If Carpenter-ish shocks are up your alley, and you haven't seen it already, 'The Guest' starring Downton's Dan Stevens is a corker.

 

YES

 

Ooh, can't see if Jazz is branded...

Grimlock looking nice

 

Love it! I'm right in thinking that's Blurr on the left?

Dear love Hasbro...

 

Looking at the grid backdrop looks like the Jaz, Kup, Grim pic has been elongated?
The Grimster might be a little too 'Toon but I'll probably have to anyway, Dinobots are a compulsion!

 

Yep!

Do it for the wheelie  

 

Looking like that Grimlock is going to be good.
I'll assume for the moment that Wheelie doesn't transform.

 

Anyone after Grimmy who won't want Wheelie, I'm all ears

 

As suspected outside of Rodders and Kup everyone else is rather under-equipped, that's a mark down from me, and main grumble. No Energo Sword?! FFS, Hasbros! I'm basically chagrinned they've never officially done Jazz's funky Grapnel Line hand from the G1 'toon either, rassum frassum!

 

going on Holiday to Cumbria on Saturday with the Girlfriend, may have to swing by and pick one up as an activity to do together

loving Skylynx, he’s such a show stealer in every way

with Lockdown I am just going to keep doing what I’ve been doing since March, bonfire night is coming up so will get some fireworks and pretend they have a certain floppy haired jeb attached to each rocket

I am so there for a good Jazz and decent Grimlock

 

I have taken a run at slightly squishing the right hand side as the grid seems to show it's been stretched...

It's pretty clear that's a bang-on 'Toon proportions Grimster right there. Lettuce pray they don't skip Snarl from the full line-up!

 

He was retconned in the idw comic, so I'd hope he's there.

How tall is Grimlock likely to be? I assume he won't be taller than MP Optimus?

 

My wallet:

 

Fan First Friday... this should be something that excited me, right? Not fills me with dread?

Anyway, me today:

Amazing, original primal toy flail weapon has a 5mm peg!

Also me:

Fuck, the new primal toy looks like it might be only able to hold his swords!

 

From Tesco... Batman set was £8 (that plus £3 postage if anyone wants it, last one so I grabbed it!), Lego was 14, JP set was only a fiver!

 

To add to this what really sucks, is being an expat NZ'er in London. All my mates back home are being insufferably fucking smug.

 

That Grimlock does look proportionally it may be a similar size at least to MP Optimus - I don’t think there will be a lot in it.

Loving these SS86 figures they look fantastic. Scale be damned I think I’ll be indulging, especially that Blurr looks great.

 

Oh dear - looks like the wallet will not be getting a breather if many of these are released along with the Kingdom figures.  . I’m in for virtually all of those.   Thanks for posting this.

 

Amazon to escape UK digital services tax that will hit smaller traders

So, quite apart from propping up the high street that was dying on it's arse before the pandemic, we're now hitting the small businesses that were struggling there and actively encouraged to get online... And how in fuck's name do you manage to make Amazon even richer by killing off the people they were already throttling? Jesus wept.

And us plebs who are propping up the economy by shopping online at a crucial time will have to bear these costs!

How about we just have an international agreement on tax avoidance, eh? Because anything else is just about gouging actual taxpayers.

 

I am now wondering if that's the Fan First Friday spoiled  

Grimlock is certainly movie-accurate, sadly not what I am after but looks properly chunky. RTS Jazz is safe for similar reasons.

Lumme, Scourge is a bit of a unit.

Blurr, now him I might get as I don't have a Blurr yet, need a closer look though!