NEWAGE TOYS H-13 Lucifer - Legends scale STARSCREAM (and Seekers?)

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  1. unicronic

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    Does anyone know where these are available in the UK?
     
  2. TFFan77

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    I got all of mine from ShowZstore - never had any real issues using them and deliveries to me in the UK have taken around a week on average. Not too sure if any of the UK based retailers stock them though to be honest. Certainly never seen them stocked at sties like Kapow.
     
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    Thanks. How do you keep customers charges down as the UK is obsessed with their pound of flesh for imported goods.
     
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    Tf express
    Newage - TFs Express

    They usually get most Newage, minus some of the more obscure repaints. When you click "in stock" you transfer to Omegalock but from what I understand it's the same company since you can mix match preorders and in stock order components. They've been very good for me.

    Kapow gets some stuff like the Datsuns but not others.
     
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    For whatever reason, most China based shipping rarely incurs customs, ShowZ, eBay etc, unlike every US based shipping source.
     
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    Touch wood - it's never been an issue. I've been charged import duty etc. once on a delivery from China for a KO of MP Tracks and it was only £10 or so.
    It'll be mostly down to how the sender is completing their export information - but I've not heard of anyone else being stung by any import charges either.
     
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    For whatever reason = they cheat. They list the contents as being far less valuable then they are because they know customs agents aren't going to be able to tell how much these toys are supposed to cost.
     
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    Ordered the seekers as a set. Yesterday received notice that the seekers and coneheads are waiting for dispatch.

    Poor Cosmos, the Decepticons are going to bully the little fellow in the sky.
     
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    Yeah, I have to bring invoices to the PO and I just edit the order value in a PDF editor, remove the website address, and its like duty practically disappears. Helps that the stereotype is that toys from China are flimsy and dirt cheap.
     
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    I just started looking at legends scale figures and MY GOD, this thing has a beautiful transformation that puts TT and MT to shame in such a little package. It has a slim jet profile by hiding SS boobies and turns into a toon accurate SS. I'm hoping whoever makes a new MP SS steals this transformation.
    On another note, I'm kinda sad that FT made their Goose with so much robot kibble hanging off the jet (yes I know that's the toon) but they could have compacted it down like this little guy.
     
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    Just got shipping notice for my Seekers tri-pack from Baba!! So excited!
     
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    I have a US based (small) retailer (not for TF) who cheats on the forms, to sneak past charges and thankfully so, because it's not just the customs VAT but then the handling fee slapped on it. Once they charged me £3 of customs and £12 of 'handling' from BBTS.

    But the China stuff is sometimes declared properly (£35, £85, etc), sometimes not, and it doesn't seem to matter, never been hit thus far.
     
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    Coneheads arrived, can't wait to see my boys face when he opens them on his birthday IMG_20200106_153644.jpg
     
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    Sweet! Looking forward to add these 6 guys and Space Bridge to my combiners battle scene. Already cleared the spot where they’re going to go.
     
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    I’m excited to set up my half space bridge.
     
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    Would anyone be willing to sell me the clear bendable stand piece for New Age Lucifer or any seeker for that matter?

    I just realized mine is broken and I am unable to display using the stand now.

    I reached out to TFSource about a replacement part but no word yet.
     
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    I’m selling mine on eBay. I don’t like them as much as the IF ones.

    eBay seller antapp79
     
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    Got mine last night-- what an exceptional set. They ooze quality.

    My impressions for the jet mode are pretty much what I had thought pre-purchase. Solid, great looking jets but for me Ramjet and Dirge aren't quite up to the angles and taste of the dx9 jets... dirge's wings are a bit stunted and don't flare as nicely as DX9 and the yellow is a bit flat. Ramjet could have had the white of the fuselage blend into the first segment of the wings to break up those straight lines. That said, the weight of the plastic and the brilliance of the color (Ramjet's white--wow!!) are top notch and better than Dx9. Thrust, on the other hand, is better in every way, his color choices, the lines of his fuselage, everything. (The little extra fins on the tail are a bit weird, they are not used in bot mode for stability like I thought, but meh, everything else about jet mode is better so that's fine.)

    But the bot modes are frickin' great. They feel like thugs, but have the refinement of proportion the dx9 were lacking, the slimmer chest to beefy legs, nice face sculpt, great paint app. Both Dirge and Ramjet can fold their wings completely to the side to narrow their profiles, although Thrust is the only one where the wings can't peel back, though you can rotate the legs outward which helps. But they really shine and are even a bigger step up than the seekers were from dx9, imo.

    As an aside, these come with two options of nullray and missile guns for the arms, but you can also swap with the old dx9/PT guns too, which is nice since I had painted those metallic and don't have to do it again. You could trim down the stem of the peg a bit to get them closer to the arm.
     
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    the seekers have a flip out communicator on their right forearm, but not the left.
     
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