Aw man thank you fellas! @Samue1, I feel like I'm not very careful with these toys so I wonder if I've just lucked out to the extreme with copies that mostly have good paint? There are a fair amount of tiny scuffs on Megatron and Optimus but I guess they are on edges for the most part and not too noticeable on camera. I did, only recently actually, do a few paint touchups...Optimus's faux running lights and the four smaller yellow shapes on his waist were getting pretty badly scratched, so I did repaint those areas. It took a few tries because I haven't tried to paint an action figure since I was a teenager! My MP-45 Bumblebee also began to chip pretty badly, and a big chunk of the Autobot insignia came off of his chest. I tried to fix it but didn't do a great job and it was really bothering me so I recently bought another copy, hence some of my recent photos featuring two Bumblebees  

When's your MP-44 due to arrive @ThatGuyCalledBlaster?

 

I actually bumped him over to my Pile of Loot. Halted shipping anything for a while until now since I FINALLY got to refurnishing my room. Got 3 Billy bookshelves put together and I have 3 Fjallbo shelves coming tomorrow.

I'll tell ya, it was a real trip, haha. Had to build a riser for them since otherwise, they'd be covering my heating system, which runs across the floor and in that corner of all places. Gonna wait to post photos until I get the Fjallbo shelves set up, and everything gets re-situated in their new homes (RQ: MPs are going in the Billys, DBZ and other anime stuff are going on the Fjallbos).

While all that is done, i'm still not calling it 100% done since i'm still out on a PS5, a PC upgrade and a new TV (aching for stock to come back on the 5, AMD Ryzen CPUs and RTX 3000 graphics cards). Once that trifecta is taken care of, only THEN can I call this whole saga complete. Gotta at least soon check Sweetwater so I can get my other studio monitor/speaker for my computer, then a couple other sources for some extra computer audio gear and then Amazon for some extra monitors to flank my regular one.

All that aside, gonna be shipping a motherload from a couple different stores, so if no one minds me and accepts my prior apology in regards to dumping an absolute crapton of tiny images onto a single post, allow a not so comprehensive slideshow of random thumbnails show you what is to come for me as of now, along with some stuff I just recently pre-ordered because this is what i'd rather do than write out every little piece one by one.

Also it's 1 in the morning, of course I wouldn't want to write it all out  

Next shipment(s):

Most recent pre-orders:

(I think i'm the only one here who can actually say that i've gotten on a Robotech/Macross fix recently without having seen a SECOND of it, hahahaha)

But yeah, this is how i'm looking so far, and this is far from the end, haha. Still got a good amount of other POs in, not to mention also some older releases that I already secured such as Super Saiyan 3 Goku , others that I am on a tight time crunch in order to get my hands on like Arcadia's 8-inch scale Asuka (over the Figma one as my main Asuka, though i'll probably get the Figma eventually as well) , and then the multitude of figures stuck in Anime-Export's warehouse since i'm waiting for Japan Post to hopefully open up shipping to the US to more than just seamail soon. Including poor Bardock...

Trust me when I say i'm excited about everything coming as of late, hahahaha.

So just to bring it all back to MP-44, gonna probably ship him out along with the rest in a couple days, so I wanna say he'll be around next week or so?

And don't worry, he's bringing a CONVOY alongside him.

I couldn't help but bring that one around  

 

Quick phone shot of an underrated MP. Really hope TT reissues the “+” variant as I passed on it when it came out.

 

That’s a pretty glow. I was wondering why the pink laser light looked so strange to me until I remembered that I’ve yet to put batteries in mine. I’ve had it since the first release and never got around to it. I’m missing out.

Do you know about Shockwave’s hidden joint for saluting?

 

Bad Optimus Day

 

MP-10 Is definetly the superior MP Optimus Prime

 

This was 1 of the ones along with Ultra Magnus where I felt solidity coming back into the line and it was refreshing. Very sturdy and love the ratchet clicks.

 

Superior to what? MP-44?

    

 

IMO, Yes

 

Opinions on Arcee. Is she a good figure? Is she worth $130?

 

If you're fine with the chest placement and the back kibble, the former of which can be fixed by mods using some custom parts, she's awesome. Can't wait to get mine in, personally.

 

The chest is certainly awkward, but it doesn't bother me too much. The backpack bothers me more. But pictures of Hot Rod's backpack bothered me too, but in hand it's not too bad. And my figures are almost always displayed from the front, so I probably wont even see it that much...decision, decisions. Thanks, Blaster

 

Yes, as I'm still waiting for mine from Nisson but haven't seen any movement from it, and contacted their customer service with no response...Thank God I paid via paypal...

 

I noticed that BBTS has MP Iron Hide up again. Oddly you can get him for $104.99 with a drill or for $50 more I guess without it?





Tempting to jump on that price disparity, but man it's such a rough looking 'Masterpiece' that I hope they redo at some point.

 

Hahahaha

This is even crazier than with Tracks. You don't want the coin? Cool, give us $10 more.

$105 for Ironhide is tempting...

 

Wish they'd get Ratchet back in stock.
I really wanna get the reissue with improved chrome but can't find it anywhere  

 

I believe it's due to a Takara vs Hasbro Asia release. So, you'll get those stickers on the box for Hasbro Asia ones.

 

He's definitely my favorite MP. Love the paint color and "upgrades". Grab'em if you can find him.

 

Be patient, I bet they will. Iron Hide and Inferno were just recently added. Of course the question is, will he be $104 or $154?

 

I was looking for him recently too. The only places I can find him are asking $400 for him. When did all these figures start skyrocketing in price?