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City Commander wrote:


I didn't know the UK had costco? I thought that was a US buy-everything-here store?
Haven't heard anything about Protector since the Cologne email. Shame really, would've been icing on the cake to have that set on the big day. Amazing shipping time btw.

yeh we always go there for food and stuff, the only tf i've ever seen there though is that big bumblebee they had for the first movie, in the round containers? i think, could be wrong

ano shame about protector, at least i got sidearm to open =D

as for the shipping, was ridiculously fast, so chuffed will reveal what i got from kapow on christmas day

City Commander wrote:

My mom should be home in an hour or so, hopefully with MP Grimmy in tow. Then we need to go to the crematorium to see off our old friend, my dog Buster. Poor lad died in his sleep last night, 15 years old and having survived cancer twice. Real fighter.

fingers crossed for mp grimmy man

as for your dog, i am sorry for your loss

Wasp-shot23 wrote:i was all excited about my xmas haul after what electron said but now ,not so much.

anyway i've got a tracks to look forward to!
and pcc sledge, and hopefully hftd payload, batttle blades prime, battle blade bumblebee, jetblade and maybe axor!
woo for christmas! the most transformersy time of yar!

woo transformy christmas for all!!!

man you got just as gud of a haul, i didn't even think any of my stuff would get here in time for christmas

if anything its a transformers christmas miracle

Rodimus Minor wrote:Aw come on my Perfect Effects Ninja and Kingbat were posted a week ago from Kapow and there still not here why they are small figures stupid snow

unlucky dude, sad to say one of those was in my kapow package that arrived in a record 24 hrs, according to my mum and my order email

hope your stuff gets to you in time

I'm sorry Wasp mate, I hope Paddy went peacefully like my Buster. We got him when I was just 5 years old, so it's like the end of an era now he's gone. While his passing doesn't make me that sad (he lead a long happy life), it makes me realise I am now and adult, and soon I'll be working and living off my own steam full-time. Scary, but definitely gonna be transformery!

Rejoice for tis a glorious day! Grimmy came home, and now my christmas haul is complete!

Not quite as sizeable as you lots', but nice still. MP Grimlock, RTS Jazz, RTS Tracks and a PCC Huffer from my parents. No clue about bro and sis, my nan gave me £50. I've also got Protector and Universe Hardhead coming from myself


This year has definitely been a transformers christmas miracle! I'd buy more toys for saturday, but there's nowt I need now bar Tomahawk. Will definitely be putting in preorders for Kup, Perceptor and Wreck Gar next week.

I prey that my S.O. Jazz and Turbo Track I ordered of Kapow arrive Tomorrow, Hopefully S.S. Grapple will be in the parcel as well. If not I still have my Protector and what ever My bro got me as my Transformery Goodness this year.

Must...wait...for..United...versions. Man, if RTS Tracks and Jazz turn up at my very local Forbidden Planet or TRU, it's going to be so hard not to pick 'em up.
Deffo gonna go have a look xmas eve.

The puzzle(with Little Op Prime robot hero) for under £5 and the 10 pack is £10.00 consisting of Windrazor, Ransack, Stockcade, Overcharge, Skyshadow, Scavenger, Longview, Snowcat, Treadshot and Crosshairs.

Still no sign of the minicon 8 pack yet

10 minicons for a tenner? ok, there's no cola bottles, but it's still a good deal. I will look tomorrow. thanks neurie

There are a few Costcos in the UK, definitely 1 at thurrock.

You might want to check out a shop called Range to as they stock transformers right along side knock offs at decent prices.

Hope my box of botcon stuff turns up soon.

Tried to go to Smyths today but traffic was murder

Neurie wrote:The puzzle(with Little Op Prime robot hero) for under £5 and the 10 pack is £10.00 consisting of Windrazor, Ransack, Stockcade, Overcharge, Skyshadow, Scavenger, Longview, Snowcat, Treadshot and Crosshairs.

Still no sign of the minicon 8 pack yet

cool, that 10 pack is £30 on amazon, might have to look for that.

Don't think i've got anything much transformersy for christmas because my family don't know what i already have...
but did nab myself insecticon and transform-a-toaster at £3 each at reading john lewis yesterday
the entertainer had flip all, nothing round my area seems to have much of anything...

Hey! I just noticed that both of my wednesday TF's that i got have 4 arms! and i got them both for under the normal scout class price point!

also bought meself structure deck marik from the entertainer.

The PCC 2pks are down to £4.97 at TRU, both instore and on the website.

Just been to my local Smyths and they are swimming in reeveal the shield wave 1 (7.49) and generations are reduced to £5 or £6 depending on the figure

Also found a couple of grab bags today and the doctor who pandorica figures.

Guys I need of your wisdom.
I'm stuck as to whether to get rotf brawn of rts fallback. I cannot decide, as they're both excellent and while brawn is painted better fallback has the more g1 accurate vehicle mode what with te big gun on the top.
I just can't decide!

Wasp-shot23 wrote:Guys I need of your wisdom.
I'm stuck as to whether to get rotf brawn of rts fallback. I cannot decide, as they're both excellent and while brawn is painted better fallback has the more g1 accurate vehicle mode what with te big gun on the top.
I just can't decide!

I'd say get both but if you ar short on Cash get Fallback hope that help Wasp

Rodimus Minor wrote:

Wasp-shot23 wrote:Guys I need of your wisdom.
I'm stuck as to whether to get rotf brawn of rts fallback. I cannot decide, as they're both excellent and while brawn is painted better fallback has the more g1 accurate vehicle mode what with te big gun on the top.
I just can't decide!

I'd say get both but if you ar short on Cash get Fallback hope that help Wasp

not really rodimus, but thanks.
I don't want both that's the thing. I don't see the point in having both. Right now I can get brawn for just a pound more than fallback is in smyths. I'm leaning upwards brawn for the paint apps.

Personally I prefer Brawn but that's probably because it reminds me of the holiday to Malaysia where I found him, Lockdown, Bludgeon and a few other early releases on a market in old Kuala Lumpa.

Despite it's kibble he looks like a rough and tumble enforcer type.

It's a tough choice but I think I'd go for Fallback. The gun swings it for me and I've had a weird thing for Outback since I was little .

my spare pair have gone to craggy, sorry to anyone else who doesnt have a smyths by them

btw you guys seen the united pics? wfc prime and megs look amazing

still havent brought the game yet, maybe i should look into it soon

Electron wrote:my spare pair have gone to craggy, sorry to anyone else who doesnt have a smyths by them

btw you guys seen the united pics? wfc prime and megs look amazing

still havent brought the game yet, maybe i should look into it soon

hell yeah! You're missing out! It's the best game ever!

Oh and it's 2 all in the brawn/fallback thing. I need a deciding vote!
The fact I actually found a brawn in tescos tonight ( didn't buy it) and I've already decided is neither here nor there.

Electron wrote:my spare pair have gone to craggy, sorry to anyone else who doesnt have a smyths by them

btw you guys seen the united pics? wfc prime and megs look amazing

still havent brought the game yet, maybe i should look into it soon

thankyou, kind sir I'm getting Jazz (and Tracks too...might have to get the Reprolabels kit for him tho)

United pics are yummy. WFC guys are getting bought I think. Still want to see Kup though.

You should get WFC. It'll likely be really cheap after Christmas. Campaign is pretty fun (and there's 3player co-op) and multiplayer is fun...although might have to wait til a 100xXP weekend for many players. Stick the TF:TM soundtrack on and rock out.

OH! Generations Thundercracker, baby!

craggy wrote:

Electron wrote:my spare pair have gone to craggy, sorry to anyone else who doesnt have a smyths by them

btw you guys seen the united pics? wfc prime and megs look amazing

still havent brought the game yet, maybe i should look into it soon

thankyou, kind sir I'm getting Jazz (and Tracks too...might have to get the Reprolabels kit for him tho)

United pics are yummy. WFC guys are getting bought I think. Still want to see Kup though.

You should get WFC. It'll likely be really cheap after Christmas. Campaign is pretty fun (and there's 3player co-op) and multiplayer is fun...although might have to wait til a 100xXP weekend for many players. Stick the TF:TM soundtrack on and rock out.

OH! Generations Thundercracker, baby!

I agree, WFC was a good game you should try it.

I have the Botcon Thundercracker so Generations TC doesn't interest me that much. Wheeljack on the other hand.

One love undercracker!

craggy wrote:

Electron wrote:my spare pair have gone to craggy, sorry to anyone else who doesnt have a smyths by them

btw you guys seen the united pics? wfc prime and megs look amazing

still havent brought the game yet, maybe i should look into it soon

thankyou, kind sir I'm getting Jazz (and Tracks too...might have to get the Reprolabels kit for him tho)

United pics are yummy. WFC guys are getting bought I think. Still want to see Kup though.

You should get WFC. It'll likely be really cheap after Christmas. Campaign is pretty fun (and there's 3player co-op) and multiplayer is fun...although might have to wait til a 100xXP weekend for many players. Stick the TF:TM soundtrack on and rock out.

OH! Generations Thundercracker, baby!

Lemme know if you decide to. There's two stickers in that set for the hood; I was thinking of getting a set but I don't wanna waste the other sticker since it's pretty big.



United-wise I've decided to get Kup, Perceptor and Wreck Gar, though pics of Generations Kup are a bit muddled atm and may well affect my choice.

Just wish they weren't £20 a pop!


I'm still not 100% sold on Wheeljack, I need to see the figure reviewed first. Energon Downshift has been such a good Wheeljack standin to me....

WFC is a brill game. I'll get back on xbox live in the new year hopefully, so I'd love to play some of you guys if you're cool and have xbox ( )

craggy wrote:

You should get WFC. It'll likely be really cheap after Christmas. Campaign is pretty fun (and there's 3player co-op) and multiplayer is fun...although might have to wait til a 100xXP weekend for many players. Stick the TF:TM soundtrack on and rock out.

glad i could helpa fellow tf fan

thats the thing with the xp weekends, i dunno why but i feel it cheapens the game

but you won't see me complaining when i eventually get the game and need to rank up pronto

Wasp-shot23 wrote:Oh and it's 2 all in the brawn/fallback thing. I need a deciding vote!
The fact I actually found a brawn in tescos tonight ( didn't buy it) and I've already decided is neither here nor there.

i don't remember what these guys look like,but i used the seibs gallery aren't they the same figure?

munkimus prime wrote: Wheeljack on the other hand.

agreed!!!

City Commander wrote:Lemme know if you decide to. There's two stickers in that set for the hood; I was thinking of getting a set but I don't wanna waste the other sticker since it's pretty big.

yeh but there both different, i prefer the one that doesn't have the autobot insignia engulfed in flames,which i'm assuming you also like the same one

City Commander wrote:
United-wise I've decided to get Kup, Perceptor and Wreck Gar, though pics of Generations Kup are a bit muddled atm and may well affect my choice.

Just wish they weren't £20 a pop!

i think only perceptor is united worthy there, but yeh £20 a pop ouch

when henkei first came out weren't they like £12.99 then £18.99 and now what £21.95? just gonna get more pricey

I don't like Generations Kup's colours. Too many shades of green. I'm hoping United does them a bit more like the eHobby version, minus the "battle-damage" or at least, doesn't have the shoulders and forearms a colour that's not used anywhere else on the toy.

I've missed the cut off for pre-ordering a RTS Wreck-Gar, so I'll have to splash out on the expensive one.

And the Tracks sticker I want is the one with the normal Autobot logo, not the one with the fire-y logo. The one that looks G1ish. I bet that's the one most people want. It's the one on the left of the pic. I'm also thinking of getting the Hot Rod kit so I can actually see the flames on the chest of my Challenge At Cybertron Roddy. But I may wait until I see how he looks in Protector. I may never need to see the alt mode if the Rodimus Prime combined Super-mode bot looks good enough.

I'm undecided about Wheeljack. I had the G1, and he does look quite different from Tracks, but hmm...I wonder if I can afford or need him?

A complete set of Classics Seekers is my new immediate Grail. Kapow seems to be taking care of half that, and I already have Classics Screamer. Just Skywarp and Ramjet now. and then onto trying to complete the entire TF:TM cast. hehehahahaha