The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. SJW

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    NI are still part of the UK Customs union for goods but have a special arrangement. The special arrangement does not extend to services.

    I would look at the following links to help you out:

    Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland

    In the link below if you move to the section headed Goods trade Northern Ireland /other EU 26 Member states VAT headlines, this will give you insight:

    VAT & Customs changes
     
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    To be fair it has little connection to the main IDW storyline. They reference the war but are largely autonomous.
    Thunderclash is a bit of a departure from the Lost Light version but that’s no bad thing in my opinion.
     
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    Anyone who paid a deposit for MP Thundercracker with omegalock...
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  6. Risk

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    Oh BTW there is a 5% discount code for members of @angelic’s FB TF Group.
     
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    Genetic Morg Than Meets the Eye

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    Opened a Paypal thing just now, which begins the communication stage with them. It seems a few stores are having "issues" communicating with customers at the moment which is a shame as they've all been reliable until now.



    Thank you. I try to do with my site what I want out of other sites and am always open to feedback. For people who share links to the site often I opened the affiliate program so they can make commission, this week I've coded in a new module for automatic discounts for some customers - this will make sense soon


    I heard about Soundwave coming back on there, will be interesting to see if happens. I hope so as a lot of people still want it.


    Oh God, I remember that Bumblebee, that was hideous. I have no idea what they were thinking with that.




    I've been waiting for this to open but the long wait time for delivery is a bit offputting. The fact it can be used with 4" and 6" is amazing though.
     
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    Hasbro Pulse emailed to say that Waspinator will be coming into stock early. Which is deeply frustrating since I didn't budget for him this month. Ah well, hopefully he'll show up at Smyths or something further down the line!

    It weirdly reminded me that I still haven't opened Road Rage. I think I'll do that tomorrow when I feel slightly more awake!
     
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  9. MyTea Boc

    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    Cheers man. Read it. Wasn't bad. Certainly caught my attention.

    I wonder if the design of Thunderclash and Minerva is indicative of any upcoming figures?
     
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    I hope so, new comic leads mean they can give us an Aileron as well, Hotshot and Ricochet already have figures.
    Minerva has elements of Fans Hobby Athena in that look, however I want to see Thunderclash in Alt mode as he currently gives me the impression of a truck cab.
     
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  11. Apollux

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    Unfortunately Hasbro are taking a much stricter view on leaks nowdays, so to protect my friend my leaking days are pretty much behind me.

    I am happy to talk about anything that's got a confirmed store listing, assuming I've seen the product.

    Cheers all!
     
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    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    Ooh Swamp Thing, havent seen a good toy since the 80s (or was it 90s) cartoon, I still have the figure and his Swamp Bike somewhere.

    Oh and that Black 40k figure looks cool, I dont do tabletop gaming but I do like the aesthetic of the Space Marines and probably will buy at least one of the McFarlane figs.
     
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    I'm not keen on that Mcfarlane one tbh, but I love the character. I've only got that skinny DC essentials one, or whatever it is.
     
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    It would be nice, but sometimes they just drop in characters without any toy connection. *cough*derwing*cough*
     
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    Definite truck cab vibes. It's that kibble on his back that is making me think .... things... if he was just an artistic interpretation he might be a little 'cleaner'?

    Hopefully not this time.

    Squeak squeak
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    Wouldn't take a lot to make the current Revelations Moss-Man into Swampy, seeing as it's basically just a slightly slimmer rip off of Him anyway. Just needs a more Swamp-thingy face-sculpt and jobs a good'un.
     
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    Oh god, I'm a complete idiot in that I didn't spot what Barber was doing with Prowl's design.

    I'd also add that Roberts gets all the justified praise, but I loved the immediate post-war stuff Barber did on Cybertron. Bumblebee trying to be a good leader but being bad at it whilst Starscream flourished as a political figure without Megatron around. There was some great stuff in there.
     
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    I did wonder if perhaps Thunderclash might be based on Motormaster, with the overall more truck cab look and size. He’s got a few design notes that look more like a traditional Earth vehicle than usual. But not so sure now…. Hes not quite matching the Third Party ones either
     
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    Wow, that must have been quite the undertaking! :eek: 

    I thought TFS-Express didn't serve the UK anymore? They spun off OmegaLock as the UK branch rather than just Pre-orders and TFs-Express as Europe or something like that?

    I've no idea what that is but that is METAL! :rock 

    Yaaay! And hi @Large <3 Married life treating you well? :) 

    I got that too but I must admit to a little bit of relief. Having overspent this month, having that pushed back means I don't need to pay for it for another month :D 

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    I thought I'd share my newest bot:
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    :lol  :D 

    Ahem

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    BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH (Thanks again @Genetic )
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    Mercy: Denied!
    Whoever designed the packaging like this is a genius it cracked me right up that it looks like the Ark has crashed right in there :lolol 
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    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA New friends:
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    Ahem. But yes. Thanks @Apollux :D 

    Also looking at those last pictures taken under artificial light I'm starting to appreciate what people have said about photographing yellow on Sunstreaker o_O 

    My Dad got the box and was somewhat confused by the Air Purifier box it was packed in xD he even queried if it was for us but of course my name was on it :) 
     
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  20. Imperator

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    I mean the good news is that if Nightbeat materialises then a Selects Minerva probably wouldn’t be too far behind. With Siren as a fuckin’ Walgreens exclusive or something.

    (And Hosehead four years later and remoulded from Gnaw or something.)
     
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