It is dude can do him for £48 posted

 

So you get the idea...



...but I'm gonna paint up Xeno here and nut and bolt it to the diorama. God bless Diamond Select and their diorama pieces!

 

I don't think Rodimus is going to be a Leader. I think Waspinator might be a 'Fossilizer'. Deluxe Scorponok, Voyager Tigatron, and Voyager Rhinox have been hinted at.

The guy who's been dropping the hints mentioned the TF:TM Studio Series line about a month before the first leaked listing. That would seem like an impossibly lucky guess, so I am inclined to put my pinching salts to the side.

Micromaster and Battlemaster price points are being brought to an end and replaced with a single equivalent price point named 'Core'. Sounds like it's more along the lines of the old Legends class and that's where your 'tentpole' G1 characters, like Optimus and Megatron will go. Now, if that frees up slots in other price points for different Voyagers and Leaders, then I support that (even if I'll be skipping most of 'em).

Truly, these are the end times!

I've been asking myself that same question over the weekend. Best Titan by a country mile, in my ever so humble opinion.

"Ha! Chinese burn."
"Dude, you really can't say that anymore. And get off!"

 

Birthday haul!

 

Happy birthday, dude!

 

Morning all and   @Gumblor Gimbles!

Scorpy early adopters, I have a query! There's a suggestion being bandied about in one of the UK TF Facebook groups I sometimes have a peek at that Scorp's semi-nehru-collar was originally gonna be cast in transparent plastic but is solid purple due to budget cutting, and is detachable due to retaining the visor placement, is that right? Can that "collar" be positioned over the face in Robot Mode?

 

No. it can only fit round the back. It's not long enough to click into the ports and reach round the face. Someone's letting their imagination run away with them if they're saying anything more than 'I wonder if...'.

 

Thank you, Mister B! I did suspect from observation that both his face was too prominent/projecting, and that with the Marvel-ish visored face double visor would be a bit much.

 

I do actually have the TFA Blackarachnia (minus the grappling hook, it was second hand) and she's a fine figure, but it'd be nice to have an affordable BW deco Blackarachnia too. And I do know there was a redeco of the TFA model as her but not that easy to get hold of these days I believe?

 

Happy birthday!

She was a takara exclusive, so no it wouldn't be. She was part of three takara exclusive remoulds that came out at the same time, BA, Nightbird and Slipstream. Would probably be as easy to get the MP Blackarachnia these days, and more screen accurate as the deluxe had human hands, not the pincers.

 

One of the best Spider-Man figures ever made.

 

Wow, new week already, what happened.

Decided to clear some more space over the weekend so I am selling my display Aoyi Mech LS-15 Oversized MPM Masterpiece Scaled Studio Series Jetfire. He comes with his box, instructions and accessories inc the parts to combine with MPM-04 or the Aoyi Mech OS SS32 Prime if you checkout the 3rd party forum thread. Been kept in a closed display cabinet and hardly used with so in excellent condition. Looking for £45 shipped.

Jetfire in the below pic is the one for sale now (other figures on the shelf not for sale lol)

 

I've hit that "itchy" phase of waiting where I intellectually know not to expect any arrivals today but my inner 8-year old wants something NAOW!
No dispatch notice from Comics & Cocktails but I'd wager they're in the position In Demand & Kapow were this time last week when it comes to processing Scorpy orders. *Continues pointlessly refreshing Gmail*

 

A man after my own cheap-arse heart, I have transgressed my 50 quid a bot for realistic purposes (MP10, I and some Titans I did purchase, MP combiners too), but the heights of MP44 are never going to be justifiable to me, and again accessories go in a box, so agreed there too.

I scoot over many of the non-TF pictures on here (was that massively offensive, wasn't meant to be - sorry).
but this was a little portion (an a-la-carte meal if you will) ........ of awesome.

I was going to add my opinion of excitement for possible big Dinos next year to maybe even plug an MP gap at realistic prices, and the similar lack of interest in Beast wars stuff (admitting Kudos to the polar bear bat-weapon scenario of yesteryear),
but I would just be saying the same as everyone else....
Oh, I did didn't I,
bugger.

Laters

 

If you think that's bad it's a public holiday here today and I still have to keep reminding myself there won't be any post... Apparently my Comics' Scorponoks arrive tomorrow with some goodies from Oz too  

 

The last two guys we saw of Sunbow, @barry style final shot recreation.

Who will rule the galaxy?
ME!! IT IS MY DESTINY!!!!
We shall see Galvatron. We shall see.

 

This guy arrived today, along with Greasepit. He's quite nice, and it's always good to have a Decepticon version of Wheeljack.

It's a good mould, although to my mind it's missing something - a certain je ne sais quoi. Leg gaps being the obvious letdown, but he just feels something short of perfection. A cut above many figures, however.

I did realise that I've now got the two currently available baseformers (and will probably get Airwave or whatever his name is), but no actual Micromasters. If anyone has any Siege/ER Micromasters going spare, let me know.

 

Imho I’d rather have the option to put away accessories rather than complain that there aren’t any to put away. The only accessories for MP-44 I don’t display are the Starscream parts (because I bought an MP Optimus, not Starscream pretending to be Optimus) and jet pack, although I rotate the damaged parts out every now and then along with Megatron. The storage tray in his trailer was a nice way to put away the stuff I want to use often, you can even get Spike, Carly and Sparkplug in it if you stack them right.

I don’t think I would have payed £350 for Megatron, or any other character. I can’t even swallow the £90 most want for MP-45. Definitely wouldn’t have bought MP-44 as Optimus on his own so I just see all the extra stuff going to the trailer which I incorporate into my display.

Thinking about it I bet the head that came with MP-44 will be able to fit on the new 3.0 MP Seeker

 

@joetele The Sports and Race Car Patrols are still around $6 each on Amazon US, around £7 a pair with Shipping which is about £3/£4 or so off the RRP of £10/£11.

 

That's a dangerous place to be. It's where I usually wind up buying weird things like Argos lorry Micromachines or the old ERTL diecast Batamobile.

Yes, those are very specific examples. I agree. No, no further comment.

Naturally, I love this! I've got such a narrow Sunbow cannon. It basically goes season 1, The Key to Vector Sigma, War Dawn, Starscream's Brigade, TF:TM, Five Faces of Darkness, Dark Awakening, Grimlock's New Brain, The Return of Optimus Prime, and finally The Rebirth. And then done! So any scene from any of those is going to get me in the feels.

"Scorponok has no mercy!"
From TF:UK#130 'Worlds Apart!'