Got two boxes in the mail this past weekend. First one had one item and I was very skeptical about the contents when I ordered it.
Viper never showed up in my area despite being a peg warmer in some places and countries. I've wanted him since Combiner Wars, but I wasn't willing to track one down for aftermarket prices, especially with so many questionable Legends class auctions out there. But then I found one Chinese auction that made every indication this was a legit Hasbro product and not a KO. For only $10 and free shipping I decided to take a chance, at worse I'm out $10 or at least have to get a PayPal refund. But in the end this did indeed end up being a perfectly fine Hasbro figure, albeit in a somewhat beat up package. Now I need to see if any of these sellers have Rumble, I'm pretty doubtful but you never know.
Second box is from Transformer Land, not as much as my last two orders, but some good stuff. I took the advice of Scotty P on a Twincast Podcast a few weeks ago and decided to pick up a few Beast Wars figures I've wanted just in case we do get a BW movie and the aftermarket prices jumps up.
Insecticon is great, but his shell and feet are pretty dirty for a figure rated C9. Paid $16.
Spittor is such a good looking figure. He's almost life size and looks great. Again, though, he's really dirty for a C9. I've wanted him since I got Transmetal Spittor at release, but I don't remember really seeing him in stores much before then. Paid $15.
When Drillbit was released I didn't really "get" him. I couldn't understand why a bug would have a drill sticking out of it. But I warmed up to that after getting B'Boom and Transquito and especially TM and TM2, unfortunately he wasn't available by that point. This figure was the dirtiest of the three, his shell is caked in sticky dust. Paid $12.
Honestly, as good as these figures are I probably wouldn't have bought them if I knew how dirty they are for the price. My expectations were higher coming from a store. Definitely going to be taking a dry toothbrush and maybe a slightly damp cloth to these guys. The next three figures I got from them are in perfect shape.
Transmetal Rhinox is the only retail figure out of the entire 1998 line I didn't buy back then. Looking back it's kinda crazy that out of a 23 figure release year (not including the VHS packs) I've been missing just one figure for the past 22 years. I just wasn't a big fan of the bot mode back then, but I really should have done this years ago. I guess it's the right time now that aftermarket prices aren't too far off modern retail prices for the same class. His chrome only has a few minor blemishes and having both his weapon and his bio card (not pictured) made him worth the $22 price tag.
Beast Machines Night Slash Cheetor is a figure I remember constantly picking up and putting back down so many times back in the day. Lots of people have said he's the perfect show accurate mold, but I just couldn't wrap my head around the black deco. At the time I was really sure we'd get an accurate release later, but never did (we came a little closer with Universe 2003, though). He's OK, arms take a lot of moving to get into a pose because you have to fight the gimmick. Eh, he's was going to find his way into my Cheetor collection good or bad one day anyway so it's fine. He also came with a chopped up card back, all for $24.
Thrilling 30 Orion Pax, I have the Lio Convoy version so I knew what I was getting. Only wish it was bigger.
Emerje
who does the axe weapon belong to?
It’s the Fox Kids redeco, which incidentally looks stunning in yellow and green. He’s still Waspinator, though I’m trying to come up with who I can use him as in my headcanon. Other than Buzzsaw. I’m using the red, dark green, silver TM Cheetor redeco as G2 colored Slag, and my Armada TM Terrorsaur as G2 Swoop.
