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All the best
Maz

 

Gosh this thing seems to be so amazing. And it's the first time -ever- that I write "Gosh".
So that's telling something. I think.

He looks as awesomely cool as Hyoga going all choreography (don't laugh, I spent hours as a kid doing that. I was the Falcon Knight. I threw pine cones after executing that, as my mortal attack. Grandma looked confused).

Tremendous work Maz.

 

Anyone remember this?

 

I know what you've been doing with your life. You've been busy being awesome!

@Sixo Really quite liking the look of the XTB Hoist. I went MMC for Trailbreaker and am happy, but I *really* don't get on the the Badcube Hoist. Dunno if I can another pain in the arse XTB transformation to myself tho, reckon I'll stick with what I have for now...

@motorthing Sending giant internet hugs!

Lastly, been a bit busy and not posting deskbots, I might recap at somepoint, but lets all boo @banjoted for enabling this new one. He is a beautiful chunky boy and I love him very much despite a few minor faults (but enough about Ben etc. *badum tsch*) and I'm really glad I grabbed him. He's gorgeous!

 

He looks great! I reckon mine will show today - along with a rather large box from @Dobbie, with any luck!

Got very distracted by the latest releases of fine figures coming out of third party; I had told myself that I was sticking to diaclone reboot once I had a smattering of "best of" masterpiece but my taste for MP is getting a little out of control. Now I want Grump as well as Phoenix!

Not sure where any of this going to go cos' I am already out of space. I am boxing many items back up and sticking these in the loft.

Edit: nice work Maz. I too want that skyfire so I can run my WST up that ramp!

 

Incidentally my wife says that description of me is more or less spot on.

 

MP Megs inbound. Fucking awesome.

 

Yep, I just had my dispatch email from Kapow this morning, looking good  

 

Same!

 

*Patiently awaits Kapow! shipping email*

However, I suspect that mine will be one of the later ones sent out as I used the deposit scheme.

 

I just had DPD contact me to say that mine should be delivered tomorrow, looks like I was lucky with when my batch got sent out, down side is that I'm not in work tomorrow so may not be able to pick him up!

 

Same here

 

I never count my chickens until I get the "your parcel will be delivered today at x o'clock" email. Regardless, it's actually happening! Can't recall the last time I've been so pumped about a release.

 

Even though I'm not getting Megs, the excitement is kind of infectious.

so I'll bring it down by posting about Flywheels.

Now this is great use of the Terri-bull mode and, I would assume, the original intention for it. It works so well. I suppose this is the trade off with getting so few/such inventive retools and repaints in the Deluxe TR line; we wind up with some iffy mold sharing at the Titan Master level. Oh, how my heart would swell at having more G1 accurate drones for Suqeezeplay and Horri-bull.

So, as I was saying this is (in my humble-ish opinion) one of the most successful Titan Masters. Both modes are great. I love the way the Titan Master integrates in jet mode and when I sit him in the tank I just want to make him go 'toot toot' as tottle him along, firing at anyone within a 45degree arc. I'll be annoyed if we don't get Battletrap too.

The Duocon. Perhaps aside from the Throttlebots, this is the cheapest and clunkiest of the little G1 'bots. I never took the duocon thing seriously. Other people had them but who cared? They were so crappy. I mean look at that jet mode. It's not even got a second colour. the tank is...a bit of a joke. Bot mode only has 'chicken tonight' articulation.

And yet, as an adult I find this oddly play-with-able. It's more fun than I ever remember and once you start flipping the modes around the fiddling goes on for ages. He's got one of, what I would consider, the last of the more classic Diaclone style faces.

I was obviously asleep at the wheel when I was taking these photos, as I've forgotten to take a snap of the TR face sculpt and misplaced the G1 Flywheel's gun.

 

I'm hoping that he gets the love he deserves and receives a release as an actual toy. The voyager Megs mould being the ideal candidate.

 

It seems like EVERYONE is crying out for this to happen, myself included. Titans Return Box set 3 or 4?
Also, this might be the best thing I've seen in ages. Laughing so hard at work I had to bite my knuckle

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1847691185501746

 

Anybody after any of these figures? £15 posted for the Star Wars two pack, £7 posted for Whirlwind, £9 posted for Ultra Magnus

 

Just caught up after what I can only describe as two of the most professionally challenging weeks I've had in my career to date. The demand on resources snuck up on us out of nowhere and it's a credit to the folks I work with how everyone pulled together to get the job done. Even our customers and clients realised the pressure we were under and some of the feedback we were getting made it (nearly) bearable.

So Robots; I'm so close to breaking down and buying UW Baldigus. I have about £80 in Amazon Vouchers to spend and ID Toys have him listed on there, but at just shy of £145 - which seems a smidge pricey. I'm torn and wonder how long my resolve will hold!

I've also treated myself to IDW Phase 2: Vol.5, it's generally the way I pickup the current range of TF books, I realise how phenomenally behind this puts me, but now I have some 'me' time I'm looking forward to sitting down with it.

@nice sideburns I'm going to TFN blind as well and have had exactly the same thoughts, worst comes to the worst and we'll sit in a corner lonely together....!!!

 

I'll be posting a selfie here and on twitter before the weekend so if you see me come over and say hi!

 

All of you who are about to get their Megatron, exciting. Really hope you'll like/love him. I know I do.
@Dreago, you're soooo kind man. Thanks.

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