!

Yeah this should be for the official tf toy hauls Who's the blue guy though?

I'm jealous of the Evac right now, after going to Universal Studios and not being able to find any of the unique exclusives in the parks/stores/warehouses. That 3P Jazz does look good, and I wonder what it is.

The Jazz is Maketoys Downbeat, and I'm happy with the Evac too, especially at the price. £20 including shipping, box was damaged!

[Emerje]

Got another big box from Transformer Land. It's a very eclectic mix of figures.

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Buzzsaw here is directly inspired by D-Max's recent purchases, but not just because of that but because I also have all 3 versions of Cyclonus (aside from the Japanese version, not going to worry about that) so this completes the series for me. Only cost $11, it is a little loose but that could be the mold.

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Next is Cybertron Brimstone who I felt was really missing from my collection considering how often he showed up in the cartoon. Pretty simple, but effective transformation, I like it. Paid $15, the right wing is a little loose, but not terribly so.

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Rounding out my Cybertron hauls is Shortround. Not sure why I never got him back in the day, he's a pretty good figure. Just wish you could turn his claws. Cost $10, might pick up Storm Surge at some point, too.

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Generations stealth Megatron I had only seen a few times back in the day, I guess he was popular back then. he's a much more complex figure than I had imagined with a higher than expected parts count, maybe even higher than necessary since some parts like those on the legs move so little it's hardly noticeable. Paid $15, tab doesn't quite tab right, but it doesn't cause too many issues.

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DotM Space Case is a figure I've wanted for a long time. I have a G2 Space Case so this was supposed to be my CHUG version, but I totally missed my chance at release. I remember going to Target to get him specifically, but not seeing him or the other Target exclusives anywhere. I had bought a few things, gone through the checkout and noticed a big display on the other side of the registers of all places in front of the little Pizza Hut they have at the front of the store and Space Case was just sitting there. Not wanting go through the check out again I figured I'd pick him up next week, but when I came back the display was gone and the figures were on the shelves, but Space Case was gone. Paid $14, head still looks like a stress toy to me, but it's such a great mold. I have Deapthcharge, but I still need a Terradive MW Starscream to complete the mold, not sure if I'll get the latter, but I do want it.

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Titans Return Clobber's wave never showed up in my area and online orders were pretty limited by the time I realized he wasn't going to show up. He's one of the few that didn't get a second run either in later waves or revision waves which is pretty crazy considering who he is. Pretty sure Nightbeat got three releases. I have Crashbash and Overboard so I know the mold well, I'm just glad I finally have an entire set of Titan Masters, just wish it didn't cost me $15 to do.

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Titanium Thrust is an attempt to fill some gaps in my Titanium collection, this guy is going with the three main Seekers. I still need a Sunstorm, but the one on Transformer Land was pretty beat up. Paid $15 which felt a little high considering he has a lot of stress marks not mentioned on TFL which scored it a C9 (like most of their listings). Oh well, made up for it with the next item.

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Sealed MIB Titanium War Within Megatron to finally go with WW Optimus Prime. I'll be opening him for the Megatron shelf. Missed out on him the first time around and for only $12 the wait was worth it!

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MIB T30 Arcee is one I only saw once at a Walmart, but I bought Chromia instead at the time thinking Arcee would be easier to find being a figure Hasbro was sure to release several times. They didn't. I ended up ordering the better looking Japanese release (actually ended up with two because I forgot to cancel an order) since aftermarket Hasbro version prices were almost the same as importing. This one only cost $19 because the listing mentioned a smoke odor, but I can't smell anything on it so it's a win for me! If you haven't noticed by now I like to buy every version of certain molds and with this the only use of the Arcee mold I don't have is the one from the Platinum box set so if anyone has one they want to part with for around $20 let me know!

All together after shipping and tax this came to just under $150. Not bad at all.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

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Buzzsaw here is directly inspired by D-Max's recent purchases, but not just because of that but because I also have all 3 versions of Cyclonus (aside from the Japanese version, not going to worry about that) so this completes the series for me. Only cost $11, it is a little loose but that could be the mold.

First off, very nice haul! Lots of goodies in there.

Second, glad my buying could be an inspiration for others Now go find Buzzsaw's micron to finish the set

[Emerje]

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Buzzsaw here is directly inspired by D-Max's recent purchases, but not just because of that but because I also have all 3 versions of Cyclonus (aside from the Japanese version, not going to worry about that) so this completes the series for me. Only cost $11, it is a little loose but that could be the mold.

First off, very nice haul! Lots of goodies in there.

Second, glad my buying could be an inspiration for others Now go find Buzzsaw's micron to finish the set

That's definitely in the plans, but it'll probably have to wait until things get back to normal and I can start checking Japanese sites again.

Emerje