The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. bluestreak56

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    I ordered him too in the 11.11 sale. I hope you didnt buy him from the same seller as me as he's only just left China ..
     
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    You're right there but one cannot help but recall Hasbro's particular struggle with assigning "white" plastics, and that I'd rather that steel grey on Inferno over a more bone-y off-white like wot others like CW Mags got (and I have no issue with it on Mags but I really don't think it'd do for Inferno).

    So just found the "Only at Smyths" promo email in my Inbox, and I can't help feeling that the linked listings not including any TFs might not be the best of auspices for the Netflix 3 packs, eh?
     
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    They taunt you Large. I'd have preferred white too, but the grey is... fine.

    That does not bode well. Hopefully just an oversight? Or a delay?

    IDT have just sent shipping notice for Prime and Soundwave.
     
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    Fings crossed, courtesy of @Triggerhappy innUK Sightings:
    Sounds like Hasbro keeps them as well-informed as any other retailer! :p 
    Them's the swings and roundabouts, innit?
    I look forward to the mighty judgement of Brian regarding the pair!
     
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    Haha, right ?

    And yeah, that's fine, and again you never see me in any thread complaining about that kind of stuff, dear god I'm not that guy.
    It's just that Inferno is pretty dear to me and if there was only one toy I whish would be exactly like I wanted that would be him.


    Hey, I'll love him alright regardless.
     
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    War for Cullybacky... It's why Netflix Red Alert has brown brogues on.

    "Keep 'er lit!" shouted Prime, now a Massey Ferguson.
     
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    FWIW regarding Smyth's and Netflix exclusives, there is info that would indicate Hasbro UK themselves are having trouble getting the stock into the country
     
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    Yeah, that would be my main theory as to cause, who could ever have predicted that throwing a bag of spanners into an established international trade infrastructure for fun & profit without having shored up your own would have such consequences, eh? :rolleyes2 
     
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    Case in point @Large, hasbro appear to have used near pristine white on parts of a robot actually made of bones!?!
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    I have never laughed so hard at posts on a website, by fuck.

    now I can’t stop imagining Prime as one of those trucks with a big gaudy mosaic of a tractor on the back of the cab. “PRIDE OF ULSTER” below it. :lol  Seats stained with iron brew, smelling of a chippie.
     
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    You won’t be disappointed with the figure. For that price and what you get in the voyager scale, it is money well spent.

    I bought the figure just over a year ago from AliExpress. I got lucky and bagged it for a whopping £5.98. Nice heft to it as they have added diecast in a couple of places and for a KO of the studio series version it’s pretty good. Get some great poses and the proportions IMO are sweet. Been sat on my desk the whole time. Photos are not showing it off properly as no natural light. A dark wet day on the Suffolk/Essex border.

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    Wish they’d used that shade on Wheejack, so far we have a yellowed version and a “childhood scraped die cast edition”
     
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    Ain't it the truth? I expect once they land with me, Smyths will launch a surprize attack of them. But That would make me happy to be honest!

    I full expect I'll enjoy them fully, I like that darked blue on Prime, and having tapedeck Soundwave will be feck sweet!

    He'll kick arse. and then someone will release a White head-fin upgrade for him.

    Prime's usual red top half now a checkered shirt, with the sleeves rolled up.

    Sneak preview of Prowl's new alt mode (seen with blast effects)

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    To me my ER 'Jackie reads as an off-white towards the green rather than yellow BUT I'm not claiming to have the greatest colour sense ever.
    Sadly I'd wager a pristine white Wheeljack went off the table as soon as they'd decided to do the double with Exhaust, it's just a shame they didn't think of the fact that a yellowish/brownish off-white on him would be entirely in character! Nicotine stain-effect deco! :p 
    Truth be told I'm actually okay with a little shade variety in his case, it's a nice contrast when, say, stood next to Ratchet for example.
     
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    Meh, toyhax will smost likely over greeble stuff. They seem to make bots very busy at the moment (although cliff looks nice.)

    Yes, I'd be happy to split the set. Barry should be an aggressive car imo, the datsun bod makes him too dumpy for my tastes. And I'd never get a normal pcp, but that colourscheme is ok with me. My custom uses sky blue anyway so its not like its gonna be a radical difference. Would be nice to get the official mould of him though. Pcp ahoy!

    These dark rainy days are seeping me of all my energy. Blegh. So tired.
     
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    :lol :lol :lol 
    On a serious note, I’ve actually considered that idea for a while- if they ever do the whole “asshole prowl” thing again, an altmode similar to that Land Rover would suit him well. A police vehicle with a massive amount of armour, but not too much bigger than other car bots. A sign of authority, but big and chunky enough to look a bit angry.
     
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    Sweet! I've fired a wee pre-order in on our behalf buddy :p 

    I know what you mean about the dark dreary days. It sounds silly, but I switch my work desktop background to a tropical beach, helps me pretend that its nice and bright!

    I'd be down for that. His Earth mode post-Dark Cybertron as a police hummer was begging to be replicated in plastic.

    Avenging angel
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    Random thought for Gen Selects Fossilizers: All the bone parts done in metallic paint/plastic. I dunno just something about them as Terminator style metal skeletons seems like it'd be fun :D 
     
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