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News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:55 pm

william-james88 wrote:
RhA wrote:For me the last two weeks: MISB Brave J-Decker and Gun Max and MIB CR Brave Maximus. Big stuff!

WOW, that is some cool stuff. I didnt know about the brave toys untill I looked them up. The J Decker you got is that police themed long nose truck plus trailer right? It's interesting how it has practically the same transformation as the RID Warrior Optimus figure. Maybe that was the inspiration for that design

Oh and since I am in the haul thread, I'll post something cute real quick.Look what I found on my doorstep today. I think I will return it to the stork.

It doesn't look like a Transformer, but it may need a change.

J-Decker is based on Star Convoy.The combination with Gun Max and Duke Fire is completely awesome

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 6:31 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:This may be just my OCD acting up, but why do you have Ironhide's front flipped up and Prowl's flipped down? They should both be up! Looks better that way. Or switch Prowl and Trailbreaker.

Prowl and everyone using that mold always have their front flipped down, that's the intentional look of that limb, flipping it up is a fan mode. This is how the instructions show it and how Seibertron has been doing the galleries.

RhA wrote:
J-Decker is based on Star Convoy.The combination with Gun Max and Duke Fire is completely awesome

Yeah, I exchanged the baby, it wasnt what I had ordered from amiami. Anyways, the basis for star convoy makes perfect sense then because that was the beleived basis for RID (2015) Optimus. So yeah, 2 tfs who have the same basis would end up looking quite similar.

Off to my haul, which you might appreciate RhA. I went to my local thrift store again and I SCORED. Major this time. A complete G1 Triggercon Windsweeper. Along with Mcdonalds Armada Hotshot (couldnt resist after the talk on worst intentional combiner). And some baby toys that are usually ridiculously overpriced when bought new. All this for.. 2.99$. So yes, 1/10th of Windsweeper's worth (less than that actually since I am comparing my canadian cost to an american price).

Oh man, this has been just nuts. I mean look at these thrift shop hauls I got lately:

(obvisouly, everything in that pic aside from the MP box)

And now G1 Winsweeper. Oh man, this has been and insane time at the thrift shop!

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 6:35 pm

Will, in all of your hauls, the most rare peice you found is this:

william-james88 wrote:

And it's not the toys. :shock:

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:31 am

...now why do I not yet own a Windsweeper? Awesome find!

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:29 am

Got Minicon Divebomb today.

He's a fun little thing, even if he has absolutely no articulation whatsoever. Though £7 seems a bit much for something so small.

But anyway, he's cute. And if you're wondering where his guns went...

Strongarm pilfered "confiscated" them. See, this is why the second amendment matters, people!

"Put your hands up!"
"I can't, I haven't got any arm articulation!"

#BrickLivesMatter

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:55 pm

I went to a used toy shop today. Appart a few vintage FP Little People figures and accessories, I got this Happy Meal Transformers Beast Wars dinothing.

He's ridiculous. Especially that robot mode where the bot seem to say "COME ON!" :lol:

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:02 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I went to a used toy shop today. Appart a few vintage FP Little People figures and accessories, I got this Happy Meal Transformers Beast Wars dinothing.

He's ridiculous. Especially that robot mode where the bot seem to say "COME ON!"

That's Beast Wars Transmetal Dinobot. That whole line was about giving Transmetal treatments to characters that didnt become transmetal (at the time) in the show, like scorponok and blackarachnia.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:18 pm

Sure, the Happy Meals TFs were bad, but that's still 1000000000000 time better than the non transforming ones we got since a few years.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:03 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Sure, the Happy Meals TFs were bad, but that's still 1000000000000 time better than the non transforming ones we got since a few years.

I never said they were bad, just wanted to tell you precicely what it was since it seemed you didnt know the name of the toy or who it was represeting, which I think is a fascinating aspect of the toy.

by **wilcosu35** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:37 am

I've got me some Roddy

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:44 pm

Picked up mp hot rodimus, super mode starscream, tf adventure fracture, arms micron Leo prime, cw g2 superion and a couple Sentai mechas

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:01 pm

TAV Adams (Cosmos). Colors and their application are very inline w the G1 toy. Love this guy.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:20 pm

After an eternity in the mail, here's my latest online purchases at last!

MP Roadrage, purchased on sale at Hobby Search, and Platinum Silver Knight Optimus Prime.

I paid the full price for Optimus, thanks to our nasty exchange rate and the hefty shipping price. Still, that total shellformer is a lot of fun to transform and is great looking in both modes. A very underapreciated mold. He now stand proudly among my other Movie Leader Optimusses.

As for Roadrage, I've yet to open her. First impression is DAMN, what a tiny box! Hasbro should take notes.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:03 pm

Kan! You have the movie 1 leader prime with the sword! I wanted that thing so badly! (Nightwatch is still awesome though).

I went to an autoparts store a few days ago, and in a bin they had leader Sentinel Prime and Leader Bumblebee. Was tempted, but both were a bit dirty, Sentinel was missing a foot and Bee had screwed up joints. Nailed a Darth Maul lightsaber (fully retractable) for $2 though, so win! :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:21 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Kan! You have the movie 1 leader prime with the sword! I wanted that thing so badly! (Nightwatch is still awesome though).

I went to an autoparts store a few days ago, and in a bin they had leader Sentinel Prime and Leader Bumblebee. Was tempted, but both were a bit dirty, Sentinel was missing a foot and Bee had screwed up joints. Nailed a Darth Maul lightsaber (fully retractable) for $2 though, so win!

That 2007 Optimus is the Takara Premium version. Got it with a bonus gun for around 20$CAN in person from some guy a few years back. That figure is awesome and underated, just like AoE Platinum Silver Knight Optimus Prime.

Also, I transformed and played with MP Roadrage and she's awesome. Well worth the price!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:29 pm

I love movie 1 prime, easily my favorite. Great mold, and here we are 8 years later and the batteries still work and have never been changed :MAXIMAL:

by **Ballistic90** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:17 pm

I finally got a Transformer i have wanted for 20 years. The price for an Optimus Primal figure on Amazon was finally within a reasonable price and i finally got him. Its a japanese version of the original Ultra sized non transmetal figure with a more accurate face and he is awesome.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:24 pm

Ballistic90 wrote:I finally got a Transformer i have wanted for 20 years. The price for an Optimus Primal figure on Amazon was finally within a reasonable price and i finally got him. Its a japanese version of the original Ultra sized non transmetal figure with a more accurate face and he is awesome.

Picture? I'm curious.

Also, betcha you'll get the MP.

by **Ballistic90** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:28 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ballistic90 wrote:I finally got a Transformer i have wanted for 20 years. The price for an Optimus Primal figure on Amazon was finally within a reasonable price and i finally got him. Its a japanese version of the original Ultra sized non transmetal figure with a more accurate face and he is awesome.

Picture? I'm curious.

Also, betcha you'll get the MP.

http://imgur.com/yNXPFZJ
I currently have no plans for the MP as i just don't have the money at the moment.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:41 pm

Ballistic90 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ballistic90 wrote:I finally got a Transformer i have wanted for 20 years. The price for an Optimus Primal figure on Amazon was finally within a reasonable price and i finally got him. Its a japanese version of the original Ultra sized non transmetal figure with a more accurate face and he is awesome.

Picture? I'm curious.

Also, betcha you'll get the MP.

I currently have no plans for the MP as i just don't have the money at the moment.

Oh, that feel premium as hell!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:35 am

There was a sale on ... so I got Thunderhoof, because everything else sucked.

Plus I missed out on the $70AUD Trypticon (not that I needed him)

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:34 am

After waiting far too long for a certain website to send him ... MP Ironhide arrived today. Complete with pointless coin.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:03 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
That 2007 Optimus is the Takara Premium version. Got it with a bonus gun for around 20$CAN in person from some guy a few years back. That figure is awesome and underated, just like AoE Platinum Silver Knight Optimus Prime.

Jeez I love all that movie Prime-chunks of meatiness. I had 2007 Leader Prime then sold to buy the Takara Premium 2007 Prime then sold to buy RotF Prime then sold to buy Takara RotF Buster Prime then sold cos... had bills to pay.

The 2007 mold was always too blocky to be a great representation of the agile and athletic looking movie Prime which the RotF figure pulled off superbly but yeah it was a great Transformer toy in it's own right.

Love how you have Unicron looming over everything from up high in the other photo. :O

Oh well. All I got to show this week is a very cheap (£3.32 plus free postage) knock off USB Device Label Ravage. His details are a lil simplified and colours a bit off in places (white legs instead of silver, blue insignia instead of purple, and his eyes are painted up too high) but those can be fixed with paint and stickers. And it's an 8GB drive whereas I think the official one is 2GB. Anyways it's a cool lil piece for the price.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:33 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Oh well. All I got to show this week is a very cheap (£3.32 plus free postage) knock off USB Device Label Ravage. His details are a lil simplified and colours a bit off in places (white legs instead of silver, blue insignia instead of purple, and his eyes are painted up too high) but those can be fixed with paint and stickers. And it's an 8GB drive whereas I think the official one is 2GB. Anyways it's a cool lil piece for the price.

Do NOT use it as a flash drive. The KO Transformers Device Label figures are known to have malware on them.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:39 am

Delta Magnus wrote:Do NOT use it as a flash drive. The KO Transformers Device Label figures are known to have malware on them.

I used a USB tool thingy I still had on my PC from a while back to check it throughly (didn't appear to be anything on it, not even 'hidden' files) and did a full format. Is that enough?

Running spyware and malware checkers on my PC just to be sure.