The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. robotmel

    robotmel *All must transform*

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    Nice find, where did you find it? :) 

    Hmm, just checked and you are correct, I too can't see their pages unless I log in!
    Wonder what's going on there then? :confused: 
     
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  2. Skjalddis

    Skjalddis Generations Strongarm when?

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    There's definitely a lot of little complaints and nitpicking about Spacechoochoo, and not a lot of love, but I'm very fond of him. My only complaint (other than the fact that he doesn't have a compartment in shuttle mode large enough to accomodate the rest of the Decepticons, including Devestator) is a lot of force is required for several parts of the transformation and it hurts my little digits. Other than that, he's great. The voyager + stuff at a leader pricepoint thing is contententious, but the engineering makes him feel worth the price in a way that Shockwave doesn't to me. The bot mode is perfection, having a big pile of guns is great and his little box has surprising amounts of play value.

    In other news, Greasepit just arrived, so I'm going to be happily messing around with him and Ironworks for the rest of the day.
     
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  3. Rodentus prime

    Rodentus prime Old Git

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    It possibly has to do with FB pushing a layout change which nobody wants for the past few weeks - I guess they messed with page settings while they were at it...
     
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  4. Seeaich

    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    And it's a total knock-off of the pointless Twitter Makeover to boot!
     
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  5. darqen

    darqen Well-Known Member

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    Same

    Also random thought of the day I was initially thinking before buying smokescreen of just getting the labels set from reprolabels to do the siege version up. Just noticed today it was cheaper for me to buy the figure than the labels set due to postage and currency conversion. Plus I can sell the old one. Never thought a figure would be cheaper than the labels lol
     
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  6. Siege Fan

    Siege Fan Well-Known Member

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    Hope they fix the hands in the line going forward, they barely hold the weapons so far, but the designs are great.

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    Plastic's kinda nasty, stickers aren't applied the best and the stand/Sled ratchet will be unreliable over time, but I still love it!

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    Just FYI, Home Bargains now sells these neat little organisers (quite small, handy for specific toy weapons for instance) and warning tape you can put round it. Because some people just don't understand...

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  7. darqen

    darqen Well-Known Member

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    I do like astrotrain and think this is the closest mini masterpiece we will ever get but I was a little remorseful on price Vs size.
     
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  8. bcm77

    bcm77 Not A Proper Fan.

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    Finally managed to get some sleep and woke up with a headache....Grrr.

    Helped my folks dig some garden chairs out of the shed to take with us when we meet Katie on Tuesday...assuming that something doesn't happen in the mean time to put them off. Fingers crossed on that.

    Gonna have a pizza for my tea whilst swearing at inept footballers later and will probably continue into series 3 of Rebels after that.

    Will try an extra ferreting session when it's cooled down later this evening as they're more likely to be up for a proper run round.

    Toys,

    In something of a holding pattern as I'm waiting for,

    Star Action Figures to get the new Black Series Stormtrooper so I can then ship my order which also consists of 2 other figures.
    Comics & Cocktails to get the vintage carded Kingpin & Mysterio ( Not going to hassle them for this as both figures are only just being reviewed by YouTubers. )

    Zeb & Chopper will likely turn up in the mean time which I'm looking forward to getting.

    Robots and related stuff on my radar include,

    ER Wheeljack upgrade
    Magic Square tapes for Soundwave
    Newage Soundwave (toy colours)
    Magic Square Coneheads

    I have also discovered the OSKO Newage Megatron in shiny form exists and it has red eyes so it'd be different from the original which has yellow eyes. I don't mind the red eyes of the cartoon colour scheme particularly when the rest of the figure is shiny. It's grey being used instead of silver that I can't stand.
     
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  9. Skjalddis

    Skjalddis Generations Strongarm when?

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    The eBay gods smiled upon me! I can't remember if I posted pics, but earlier this year I got the SND Primo Vitalis upgrade kit for CW Voyager Optimus. It was a ton of fun to put together, although there were some frustrations, and the end result looks spectacular. Since then, I've been hankering after the kit that turns the white Battle Core Optimus into Nova Prime, especially since they seem to have done another run recently, making it easy to get ahold of. The problem was the toy, who seems to have shot up in value. I don't think I've seen one go for less than £60 recently.

    I just manged to snag a Battle Core Optimus Prime (no weapons, but I don't need them) and, quite randomly, a Groove, for £31. I'm well chuffed.
     
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  10. Siege Fan

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    Can't beat MOTU for vibrancy!

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  11. Sixo

    Sixo Canonical

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    Hey folks, I've done a vid on Ocular Max Assaultus, in case you fancy a gander. Lots of comparisons! :) 

     
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  12. Seeaich

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    I'll have to take a look at these, I've been thinking about getting some kind of tool organiser/bait box for collating my POTP Prime Masters, as floating about in a ziplock bag in one of my CHUG boxes is, ah...somewhat less than ideal, yes?
     
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    Hi @Sixo I saw part 1 of your review of Fans Hobby MB-016 Lightning Eagle (I can't find part 2). By any chance do you know if he is compatible with Fans Hobby MB-011 God Armour?
     
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    Here's the measurements for the box itself, £3.50, always handy for something an organiser!

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  15. IrnBro

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    got a dispatch notice for mine too!
     
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  16. Seeaich

    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    Cheers, I'll probably just bob along to a local HB with one of my spare beheaded Metalhawk decoy suits for reference, as ideally I'd like something like a layered tool box with room for Skyhammer and Roadblock under the wee segment sections for suit-only guys.
     
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  17. Lothar Hex

    Lothar Hex Perverted Sociopath™

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    PERRY ACQUIRED AND HOME AND I LOVE HIM AND IF ANY OF YOU HURT HIM I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU EAT THE CORPSES OF YOUR FAMILY BEFORE I BURY YOU ALIVE AND FILM YOUR SLOW DEATH AS A WARNING e7352271b5b9cee43673713e39dc817b.0.jpg ecbbb94bfd8394949340e281d69e6de5.0.jpg 20200919_164308.jpg

    Also he fell asleep on me and I need to pre but LOOK AT HIM.
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    And the I dozed off...
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  18. Gumblor Gimbles

    Gumblor Gimbles Norn' Ironhide

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    Buzzard Comics in the Quays shopping centre, Newry, Norn’ Ireland! It was on clearance, they might have more.
     
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  19. RoboW4rrior298

    RoboW4rrior298 Maximum blast!

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    Love that place! Hopefully get a chance to go back in there the staff are friendly and helpful.
     
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  20. Q Prime

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    So I decided to pre-order both of the Amazon van sets on Amazon.com...
    If I won’t have sufficient funds guess I’ll just cancel.
     
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