The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. Fort Max

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    When was Blaster rumoured?
     
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    Lego Super Mario is going to Smyths, you’ve made the right choice!
     
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    You have to remember these rumours were back before any of these were revealed. I often find they get the release channel wrong E. G. Single skywarp 3 pack conheads but get the characters right. My speculation is hasbro May change distribution later on, E. G. Bee in netflix.
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    This was before selects tape pack, cliff jumper, sunstreaker and earth soundwave
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  4. Insurgent

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    For the netflix leader, it says there's nine pieces of armour. So the question is, which figures have nine pieces of armour?


    As for Netflix prime renders, remember er prime had blue legs, yellow eyes on the renders, so they can't be trusted.
     
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    Yesterday showed that the Netflix line is no longer purely repaints they have retools and reconfigs in there too what with Soundwave as the siege mold cant make a tape deck that clean so its been overalled and then some. So anything could be in that damn box now.

    Still a brave strategy though. I think had the prev one not been leaked as to what was it in I dont think people would have took the punt on it completely blind.
     
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    20 years, and he’s still looking for some sailors...

    This is very well said. It’s telling that when ER Grapple was first announced, even without pictures, I was absolutely confident in what it would look like, and I wasn’t disappointed. That consistency is something that Generations has really benefited from.

    Amazing that BW Neo didn’t do a hippo character. Seems like it would be right up their street.

    To me the massive PotP leak was the low point, where the entire line was given away in a single document. I maintain that this was part of the reason that PotP was curtailed, and it can’t have been good for investor confidence that an entire year of toys was being shown off to competitors.
     
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    So now I have to wonder whether I should get the Autobot Alliance. I know this might be my downfall but I’ll wait until I get ER Smokescreen to make the choice.
     
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    Galaxy prime and magnus thats about it. So poss nova prime?
     
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    *Wakes up*
    Thinks, "Oh, crap! I deffo have something coming from ID today, and post could be earlier on a Saturday - better make the place look occupied!"
    *Several drawn curtains and a quick post box check later*
    "Sorted!"
    *Remembers that Scorpy ended up landing at about 10 to 5PM*
    "Ah, yes."
     
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    More I think about it, the Cybertronian script is Fang and Giza (so you'd imagine Slitherfang, a shield, and Giza is a bird linked to Nemesis Prime I think, likely our dinosaur axe), and Netflix Prime is getting almost identical weapons, so presumably it's a direct face-off with a literal Nemesis?

    Hell of a thing to cane the ER mould like that though: ER Prime, Netflix ER Prime without trailer, dead ER Prime with trailer, and potentially painted black ER Prime, presumably with trailer. Though they did mention armour... Urgh, I've given it too much thought and now I really wanna know!
     
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    I decided to dive into TFWiki for a quick search on Giza and found out that the original Giza was actually a saw shark, and that is where it’s name comes from. PotP just interpreted it as a bird.
     
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    Ohhhhh.....

    I’d take the Galaxy Prime done in Nova Prime colours...:D 
     
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    Can Giza be renamed Geezer then we'll have a geezer bird.
     
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    Strange question but does anyone have any idea what the distribution is like in Sweden? I have a friend who lives over there and would like to get their hands on a detailed Starscream model kit and asking me for suggestions and I have no idea with kits or distribution in Sweden :D 
     
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    As they're in the EU maybe it could be worth looking at a slightly geographically closer economically aligned country based Etailer like TF-Robots.nl?
     
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    Ryo will find his sailors one day.

    Shenmue 3 is giving me all the feels. It nails everything. The 20 year wait is paying off so far!

    I'll accept Giza being renamed Geezer if we also get Ozzy, Tony, & Bill.

    And I did end up drunkenly preordering Rotorstorm. I regret nothing.
     
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    I'm totally unsure, but was there a Furai Starscream model kit? Might be too stylised though?
     
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    *Orgasmic gibbering.*
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  19. Gumblor Gimbles

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    I’d agree. I’d also say that you should be prepared for the Ironhide to have very noticeable feet poking out the back, they’re visible in the renders if you look closely.
     
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    Pre-order for the Coneheads locked in with Amazon.com, £68 is a bit more than I would have liked, but I'd rather not miss out. Hopefully, Kapow or IDT will get them in for a similar price to T'cracker and Skywarp before Amazon.com ship. I do know that I'm due a lot of stuff in over the next few weeks. ER is getting a little bit expensive :eek: 
     
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