The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. AcidStormReflux

    AcidStormReflux Somewhere, a village is missing an idiot.

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    Road trip today. Love this lad so much I grabbed him on the way out the door, stuck him on the dashboard and let him pew all the cars.

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    Last time I got a new toy and didn't want to leave the house without it, I'll have been about 8.

    I love him.
     
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  2. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    That's it. I'm off to Smiffs tomorrow. I need Mad Ant in my life and I'm done waiting.

    Sick unto the back molars with this shit..... Screenshot_20221205-184255.png

    A two day strike doesn't cause ALL of this.
     
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  3. Seeaich

    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    Total agreement, as I said a great looking figure but a terrible transformer, with a "conversion" that's a whole lot of faff for achieving very little by way of an Alt mode.
    Honestly think maintaining the basic transformation of the original inner robot but with this aesthetic would've been a way more enjoyable figure (and optional botmode classic G1 literal handguns to boot), or at least at Deluxe the skull should be a removable helmet, annoyingly the wee nubbin of a mounting right under it is the right colour, and it easily clips on & off it, even if it was a pinheaded Core class size G1 inner bonce under there THAT WOULD STILL WORK WITH THE CONCEIT OF A ROBOT WEARING A LARGER SHELL PEEKING OUT! AUGH!

    *AHEM!* You may detect a slight note of frustration in my tone about the current Pretender iterations.
    You're right, and it isn't - there's also dirty tricks & brinksmanship from management to boot as attested to further back up this thread.
     
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  4. Astro-Furby

    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    He will be the first TF i buy with my first paycheck
     
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  5. 4249david

    4249david Click my avatar, you won't regret it...

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    I don't understand why it hasn't been collected, etc. Because stuff is being collected.

    But, it does seem that stuff isn't being scanned properly either, so it could easily be at your local delivery office as of tonight or something, but not scanned once since it was dropped off.

    It's strange how hit and miss it is though...
     
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  6. nice sideburns

    nice sideburns Autobot Brother

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    My yodel tracking for VS says it will be here Thursday - which works out alright cos Mrs sideys is working from home that day.

    I too am waiting on quite a few deliveries, some for over a week now so will be holding off on any top 10 until I get these in as, other than what I get at Xmas, these will likely be my last bots of the year. Could be they are contenders!
     
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  7. RoboW4rrior298

    RoboW4rrior298 Maximum blast!

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    He’s fantastic isn’t he, I haven’t been able to put him down. I can’t decide if he’s my favourite Predacon or not though! I hope they’re actually in ROTB even if it’s a flashback montage of Primal talking about the Maximals, I know some were on that sigil promotional piece from months ago.

    Armada Starscream has been my travel figure lately, although I do miss the Siege days when it was Laserbeak :)  I’d bobby pinned him onto my work jumper on my shoulder when I was at work for a week and that was a hit. Seems so long ago now.
     
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  8. Toadimus Prime

    Toadimus Prime Fluffy moogle enthusiast

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    I've finally realised what Skullgrin reminds me of - a Chaos Marine. Emperor's Children I'd guess, going by the colours. The excesses of Slaanesh would probably explain why neglected his alt mode in favour of a fetching skull head instead
     
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  9. BQuantum

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    Got these 4 lads together on one shelf, and I think they look great. I was a little worried about the legs of Dead End when I saw all the promo images and reviews, but they don’t bug me as much in real life.

    In other news, I saw these in the Entertainer about a month ago and picked one up, just because… FF6DBD54-E9E5-4BC8-A85D-FDCDCE1E090A.jpeg I got a little Shockwave in my first pack, who looked great, so I went back about 2 weeks ago to find they had disappeared, listings online showed the Entertainer as being out of stock and I thought I’d missed my chance to get more.

    Then IDT had them in their sale and 2 orders later I now have these…
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    And I’ve even started with my pitiful attempts at basic customisation by giving a few of them the paint apps they were missing from new (as you can see from the Optimus Prime). What I love is that they have some intricacies to the transformation processes that even the battle masters and micro masters didn’t have.
     
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  10. Vertex

    Vertex Still Rockets Redglare

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    My VS says Thursday too. Exciting if true! Meanwhile both C&C and IDT parcels have arrived at the same hub...there to squat like a toad in a well.

    Also UK-collector-reflex-ordered something on eBay an hour ago, let's see if it catches up with them. :) 
     
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    Xaran Alamas The Snow Guard

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    Re: Inferno. Along with Armadascream, I'm hoping to get him for Christmas :) 

    You know, despite skipping Star Saber and Deathsaurus, I would be tempted by Liokaiser if he ends up the HasLab route. He has a cool design.
     
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  12. deathsheadII

    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    My 19 your child is living back with me and demanded a tree this year , not impressed by this one bit complaining he is not star shaped too , but my reply was he is doing a star jump :lol  anyway there he will stay for the rest of the year , not fully decorated yet

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  13. Gumblor Gimbles

    Gumblor Gimbles Norn' Ironhide

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    ohhhhhh god i need to order more
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  14. Paneltron

    Paneltron “Cover your receptors, Perceptor.”

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    He's a treat, isn't he. I had to check what that place is; not really the weather for it...

    My tracking says Friday but Yodel/Evri are normally a day sooner (for me) than tracking for Pulse stuff, therefore, expecting Thursday.

    I'm off to think about a 2022 top 10.
     
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  15. SJW

    SJW Well-Known Member

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    So Tier 1 met and another 3k to achieve that final tier by the 13th Dec. Is it doable? Only a week to go.

    Earlier today Yodel was reporting error messages with the tracking reference I had. Like you I’ve been thinking about shifting this on and might change my mind once in receipt. Need to check if I have an actual date it will pitch up.

    Which figures are you still waiting on that are in postal limbo?

    So both yourself and Andy have Yodel delivering on Thursday. I wonder if that applies for me…

    No reason why you shouldn’t get those parcels before Friday.


    EDIT: Thursday delivery for me as well!

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  16. Seeaich

    Seeaich Inaction Master

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    Me? Churlishly & cynically backing Deathsaurus now that the Weapons Tier has been smashed?
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    Perish the thought!

    Should VS not spark joy I suspect a VS vs. offering may be more tantalising should it come to that!
     
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  17. Genodectes

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    Starting to put my top 10 together, and the great tub sorting continues….. 264F1A5E-2CEF-487A-A4FF-CB903232148F.jpeg D7688AD0-82A3-4BF9-97C3-83D23C34C860.jpeg
     
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  18. Rotorstorm

    Rotorstorm Wreck n’ rule

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    He is a star, and the placement suggests screaming so it works for me

    Victory Saber arrives on Thursday for me too

    and a certain pink punk car arrived today

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    TransArt Rattrap landed in the UK on the 1st but no movement from there since, problem with customs? Shouldn’t be RM strikes holding clearing customs surely
     
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  19. drmick

    drmick Well-Known Member

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    Hasbro Pulse uses DPD for shipments destined for Northern Ireland- and they are estimating Wednesday for delivery.
     
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  20. G1 Mirage Owner

    G1 Mirage Owner My alt. mode is an Antikythera Device.

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    Ooh Lego Sherman? Where from?
     
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