The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. Imperator

    Imperator and he drove the fastest milk-cart in the west.

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    Well. Apart from the strobe lighting. Not at all sure what's going on there.

     
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  2. Skyguy

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    Not sure why it’s strobing but your improving rapidly. I’m quite jealous.
     
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  3. bcm77

    bcm77 Not A Proper Fan.

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    I watched a couple of YouTube videos of ISS Deluxe recently just to see how it's aged and was pleasantly surprised as for what it lacks in photo realistic graphics the gameplay still seems fun...haven't played a PES game in a couple of generations and have wondered about trying again as I was left utterly cold with the last FIFA I tried, typical EA with the money grabbing "Ultimate Team" nonsense and it seemed to need a photographic memory for all the button combinations required to do the various tricks..it's a sports game, not Street Fighter.

    Other sports games I played a lot were Super Tennis, which was way more fun for me than watching the sport and Super Punch Out! which me and a friend attempted to do what would now be called speedrunning albeit way less competently than those I've seen on YouTube :D 

    Super Mario 3 was where Raccoon Mario first appeared, so by default it's my favourite...can we have Ferret Mario please Nintendo? :D 

    A book on old school wrestling games? Definitely be intrested in that, for the good and the bad....I remember Tecmo Wrestling on the NES being fun!

    Loved Donkey Kong Country, but didn't play the sequels although that's something I could also look at doing via an emulator, same goes for Metroid as I've not played any of those games but I've always heard good things about them.

    I think my friend had Actraiser and I've heard of the Goemon games but don't recall the others.

    With Final Fantasy I've only ever played VII and I thought it was decent, I just wasn't used to that style of game so it took a bit of getting used to. I'm curious about the remake so I'll likely check out some videos when it's out.

    Took a pic of Oreo this evening which has him looking cute and sinister at the same time!,
    [​IMG]Mr Sinister by Brendan Mitchell, on Flickr
     
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  4. Brooticus

    Brooticus "You bred Raptors?"

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    Just a guess, but you might need to save the gif as higher quality or with a higher colour range. Not sure what program you're using, but you can fiddle with that stuff in photoshop.

    Nice work.
     
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    Soundwavelover2004 Well-Known Member

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    @bcm77 did you see the dancing ferret vid cause you like ferets
     
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  6. Imperator

    Imperator and he drove the fastest milk-cart in the west.

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    The problem is definitely the sky background. If I export it without the sky it looks fine, so something in those colours is causing it to go nuts. It’s actually just imported from a photo, as the result was far better than when I tried to do the sky myself. I’m using an app called Pixelmash, and I’ve contacted the devs to see if they can help, as I think it’s a bug resulting from importing an image.
     
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  7. Siege Fan

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    Actually spotted some older Micromasters and Barricade, Impactor, and Mirage in the FP Belfast store for £20 each a few weeks ago... Nearly bought them, but I'd pre-ordered the deluxes at £3 cheaper each, so...

    In other news I'm only missing Omega Supreme, Spinister, Crosshairs, Astrotrain, Nemesis Prime, and those Amazon packs now... Hopefully Spinister, Crosshairs, and the Amazon packs (UK) will ship from their respective sources soon! Waiting for a sale on Omega, and Nemesis will need to seriously drop in price...
     
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    Oh yeah, I've (pre) ordered Chromia, Lancer, Apeface, and a bunch of others too. But it's incredible that I've bought nearly the whole line from being something like 2 years behind!
     
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  9. Large

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    I'm like, super drunk right now so my favorite game is Road Rash.

    Also, that's Siniscute ! <3
     
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  10. bcm77

    bcm77 Not A Proper Fan.

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    Do you have a link to a specific one?

    I have seen a fair few ferret videos on YouTube and having watched my two have seen them do what looks like a crazy war dance.

    @Large,
    Road Rash was great sober, so I'm sure you're having fun!

    Siniscute he is!

    He seems to like having the hammock that was in their outside HQ in the bottom of their inside one and he sometimes sleeps like that with his head poking out the end and he snores as well :D 
     
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    Oh don't take me wrong, I'm a pure Sega kid too, MS and MD are my two systems of heart (ok with a big touch of Atari ST).
    Great list here ! Alien Soldier <3 All Treasure and Konami games on the MD are amazing.
    I just spent the evening with an old friend drinking beers and playing the MD and the MS. Spent about one hour lamenting about my favorite MD game costing something like 700$ and how I will never afford it.
    Also beers. And Road Rash. Lot and lot of them.

    And yes the Castlevania RPG on GBA/DS are pure gems. Even Circle of th Moon.
    That's why I couldn't resist Bloodstained..

    Oh and I love Metroid II. It's a bit overlooked now but it added a loooot to the franchise while still being super effective for a tricky system back then. R&D 1 did wonders.
    The (shortlive) fan made remake was really great by the way. The 3DS one is kinda cool too though.


    Son has taste ! And good for him ! That's still pretty cool to make it this far on a 27 years old plateformer for a today's kid. He's interested !
    Now he'll have to watch out for the lava pit next area !
     
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  12. tikgnat

    tikgnat Baweepgranaweepninnybong.

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    What do you mean? Is that your birthday as well and you want it added?
     
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    Lancer and Moonracer's guns combine for some reason - you'd think they'd tell you why they do and what you are supposed to do with them on the combined mode. Though as Greenlight is missing her blaster you can't do it with the other limbs' weapons.

    Also : If you have any little used email accounts and are signed up for Topcashback it might be worth checking them - they seem to be sending out a number of targeted cashback bonus coupons out lately. I Just got one for £2.50 on a £5.00 spend for example.
     
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  15. Imperator

    Imperator and he drove the fastest milk-cart in the west.

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    Fixed.

    Problem is that FP order from overseas so they sell at higher prices to cover import costs. We ought to be able to get micromasters and battlemasters from other shops but none seem to bother after the first wave.

    Sonic 2 was the only Sonic I ever really played (never had a console as a kid) but really enjoyed it. Years later I downloaded it with an emulator, and yup, still great.
     
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    Fuck it. I'll wait until the new year for 'em if I have to. Be a nice post xmas/new year pick me up.

    Just the way I like 'em!

    Battle of the photogenic bastards. Shockwave appears to have won.
    [​IMG]
     
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  17. Metal Sonic

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    Some tasty deals on Kapow today! For figures I... all... already own... mostly.
     
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  18. Art Vandelay

    Art Vandelay Importer/Exporter

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    BOOM! Cheers Amazon USA

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  19. Insurgent

    Insurgent The Amazing Tango Mysterio

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    FFS, I just got a pair of siege screamers from somewhere else (with a cracker). Wasn't expecting the Siege line to be discounted like that.
     
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    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    How much was he from Amazon US?
     
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