Damn it's in a box at the back of the garage. No chance I can reach it.

 

Master of the Cosmos:



The new counter is:



G2 Gobot Ironhide

 

Bah, had a photo of Cosmos all ready, was just trying to get a new counter ready... I'll get you next time, Gadget... *shakes fist*

 

Penny will be sure to thwart your plans!

 

Don't forget Brain too  

 

Hey guys -

G2 Gobot Ironhide proves more challenging than I thought! As I won't be able to post a new figure from 8.30 till 20.00 hrs CET (which is about twelve hours from now), I'll already post the next challenge should Ironhide remain uncountered:



It's G1 Bomb-Burst. Needs both the inner figure and the shell (the guns and wrench, or whatever it is the shell is holding, are optional  ).

 

Wait, this challenge is still standing? Where Maz?

 

Fun fact: This the the third goddamn time Cattus Doctus has played that same ugly-ass Pretender!  

 

Really? I should keep tabs on this myself. I guess the thing just looks so outlandish that I can't imagine having played him before, LOL.

I hereby promise that I won't play Bomb-Burst again. Until one day I will. But that I won't do - promise!

EDIT - I need to be off to work in a bit, and am afraid I'll probably not be back on time to post the next figure, should the aforementioned ugly-ass pretender remain uncountered. I'll therefore post one now. Hopefully, this one is a bit easier:



It's the original Generations Deluxe Scourge. Doesn't need the gun(s).

 

If you must play a Pretender, play Submarauder, I can counter him!  

 

Generations Scourge with a blue sharpie update on the wings.


Beast Wars Powerpinch (Center figure):

 

That is a great band name.

Not so much.

 

  have not got as far as Pretenders with my meticulous search for pristine loose stickers applied post movie bots yet!

All the best
Maz

 

Damn it, I missed scourge! And I never got powerpinch due to being creeped out by earwigs when I was younger  

 

BM voyager cheetor, Let's see who else has this PoS

Oh and fun bit of trivia, powerpinches Japanese name is hilarious, it's "scissor boy"

 

  Powerpinch is so hardcore that even though he only comes up to Cheetor's knee he's managed to have his arm off!  

 

I'm not taking a new picture of this guy. Here he is in one of my old sigs:



Now, let's get us moving again with my favorite shelfwarmer of the week, CW Leader Skywarp:

 

Aside from the headsculpt, I really like that mold; have it as Jetfire and Thundercracker. Don't know why it didn't sell very well.

 

I have it as Starscream too, somewhere. Personally I think it's derided due to the placement of the wings in robot mode; you end up with the unsightly ventral side and its cutouts facing forward, and there's no way to flip them around so the dorsal side faces out.

 

I have it as Jetfire and Starscream, Starscream is a bit of a regret. I think it's too big. The size of the mold works well for Jetfire, but it's too big for the other Seekers.

Let's not forget that the target audience for these toys are children. $45 for Skywarp? I doubt there are a ton of young die hard Skywarp fans begging their parents for one of these, and I doubt there are parents who are going to give in at that price.