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News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:17 pm

"Our worlds are in danger"

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:36 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I think you'll be happy with them who does the axe weapon belong to?

Pretender Waverider.

I have him. He's pretty nice and fairly affordable complete.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:37 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I think you'll be happy with them who does the axe weapon belong to?

Waverider, who is now complete thanks to that axe! He too was a figure from Burn who was only missing the axe

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:39 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I think you'll be happy with them who does the axe weapon belong to?

Waverider, who is now complete thanks to that axe! He too was a figure from Burn who was only missing the axe

I do hope you got a good price for that part because, sigh, the weapons and accessories prices on Ebay...

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed May 20, 2020 5:41 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I think you'll be happy with them who does the axe weapon belong to?

Waverider, who is now complete thanks to that axe! He too was a figure from Burn who was only missing the axe

I do hope you got a good price for that part because, sigh, the weapons and accessories prices on Ebay...

Seller offered me a deal, I paid single digit prices for it

william-james88 wrote:"Our worlds are in danger"

Wait until you see my package next week from the Counterpunch store. The worlds will truly be in danger then

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu May 21, 2020 5:52 pm

Another parts lot arrived today, 4 more figures finally complete!

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Fri May 22, 2020 1:45 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:My mail was stolen...
AGAIN!!!
Out of your mailbox? Or from your front door? You had figures delivered and someone took them?

YEP!
I had to go talk to my mail person and I posted a note explaining that I am more than willing to pick it up if its to big.

that's a mother $150 in the toilet!

:BOOM:

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Fri May 22, 2020 1:48 am

A little bit of light in all this dark.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri May 22, 2020 11:44 am

2 Packages arrived today, which save for 1 outstanding package I'm waiting for from Target, should be it robot wise for a bit. First one was a glorious 3-pack from Counterpunch, and the other was a small package with the smokestacks my Armada Bendy Prime needed! Bendy now just needs his minicon!

by **Fox Thiagarajan** » Fri May 22, 2020 12:42 pm

Encore Big Convoy. Such a great toy and figure. Quality reissue. In the words of the Gungan King: "Meeeeeeeeeeeesa likey dees!"

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Fri May 22, 2020 8:01 pm

I got my last haul for a little while myself. As wave 1 leaders.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat May 23, 2020 3:00 am

It's been a good week or so for the Leobreaker mold here I guess.

BotCon Razorclaw still in the sealed baggy with his tail, key, and papers. Wasn't at all trying to copy D-Max on this one, I was actually looking for a Leobreaker or Nemesis Breaker (already have the red and white Leo Primes), but saw this for only $53 ($60 after tax and shipping) on eBay and jumped on it. Always wanted him but never imagined he'd be affordable!

I have another box coming from Transformer Land next week... And Walmart ships the Siege spoiler set next week, too.

Emerje

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Sat May 23, 2020 7:40 am

Wow! Some mighty fine hauls, everyone. So many Lios!

I got some beasts of my own.

I’ve wanted the transmetal Fox Kids redecos for a long while now. Rattrap and Rhinox are on their way!

I’m very, very pleased right now. Also got myself a second SS Scrapper (because it is jaw droppingly amazing, and I needed one to stay in combined), and the Walmart reissues of Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Laserbeak.

News Credits: 2 · by **X3ROhour** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:22 am

LOVES DEM tRANSMETALS BEASTS

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon May 25, 2020 6:34 pm

Emerje wrote:It's been a good week or so for the Leobreaker mold here I guess.

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BotCon Razorclaw still in the sealed baggy with his tail, key, and papers. Wasn't at all trying to copy D-Max on this one, I was actually looking for a Leobreaker or Nemesis Breaker (already have the red and white Leo Primes), but saw this for only $53 ($60 after tax and shipping) on eBay and jumped on it. Always wanted him but never imagined he'd be affordable!

I have another box coming from Transformer Land next week... And Walmart ships the Siege spoiler set next week, too.

Emerje

Congrats! I'm a little jealous of you two

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon May 25, 2020 8:58 pm

Bucky, nice Beasts! I love that Transmetal Cheetor!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I got my last haul for a little while myself. As wave 1 leaders.

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Dang, nice to see you finally join the party! What do you think?

Emerje wrote:BotCon Razorclaw still in the sealed baggy with his tail, key, and papers. Wasn't at all trying to copy D-Max on this one, I was actually looking for a Leobreaker or Nemesis Breaker (already have the red and white Leo Primes), but saw this for only $53 ($60 after tax and shipping) on eBay and jumped on it. Always wanted him but never imagined he'd be affordable!

I have another box coming from Transformer Land next week... And Walmart ships the Siege spoiler set next week, too.

Emerje

Emerje, you and I paid pretty much the exact same price for our Razorclaws. It is nice to see them affordable like this! And i found mine while on the hunt for Leo and Nemesis Breakers too!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon May 25, 2020 10:51 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Emerje, you and I paid pretty much the exact same price for our Razorclaws. It is nice to see them affordable like this! And i found mine while on the hunt for Leo and Nemesis Breakers too!

I find the best stuff when I'm looking for something else, usually something completely unrelated.

Got two boxes this weekend, I'll list what was in them when I have time to take pictures. Lots of Beast Wars stuff in this batch.

Emerje

News Credits: 2 · by **SpikeyTigertron** » Mon May 25, 2020 11:12 pm

Bucky wrote:Wow! Some mighty fine hauls, everyone. So many Lios!

I got some beasts of my own.
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I’ve wanted the transmetal Fox Kids redecos for a long while now. Rattrap and Rhinox are on their way!

I’m very, very pleased right now. Also got myself a second SS Scrapper (because it is jaw droppingly amazing, and I needed one to stay in combined), and the Walmart reissues of Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Laserbeak.

what is Buzzsaw doing in Waspinator's box? I didn't think they made a transmetal buzzsaw.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Mon May 25, 2020 11:24 pm

Not a toy, sorry, but I really wanted to share. I always wanted some Alex Milne art, but he usually only sells at shows and he's never appeared to the ones I go to. Well, a site had some art of his up while he was doing a virtual Q&A with them and I grabbed what I could before they sold out in a minute.

I got an Optimus Prime bust shot (50$, I am assuming that's how much I'd pay if I saw him at a show) and a Batman for 20$ (which will be perfect for my Batman sketch collection).

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue May 26, 2020 4:28 am

No Comiccon this year really hurt...

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Tue May 26, 2020 5:12 am

SpikeyTigertron wrote:
Bucky wrote:Wow! Some mighty fine hauls, everyone. So many Lios!

I got some beasts of my own.
44831E07-2935-4ACA-AE39-8AD39DDDBB23.jpeg

4EFA7012-3281-432B-A6B6-FC624079DCDF.jpeg

I’ve wanted the transmetal Fox Kids redecos for a long while now. Rattrap and Rhinox are on their way!

I’m very, very pleased right now. Also got myself a second SS Scrapper (because it is jaw droppingly amazing, and I needed one to stay in combined), and the Walmart reissues of Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Laserbeak.

what is Buzzsaw doing in Waspinator's box? I didn't think they made a transmetal buzzsaw.

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.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed May 27, 2020 12:12 am

AT LAST, small businesses that have a door on the street are finally allowed to reopen in Quebec! Me and my friend made a long overdue trip to my local Geek store.

My friend got yet another random Combiners Wars team.
Me, I scored somethings VERY nice at an unbeatable price.

I've been looking for Universe Silverstreak for a long time but it was always 25-40-ish dollars plus that much in shipping. So 25$CAN plus taxes ain't so bad and my Streak shrine is finally complete! (The Alternator don't count.)

Next is G1 Bruticus! I've been wanting him for a long time and I could haggle it for only 100$CAN plus taxes! But there's a few catches.

The previous owner lost Brawl's small gun (Had to order it from Ebay for 20$US shipped), he painted the chest shield for reasons, he damaged Blast-Off's pegs and one of his canon, Onslaught's legs got the common damage (also did some poor repair attempt) and Onslaught's back-cannon have glue on it.

Onslaught's labels are in perfect shape and he still transform perfectly. Blast-Off's cannon pegs work. And I could manage to save the chest with paint remover and elbow grease.

I just need to find a junker Onslaught to repair the legs. However, the breakage only really affect the appearance of the vehicle mode. So I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, 115$CAN total with some faults is still way better than the 200$CAN+ my seller would have asked for a perfect one. And still way better than Ebay, even factoring the order of Brawl's gun on Ebay.

Ironically, the best treasure was something that I never expected to find. A 100% complete and unbroken Beast Wars Transmetal RAMPAGE!

The crab mode is absolutely gigantic and I love it. The pseudo-tank mode is brilliant also. Impressive that the rubber threads are still good to go! But I just hate that canon who just ask to lose the missiles.

The bot is surprisingly small compared to the crab. No wonder he's so kibbletastic. I really appreciate that the missiles can store inside the crab claws.

At last, Depthcharge can finally battle his nemesis!

Now, try to guess how much I paid for Rampage. It was the normal price, as registered officially in the store's system, matching his price label.
No idea?
How 46$CAN (taxes included) sound?
I just couldn't believe that price. I just had to get him! :DANCE:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed May 27, 2020 1:27 am

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

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed May 27, 2020 11:37 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I got my last haul for a little while myself. As wave 1 leaders.

Dang, nice to see you finally join the party! What do you think?

I think both are quite excellent actually. I'll throw some thoughts and photos together on my recently expanded movie collection in the SS and bring the rain threads over the coming weekend.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed May 27, 2020 2:18 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I got my last haul for a little while myself. As wave 1 leaders.

Dang, nice to see you finally join the party! What do you think?

I think both are quite excellent actually. I'll throw some thoughts and photos together on my recently expanded movie collection in the SS and bring the rain threads over the coming weekend.

Nice. I do really enjoy both, they were strong starts to the SS Leader Class