Too real, Warners.

I'd advise against it. I used to get quite a bit of Lego but have cut back to only getting a modular building every couple of years (only if they're 'European-style' rather than American) and old-timey ships. It's too expensive, and the more detailed the models get the more you start to wonder if Lego is that good a medium to be making models in in the first place.

This Home Alone house is big, detailed and everything, but it's precisely the kind of horrendously palatial 90s American television suburban home that I despise.

Of course, if they were to resurrect the Castle theme with the energy they're currently putting into Harry Potter sets, or do another Overwatch tie-in when the new game comes out, I'll be right back on that horse. That square, plastic horse.

You know, I can't get past the idea that the best live-action Spider-Man we had was Andrew Garfield... and we didn't even realise it. Probably because he was way too old to be playing a teenager and would have made a great adult Spidey. But Sony and Marvel are married to the idea of Spider-Man being a kid forever, so...

And yeah, Firefly-era Fillion would be fine for an action hero role, but he's the age now to be playing grizzled mentor types or bitter antagonists. I was about to suggest he would slot in well to a minor-to-mid-level role in a Star Wars spinoff, but now I'm thinking maybe he already did that? Was he a voice cameo in the Clone Wars or something?

I'm noncommittal on pretty much everything next year, though cautiously optimistic about a few. Spike, done well, could be great. Done badly he'd be a waste of plastic. A transforming exo-suit with a removable human figure would be perfect. Pointblank and Crankcase I'll probably be in for, and Armada Starscream is the one I'm most curious/anxious about. Really it just needs to be the T30 figure upscaled in the same way the classics mould was for ER, and I'd be in. The ability to fold the launchers down along his back is, to my mind, essential.

You think? I'm still hung up on how wide he is. It just doesn't work for me.


It's a shame, because Skids is absolutely the kind of character I like, being a D-list nobody. But I just can't bring myself to be excited by this toy.

 

STILL waiting on IDT for Slag to complete the three of them  

 

Given Kapow got theirs a week ago, you'd think it must be imminent for IDT too.

On my thing... no rush my end. Only reason I'm pestering the thread is that folks might bin them!

 

It's a shame, because apart from the feet, CW Prowl is a great figure. I could take that as a nice new take on the OG.

Lawks, to have one of these. Lovely figure.

Doing alright with the selling, and not yet considered putting up the Kingdom beasties up for sale as for some reason they're appealing the most at the minute. Tempted to hang onto Wreck Gar so I can have Primal ride him as I saw in a photo on Twitter yesterday. Might just keep a smaller collection of bots.

 

You would think wouldn't you  

In all fairness to them, the couple of time I've emailed them they've been quite honest, wrote straight back and said they'd chased it and they've been told it's 'imminent'.

Pretty sure I saw somebody else on here say that invoices have been sent out this week, so maybe it's a Friday arrival ?

 

Just in town and my local Game has a big stock of transformers.
Some Kingdom and SS86 items and SkyLynx back at £60.

 

Asking the important questions.

 

 

Double twist!!!  

Be honest, you're using them to build a throne!

 

 

Also... SOMEONE GET THESE ON A STREAMING SERVICE OVER HERE DAMMIT! I've still not seen season 1 ><
For preference, Amazon or NetFlix.
It's weird really, a lot of other Hulu stuff has ended up on Prime UK as we don't have Hulu over here.

 

Yep, invoices were sent out Wednesday and they’re expecting them today.

 

Waspinator just shipped from Pulse.
Who knows he might actually be here tomorrow ....  

 

I might be...
 

 

Hit them up, they didn't send one of my orders until I emailed them 2 weeks later (I figured they were busy with the warehouse sale). Somehow an item that had been in stock all that time (even on the day of sending the email) was gone 2 days later when they got back to me. With no input from me the other item was dispatched and I was sent a refund, leaving me in the lurch as the missing item then had to be sourced more expensively elsewhere. I was not a happy teddy.

 

I try to avoid the movie threads as man there’s a lot of whining about errrr everything, but I really like the Scourge cab, and getting a studio series Wrecker Hook will be pretty cool, as I love that guy. Just got the pulse notifications so Waspinator is on his way!

 

Waspinator should be with me today via kapow, it feels like an age since I got a bit but I'm sure wreck gar was only last month.

 

I need some advice.

I'm gonna have to buy a new laptop but I'm struck by indecision. I'm not a Pc gamer, about the only game I would play is any iteration of Phantasy Star online. However I need the Laptop to be able to handle photoshop and possibly poser and Daz studio out side of those needs the most I would use the laptop for is going online, wordprocessing, listening to music and watching videos. Also im strapped for cash and so I have to keep thar in mind when I look at a purchase.

What should I be looking at?

 

What's this about Battletrap in the new movie?

 

Booked my ticket for it this morning - seeing it at the Printworks IMAX. I already downloaded a copy but didn't want to watch it until I'd seen it on as big a screen as possible  

It's true, Joe is a baws.

As for Battletrap and Wheeljack, as with most movie TFs, my issues are with the colours - why change an iconic character like Wheeljack's well-known colour scheme? It makes no sense at all. Battletrap, sure, he's a nobody, but Jackie? Pfft.

Bought tickets for me and my boy Phil for Magma & The Utopia Strong at The Band On The Wall next year, paid off all of my ShowZ preorder invoices - KO Flame Toys Tarn, PX IDW Grimlock, Archecore Frost Light, Open & Play Springer KO - paid @Brum Bot for Big Cannon, paid a deposit for Monocrat Tank Megs at TFS and, sadly, cancelled all of my Annex 2179 preorders at BBTS so all I'm waiting on for now is an invoice for FT Soundwave from Kapow :S....and, OF COURSE, I just got invoiced for the bloody JoyToy Space Marines a minute ago too. Fuck's sake, it never ends.

I've still got to pay for The Ark and a buttload of comics at FP yet.

Argh.

I should just sell everything and get into meth and NFTs. Probably work out cheaper.

 

How much are you looking to spend? I have a Which log-in I can check?
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Even Smyths know the recent price rises aren't sustainable. But they'll try anyway...








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This ends 3PM today!

 

Some reduced prices on my sales list here (will update in thread too)

WFC Siege
Crosshairs - £18
Jetfire - £70
Starscream - £20 ON HOLD
Thundercracker - £20
Shockwave ON HOLD

Netflix WFC
Hotlink ON HOLD
Sparkless Seeker ON HOLD

WFC Earthrise
Arcee - £14
Grapple - £14 ON HOLD
Optimus with trailer etc - £25
Hoist - £16
Trailbreaker - £16
Wheeljack with Go Better addon set - £20
Cliffjumper - £12
Runamuck (the white one) - £16
Ironworks - £10
Knock and Skar (and the orange one) - £15

WFC Kingdom
Cyclonus - £20
Huffer - £14
Ultra Magnus - £36
Red Alert - £20 ON HOLD
Inferno - £20
Warpath - £14

Studio Series 86
Grimlock - with box - £45
Wreck Gar - unopened - £30
Gnaw - unopened - £20
Blurr - have box - £14
Kup - have box - £14

Studio Series Bumblebee
Optimus Prime - £25
Starscream - with box - £23

Generations Selects
Redwing - with box - £30
Tigertrack - with box - £22 ON HOLD
Deep Cover - with box - £20

Other
Cybertron Voyager Starscream - £10
Combiner Wars Optimus Prime - £15
Fall of Cybertron Blaster with Steeljaw - £10

 

Ahh, I should have known that was too good to be true. Just had the "R-33 Collisus is out of stock er sorry" email. Robottoybase have done this a few times to me... I think their "in stock" mechanism doesn't work as well as it should. They offered me R-33T Thunder Prominon but I don't want Machine Wars Optimus Prime damnit, I want Thunderclash in all his neon glory. Tsk.