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Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by orangeitis, Oct 22, 2018.

  1. bearytrek

    bearytrek Unicron Backer #1...

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    back in the day I remember reading the tech specs bios on the back of G1 toy boxes as one of the criteria for whether it was worth picking up over another...more often than not, it was a matter of how complicated/cool the transformation was and how interesting the bio of the character that were the deciding factors...
     
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  2. Michael Payton

    Michael Payton Well-Known Member

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    I wish they'd drop the wall o' multilingual legal text on the back of the packages and had the tech specs back. Or at least put the bios on the instructions, where they can put them in the requisite 20 languages.

    Or maybe follow the Takara Legends model and have the instructions fold out into a comic strip. Of course then you'd have to buy EVERY multipacks to get every new comic. Maybe I should stop giving Hasbro so many wallet draining ideas. LOL
     
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  3. Heavynova

    Heavynova Oh, the nostalgia...

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    Hasbro can have all my money when it comes to these guys. The checklists that you can combine into the mall scene, the bios, the ingenuity.

    All my money, Hasbro. You can have all of it.
     
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  4. Max Tower

    Max Tower Well-Known Member

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    I find them quite fun posed as if they were humans in a Godzilla Movie running away from some bigger and nastier Transformer. Some have an expression ideal for that like Terror Tale Torch for example.
     
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  5. insertblank

    insertblank Well-Known Member

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    How do you guys display your `bots? I ordered a spice rack and a nail polish stairs (i think that's what they're called) so I can vertically display them all.
     
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  6. JoeScibelli

    JoeScibelli That one Piranacon fanboy

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    I do the same! I have some back from when I was buying a lot of 1/18 figures.
     
  7. Heavynova

    Heavynova Oh, the nostalgia...

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    I actually haven't figured out the way for me to display them. They're all in a box right now. I was considering getting some of those mesh metal pencil holders, painting them the corresponding colors of each tribe, and affixing them to some sort of wall mount, but I'm not totally sure yet.
     
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  8. Michael Payton

    Michael Payton Well-Known Member

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    I use some of these, in the clear plastic. I might grab the blue and the pink for different series in the future.

    DUOFIRE Plastic Organizer Container Storage Box Adjustable Divider Removable Grid Compartment Big Clear Slot box For Jewelry Beads Earring Container Tool Fishing Hook Small Accessories, White 36 Grids https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074BRRCP9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_UC-ODbCXT52BY Screenshot_20191013-231054.jpg Screenshot_20191013-231054.jpg
     
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  9. insertblank

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    I was thinking of doing the symbols as well! Does the sticker book include those by any chance?
     
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  10. CrabGrass

    CrabGrass Shrapnel in a trench coat and sunglasses

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    Yes, it does. Each tribe has it’s own page of stickers.
     
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  11. G2KingGrimlock

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    Currently building them into my Alternators display. Looks like they’ve invaded a car show room.
     
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  12. Heavynova

    Heavynova Oh, the nostalgia...

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    That's a fantastic idea! Now I wish I didn't sell half my Alternators...
     
  13. Michael Payton

    Michael Payton Well-Known Member

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    Yep, but just for the first 11 tribes from series 1 and 2.
     
  14. JoeScibelli

    JoeScibelli That one Piranacon fanboy

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    So, I'm having some issues figuring out exactly who I need from the Bakery Bytes to get a complete set. I'm not really going after a complete one now, but I'd like to pick these up so if I decide to the hardest to find stuff is out of the way. Which of the four packs do I need?
     
  15. Michael Payton

    Michael Payton Well-Known Member

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    Bakery Bytes Various On Card.jpg

    The blind bag blister for each is: (clockwise top left) Cavi T (the cup of sugar cubes), Nozzleshot (watering can), Chief Cherry 3.14 (cherry pie) and Reci P. Cooker (the cookbook)
     
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  16. Michael Payton

    Michael Payton Well-Known Member

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    I'm waiting on UPS and FedEx to delivery a bunch of new Bots this morning. Waiting.... ugh.
     
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  17. Ryan F

    Ryan F Transform and Roll Out!

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    So assuming you’re able to get the 8-pack with the spade, flowerpot and lawnmower, you only technically need two of the four 5-packs for a complete set - the one with Nozzlesnot the watering can, and the one with the dark grey bonsai tree, neither of which are in that legendary 8-pack.
     
  18. G2KingGrimlock

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    Or any Bakery Bites set and both the Lawn League ones. Slightly more expensive but probably a little easier
     
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  19. Ryan F

    Ryan F Transform and Roll Out!

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    OK, so I decided to do some BotBots YouTube vids, on a team-by-team basis, starting with the S1 Backpack Bunch.

    Apologies for my boring voice and fat fingers, In my head I sound a lot more interesting and enthusiastic, but hearing myself back I sound like I'm giving a PowerPoint presentation on accounting tips or something! I'll have to fix that going forward. Maybe drugs will help. Go easy on me.

     
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