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Just got back with my Prime and Megatron from the Enfield Toysrus. They had two left in stock.

Also picked up a legends Ironhide vs Desert Blackout, which I stupidly dropped under the bus on the way home. Ironhide survived but the ery cool looking Desert Blackout is beyond repair.

Some dumbass has put the TFA deluxe two pack on Amazon for £49.99! I feel compelled to show him my middle finger.

Tekka wrote:Some dumbass has put the TFA deluxe two pack on Amazon for £49.99! I feel compelled to show him my middle finger.

why show him just 1 middle finger when you have 2!

what glue do i use? loctite superglue, with a brush applicator! works a real treat!

I've added six new Mario Kart WFC codes to the MK thread!




I'm ridiculously confused by this brum accomodation process. I have no idea what I'm doing, or what I should be doing...

Tekka wrote:Some dumbass has put the TFA deluxe two pack on Amazon for £49.99! I feel compelled to show him my middle finger.

Its at times like these when my idle fantasy of being a vigilante doesn't seem like such a bad idea...still if people are too stupid to look around before buying it, then they sort of deserve it.

If I get my hands on that seller, I'll him walk the plank yarrr

well there are no TFA toys in TRU Ilford or Lakeside, not that im bothered too much, i wasnt planning on getting the 2-pack, i want the voyager versions, but if i had seen them i would have got one...the whole 'first TFA toys in the UK' thing...

but on the plus side TRU Lakeside had Iron Man movie toys on buy one get one half price, so i got the mk1 and mk3 versions for £12

Robo-Chugster wrote:but on the plus side TRU Lakeside had Iron Man movie toys on buy one get one half price, so i got the mk1 and mk3 versions for £12

I might pick up some Iron Man toys, they do look sweet. The movie was so awesome, and the best thing is I have to go and see it two more times

Swung by TRU to ask when more TF Animated is coming in, no-one was able to tell me anything which sucked. However I do have to say that the TF Animated toys do look kinda sucky in person....

Spenser wrote:Just got back with my Prime and Megatron from the Enfield Toysrus. They had two left in stock.

Also picked up a legends Ironhide vs Desert Blackout, which I stupidly dropped under the bus on the way home. Ironhide survived but the ery cool looking Desert Blackout is beyond repair.

Sorry for your loss man. Its never easy when a TF is involved in an accident. I remember when my legends cybertron jetfire was left on a sunny window ledge, he was melted down like a piece of unwanted scrap metal, its all very sad.

R.I.P Desert Blackout.

Picked up the Battle Begins 2 pack at Leeds TRU and spent a small fortune on comics and DVDs today (lots of Authority, some recent IDW TF titles that I've missed, BM season 2, BSG seasons 1-3). Not much of anything else TF toy wise around Leeds, bits of movie junk here and there, same old same old... FP weren't stocking any Japanese lines at all and City Cyber Anime seems to have disappeared entirely (they were always massively overpriced but still...). Toyworld has either gone or moved and I couldn't be bothered trying to find the new city centre location, if there is one.

I'm liking the Animated toys aside from the battle damage. Some of it's over painted areas on both toys (chest/windshield on Prime and the feet on Megs) so there's going to be some paint work as well as removal involved in cleaning these up. Megs at this size will also make a better looking rival for Cyb mode Prime when he hits than the voyager sized Cyb mode Megs, which is cool, although I'll probably end up picking up the larger version as well. As was said a couple of pages back, here we go again.

Must.get.axe!


Where the deuce is the new Animated episode? YTZ surely should've shown "Garbage in, garbage out" by now?!




Tek, you still on MK? I might rejoin ya and win somoa points.
(That scream guy was ridiculous, huh?)

Dealer wrote:Must.get.axe!

I assume you mean Prime's and you're planning a rampage around town? If so I'd suggest a chainsaw would be more efficient.

This Deluxe Prime does indeed have an awesome axe and it's great to have a Prime in G1 colours with smokestacks again. It is a pity that the paint splashes (sorry Hasbro I mean Battle Damage) is so obvious on Prime.

Dealer wrote:Where the deuce is the new Animated episode? YTZ surely should've shown "Garbage in, garbage out" by now?!

Im still on episode 19, i prefer watching the US torrents put up over at TFW2005...kinda feel behind everyone else

qwailo wrote:

Spenser wrote:Just got back with my Prime and Megatron from the Enfield Toysrus. They had two left in stock.

Also picked up a legends Ironhide vs Desert Blackout, which I stupidly dropped under the bus on the way home. Ironhide survived but the ery cool looking Desert Blackout is beyond repair.

Sorry for your loss man. Its never easy when a TF is involved in an accident. I remember when my legends cybertron jetfire was left on a sunny window ledge, he was melted down like a piece of unwanted scrap metal, its all very sad.

R.I.P Desert Blackout.

At least my paranoia of using public transport while holding Transformers has some sort of foundation.
Lucky my new Wingstun didn't go through that....

hey guys heres a little guide on how to make those badges for auto assembly its really easy and cheap aswell

stuff needed: any kind of glue, a safety pin for each badge, some cardboard, a pair of sissors, some sellatape and of course...the picture of your badge

notes: a good type of glue to use is rather pritstick or superglue...they work pretty well. get enough card for the amount of badges you want.

what you should do before attempting this: okay if you don't have a badge you should go to the wise and powerful badge making wizard...dealer, supplie him with the picture you want on the badge and tell him which kind of badge you would like...then just wait...

now on to the guide...

step 1: save your badge picture to microsoft paint then open it up in MS paint...next go to image and select stretch and skew

step 2: be really carful with this bit! now stretch the image (in both boxes) to 120 then again to 130 then finally to 150...keep going to print preview to make sure you have it right

step 3: print out the image whens its the right size and cut it out

step 4: take the glue and stick the badges to the cardboard...if you have super glue wait abot 5-20 minutes then once the glue is dry cut it out again but be carful as it is tricky to cut it out now

step 5: open up the safety pin then put some sellatape around the flat bit (not the pin bit) and stick it to the back of your badge as best you can

if you are making more than one bade repeat steps 1 to 5

then you are done...i just did this for 3 badges...it works really well!

Spenser wrote:

Dealer wrote:Must.get.axe!

I assume you mean Prime's and you're planning a rampage around town? If so I'd suggest a chainsaw would be more efficient.

This Deluxe Prime does indeed have an awesome axe and it's great to have a Prime in G1 colours with smokestacks again. It is a pity that the paint splashes (sorry Hasbro I mean Battle Damage) is so obvious on Prime.

Rocket-propelled axe >>>>> Chainsaw

I'm sure someone will part with (one of) theirs. It is more show accurate than any of the other Prime's axes.

bumblebee-prime91 wrote:Lotsa stuffs!

I'm surprised you managed to get the images to stretch well in MS paint. I usually end up finding blocks of colour that have doubled up during the stretching.

Good on ya!

Also--- picz!!!


I'm pleased I found a copy of Mkall's old badge (at least, I think it was his). It's just the right colour for me, and it's easier to manipulate the central plate than on CB's for some reason.


If anyone does make AA badges, I'd love to see them!
Also, if you prefer the new style over the old style, I can whip up a new one for anyone with the same or a new picture. Colour can vary, and I can fit your name underneath like mine (ideally, I'dve liked to have the name curved round like on staff badges, but I'm **** at that )

bumblebee-prime91 wrote:hey guys heres a little guide on how to make those badges for auto assembly its really easy and cheap aswell

stuff needed: any kind of glue, a safety pin for each badge, some cardboard, a pair of sissors, some sellatape and of course...the picture of your badge

notes: a good type of glue to use is rather pritstick or superglue...they work pretty well. get enough card for the amount of badges you want.

what you should do before attempting this: okay if you don't have a badge you should go to the wise and powerful badge making wizard...dealer, supplie him with the picture you want on the badge and tell him which kind of badge you would like...then just wait...

now on to the guide...

step 1: save your badge picture to microsoft paint then open it up in MS paint...next go to image and select stretch and skew

step 2: be really carful with this bit! now stretch the image (in both boxes) to 120 then again to 130 then finally to 150...keep going to print preview to make sure you have it right

step 3: print out the image whens its the right size and cut it out

step 4: take the glue and stick the badges to the cardboard...if you have super glue wait abot 5-20 minutes then once the glue is dry cut it out again but be carful as it is tricky to cut it out now

step 5: open up the safety pin then put some sellatape around the flat bit (not the pin bit) and stick it to the back of your badge as best you can

if you are making more than one bade repeat steps 1 to 5

then you are done...i just did this for 3 badges...it works really well!

Nice guide. Im gonna be attending Auto Assembly this year for the first time (Always had other plans the last couple of years)

Anyway I WANT A ODB BADGE! Can someone send me the blank badge template please (Just the Union Jack badge with the ODB title, it will save me knocking one up myself.) tdp86@hotmail.co.uk

I kinda looking forward to putting faces to some of the people from Seibs.

I love Iron Man.

Did not find any Animated toys, but, I was not looking. You've reminded me to sort out accomodation D, gotta find the forms...

May I make a metal AA badge? Just 4 lulz?

Tangent wrote:I love Iron Man.

Did not find any Animated toys, but, I was not looking. You've reminded me to sort out accomodation D, gotta find the forms...

May I make a metal AA badge? Just 4 lulz?

sure lol...but i'm not giving you any metal for it! lolz

Hehe I might you know, I have a ton of metal lying around, must get rid of it somehow I still havent booked an AA ticket, I should do that.

qwailo wrote:

bumblebee-prime91 wrote:hey guys heres a little guide on how to make those badges for auto assembly its really easy and cheap aswell

stuff needed: any kind of glue, a safety pin for each badge, some cardboard, a pair of sissors, some sellatape and of course...the picture of your badge

notes: a good type of glue to use is rather pritstick or superglue...they work pretty well. get enough card for the amount of badges you want.

what you should do before attempting this: okay if you don't have a badge you should go to the wise and powerful badge making wizard...dealer, supplie him with the picture you want on the badge and tell him which kind of badge you would like...then just wait...

now on to the guide...

step 1: save your badge picture to microsoft paint then open it up in MS paint...next go to image and select stretch and skew

step 2: be really carful with this bit! now stretch the image (in both boxes) to 120 then again to 130 then finally to 150...keep going to print preview to make sure you have it right

step 3: print out the image whens its the right size and cut it out

step 4: take the glue and stick the badges to the cardboard...if you have super glue wait abot 5-20 minutes then once the glue is dry cut it out again but be carful as it is tricky to cut it out now

step 5: open up the safety pin then put some sellatape around the flat bit (not the pin bit) and stick it to the back of your badge as best you can

if you are making more than one bade repeat steps 1 to 5

then you are done...i just did this for 3 badges...it works really well!

Nice guide. Im gonna be attending Auto Assembly this year for the first time (Always had other plans the last couple of years)

Anyway I WANT A ODB BADGE! Can someone send me the blank badge template please (Just the Union Jack badge with the ODB title, it will save me knocking one up myself.) tdp86@hotmail.co.uk

I kinda looking forward to putting faces to some of the people from Seibs.

hey thanks ^^ the badges feel alk right aswell but still the sellatape doesn't hold the safety pin really well but it doesn't fall out atleast...you could try and glue it on or use bluetack as an alternitive

Tangent wrote:Hehe I might you know, I have a ton of metal lying around, must get rid of it somehow I still havent booked an AA ticket, I should do that.

me to...

i'm wondering if any of the seib staff will be at AA this year...you know for news and that crap -.-

waaaaghlord wrote:Supercolider, if you're online tonight any idea what kind of stock Forbidden Planet and Cyber City are carrying at the momment? Just trying to figure how expensive this weekend's likely to be in terms of Encores and Henkais.

Sorry Fella - just got this as I passed out dog tired last night. Hope you got a good haul.

I've not been able to get out to any shops 'cept Asda for the last 2 months, fortunately ebay has been good to me lately.

Apparently I've just won a Botcon Megatron and Rodimus off Ebay.

See this is what too much Jack Daniels and Leonard Cohen will do to a man.

doomboy536 wrote:

Robo-Chugster wrote:I might pick up some Iron Man toys, they do look sweet. The movie was so awesome, and the best thing is I have to go and see it two more times

The Iron Man toys are pretty cool. One thing: the Mk2 and Mk3 armours are the same toy in different paintjobs, so I got the Mk2 armour and the prototype Mk3 armour (which lets you take some bits off). Just wish I'd waited. Woolies are doing buy one, get one half price, and Argos are doing BOGOF. Gits.