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Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:03 pm

Hi all I have tried looking out for these but so far come out empty handed. Anyone in the Hertfordshire area find these yet?

News Credits: 7 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:44 am

I'd managed to completely miss that these were around until the thread got dredged up yesterday. Picked up 12 packs this morning and got 9 of the 12 figures. I've already got the original releases so have spent the morning comparing the figures and noting down the (mostly REALLY minor) differences for the more obsessive Minicon collectors out there. Of particular interest is that I've spotted a further 2 remoulds that nobody seems to have mentioned on Knockdown and Skyhammer. I've not found Backstop, Cloudraker or Boltflash yet but here are my observations on the rest.

Bodyblock - aside from the obvious colour change on the suspension the red plastic is a slightly lighter shade and the gold paint is a more green shade of gold. There is some evidence of mould degredation with slightly less definition in some of the cast detailing. The paint aps are really sloppy on mine but that will vary from figure to figure.

Heavytread - near identical. The plastic is a slightly deeper red and the silver paint is slightly brighter.

Makeshift - near identical. The off white paint aps are a tiny bit lighter than the first release and the hands are assembled the other way around to on previous versions of the mould.

Knockdown - REMOULDED, the ribbing on the sides of the hopper is replaced with a flat surface, the underside of the hopper retains the ribbing, The silver paint is a little lighter and the purple paint a little daker, the silver paint on the face is applied a little differently with the face painted across it's full width but not applied into the eyes, the head on mine is attatched at an odd angle leaning too far forward and giving him Universe Ironhide syndrome although this does show off his 'horns' more when looked at straight on.

Flatfoot - probably the closest to identical, only difference I could see was a very slightly deeper shade of metallic blue paint.

Suppressor - more lime yellow plastic, very slightly brighter yellow paint, the red paint is a touch darker and on mine noticably neater than on the first release, noticable mould degredation with less definition on the face. I did think there was a slight remould on the thighs but comparing it to both of my pevious versions of the mould realised that the sprue cut area on this one is just incredibly neat, the previous versions are pretty scarred in comparison.

Brimstone - already covered, but irritatingly mine has a serious miscast with the whole right foreleg of the dragon seriously mangled.

Blight - barely noticable differences in the green plastic and silver paint colours, mould degredation particularly noticable on the face. At least the chest is good, my first release version is a little warped on one side.

Skyhammer - REMOULD the tabs on the underside of the arms are longer than on previous releases of the mould, the blue plastic is more muted than on the first release and the usual misassembly issues were evident. Mine came with 2 left hands.

I realise that most of this is really finickity but having put the time into going over them thought I'd share. Will pick some more up next week as at the least I'm looking for a better quality Brimstone and a Cloudraker so will post any further observations and a list of my doubles then if anybody is still after them internationally.

News Credits: 36 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:33 am

madplanet wrote:Hi all I have tried looking out for these but so far come out empty handed. Anyone in the Hertfordshire area find these yet?

Tesco Extra, Hatfield :grin:

@Waaaaghlord - Dude, you a seriously keen eye..... :APPLAUSE:

I've checked both my Knockdowns and you'e bloody right, I can't believe I missed it.

In reagrds to the paint apps yes you are being picky (:P ) and I hd spotted a few, but I wasn't sure how many of them were down to sloppy QC on Hasbro's part, still great job.

News Credits: 767 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:26 pm

If you're a Mini-Con enthusiast you raised an eyebrow when we released, what we thought, was a complete list of variants of the UK exclusive Mini-Con Sweet (Candy) figures back in December.
However, seibertron.com member waaaaghlord has just recently taken a close look at the figures and compared them to their original releases, and found a few more minor differences. Now most of these differences are very minor, but we're going to post them anyway, since the information might be useful to Min-Con completionists.
There might be even more since waaaaghlord currently only has 9 out of 12 figures.
Here's the new list of diffrences:

Bodyblock - aside from the obvious colour change on the suspension the red plastic is a slightly lighter shade and the gold paint is a more green shade of gold. There is some evidence of mould degredation with slightly less definition in some of the cast detailing. The paint aps are really sloppy on mine but that will vary from figure to figure.

Heavytread - near identical. The plastic is a slightly deeper red and the silver paint is slightly brighter.

Makeshift - near identical. The off white paint aps are a tiny bit lighter than the first release and the hands are assembled the other way around to on previous versions of the mould.

Knockdown - REMOULDED, the ribbing on the sides of the hopper is replaced with a flat surface, the underside of the hopper retains the ribbing, The silver paint is a little lighter and the purple paint a little darker, the silver paint on the face is applied a little differently with the face painted across it's full width but not applied into the eyes, the head on mine is attached at an odd angle leaning too far forward and giving him Universe Ironhide syndrome although this does show off his 'horns' more when looked at straight on.

Flatfoot - probably the closest to identical, only difference I could see was a very slightly deeper shade of metallic blue paint.

Suppressor - more lime yellow plastic, very slightly brighter yellow paint, the red paint is a touch darker and on mine noticeably neater than on the first release, noticeable mould degradation with less definition on the face. I did think there was a slight remould on the thighs but comparing it to both of my previous versions of the mould realised that the sprue cut area on this one is just incredibly neat, the previous versions are pretty scarred in comparison.

Blight - barely noticeable differences in the green plastic and silver paint colours, mould degradation particularly noticeable on the face.

Skyhammer - REMOULD the tabs on the underside of the arms are longer than on previous releases of the mould, the blue plastic is more muted than on the first release.

And just like back then, you can click here to join in on the discussion and maybe even find someone willing to help you out with a set.

News Credits: 767 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:28 pm

Gav, seriously, good eye!

Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:23 pm

I want 2 sets of 12, in baggies, outer wrapping is not necessary. I am willing to buy from you those 24 mini-cons as well as any duplicates you acquire as you track them down (so there won't be any effect on your wallet. If you would like a "finders fee" please name your price. I will pay shipping of coarse. Please, please let me know. It is critical that I have these for my collection.

Thank you.

Also, if any of you guys live near eachother and want to put together 2 sets, and split the funds accordingly, I wouldn't be bothered.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:32 pm

i feel, i should probably point out that any differences to the original figures (apart from the 3 true variants) is tiny, waaaghlord has a supreme eye for detail that goes unmatched as far as i know but it is extemely hard to tell differneces between most of the new figures and their original releases. (if you don't count mold degradation)
if you have the money to spend on what are essentially 9 figures you already own and 3 slightly different variants, then go for it, but it will take a good while for you to acquire a full set of duplicates. and at about £2 a pop, it's gonna end up costing you.
2 X 24 + duplicates = £60 at best = $65- 70? and that's without shipping and finders fees.

News Credits: 36 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:58 pm

I can vouch for the removal of that ridging on Knockdown, I was only taking notice of new deco's when we did this but the two do look different side by side. As for the rest tho' very difficult to discern between variants and sloppy paint apps.

What have you started Waaaghlord???!!!!

News Credits: 7 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:29 pm

Many thanks for the front page Siegfried. Yes, most of the colour differences with the first releases are tiny and only really of interest to the hardcore Minicon collector. Not sure how many more I'll be able to grab locally. There's another strip at my local Tesco but the girl in there reckoned that they were discontinued and wouldn't be getting any more in.

Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:50 pm

Wasp-shot23 wrote:i feel, i should probably point out that any differences to the original figures (apart from the 3 true variants) is tiny, waaaghlord has a supreme eye for detail that goes unmatched as far as i know but it is extemely hard to tell differneces between most of the new figures and their original releases. (if you don't count mold degradation)
if you have the money to spend on what are essentially 9 figures you already own and 3 slightly different variants, then go for it, but it will take a good while for you to acquire a full set of duplicates. and at about £2 a pop, it's gonna end up costing you.
2 X 24 + duplicates = £60 at best = $65- 70? and that's without shipping and finders fees.

You may have heard of "The Rikkomba Collection", well, I am now the very proud owner of that collection. Aside from Dragoyell and 2 lucky draws, I have all of the mini-cons. Variations as small as paint apps to as large as plastic chemistry (micron legend star sabers and skyboom shields with glittery plastic) are included. Microns, mini-cons and everything that fits into the category is budgeted.

To be clear, I want no less than two (2) complete sets of twelve (12) UK mini-cons totaling twenty-four (24) UK mini-cons. As these are blind packed, I understand the likelihood of duplicates and will not burden the wasper with reselling them. I will buy all duplicates you open while trying to reach the goal of 24 mini-cons. Finders fees will be paid as well as shipping.

Gah tuh kah chem all.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:32 pm

whoa...

Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:54 pm

Wasp-shot23 wrote:whoa...

So what do ya think? Will you help me? The call goes out to everyone who is able to track these down. However, to prevent anyone from getting shafted, I ask that you make it seibertronian knowledge that you are wasping for me, that way it isn't first to 24 wins and the everyone else gets stuck with a crap load of moderately repainted mini-cons. Please, ease help me out.

Also, sell me Dragoyell. One of you must have him.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:31 am

I would, but i neither have the money or time right now to go wasping for you. I shall nevertheless put out the call to others.
Seibertronians take heed of this mental collector's plight in his hour of need!!

but, I do have a heavytread sitting here in his bag... that would be 1 down, 23 to go?

Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:15 pm

Wasp-shot23 wrote:I would, but i neither have the money or time right now to go wasping for you. I shall nevertheless put out the call to others.
Seibertronians take heed of this mental collector's plight in his hour of need!!

but, I do have a heavytread sitting here in his bag... that would be 1 down, 23 to go?

Rad! I'll paypal you some funds to get started when you feel you are able!

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:26 pm

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:
Wasp-shot23 wrote:I would, but i neither have the money or time right now to go wasping for you. I shall nevertheless put out the call to others.
Seibertronians take heed of this mental collector's plight in his hour of need!!

but, I do have a heavytread sitting here in his bag... that would be 1 down, 23 to go?

Rad! I'll paypal you some funds to get started when you feel you are able!

well, sorry but i was trying to say i can't help. thanks very much for the offer but i can't see how i'll be able to go wasping for you in the forseeable future. (i can't find any mini-cons round my neck of the woods anymore).
i'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere, and so i throw the gauntlet down to my fellow UK seibertronians.
i would by all means let you have heavytread on his own though...

News Credits: 7 · Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:15 am

We can put the call out in the ODB and see if we can help out as a group. I'm up to 3 bagged spares at the moment and can get hold of about another 10 locally but it might take a few of us to help out with 2 full sets. Should be handy for getting all of us up to a full set if we're looking too. Out the door to work shortly, but will put the call out tonight.

Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:02 pm

Ok. I'm more of a lurker than an active member but this is worth reporting. UK members should check out their local Morrisons supermarkets. Picked a few up today and got Heavytread, Suppressor and Boltflash. Heavytread's hip joints were broke out of package... oh, and the "energon" sweets taste like crap =/

Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:40 pm

Dead Metal wrote:UK seibertron.com member Wasp-shot23 has sent us a very interesting e-mail, the e-mail is interesting since it tells us what he has found. The Universe 2008 KMart exclusive Mini-Con Multi-pack, blind-packed with a bunch of sweets!
To our US readers, sweets is the British word for candy.
He has also supplied us with a photo of one of the blind-packs:

The Mini-Cons inside of these packs are supposed to have different decoes than their original KMart release, also these blind-packs might be exclusive to the UK as the sweets inside are UK made.
One pack costs GBP 1.99, Wasp-shot23 found his at a Tesco service station.
There are 12 Mini-Cons to collect.
Here are some more images showing the difference between the original and new UK Brimstone:

So, sweets to the sweet!

They had cloudrake!

News Credits: 7 · Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:26 am

Excellent, will add Morrisons to my Wasping list for the weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/user/waspshot23 · Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:35 am

ahh, i love how people use my word!
tfwiki won't let me make an article for a definition of it though as "it's only used on one forum about five times" oh well.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:18 pm

I didn't manage to get out of town to a Morrisons today and will be pulling overtime tomorrow, but did clear out the last of my local Tesco's stock. Managed to replace my dodgy Brimstone and add Boltflash to the tally, still looking for Backstop and Cloudraker. I'll do the rest of the comparisons and try to add photos of side by sides with the previous versions once I've got them all in hand. The rest of the spares have been added to the pile I'm building for JRFitzpatrick7, getting close to the goal of 2 full bagged sets now. If anyone can help with the last few, or the guys I'm still missing to finish off the comparison article give me a shout.

Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:33 am

Hey all!!

Im not much of a forum person but was doing some research on these sweets and the only proper information I can find is on this site. So Ive joined up to share

, and to be honest I probably should have anyway as I do use this site quite a bit for my collection.
Enough dribble, I was wondering if people still wanting/collecting these??

I hadnt seen them before at all until last week at a Tesco petrol station. And I asked about whether they were new in, or were old stock found in the warehouse (the store has just had a re-vamp) and I was told they were new in. But im still not sure as the copyright year is 2010, but the best before date is May 2012.

Ive picked up quite a few and have a set of 8 different ones now. If anyone out there wants/needs them, I will happily go buy the rest, unless they have been rolled out across the whole of the uk again. Anyone else know?

So if you are interested, let me know. I know I can get at least 10 more packets, and I can leave them sealed and post them wherever. Hope someone reads this!

THANKS!

Magical Trevor

News Credits: 7 · Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:15 pm

First off welcome to the forums.

WARNING! SEIBERTON CONTAINS NUTS!!!

Magical Trevor wrote:Ive picked up quite a few and have a set of 8 different ones now.

Which 4 are you missing? I've still got a few spares after putting a couple of full sets together that you'd be welcome to.

Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:58 pm

Hey!!

A reply! Fantastic!

Thanks for the welcome! Though not sure how often ill post or anything. I will try and make an effort, and im a bit of a nut myself, so i guess im in good company

.

I was mainly writing as I read people were trying to get complete sets together and thought I could help out maybe as like I said I dont know if these are new ones, or ones that are old stock just been put out. I bought 8 and got 8 different ones!! Dont know if that was lucky or not! Ive only opened suppressor, incase someone wanted a sealed one (one of his joints was already a bit broken aswell =(). If I dont get many replies ill open them all, I have to transform them

. Just going to look at the list now. Thankyou so much! It would save me buying more, and you only get like 4 or 5 sweets, which sucks. Very awesome =D. Let me see, im missing.....

Makeshift, Knockdown, Flatfoot and Skyhammer.

If you do have spares, what would you want in return =D?

There is someone attempting to sell some on ebay at the moment to.

Anywho, thanks so much!!!!!

News Credits: 7 · Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:21 pm

Just had a rummage through my spares bag and couldn't find a Knockdown or Skyhammer, but I can send you a Flatfoot and a Makeshift. No charge, just send me your address via private message and I'll pop them in a jiffy bag during the week. I've been giving these away with trades and I'm just happy to see them go to a good home. If you are going to track down the last 2 the cheapest option is probably to buy them through ebay. They'll work out a bit pricier than a blind bag off the shelf but a lot cheaper than buying lots of doubles trying to get that last elusive figure.