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by **Lockdown91** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:45 am

I got Dreadwing from Tesco in Liverpool about 3 months ago, used a £10 clubcard voucher and my discount so he ended up being about £9.97 for me back then :-B

I'm sure I posted about it #-o

Anyway is anyone around the Liverpool area? Been up to Toys R us, I'm interested in if they have the Combaticons in, Don't want to walk all that way to just be dissapointed :/

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:33 am

Ok, after the news that TF Prime Dreadwing was flying around Tescos I took to the streets of Bedford to see what I could find!

Tesco Extra, Cardington Road, Bedford:
TF Prime Weaponizers - Prime & Bumblebee @ £35 each!

TF Prime Powerizers - Megatron @ £22 each!

TF Prime Deluxe - Kup, Hotshot, Rumble, Airachnid, Arcee, Shadow Strike Bumblebee and Deadend (not shown) @ £13 each?

TF Botshot Brawler Launchers, 3 Packs and Singles - Various @ £10/£9/£4 each! Odd pricing (see shelf flash)?

TF Prime Cyberverse Commanders - Starscream @ £9 each or 2 for £10!

I spotted two cases of TF Prime Deluxe figures marked with Wave 5 on the side of the boxes, so being tall I pulled them down only to find the same figures already on the shelves? :-(

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:35 am

My local Tesco has nothing at all. Rubbish.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpsGhost** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:14 am

Not a sighting as such, but my Masterpiece Soundwave arrived along with the 2nd Asia seekers set this morning from Kapow Toys

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:24 am

I'll check again tomorrow, as I'm going into town.
TRU Norwich will be a disappointment, I know. But try other places like Boots or Wilkinson.

I found my very own Steve in the former!

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpsGhost** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:35 am

The stock in all my local Tescos seems to be changing daily around here. Found more Kreons at tesco yesterday, finally found Dirge and Banzitron

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:31 am

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:Not a sighting as such, but my Masterpiece Soundwave arrived along with the 2nd Asia seekers set this morning from Kapow Toys

btw how big are those cassettes?

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:39 am

They are the same size as the G1 cassettes. Saw them in that video {sniff} review.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:56 am

Ravage XK wrote:They are the same size as the G1 cassettes. Saw them in that video {sniff} review.

I take it that they are of similar size to that of the mini cassettes that you used to get for dictation machines? because my Oversize KO Soundwave comes with 2 cassettes of same or similar size to those mini cassettes

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpsGhost** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:04 am

It actually shows pics in the instructions of him using his G1 tapes.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:42 am

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:It actually shows pics in the instructions of him using his G1 tapes.

ah right well...that's nice!

you gonna get more tapes for him? or have you got or ordered those already

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:58 pm

The pricing and selection at my local Tesco's was much the same as Mel posted, just fyi. Except there was a bit more variety in cyberverse commanders-less with the deluxes, though.

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:36 pm

New Omen wrote:Sup guys and gals. I just found the kreo micro changers wave 1 at the Morrisons in Hull for £2.00 each!! Only had 11 different codes though

My phones playing up so I cant upload a photo atm tho. maybe someone else can verify for me. Hopefully they'll start appearing all over the UK real soon, happy hunting y'all

I've just been to Morrison's in Newport and picked up ten of these buggers, they didn't have the other two. I opened one which was Airachnid but I'm saving the rest for my birthday on Sunday. The codes are on the top right corner of the back of the pack and Airachnid's is 23051 50. I got a new camera for Christmas but I haven't even bothered charging it yet, just saying yes, they're out there.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:40 pm

funnily enough I was gonna ask if it was your birthday, after buying 10 of those! lol

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:00 pm

Stuartmaximus wrote:funnily enough I was gonna ask if it was your birthday, after buying 10 of those! lol

Ha! Yeah, to be honest Mrs O was egging me on and I do like the idea of them. I don't celebrate my birthday except by making sure I've got nothing to do the day after the Superbowl, which always falls on the nearest Sunday. I'll stay up all night watching that and eating and drinking myself stupid. People know I don't really care but they will insist on giving me money so I thought I'd treat myself, couldn't think of anything else I wanted so hey. I blame those blindpack Minicons for all this!

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:02 pm

By the way, welcome to your new home!

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:24 pm

aww ty

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:44 pm

Where are you from, Stuartmaximus?

Are you actually a UK collector, or one of us fakers (I think there's only me left, actually)?

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:55 pm

i'm from Ayrshire, + I do have a collection, prob between 50-100 tfs as well as books & DVDs.

+ you canny be all that much of a faker pal, you must at least have some TFs!

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:57 pm

Va'al wrote:Are you actually a UK collector, or one of us fakers (I think there's only me left, actually)?

I'm still in touch with Siegfried, he just had some issues with the site's policy on third party stuff and a few other behind the scenes things before he quit from the staff. He's cut back his collecting as well so keeping a bit of distance from the community can help with not getting sucked back in.

I've yet to see the individual Kreons round my way yet but did pick up an interesting snippet on facebook earlier. This week's UK comic (technically out Thursday but some copies have shown up early in Tesco) comes with a preview wave Kreon on the cover. A bit pricey at £3.99 but being out in the sticks this might be the easiest way to snag those six figures for me.

Any board game/miniature enthusiasts among us at the moment? I'm backing a kickstarter project for Ted Terranova's Rivet Wars board game that funds next Monday. It's a cute but gritty, World War I inspired, steampunky game that's being published by Cool Mini or Not. The $150 pledge level has an absolute load of extras included already and is still growing by the day, take a look here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coo ... rivet-wars

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:57 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:
Va'al wrote:Are you actually a UK collector, or one of us fakers (I think there's only me left, actually)?

I'm still in touch with Siegfried, he just had some issues with the site's policy on third party stuff and a few other behind the scenes things before he quit from the staff. He's cut back his collecting as well so keeping a bit of distance from the community can help with not getting sucked back in.

Good to know he's ok! I might have to do the same soon, actually.

And thanks for the heads up on the magazine, might give it a shot if I happen past a newsagents.

Stuartmaximus wrote:+ you canny be all that much of a faker pal, you must at least have some TFs!

I'm a faker in the sense that I'm only living in the UK, and so far temporarily.
I do have a collection, although I've stopped adding new pieces now. Or at least, I will do once I find FoC Starscream and Grimlock. My last figure will be Maketoys Mobine Series Chaos/Paladin. Because I love PCCs, and that figure is just gorgeous.

Might sell some older stuff, actually, but only after the summer. And I'll still be reading the comics as they come out! I love the writing, and I think that, like most IDW titles, they are severely underrated in the comics world.

I was going to write an article about that, actually. Might get back to it once this chapter is over.

WHOAH long post. Sorry!

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:09 pm

You don't have to live in a place or be from there to report a sighting in that place. Nobody's a faker, we're all one big, happy yet disgruntled family.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:21 pm

Mr O wrote:You don't have to live in a place or be from there to report a sighting in that place. Nobody's a faker, we're all one big, happy yet disgruntled family.

I know! It's just that I was greeted as the Resident Italian, when Dead Metal was the Resident German posting in this thread. I quite like the difference-ness.

News Credits: 5 · by **Mr O** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:32 pm

Me too, diversity rocks. Variety is the spice of life and all that. I'm a Welsh/Irish Scot after all!

Edit: Okay, I buckled and opened another one. Springer's code is 42.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:37 pm

I found out over Christmas, talking to my Italian grandmother, that I'm actually 3% Turkish, 3% Dutch, and 44% Italian. Then on my mum's side it's 25% English, 12.5% Irish and 12.5% French!

Oh and also, Transformers. In shops. UK.
(Just to keep it on topic, or Robotmel will shout at us.

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