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shajaki wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I did the same. I'm going to replace every single Igear MiniBot (sold cosmos and gears) I have with better Hasbro versions when they get made. So far only Brawn from Igear remains.

ive replaced cosmos and swerve already. but id be hard pressed to replace any others. i still love their gears, beachcomber, outback, and brawn. huffer and seaspray i still love, but would like scaled with the others. hasbro would have to make some pretty amazing figures to contend with the rest. strangely enough, igears swerve and cosmos were the weakest and thus most replacable.

and i was totally on board with igears powerglide and wheelie, but its been so long i doubt theyll ever see the light of day.

mooncake623 wrote:I really hate the Igears Gears... his head sculpt looks like The Juggernaut, I've replaced it with Maketoy's Gears which I'm not really happy with either, might replace it with the Hasbro version when i get my hands on it.

shajaki wrote:i know theres a lot of micron love out there, but the legends microns are not as functional as id like.

ScottyP wrote:

shajaki wrote:i know theres a lot of micron love out there, but the legends microns are not as functional as id like.

Totally with you on this. The new "Minicons" are just a mailed in effort. I don't expect crazy advances in Minicon engineering, but these feel like a huge step back from even the pretty simplified Power Core Combiner era Minicons.

That said, some of them are still cool as hell, like the Space Shuttle guy and Tailgate's Bulldozer, but on their own they don't hold up to even 12+ year old Armada molds - which is a line known for its simplicity!

shajaki wrote:id actually like to make an amendment:

not only is BBTS sold out of half of them (already!) but theyre cheaper at Ages3AndUp, with actual preorder stock left.

i preoerdered everything i could with BBTS, found A3AU, cancelled everything with BBTS, preordered everything with A3AU, all in a span of about 4 minutes. its a good store for me as well being canadian and all.

shajaki wrote:id actually like to make an amendment:

not only is BBTS sold out of half of them (already!) but theyre cheaper at Ages3AndUp, with actual preorder stock left.

i preoerdered everything i could with BBTS, found A3AU, cancelled everything with BBTS, preordered everything with A3AU, all in a span of about 4 minutes. its a good store for me as well being canadian and all.

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:id actually like to make an amendment:

not only is BBTS sold out of half of them (already!) but theyre cheaper at Ages3AndUp, with actual preorder stock left.

i preoerdered everything i could with BBTS, found A3AU, cancelled everything with BBTS, preordered everything with A3AU, all in a span of about 4 minutes. its a good store for me as well being canadian and all.

At the point that you're preordering all of them, wouldn't it be better just to get a membership and order through the Club, and then sell the ones you don't want?

Also, Reflector is my favorite minicon. He's adorable, and integrates really well with Skrapnel in bug mode.

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:id actually like to make an amendment:

not only is BBTS sold out of half of them (already!) but theyre cheaper at Ages3AndUp, with actual preorder stock left.

i preoerdered everything i could with BBTS, found A3AU, cancelled everything with BBTS, preordered everything with A3AU, all in a span of about 4 minutes. its a good store for me as well being canadian and all.

At the point that you're preordering all of them, wouldn't it be better just to get a membership and order through the Club, and then sell the ones you don't want?

Also, Reflector is my favorite minicon. He's adorable, and integrates really well with Skrapnel in bug mode.

i had thought about that. but being in canada, the membership is more expensive. and im not sure what these figures actually cost to members? shipping is a bit irritating as well... they always use 3rd party carriers which i have quite a distaste for and usually have fees on top of fees.

megatronus wrote:I believe it was $297 (+shipping) for 3.0... I can understand the Canada thing, tho.

MOVE HERE!!!

ScottyP wrote:Man, those preorders kill me. I don't want but 4 out of the 6 in 3.0, but it's still cheaper for me to just hunker down and pay Funpub for the whole round. :sigh:

megatronus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Man, those preorders kill me. I don't want but 4 out of the 6 in 3.0, but it's still cheaper for me to just hunker down and pay Funpub for the whole round. :sigh:

Which ones don't you want? I by and large like them, despite my initial disappointment, with the exception of the seekers.

But that's where eBay comes in...

ScottyP wrote:

megatronus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Man, those preorders kill me. I don't want but 4 out of the 6 in 3.0, but it's still cheaper for me to just hunker down and pay Funpub for the whole round. :sigh:

Which ones don't you want? I by and large like them, despite my initial disappointment, with the exception of the seekers.

But that's where eBay comes in...

Serpentor and Carzap do nothing for me. I'm worried about QC on Serpentor as well, the Takara Generations Ratbat had a ton of breakage problems. Although Devcon wasn't so bad so hopefully that's an unfounded worry.

Things are going great for the Transformers Collectors' Club Figure Subscription Service (TFSS) version 3.0! So, we are thrilled to show another figure from the TFSS 3.0 - the Decepticon Seeker Nacelle! The order period will be open through October 2nd, 2014.

The service is available to anyone who is a member of the Transformers Collectors’ Club. The cost of this additional service is $297 (plus shipping). You can pay all at once or in 3 installments. The 6 toys that make up the TFSS 3.0 are: KROK, NACELLE, TARANTULAS, CARZAP, SERPENT O.R. and G2 STARSCREAM. In addition to that you will receive a BONUS 7th figure to be mailed out with your final shipment.

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AutoBorst wrote:Wow. Yet ANOTHER Seeker repaint with a new name. How do people justify the expensive of membership with getting repaints in return?