The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. Touma Callum

    Touma Callum Well-Known Member

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    I won the very same KO AOE Grimlock at the beach last Tuesday. Cost us £20 and over 1500 tickets but the whole family had fun and it was much better then what else was on offer without murdering the bank.
     

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  2. Siege Fan

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    I think he generally stands up for what he believes in. Like there's a YouTuber called Michael Mercy who is supposedly especially catty bts. Analog there and others clubbed together and bought him Unicron only to find Mercy allegedly likes to manipulate his circle of friends somewhat. Analog puts out a video to that effect, something quite unusual for the toy community IME at least.

    Yup, there's thoughts to be had about the future! Part of me backing it was the likely ability to sell it (probably at profit too) if it came to that.

    I really could do with Sunday deliveries making a dedicated comeback!
    ...

    Here's proper pics for the new MOTU and Super 7 stuff. Looks great!

    Daily Action Figures News from Around the World!
     
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  3. Gumblor Gimbles

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  4. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    My customary post Sunday Dinner Coma has been put on hold while I work on a fitting display option for the Ark....... IMG_20210912_162428.jpg

    Job done. Nite nite.
     
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  5. Convoy

    Convoy 90's Robot

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  6. Gumblor Gimbles

    Gumblor Gimbles Norn' Ironhide

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    how should i go about contacting hasbro about prowl? ive been told that doing so could result in free stuff.
     
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  7. RoboW4rrior298

    RoboW4rrior298 Maximum blast!

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    I was looking to see what the price of G1 Blitzwings are these days since I ordered the Legends+ scale Thunderbolt from MFT and would like to have them side by side. Came across this instead :p 
     
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  8. Seeaich

    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    Cheers, Bud! :thumb 

    Also:
    FYI I've happened across this Youtube Channel with a pretty tidy 1080p upscale of the Beasties
     
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  9. Fort Max

    Fort Max Too many is never enough. Veteran

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    Quick trip to Argos and some very minor DIY later:

    IMG_20210912_161558.jpg

    Now the very last unutilised space in my office/mancave has been maximised! :D 
     
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  10. Napalm

    Napalm Drinking About Robots TFW2005 Supporter

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    Awww, thanks y'all. Really appreciated.

    @Shepard Prime and @Xaran Alamas - Ta for picking up on that. Setting up the shot with posing, angles and (as much as I can get away with indoors) lighting just makes the next bit that much easier. And fun!
     
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    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    Milliput or plastic shavings melted in solvent are the two main methods. Milliput being the easier starter option.
     
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  12. Brum Bot

    Brum Bot "Give them Victory... or Give them Death"

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    After selling it, and having remorse ever since, finally picked this back up from @Destronus

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    He won’t be leaving again.
     
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  13. Napalm

    Napalm Drinking About Robots TFW2005 Supporter

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    Beefwave.
     
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  14. rikkomba

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    Why is this guy so big, without even a single minicon port?
    [​IMG]
     
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  15. Lothar Hex

    Lothar Hex Perverted Sociopath™

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    Is that *literally* the one I sold you? XD
     
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  16. Loosecannon

    Loosecannon Cos I know I'm right...

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    For some reason I like a Shockwave that looks like he can go toe to toe against Megatron, just like the early comics.
     
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    Loosecannon Cos I know I'm right...

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    The seller did something similar for Blurr...

    I don't mind that humour from sellers on Ebay (and his descriptions/condition of items are usually spot on from previous purchases from him).
     
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  18. Knightdramon

    Knightdramon Hasbro LIES to the US

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    Interesting video on that ML Sentinel. Out of curiosity I looked at video reviews for the thing and one copy had loose knees, another was prone to doing the splits etc, but it didn't seem massively widespread. I would not be happy getting loose joints on such a big and expensive figure for sure, but is it that widespread?

    It could be an element of cut corners? I mean, I can't fathom why both knee joints were not made with strong ratchets like Omega Supreme/The Ark's shoulders?

    Star Saber is a much smaller [in size] release so I am not worried, but stress marks on most KD Rodimus I've seen [and my own] do bring a degree of hesitancy on.

    Did I see one [or more] of you chaps selling Siege deluxes a few days ago? I may be interested in the Autobot "cars" if so.
     
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  19. Shepard Prime

    Shepard Prime 1st Cybertronian Spectre of the Galactic Council

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    I second Milliput. The biggest job I've used it for so far was my custom Nemesis Rodimus. Once it cures, it's durable as heck. Bonus that it's both paint applicable and can be sanded (even by dremel if need be) for corrections.

    Even the G1 cartoon, much like the comics, has him beefy. It's why it's such a head-scratcher Hasbro made the Seige version the size that he is.
     
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  20. Astro-Furby

    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    1mm styrene should be good, you can shape it and sand it if its too thick and glue it together if its too thin...very versatile
     
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