The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. Max Tower

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    I like that SG Megs is in keeping with the colours of the previous toys. The Metallic canon looks 'Ultra Gear' to me.
    I will be buying him a sword, shoulder guns and mini-tank accessory sometime though.

    I did buy the light up canons already but the look weird on him - so I will find something else to do with them instead.

    I do have to wonder what Super Megatron would have looked like if he was used instead as the basis of the character. That is certainly a good enough mould that I wouldn't object to it being made in another colour and that is perhaps my fave Megatron at the moment.

    My Fave Siege Megs is the shiny painted one with the least battle damage on it. I like the mould for the siege one 100 times more than the Earthrise one with is VERY flawed and may actually need some mold tweaks & tolerance fixes it's so flawed as is before they release it again.

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    I also just got SS Grindor he is one of the single floppiest Transformers I've bought in many many years. He's so floppy I may leave him in Vehicle mode for good. I kinda wish they'd thrown accuracy out the airlock and made him closer to tan coloured instead though. He's WAY to similar to Blackout - he's basically Blackout with some dirt painted on him and some minor colour changes.

    I wouldn't object to an overscale loosely based on this version though... perhaps with some tweaks. using the Blackout Overscale mould would be fine I guess. I do wish the fuel probe retracted though- it's way to fragile sticking out like that.
     
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  2. Insurgent

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    Thats a great looking group you have there. Nice job!


    Oh dear. Heard a few really loud bangs outside. Sounded like a lorry getting stuff thrown into it, go to look, it's only a car a few houses down on fire! :eek: 

    Fire crew turned up pretty sharpish and didn't look like anyone got hurt. We were a bit alarmed at first though, thought it was a house on fire, the size of the blaze. It's out now thankfully.


    Decided i want to watch some fun transformers, and the recent leak and talk of metroplex made me look for cybertron. All episodes on youtube in a playlist? Sweet. That'll do. Only watched it start to end once before but i enjoyed it's sillyness immensely so looking forward to that.
     
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  3. Genetic

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    Cancelled thousands of pounds of Hasbro products tonight and while the cancellation fees will sting, it feels good.

    Chucked a load more stuff into the sale section too and have some gaps appearing in the stockroom again.

    Now I just need to try and sort out my own collection which is rapidly growing thanks to Marvel Legends. Trying to convince myself I don't need the Michael Keaton Vulture BAF.


    And thank you sir!


    PM me and I'll check tomorrow as I'm going to open a Grimlock for myself. If you want it you can have it, just cover the postage. When Slag comes back in I'll be opening one of those too, so you can have that display as well.


    I think someone else has already said it but it's hand painted. The first colour versions usually are and you can tell by how uneven the chest paint is that this is just a mock up :)  In ye olde days any stickers on the figure would be hand drawn too.
     
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  4. Imperator

    Imperator and he drove the fastest milk-cart in the west.

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    "Decepticons... The battle is lost... retreat!"

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    S04E08: "Decepticon Dawn" (5/5)
     
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    Anyone else looking to shift their recycling via Royal Mail? Go on, save the planet!
     
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  6. bcm77

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    Recieved a message from Ringside Collectibles which has new images of the Ultimate Edition Undertaker and Kane and my fears about 2 of 'Takers headsculpts looking shite have been eased,
    WWE Ultimate Edition 11 | Ringside Collectibles

    1 head still isn't quite perfect but does actually look like him now and the other 2 are both great especially compared to the early images. Kane will need THAT Magneto GIF 'cos he looks so good.
     
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  7. Siege Fan

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    Should I ask why you cancelled the Hasbro stuff? Curiosity is getting the better of me :oops: 
     
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    Thousands?
    A full Hasbro TF toyline is probably under 1000 GBP, if you pre-ordered all exclusives it would still be under 2000 I think.
     
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    Pulse have dispatched Shadow Panther

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    What a nice wee fella.
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    As Seeaich said it's only hand painted at this stage but it is also only 2.5cm tall, it's even shorter then a Diaclone pilot!
     
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  14. Siege Fan

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    I'll swap you a Kingdom Rhinox for him, only been thrown at the wall once!
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    Thanks! Wouldn't have known about this otherwise. The sticker suggests it might go on sale tonight (country depending) but the article says pushed back... I'll keep an eye out either way.
     
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    I'm with Brian @Rodentus prime. Good shout.

    Thanks, Bobby. Looking forward to seeing you, as ever. As agreed I'll be dressed as Rocky&Bullwinkle and the sketch of the crane you sent over. I think my train gets into Piccadilly at 2:04pm. See you by the Nero in Piccadilly gardens?

    Once again, I am struck by the fine line between good and evil. Something for us to note @Decepticreeps100

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    Today's #deskbot was my first in a long love affair with robotic tyrannosaurs. Classics Grimlock.

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    Never had the original as a kid and my old broken eBay acquired one discoloured to a diarrhoea brown. My old version of this also broke but got a one cheap without the gun to replace it.
     
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  17. AcidStormReflux

    AcidStormReflux Somewhere, a village is missing an idiot.

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    Pretty sure I have 1 X Grimlock. When my Slag (eventually) turns up from IDT you can have that too :) 
     
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    Listening to Triple Takeover and hearing them rave about this guy, he - and most of the Classics line - completely passed me by at the time (picked up the Prime mold as part of that movie two-pack, got Starscream but maybe that was one of his later repaints, got a KO of the Mirage mold in Fracture). I was still picking up the odd TF here and there, but not seriously collecting back in 2006.
     
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    RoboW4rrior298 Maximum blast!

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