I was also happy with the price saving for Scorponok from Amazon and landing in Sept was ok with me as well given all the waves and figures dropping over June/July/Aug. I’ve already splashed the cash on 3P/MP. Still got the re-issue of Maketoys Jazz I’m waiting on. Fully paid that. Waiting on the XTB trailer which I’ve got on PO. No confirmation on final price that will need to be settled. I hear you on the expensive months you have coming up. A nice selection you have there. Will look forward to the photos.

Seeing some members in here posting responses from Amazon that their orders are unfulfilled on figures doesn’t give me confidence. I think my pre-order on Sunstreaker will go the same way and not be fulfilled in August when they say that is when it will be available. Kapow/IDT for example have Sunstreaker being ready in Sept/Oct. I trust their dates more than Amazon. Wouldn’t be great to get to the 1st of Sept and get notice from Amazon they cannot fulfil the Scorpy order.

Was £30 in the Colchester branch of Smyths.

 

On the SW stuff, I mostly liked the new trilogy, I loved the use of force in Last Jedi and all the Luke/Rey stuff and hated the casino side quest stuff. The use of the force in Skywalker got very wierd, I liked that healing was finally shown but not in the way it was done and the lightsaber telportation........yikes.

Anyway theres still a lot of time period and backstory between 6 and 7 to fit a Thrawn Trilogy style story with Mara Jade the romance of Han and Leia leading to the birth and upbringing of Kylo and the new Jedi Order that Luke tries to form, obviously they will need to perfect the generated faces or just do what i thought they should have done in the first place which is just recast the roles. I cannot see a great way to take the episode 7-9 crew forward, I loved all the new characters when they were introduced in 7 but by the end they just hadnt done enough with them  

 

Cheers chap, i can't get to the Newport one to check unfortunately, but if anyone wants to grab one for me when passing and post it to me I'll pay them for the trouble

 

That’s what I was wondering. I picked up Snaptrap and Skalor at TF Safari but can’t find the others anywhere except eBay.

 

Packaging mock up sorted, think I prefer the white.

Don't suppose anybody is good with photoshop and could do me a massive solid and clean up Rodimus's legs? i just cant shade them right.

 

What was wrong with the head?

 

Is there a decent thread here (or elsewhere on the web) about the best tips for dyeing? I've seen some excellent results, but haven't, er... dipped my toe into that form of customising just yet.

 

Sebastian Stan would be a perfect replacement for Mark Hamill...

 

Smyths has Lego Super Mario up for August 1st, including the thwomp set that’s supposed to be a Lego shop exclusive.

 

Kapow Toys have both the Perfect Effect Nemesis and Optimus single releases in stock now. Honor Warrior and Dark Warrior I think they’re calling them.

Anyone else got Earthrise wave 2 preordered through them?

 

I wish they would reissue the Ginrai set for the titans return prime, I want my God Ginrai to have all his bits. By the time I managed to actually get a ginrai, everywhere was sold out.

@Seeaich would be the resident guru for dyeing figures. He's made some great customs with it.

 

I get the impression that with these guys it’s tough shit if you miss out the first time sadly.

 

Hi all,

No stress on this one but I will be visiting a few second hand toy shops this week (Halstead and Weston), and this is the current kick-out box that will get traded in, admittedly missing some Rescue Bots stuff I forgot, and about 3 times as much that will be added when my CHUG stuff is finally out of quarantine and triaged.

Anyway, in the unlikely event of anyone needing any of this, it will just be a few quid and postage for the smaller stuff, and barely a few quid more for anything bigger...

They are as you see them although I do have Predaking’s tail/sword and could probably source some Minicons for the launchers...

Let me know but no problem, just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a need for anyone in this lot.



Laters,

 

I'm pretty pleased with this space cruiser fan mode I made for my new Broadside in place of the brick jet^^

To clarify it's pointing left of screen in the above pic
 

 

@barry,
Thanks!

I think when it comes to things that can affect my physical health it's a case of the alternative being sufficiently bad to clear any fog and get straight to the solution. With other things, such as my problems with socialising it's not as simple as there's years of pent up frustration and various chips on my shoulder that I've developed as a result which get in the way. As it used to say on GI Joe my knowing this is half the battle, actually solving it probably requires more than a military force armed with laser guns  

Anyway,
It's my birthday today and so far I've got,

£30 cash from my parents which is going towards a new camera
A small calculator from my parents which I'll keep handy for toy budgeting purposes!
£30 Amazon voucher from one of my sisters.

Got myself,
Jazwares Fortnite Legendary Series Beef Boss (arrived yesterday)

The other Figuarts Stormtrooper I ordered with ebay winnings a while back escaped customs and arrived as well. Also expecting something else from my other sister after getting a message this morning asking to confirm my e-mail address.

My niece rang to say Happy Birthday and apologised for no present but I told her not to worry as she's on half pay atm, we had a bit of a disagreement a couple of weeks back but are fine again now and I said that her continuing to stay safe was more important than anything else.

Not sure what to spend the Amazon voucher on...yet.

I started transforming Magic Square Legends Optimus into truck mode last night and found it surprisingly enjoyable despite it's complexity as some bits were similar to MP10 and even with some very tiny and thin panels to manipulate the plastic feels pretty sturdy.

I think I might have missed a step however because I don't seem to be able to get the legs into the proper position so I can start the process for turning them into the back of the truck cab. So for the moment he's a truck cab with legs  

Probably going to get something from the chippy and eat that whilst watching a DVD or a bit more of the X-Men cartoon as I've got a couple more episodes of series 4 and then series 5 to go.

 

He had a dent in his forehead, looked like a molding error. And the paint was sloppy on his face. Not sure how it got pass QC to be honest!

 

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Bloody knew it!

Takara Seacon sets available now (10 available)

The day after I bloody sort them all for more than that!

Edit: Only paid £20 more... Not too bad in the scheme of things.

 

Unfortunately. A KO of them would do me, but only the white magnus got a ko, for some reason, no one did the red ginrai version, which you think would be just as popular.

 

My vote is for X Men. From what I remember, the final story of season 4 gets somewhat...... grand. And I'll say no more.

 

Happy birthday @bcm77!