The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. doucoo

    doucoo U're an idiot Starscream!

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    is that because you were singing instead?

    it's a classic huh!
     
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  2. Ottertron

    Ottertron Moon-faced assassin of joy

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    Skywarp SCS AKA "Pretender Skywarp"

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    Just paid the balance on G2 Megs with them; I wonder if the surprise is G2 Sandstorm?

    As much as I want it to be Thrust......!
     
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    wheeljackfan16 Well-Known Member

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    This is all very new to me, so if it says you are unable to buy something, please do let me know. Also, I have no idea how my combined shipping rule is going to work, so if you order multiple products and it charges you to ship each one, when I go to ship your order I'll manually send out a partial refund to reimburse you for shipping. It combines everything like it should for US orders, but I have no idea how it will work shipping anywhere else.
     
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  5. Lothar Hex

    Lothar Hex Perverted Sociopath™

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    Oh here's something I got a while ago but forgot about. Cybertron Sky Shadow. Love the weird colours. Didn't come with his missiles so got him cheap, but have him a spare classics Jetfire gun, which seems appropriate. 20201130_193155.jpg 20201130_192529.jpg
     
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  6. Siege Fan

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    I was just thinking about all this today:



    As I mentioned to someone recently in a roundabout way (Roundabout, IDT, Wednesday), I think this sorta thing is why Hasbro has been half-assing Beast Wars. Are the OG fans reliable in Hasbro terms? Is it really kids buying WFC toys in the main? Will they accept that garish truck 'from 2007' as an ape?

    Basically, how much do you need content with a toyline?

    Though I'd point out Siege was a runaway (Takara Mall, insane price, IDT won't even state they have it) success before they give us a rather ropey cartoon.
     
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  7. 4249david

    4249david Click my avatar, you won't regret it...

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    It still says not posted to my address. You need to set eBay to allow international postage, but you can exclude different areas (say you don't want to ship to a particular continent or country). You'd need to permit shipping to Europe or UK for example.

    If you amend your listing, it's the option after domestic postage.

    Also, if people purchase various items, you can send an invoice, which will let you set postage costs and not have to do a partial refund.
     
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  8. Gumblor Gimbles

    Gumblor Gimbles Norn' Ironhide

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    Thanks mate! With your suggestion and some tech support from my friends, I realised I needed to connect the HDMI cable to the GPU, connect HDMI to small tv, then switch off the PC and switch it back on. Got brought to the set up menu, ready for an operating system! I’m gonna wait till the SSD arrives though, friends recommend that I wait for that before I add the OS.

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    Oh, and this is a transformers thread. Well, it was. At some point.
     
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  9. Ratchet2007

    Ratchet2007 Well-Known Member

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    I think Bobby is thinking too far ahead with the Nostalgia for the more up to date tv series e.g. TF Prime. Kids who grew up with that are far too young to be nostalgic for it.

    The Unicron Trilogy would be a good example. That is the TV show and Toyline I grew up with when I was 10 years old. Nearly 15 years on and I definitely feel as if there is nostalgia for it. Maybe not in all of the best ways... It was definitely a great era for Transfomers, I feel, before the movie boom
     
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    Transformers are computers, kind of.

    Yeah 100% install your OS on the SSD. So much quick.
     
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  11. AcidStormReflux

    AcidStormReflux Somewhere, a village is missing an idiot.

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    I get Minicon Nostalia quite often- but I'd much rather have more Micromasters in a couple of years time than randomly start throwing Minicons out there- was to be honest most of the originals are perfectly fine to me still. & get kinda annoyed by the constant Gi Joe rehashes and the complete lack of Cobra stuff (when I always was 10 times more invested in Cobra - than annoys me alot).

    I thought I was getting a KO scrapmetal from the UK to save time to help complete my Devastator - and what do I get - not a KO Scrapmetal a Marvel Figure instead. and what annoys me more was I only went with this seller as they had higher feedback and when I check today they have gone rogue - and to double annoy me I wasted a voucher on it too. I guess I need to have another try now then.

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    Anyone know what happens if you need to get rid of a stress mark on a glued part does the superglue melt ?
     
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    Gumblor Gimbles Norn' Ironhide

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    I would have wagered some fellas on this thread, fearing the possibility of neither figure coming to Smyths, would split the cost between them and take one of each, then I remembered almost everyone wants Soundwave and almost no one wants Optimus. If the deco was closer to the G1 toy, I’d bite. As it stands, it’s not quite close enough for my liking, and at that price I’d probably just buy the regular leader instead!
     
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  17. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    That.

    Looking at the clusterfudge that is Smyth's current order/availability for 'Flix2 it probably IS prudent to just say "fuck it" and get them now.

    But.

    But for me, not at any price even remotely close to that. Once I start accepting £50 for a voyager......I'm self banning and never coming back.

    If I don't ever get them.......well, too bad.
     
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  18. AcidStormReflux

    AcidStormReflux Somewhere, a village is missing an idiot.

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    I'm wondering if it's Import Stock you know
     
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  19. DaftRaider

    DaftRaider Sir Not-a-Decepticon

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    Started reading 'Last Stand of the Wreckers' again today, and after talking about him yesterday I decided to get Overlord down to mess with a bit. You know, this figure is maybe a waist swivel and painted decals instead of stickers away from perfection. With the recent reduction in Leader Class scale he cuts an imposing figure in the display along with Sixshot and Sky/Black Shadow.

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  20. Ratchet2007

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    It will be. Hasbro UK aren't offering this out to any suppliers as its Smyths exclusive
     
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