BotBots Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by orangeitis, Oct 22, 2018.

  1. Darth Gonzo

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    Maybe this is why, that candy corn is meant to be grape flavored.
    Millton Vineyards & Winery
     
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  2. Mudslide

    Mudslide Eyes rolled so hard they fell out of my head.

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    Interesting. But grape-flavored candy corn? Yuck. Regular is bad enough.
     
  3. NemiMonkey

    NemiMonkey Whippin Dem Fungals

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    His bio says he's actually black licorice.......eww. Considering he's labeled as an emo candy corn, I think Hasbro just wanted a name that would be far from associated with the typical emo stereotype.
     
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  4. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    Alright, question time. How many should I order of the sets to be sure I get the numbers I want? is one over the total enough? for example: If I want 2 of the 4 wilderness troop 8-packs, should I order 5 or 6? Luck hasn't been on my side with same amounts, as evident with my lawn league purchase....
     
  5. Capirus

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    If you have a Kohls handy for easy returns, I say one over. You can always order more.
     
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  6. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    not kohls, but the UPS store has recently been put into my light nearby, so there's that, lol. thanks!

    edit: I'm going to focus on one grouping at a time. Starting with Home Rangers.
     
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  7. OCProwl

    OCProwl Autobot Dad

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    My counterargument - order more than 1 extra because if you're already playing the "I am for sure going to return some" game then you may as well just do it all in one go and not chance having to make multiple trips to Kohl's or the post office or whatever. I usually order 2x what I am aiming for and most of the time I'm lucky enough to get everything I need - but often it's like 3 of Set A and 1 of Set B*, so I feel like it was worth it to order 4 instead of 2 or 3. Also, just anecdotally, right before Christmas my daughter gave me her Botbots wishlist and I realized at the last minute I didn't have Scribby socked away - so I had to order it. Not wanting to chance missing it I ordered 6 of that series (the Swag Stylers I think) and only ONE of them had Scribby - so I was pretty relieved I way-over ordered that time. I wasn't about to hunt every Target store around for a series which had mostly vanished by that time.

    *EDIT: This is exactly the scenario I had with the Lawn Leagues actually.
     
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    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    O.O
    *looks at order made*
    welp…..wish me luck....I'll remember this next time, though.
     
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  9. OCProwl

    OCProwl Autobot Dad

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    You can try to cancel and reorder with more. Usually if you cancel fast enough it lets you. Either way good luck!
     
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    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    attempting to cancel.
    *crossing fingers*

    edit: Alright, successful cancelation! redo attempt!
     
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  11. Diamondback

    Diamondback Bitterly Clinging G1 Micromaster Malcontent

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    Interesting change for Series 5: Only two teams get 5-packs. That suggests that with 5 single-only gold bots and no special packs (E3486 and 3494 = 5 and 8 packs), one bot in each team's pack mix with three unaccounted.

    Party Goldster = single only
    Goldie Terrortwirl = 5 + 8
    Gol-D = 5 + 8
    Goldpin Baller = 5 + 8
    Pour Gold = 5 + 8
    Gold Digger = single only
    SPF Gold = 5 + 8
    Goldpunch = single only
    Goldim Sum = 5 + 8
    Goldiebites = single only
    Goldito Favrito = 5 + 8
    Sparklin' Gold = single only

    So we have 7 bots across 16 packs. This suggests to me either one pack with no Gold Bot, or 5 get doublepacked and 2 get triplepacked.
     
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  12. Jackal07

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    Wait, who are the five pack teams? We know the Hibotchi Heats and Frequent Flyers are the 8 pack teams, does that mean the Cardio Clique and Party Favors are the 5 packs?
     
  13. Diamondback

    Diamondback Bitterly Clinging G1 Micromaster Malcontent

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    Party Favors and Los Deliciosos.
     
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    Lordy, series 5. I still haven't even gotten any series 3 (low funds). Argh. Heck, I only recently had found out about series 4.
    I'm still trying to get Hashtagz, Bogus Pocus, & Glitchface.
     
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    Diamondback Bitterly Clinging G1 Micromaster Malcontent

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    We ALL just found out about Series 4 maybe a month ago, and STILL no multi-packs other than Amazon most places.
     
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  16. Beastbot X

    Beastbot X Old skool. In a lot of ways.

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    Woah, the UPS store accepts free Amazon returns, too? I don't have a Kohl's anywhere near me, but there IS a UPS store fairly close by. Cool, I'll starting doing the "buy a bunch and return the ones I don't need" strategy starting with this next wave, thanks!

    (Still keeping my PO for the Wave 4 8-packs case from Entertainment Earth, though, as the ones I need are scattered through nearly every 8-pack... I think I'll need to open, like, 6 of the 8 8-packs to get every one I need.)

    *goes to look at the news thread*

    Collecticon is known to put up false listings just to "get a jump on" sales. I'm not saying that their information is necessarily wrong in this case, but I'd wait until Entertainment Earth or somewhere else puts up listings before I'd take that as gospel.
     
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  17. Darth Gonzo

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  18. Max Tower

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    4 seems to work for me.
    I ordered 4 Lawn League and got 1 of the one I wanted and 3 of the one I didn't want as much. Though it still would have worked out well if i've not already ordered (and opened) the appropriate Bakery Bytes to only require the one Lawn League.

    Annoyingly I just missed the sale prices on the last few older team packs I needed to chase. I might actually do it in a way different to the wiki list though as I actually have most of what I want in other packs I already have - I'm not sure yet - but if I can get a Drill it Yourself and a Steve From Accounting I'll be mostly on my way to completing Wave 2 (which didn't really show up much in the UK) - where as now I'm waiting for Wave 3 to get out of the way so the places like Argos will get Wave 4 in stock. They will disappear pretty quickly if they have another sale. But if they don't they will just sit there I think £9.99 & £14.99 is to much for the casual consumer to shift them so quickly at that price.
     
  19. There D Hood

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    A few times, yeah. But bringing awareness to newcomers never hurts. I don't know what this book is like but the sticker book with all the bios is something I really want to see more of to cover the remaining series. So I hope fans are picking these up to support potential releases.
     
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  20. Max Tower

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    Now that the Lawn League and Bakery Bytes have been released in the west I hope they get proper Bios too.
    Perhaps one of the fan sites can bring this up to Hasbro at a convention or tradefair sometime.

    Also those Books are useful when they contain bonus information - such as how the sticker book contained the information on which team a Lost Bot previously was associated with as well as saying in a more convenient way what they turn into.
     
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