Arkansas Transformers Sightings

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  1. iacon45

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    That Roadblock is an Amazon exclusive. He is still going in and out of stock. Which Roadblock do you have?
     
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    He is the guy that named, gave bios and drew the comics for the Transformers.
    Nashville Tennessee. In August. On my BIRTHDAY!!

    This one... :(  20220504_225508.jpg
     
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    That's the same one I have. It's not a bad figure but the beard was wrong on him and I didnt like his weapon. I have my copy up on eBay now. But to be fair, he is better than the Target Cobra Island Roadblock. That one feels like an entirely different character.
     
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    He's not BAD, but yeah him having a beard with no mustache kills it for me too but the big bushy beard REALLY doesn't look like him.
     
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    I spaced out on the group photo. That is a nice dynamic display. I think ToyHax does backdrops. An awesome backdrop would take it to the next level. Also love the stands. I ordered some clear stands from Amazon the other day. Heavy Artillery Roadblock is too top heavy with his mini gun.

    On a related note, I ended up gluing then sunglasses on my Action Force Sarge. Didnt want to but there was no other way to keep them secure. Only drawback is the model glue made some of the gold paint on the glasses run off on his face but nothing his hat cant cover up.
     
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    Thanks! Here's another one! :D  20220504_230002.jpg I have ideas for a backdrop.
    I'm planning on making another smaller shelf above this one that's half as deep like I did above for the Revalation figures because I plan to get alot more Classified figs...
    I'm gonna get that Roadblock if they still have them Friday when I get paid.
    But I have the Crimson Twins, Crimson guard, Zarana, Stormshadow, Beachhead and the Cobra Officer all on preorder and plan to get Sgt Slaughter and whoever else that looks cool down the road. :) 
    Lolz, good idea with the glasses!
     
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    The Roadblock from Cobra Island I want to try and find and he will be Heavy Duty b/c I bet they never release him and he was one of my favorites from the 90's releases
     
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    He does have a Heavy Duty vibe to him. If you are looking for one, Target.com still has him in stock:

    G.i. Joe Classified Series Roadblock Action Figure : Target

    But I get what you are saying about the chance of an actual Classified Heavy Duty release. I'm the same hoping for a Crystal Ball Classified figure. But I didnt think we would ever see an official Slaughter Classified figure, so who knows what they have up their sleeves next.
     
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    I would see a crystal ball one before heavy duty only b/c there's a lot of people that voted for him in the fan vote awhile back on hisstank.

    Before ordering from there at full price might try to get one cheaper off ebay since he's not a big fan favorite
     
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    I MIGHT try to find a different head for this one that I have and customize him into heavy duty.

    Sightings wise, saw these at Bowman Wal-Mart a bit ago. 20220519_122543.jpg
    Left them there because of lack of interest.
    But there's at LEAST 2 cases worth there.
    And Mike, leave some for Zac... :p 
     
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    Picked these guys up today. The Jada box set from Wal-Mart; I was GONNA just keep Soundwave, Shockwave and Rodimus but the paint on all of them is AMAZING! And I'm gonna keep the rest to place on the titans that are transformed into city mode. Pics WILL follow once I get everything worked out. 20220519_215453.jpg 20220519_220538.jpg 20220519_221146.jpg
     
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    I saw your post about displaying them with the city bots and decided to get a set for myself. That is until I saw Wal-Mart had finally upped the price on them from $11 to $20. It still looks like a good little set but not at almost double the initial price.

    Also if anyone is like me having trouble finding Big and Tall Transformer shirts (especially tall sizes when it comes to me), JCPenney.com put up an Autobot logo shirt and with the current sale and coupon code, it's $15.30. They go up to 6X and 5XLT but those higher sizes go really fast.

    https://www.jcpenney.com/p/big-and-...transformers&productGridView=medium&badge=new
     
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    Thanks for posting, I just picked up 1 of each. Left 1 Sandstorm, 2 Buzzsaws, 2 Nightprowlers, so that sounds like it was 1 case of 8.

    Nightprowler I definitely had to get, for the history of the never released Halloween Horrorcons.
     
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    Ha, I got the idea from Adrian. Lolz!
    Now I gotta transform the titans to make this happen... :eek: 
    I've never transformed them all one right after another. :oops: 
    Good looking out on the shirts, I wear a 2x and it's not a problem for me GETTING them the right length, it's getting them to STAY the right length. Lolz!

    U bet!
    Oh, I thot a case was four... :banghead: 
    The knowledge that yall have blows my mind sometimes...:bowdown: 
     
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    I forgot to ask. Are those NECA stands? I got a 10 pack from Amazon today and they work petty well for the most part. Only issue so far is the peg holes on Scarlet and Major Bludd's feet are a little too wide and they dont fit snugly on the stands. Bad thing is I have to get another pack. I'm four short. :lol 
     
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    Yes. I sometimes have to take a peice of paper or saran wrap or used sandwich bag and put it over the peg before placing the foot on it then trim it down where you can't see it.
    And DAMN... :cry 

    Speaking of Joe's, the Roadblock that u made me aware of? Thanks for that!!
    I scored one plus Cobra Commander AND Zartan and they should get here next week. So I've been thinking about making the custom Heavy-duty.
    They are planning on releasing a "g1" Gung-ho in the Classified line right?
    And the current Gung-ho that I have has a removable hat?
    So what if I cut the vest off of the current Roadblock, take the vest off of Gung-ho and paint it the same color as Heavy-duty's shirt, (as seen in the sunbow cartoon) joe02.jpg
    And here: heavyduty.jpg
    And since I will also be replacing the current Gung-ho; his hat turned around backwards will do nicely on Heavy-duty. :bay 
     
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    I see that they went back to the plastic window on the Walmart exclusives.
     
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    I don't know if they 'went back' to it like there will be plastic windows going forward... I'd bet there aren't and these were maybe "the last" plastic windows, maybe made a bit before but released a bit after(Walmart logistics!) the first few no plastic window deluxe releases.
     
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    Got some reprolabels for Dracula this weekend via @gothsaurus (thanks homey!)
    This set makes him look so different!! Even puts a ring on his finger. :eek: 
    However, the recent grumbling on the interwebz is true about toyhax's cutting quality as of late. The sheet that is clear plastic wasn't cut good at all, 2 of the 3 labels I tried to remove were ruined. Hopefully they'll send a replacement.
    On to the pics! And be hypnotized by his awesome eyes and stuffs... Resized_20211205_212443_255712184290241.jpeg 20220522_214023.jpg Resized_20211205_212535_255711423938856.jpeg 20220522_213558.jpg Resized_20211205_213026_255652150045083.jpeg 20220522_214532.jpg Resized_20211205_213104_255651707332160.jpeg 20220522_214731.jpg 20211205_213852_255650758916160.jpg 20220522_214959.jpg Resized_20211205_211836_255748153565320.jpeg 20220522_215528.jpg 20220522_215542.jpg 20220522_215555.jpg 20220522_215123.jpg 20220522_215010.jpg
    Here's the messed up ones. 20220521_204455.jpg 20220521_204524.jpg
     
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    I know I'm late but anyone have a lead on a Kingdom Red Alert, I missed the boat on him online so I was hoping to see him released in stores but nope.
     
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