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News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Henkei Dirge and Thrust arrived in the mail today. So happy!

News Credits: 6 · Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:19 am

Went hunting for Ratchet at a Target we don't usually hit. Their Universe Deluxes were $6, but no Ratchet.

Actually found Hotshot, thought about getting him, reflected on the few episodes of Armada I saw, and promptly changed my mind.

They still had a Dinobot though and I had told myself that in the event I found him excessively clearanced I'd overlook the bad coloring and the adult-toy packed in as a sword on the basis that he was one of my favorite Beast Wars characters, so I finally bought him.

Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:19 am

I can finally cross Liokaiser off my list! Woo Hoo!

(open the image in a new window to see the whole thing

)

& compared to his foe from Victory, I wonder which Gestalt is a better figure?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:00 pm

I just picked up 25th anniversary Hound.

News Credits: 23 · Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:25 pm

Picked up Unv Ratchet last week, and online purchased Henkeis' Cyclonus and HotShot today as well as won an ebay auction for Cyb Wing Saber today as well. Good haul. Now I gotta stop spending before Botcon....Grrrrr!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:10 am

TFU countdown(full of win, but needs a bigger gun)

News Credits: 1 · Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:29 pm

Henkei Dirge/ Thrust :grin:

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:54 pm

ionacus wrote:TFU countdown(full of win, but needs a bigger gun)

you mean that big thing on his right shoulder isn't big enough?
:wink:

Anyway, for today's haul...technically some of it was yesterday, but post office left the pink slip so I'm posting today:

U2.0 Smokescrean - mostly on impulse, but glad i did it because he turned out cool.

U2.0 SE-04 Overkill - because I really liked the Classics Grimlock mold (and this repaint of it), and I really wanted to keep one of this one loose and another MISB. (One I picked up from the post office today is gonna be the MISB one.)

Star Wars 3 3/4" action figure base pack - because Hasbro quit packing the bases in with the figures when the 30th Anniversary line ended, and while I'm not likely gonna use them all any time soon (i don't think) there's figures from Clone Wars, Legacy Collection, and Build-A-Droid that I really want to have bases. (ordered these with the second overkill.)

G.I. Joe Hall of Heroes Zartan - Really feel like my Animated Oil Slick aughta have Zartan as a rider in motorcycle mode, and the HOH edition was up for pre-order when I picked up my first U2.0 Overkill. Finally came today.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Energon Omega Sentinel. Very nice fig!!

Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:25 pm

i just got the TFA accesory pack from BBTS and today i ordered henkei thrust

News Credits: 1 · Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:48 am

TFA Swindle. Very cool, but he keeps trying to sell my own toys back to me

News Credits: 1 · Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:53 pm

Autoclot wrote:TFA Swindle. Very cool, but he keeps trying to sell my own toys back to me

Nice one! i'd fall for that cunning trick :mrgreen:

News Credits: 1 · Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:17 pm

i got a huge haul today (well by my standards anyway)

MOSC armada:
hoist
smokescreen
side ways
side swipe
blurr
and thrust

MOSC movie legends optimus prime and megatron

cybertron mini optimus prime

MOSC r.i.d.
ironhide + mirage
w.a.r.s. +crosswise
x-brawn + scourge
prowl 2 + side swipe
hotshot + r.e.v.
mini optimus prime
mini ultra magnus
full ruination set

and all parts of energon micromaster devastaton all MOSC
for only £35

EDIT: also ordered the legacy of bumblebee set of ebay for £32

Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:27 am

Some figures I should have picked up ages ago...

& I wasn't planning on acquiring these guys... but...

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:09 am

They finally arrived!!! I ordered both Classic trailers for the classic primes and they are really awesome! I ordered mine thru TFSource. The trailers open in a very different design and even have storage compartments for the hand blasters!

The roller figure is the rear tires for the trailer and can be detached. For me is was a well spent $100 bucks for the two trailers! Highly Recommend These Two Trailers!

Here's the pics:

News Credits: 11 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:12 pm

^Awesome! I wonder when BBTS is going to fill their orders.

Seems like I have a lucky streak every time I go to Seattle. The one Target we visit always has just 1 figure I'm looking for, the very last one on the shelf, and I get there in time to snag it. First trip I got Animated Leader Megatron, second trip Animated Leader Ultra Magnus, and this time I snagged a Universe Inferno.

I gotta say Inferno's one of the best figures in the Universe line, up there with Cyclonus. He's got such an awesomely-detailed old-school-yet-modern aesthetic, along with a very similar transformation to his G1 self. I just love the articulation in the legs as well, and the head sculpt is just amazing. Heck, the whole thing is just amazing. Even my girlfriend said he was a good-looking bot, and she tends to think a lot of TFs look the same. XD

I also really like the pop-out head, the way the black panels fold up to make his back, and the way his knees and ankles are made. Very good. I don't even mind that he doesn't have a ladder, I think the water cannon looks really cool.

Only flaws I could think of would be that they could've done something better with the bumper in bot mode, especially since they have such a clever system for hiding the wheels, and all the folding panels could click in better in truck mode.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:40 pm

I got TRU Darkwind today, and considering that I passed on Silverbolt I really like the figure.

But I couldn't find Countdown :-(

News Credits: 12 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:47 pm

Firebird wrote:I got TRU Darkwind today, and considering that I passed on Silverbolt I really like the figure.

But I couldn't find Countdown

I cant find hime either i want one then im done with universe 2.0 :sad:

News Credits: 11 · Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:55 pm

Got my Purple Animated Shockwave set in the mail yesterday.

He looks cool, but I'm slightly disappointed, he's really fiddly and some of the joints are loose, especially the neck. There's some pretty cool engineering in this fig, but I think it would've turned out better if it wasn't a quadruple changer. But I know it has to be because of the show. Oh well, still looks awesome next to the other Decepticons. Now I have an extra Bumblebee...

3 Animated figs left to go! Skywarp, Wreck-Gar & Arcee and then I'm done! Pretty close to wrapping up Universe too.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:52 pm

Today I got Henkei Sunstreaker. (I really wanted the chrome spoiler, engine and gun. His rich yellow color is very G1 accurate. Love this fig.

Also, I orderd a botcon 07 t-shirt from TFCC for $5.70 total and it arrived today. Sweet shirt. I know what I'm wearing tomorrow lol.