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[SkyWarpt]

MP Bee and CW Megs arrived!!!

Glad you finally got your hands on MP Bee! It's one awesome figure.
You didnt got hit by some heavy custom fees, I hope?

For mine, I made the mistake of ordering from BBTS. Almost 100$CAN with shipping... and add a nice 27$CAN in custom fees! That's one hell of an expensive deluxe figure.

Seriously, MP Bee could have easily be made part of the Generations line during the ROTF era (sans the bonus fig, of course). Taking HFTD Battle Blades Bumblebee as proof.

No import fees here. He was ordered from Anime-Export, it did take a while though, but hey. Pure awesomeness, which is technically the wives seeing as she runs the beehive. Exo-suit is a nice addition too. Megs is also another example of awesomeness, although I'm not completely thrilled with his shoulder pegs. Really really digging the tank tracks though.

Yowza!!! I feel bad for our Canadian brethren! Why is it so expensive to ship to North New York (or Seattle what ever the case may be)???

[Arctorro]

I had to delete some of your smilies so I could ad some more smilies.

I had two reasons for putting so many of them in my post.

My counting didn't keep up with my button clicking and one extra was added which prompted the site to yell at me about using too many

[william-james88]

A simple but Awesome addition to my collection. I guess he is tied with BUlkhead for best Animated Voyager figure.

[-Kanrabat-]

A simple but Awesome addition to my collection. I guess he is tied with BUlkhead for best Animated Voyager figure.

You finally managed to find a voyager Animated OP! For peanuts I guess?

[william-james88]

A simple but Awesome addition to my collection. I guess he is tied with BUlkhead for best Animated Voyager figure.

You finally managed to find a voyager Animated OP! For peanuts I guess?

I dont know, is 10$ peanuts? At least he's complete.

[Burn]

I think we need a piece of paper with

ARCTORRO FINALLY JOINED THE MP MAGNUS FANCLUB
President Burn

written on it just for proof.

[-Kanrabat-]

A simple but Awesome addition to my collection. I guess he is tied with BUlkhead for best Animated Voyager figure.

You finally managed to find a voyager Animated OP! For peanuts I guess?

I dont know, is 10$ peanuts? At least he's complete.

Hell yeas, dude. 10$ for this, especially complete, IS peanuts. Remember that voyagers have been 30$+tx for a looong time and 10$ barely cover shipping costs. Canadain or otherwise.

So yeah, the toy is common, but is awesome and you were lucky enough to have found it locally at a great price.

If only it would be that cheap and easy to find Animated Voyager Blackout...

[Burn]

Received box from HLJ today (that was bloody fast shipping from Japan to Australia)

Opened box from HLJ today.

Box contained

• Masterpiece Star Saber
• TT Legends Brainstorm (what a fantastic figure!)
• TT Legends Swerve and Tailgate (Swerve is a great little stocky figure!)

All are out of their packaging, and no, none of them smell like Whirl (yes, I gave them a good sniffing just to be sure)

[-Kanrabat-]

Received box from HLJ today (that was bloody fast shipping from Japan to Australia)

Opened box from HLJ today.

Box contained

• Masterpiece Star Saber
• TT Legends Brainstorm (what a fantastic figure!)
• TT Legends Swerve and Tailgate (Swerve is a great little stocky figure!)

All are out of their packaging, and no, none of them smell like Whirl (yes, I gave them a good sniffing just to be sure)

Got Australia and Japan mixed up here.

I made an impulse purchase just a few hours ago around 1 AM. (4 hours later, I'm up to get to work)
Amaiami, being way too popular and cheap is not an option. So I went the HJL route too. So I ordered the RID (adventure) Bumblebee and Steeljaw 2 pack and AoE Power Atacker Junkion. All for around 65$CAN shipped. Not too shabby for better paint aps and the repaint of a mold I will never be able to see live in store.
That's basically just 3$ more than my local retail prices with taxes, plus no need to reprolabel Bee.

This will be a OK deal if customs spare me. I'm trying to avoid any BBTS orders because customs pounce on them like wolves on a wounded calf.

[Burn]

Got Australia and Japan mixed up here.

You don't know what you're talking about ...

So I went the HJL route too.

Got HLJ mixed up there.

[Ironhidensh]

Received box from HLJ today (that was bloody fast shipping from Japan to Australia)

Opened box from HLJ today.

Box contained

• Masterpiece Star Saber
• TT Legends Brainstorm (what a fantastic figure!)
• TT Legends Swerve and Tailgate (Swerve is a great little stocky figure!)

All are out of their packaging, and no, none of them smell like Whirl (yes, I gave them a good sniffing just to be sure)

I've got the Hasbro Swerve, but yeah. Awesome figure. As simple and little as he is, he is probally my favorite non masterpiece figure I e gotten in the last year or so. Can't really explain it other than the comic character is so frickin cool.

I got my Brainstorm in the mail last week. Love the figure, but I do have one nit picky complaint: the alt mode. You can tell 'bot mode came first, and the space jet was a secondary consideration. Not a big deal, as he will most always be in bot mode.

[-Kanrabat-]

Got Australia and Japan mixed up here.

You don't know what you're talking about ...

So I went the HJL route too.

Got HLJ mixed up there.

That's what 3-something hours of sleep for a night do...

[wilcosu35]

he's showed up here as well

[-Kanrabat-]

Got MP Ratbat KO today. It's a very neat little figure. High quality despite being a KO, and a great price at around 20$CAN shipped. I really love it and my MP soundwave finally have his full roster.

No way in hell I was gonna buy a MP soundblaster to have the original MP Ratbat.

[shajaki]

To each his own, but I ended up liking SB waaayyy more than SW. Though I found RB had a lot to live up to, but didn't deliver. *shrug*

[-Kanrabat-]

To each his own, but I ended up liking SB waaayyy more than SW. Though I found RB had a lot to live up to, but didn't deliver. *shrug*

SB? SW? RB?
What?

...

Oh. That was cryptic.
I prefer Soundwave because, well, more iconic. Also, I find G1 Ratbat superior to MP-Ratbat, despite the detachable rocket pack.

[shajaki]

SB? SW? RB?
What?

Please. If I were talking to the wife, sure. But to us? I'd hope its not impossible to interpret.

[-Kanrabat-]

SB? SW? RB?
What?

Please. If I were talking to the wife, sure. But to us? I'd hope its not impossible to interpret.

I honestly had to pause and see what those initials meant for a bit. I prefer shortened names rather than initials, really.

Let's play a game.

Who are those TFs?
BB M OP UM MP FM BC RV JF UC PK SP GL and BH?

[SkyWarpt]

SB? SW? RB?
What?

Please. If I were talking to the wife, sure. But to us? I'd hope its not impossible to interpret.

I honestly had to pause and see what those initials meant for a bit. I prefer shortened names rather than initials, really.

Let's play a game.

Who are those TFs?
BB M OP UM MP FM BC RV JF UC PK SP GL and BH?

Lol...so I played it like a pop quiz...bee, Megs, opt prime, ult magnus, master piece?, I'm not using that language, Big Convoy, rec vehicle, dunno, Dunno, Pack?, Spanish, dunno (wait Green Lantern?), Beast Hunters?

[-Kanrabat-]

SB? SW? RB?
What?

Please. If I were talking to the wife, sure. But to us? I'd hope its not impossible to interpret.

I honestly had to pause and see what those initials meant for a bit. I prefer shortened names rather than initials, really.

Let's play a game.

Who are those TFs?
BB M OP UM MP FM BC RV JF UC PK SP GL and BH?

Lol...so I played it like a pop quiz...bee, Megs, opt prime, ult magnus, master piece?, I'm not using that language, Big Convoy, rec vehicle, dunno, Dunno, Pack?, Spanish, dunno, Beast Hunters?

Answers, the easy ones first:
BB, Bumblebee
M, Megatron
OP, Optimus Prime
UM, Ultra Magnus
And the rest:
MP, Metroplex
FM, Frotress Maximus
BC, Bruticus
RV, Ravage
JF, Jetfire
UC, Unicron
PK, Predaking
SP, Sentinel Prime
GL, Grimlock
BH, Bulkhead

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Who are those TFs?
BB M OP UM MP FM BC RV JF UC PK SP GL and BH?

Bumblebee
Megatron (basically any Transformers name starting with "M")
Optimus Prime or Orion Pax
Ultra Magnus
Megaplex or Metroplex
Fortress Maximus
Black Convoy or Big Convoy
Ravage
Jetfire
Unicron
Predaking
Sentinel Prime
Grimlock
Bulkhead

If I got any wrong, blame the ambiguity of the abbreviations.

[-Kanrabat-]

Jelze, I will give you the benefit of doubt and consider you didnt peek at the answers.
Verdict:
You're good! Only one wrong. BC does fit Big Convoy better than Bruticus.

Speaking of Big Convoy, the Mammoth is slowly making his way accross the ocean from Asia!

[LegendaryAntiHero]

man, that Victory Saber looks awesome. I can't wait to get mine.

[fenrir72]

MP Star Saber (Got this at a local specialty shop)and this:


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[SkyWarpt]

Motormaster arrived! Now if I could just get my hands on some limbs:)...And Star Saber arrived!!!!