The UK Toy Discussion

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Boardwise, Feb 23, 2011.

  1. wildfly

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    Was it said it's staying that way?
     
  2. simond

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    I'd guess the BBTS one will be an exclusive recolour personally.
     
  3. Sweeny

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    Say it ain't true? The news about MP10 not being released is bad enough, but now this? That coat was a glimmer of hope in a world of darkness...anyway nice sales pitch on the headmasters! :thumbs2: 

    Yeah they look 'off' somehow, really want to like these more. Could do with seeing some more pics and will reserve judgement until then.
     
  4. we_are_forest

    we_are_forest I blame Powerglide

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    This is now turning in to tfw2005's equivelent of the Leeds score.

    (Hulk will know what I'm on about)
     
  5. CyberShadow

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    Of course...

    To back up what others have said... No, the current rumour (its from TRU UK, but it still counts as a rumour, thats how bad things have got) is that this will be a post-Christmas release. I think that this will make it easier not to put on shelves at all, to be honest. If you want him, I would certainly grab him. Even if he does appear here (and, like I said, I still have my doubts) I think that there is no way he will retail at under £100, and you will be getting him faster and cheaper.

    I dont think that this is an exclusive. Its the first I have heard and even the BBTS sales pitch doesnt say this.

    As I see it, BBTS have put the pre-order way, way forwards to:
    a. Beat every other store to offer a figure that no-one has even seen a real picture of yet.
    b. Tie in to the 'Toys for Tots' US charity drive.

    I suspect that even stores which like to offer crazy pre-order lead-ins like RK are caught a bit behind, but you will see them try to catch up in a week or so and offer their own pre-orders.
     
  6. Irish Carnage

    Irish Carnage Instrument of Destruction

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    I got a very unexpected surprise this morning from my postman. My FP deluxe insecticons arrived, needless to say I was not expecting them. i got the shipping notice on saturday night I think and they arrived today, I'm well impressed. Oh , and I didnt get charged for customs either, the sender declared the value at $23 even though I forgot to ask them to do that.
    I have to give TFsource top marks all round.
    To anyone that has bought them, be aware that there is a small green envelope in the box too, it has there weapons in it. dont know why it wasnt in the main box but dont forget to take it out too.
     
  7. CyberShadow

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    Really? Wow. I just checked my tracking number today (got shipping notification on Monday), and USPS says that they have 'received notification that it has been sent', which I take to mean that its not even at the senders depot yet! If mine are on the same schedule as yours, they should be here tomorrow or Friday.... while I am at work.
     
  8. Irish Carnage

    Irish Carnage Instrument of Destruction

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    I was really surprised when they arrived, I wasnt expecting them until maybe this coming monday at the earliest. I nearly missed the postman too, I was doing something that required me to be in the seated postion and let's leave it at that.
     
  9. Brooticus

    Brooticus "You bred Raptors?"

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    Ahhh, writing a stern letter to Points of View. It can be pretty engrossing.
     
  10. MissingSea

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    Hmm, received my shipping notification Monday night. I'm in a similar position to CS, though my tracking says 'Electronic Shipping Info Received'. I also tried Royal Mail's tracking and there it says 'undefined' so it's not in their system yet. I know it's only Wednesday, but I wasn't realistically expecting these to arrive till the New Year (what with what Mark said about the fun times they are having with the Christmas parcels).
     
  11. Irish Carnage

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    I'm going to have to rephrase a previous statement. I said that the insecticon weapons were in a small green envelope which as it turns out is only partially true, they are in the envelope but these weapons are an extra set that has been included. now that I've taken the figures out of the box I've found the actual weapons were taped on the underside of the clamshell packaging and the weapons in the envelope which are the same have been included as either a spare set or just as extras. So I now have two sets of insecticon weapons, which look like there G1 weapons and I'm assuming there meant to be used with the other insecticons if you have them.
    Thats a nice little treat from tfsource.
     
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    Yes, this is a second set of weapons for the original trio, but only includes the guns, not the remolded insect parts (which I wonder if an extra set of those will be in the Warbug figures).
     
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    Just checking - I've been through the sightings thread - has Dreadwing (voyager) been spotted anywhere besides Tesco? And what's his current availability like?
     
  14. wildfly

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    The answer to the second part is sporadic.

    I think the answer to the first part is no.(?)
     
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    y'know if i had a tenner from everyone that asked is MP10 out in the UK?....i'd be a rich man by now:D 
     
  16. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

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    Eh......he isn't out yet? :confused: 




























































    :D 
     
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    Hey. can a Cars enthusiast help me out here?

    I don't collect Cars, simply too much stuff in that line to even consider starting. However the other day in Tesco I did see a 'Quick Changer' Finn McMissile, who you can crash into something and his eyes change and machine guns pop out, basically like Stealth Force only better and smaller and (slightly) cheaper.

    There was another one, of the Italian F1 Car whose nose merely rotated around a few degrees, crap. I think its supposed to reflect race damage or something. I tried to look these things up on Google, but returned too much information, how many Quickchange Lightning McQueens? Race versions? Non race versions? WTF. Too much information.

    Anyway I was wondering if there wre any more like the Machine Gun Finn McMissile? I went to TRU Brent X just now to see if they had any and they didn't they did have Lights and Sounds ones, normal ones, Mission Agent ones, Colour change ones, TRU Exclusive ones, deluxe ones, OMG I THINK I BROKE MY BRAIN.

    Curiously they did have the lastest TFP stuff too, Airarachnid etc. No MP10 though, on the off chance anyone was reading this and thought maybe I was leading up to a triumphant reveal.

    I wasn't.

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    @Ironic, only Tesco I believe, and I've only seen him in one London Tesco (Lea Valley), and I generally get around. Wembley is the other one I usually go to and they've got nowt. If I do see one on my travels though I'll txt you and see if you want me to pick it up for you.
     
  18. Irish Carnage

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    I've spotted Dreadwing a couple of times in Ken Black, granted this is an Irish toy shop but they have the same supplier as smyths, in fact the two shops are so closely related that that Ken black use the smyths catalogue. Maybe you could try a smyths if one is close to you.
     
  19. CyberShadow

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    RE: Dreadwind. I get the impression that he has only been spotted at Tesco, and that stores got an initial supply of these cases and that they are not being refreshed at this point. Just the impression from looking around.
     
  20. deathsheadII

    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    is mp10 due out this week?