Morning All,

Still no Netflix Bee or Elita stock arrivals at Smyths.  

Came across this last night. Shame they had none in stock otherwise I’d bite at that price.

 

Everyone angry over Netflux Bee while I'm all SOUNDWAVE IN MY MOUTH PLEASE.

 

We're all in that queue too.

 

Bee & Elita and then Soundwave for me. That order only because of how Smyths has them listed for when stock is apparently arriving. If Soundwave comes in before, we will all be having some of that mouth action. Ooh err...

Absolutely.

 

Not even working IT can stamp out your artistic compulsions!

Wait... not a Lawyer? Is that why I lost that last case?!

Glad to hear the kiddo got the all clear. I'm hoping I never have to get one for mine. The adult one is bad enough, but I've had a few friends get their young ones tested and told me how harrowing it is.

Give me a chew when your done.

Tis an orderly, angry queue.

I am hoping the NI Smyths come through with the goods in the next week or so. Missing Bee would be annoying, but missing Soundwave is just not acceptable.

 

Well Soundwave has already been spotted in Canada so hopefully we'll get it soon!

 

Iiiiiiiiinteresting. Does anyone know more about this kit? I could certainly go for a copy. Let me know if you find another seller or this one is back in stock.

 

All this talk of Soundwaves and mouths got me like:

 

Shipping notice for Bugbite, whoop whoop!

Kapow, must be utterly inundated ate the moment - I’m glad I didn’t email them and be “that guy”. Let’s just hope RM don’t fudge it...

 

Not with Kapow specifically, but at the moment I don't feel bad about contacting our e-tailers - almost every one of them has kept me waiting weeks if not months on replies, from being sent the wrong item, no responses on damaged items, invoices, you name it.

Troubled times and all that, but ignoring even the seller-customer relationship, it's a terrible way to run a business. Especially with toy availability!
...

With all the nonsense around Runabout, I'm genuinely more excited about Lionel!



"Oh, what a feeling..."

 

FYI Fans Hobby got some crazy deals on their site today for Black Friday.

Fans-Hobby

 

Headshots.

 

And then $65 shipping totally kills it. Not to mention customs when it hits UK.

Shame.

 

I just bagged Athena for 37 quid posted from there. But she's a wee lass in an ocean of absolute hench bastards. I don't doubt the Monsterbots cost a fortune to ship.

 

The more I see of Athena & FT Nightbeat-ish the more my eye gets caught on their squashed canopies/flipped up windscreen behind head, and (fortunately for my wallet) I just can't get past it, seems an inelegant solution for a figure that seems to hew that bit more MP-ish than CHUG?

Keeping the idle hands busy with a bit of daylit documenting of the Tyrant Spear: Fully Extended Edition...

SCHWING!!!

But, uh, not too hard 'cuz it's a bit wobbly!

 

I feel you. Having been off work all week, I've been planning any trips outside the house around the 11am - 2pm delivery window. I could really do with him not being delivered next week, when I won't be home.

That's the best news.

And that's the shit news. I realised recently that buying TF's is the only thing I ever actually use Amazon for. Not giving a single penny to a business that holds both it's employees and customers in complete contempt is another reason to scale back on buying TF's. I'm just fucking hoping that the rumoured toy colour Galvatron isn't an Amazon exclusive. I'm sorry, Mark. This is a piss poor shit show.

McGoohan always feels like my mood. Hail!

"Should you disagree, I will be forced to do to you what I do now to this fallen Autobot...should logic dictate."
From The Transformers#5 'The New Order'

 

I just walk around saying 'strong and stable' a lot, but, well...

 

Considering that each figure was about £120+, getting them all in for what works out to £190 - including postage but excluding the potential for customs shaftage - is pretty tempting...

 

Ugh! That tiny twiggy effect-nippled bottom of the shaft just shouts "I AM UNFINISHED!" right in the face of my aesthetics!
I kinda wish they'd taken a swing at making him turn into Scorps' Gravity Rifle instead, even though it would've lacked the orange.
For me the only time the contemporary lines have pulled off Melee weapons transformations are the recent Battlemasters, and that's me cutting the catswords a lot of slack for being cats that turn into swords!

 

It's much better that's for sure. I've seen them regularly for 90-100, I would never bite at 120 each. 60 each? Sure! But £38 VAT and a £12 handling fee and all of a sudden that impulse buy isn't as good as it was.

If the Monsterbots were top of my list of must have items then yeah, definitely a good deal, and I'm sure US collectors will love this!