Bumblebee’s free trial of existence has expired.

 

I am stealing this for later.

 

I’m glad you are. It’s a priceless line.

 

Kapow has pretty bad time fulfilling my order due to mixed release dates and delays and I'm very pissed that I missed my best chance for easy Scorponok...   Now I have no clue where to find him.
At least Doubledealer from a local market is on his way to me...

 

I've been using Tamiya Metallic Silver TS-83 lacquer spray paint. Below, used them on the custom hand blaster and drill.


It's pretty close to most of the metallic silvers used (and often looks nicer). It's also smooth and not grainy.

Unfortunately, the spray is relatively expensive ($21 MSRP vs $8.25 for their other sprays) and you have to use their TS-13 spray as an undercoat (so additional $8.25). The metal can also smear when touched, and their clear coat may cause smudges. I've used Krylon UV archival glossy spray without smearing the silver finish (additional $10-12 cost) and has survived my kid's play times.

 

Ironically enough finding Bumblebee in the WFC mold seems to be impossible where I see nothing but Cliffjumpers.

Seriously I actually want Bumblebee for that mold and do not see him anywhere. Him, Sunstreaker, and Trailerbreaker are tough to find.

 

Doubledealer (I managed to get his arm to hold the missile gun long enough for a picture)



Allicon



Megatron



The seeker trio: Skywarp, Starscream, and Thundercracker

 

They're tough to find because they're not actually out yet unless you live in Asia

 

Yeah, I'm gonna be honest here. Cliffjumper is proving plenty capable of being a Shelfwarmer in a line without Bumblebee. And my area his Prime toy didn't move great either.

And if anyone should be complaining it should be Bumblejumper. Finally get the perfect mold for him as a repaint and they blow it on Hubcap and BugBite.

 

Even Bumblebee because I swear I have seen most of the WFC Wall-Mart figures besides him

 

I haven't been to a store in like a year. So I wouldn't know.

 

Wow, these finally appeared in my area (disregard Springer.)

My thoughts on these three:

• Smokescreen's mostly fine, very smooth and clean, but he has his issues: I got the same QC error where the roof doesn't tab in in vehicle mode, and the arms like to tab out of their slots. I think is is what people mean when they talk about SS Blitzwing's backpack disconnecting (which I never had an issue with... I won the QC lottery on that one.)
• Arcee, I can definitely see why people have her complaints about her. The backpack's fine for me... it's mostly just a bunch of things: the tabbing system seems finicky and flimsy, and the movement you need to do for the side of the "hovercraft" mode of her backpack feels like it's going to break the figure (it's on pins). Figure's extra-poseable and manages her weight well... and hey, the color scheme's not terrible and helps her stand out on my shelf. Likely my least favorite ER figure, but hey, this line's been full of hits, I don't care, and even then, she's more "mediocre" than "bad".
• Allicon feels like he's the sleeper hit here: he doesn't do anything particularly well, but he's fun as hell to fiddle with. Transformation's solid, shape of the figure flows pretty well, and it feels like both modes work really well (minus the gator arms... but that's a small nitpick). Like the only real issues I have are relatively minor. Plus, he's got 5mm ports in just the right spots. That's a bonus for silly little things you want to do with him (I just added 2 Slitherfangs as arm guards, and 1 as back armor).

 

Two versions of the same evil

 

More Random Stuffs

Stretching


Decepticons meet their Mini Me's

 

Doublecrosser(s)

 

He's Netflix wave 2 which originally had a release date of today, 10/17/20 but got delayed to November 12th, you've only seen wave 1 in stores most likely

 

what?! uuugh i have 3 walmarts around me and they ALL suck apparently

 

Felt that haha very sad

 

This is not The Greatest Song in the World, no.
This is just a tribute.