Meow

 

Nothing 'big' about those leader class truck modes.
In fact I go as far as to say these three are great examples of awesome bots with flawed alt modes.
Optimus' trailer is too small (cab is great).
Rodimus' nose sticks out to far and is overall a bit too long.
Magnus' truck... WTF is that!?
Leaders should be jewels in the collection, it's sad when my first though is I'll keep it in bot mode.
Great looking bots though.

 

BB Soundwave. Joplin, MO for those who wish to know.

 

Aside from MP-10v... a Mini of Hasbro's masterpiece Optimus not even 3rd party has come out with THE One definitive version of them either so... Time will Tell.

 

I ordered these guys on Hasbropulse, but I've been seeing them everywhere at the Walmarts in my area

 

Got Fasttrack! Can't wait to pair him up with my upcoming Earthrise Scorponok later this week!

 

Today at a local Target!!!

 

Road Ranger and Puffer showed up.
Puffer: Jackpot! Get us out of these.
Jackpot: Do not worry my friends, I will get you out of your bindings in just a moment.

 

My Black Friday purchases came in as well as a purchase from @ultraman zoffy

On BF I got Seawing from Pulse and Artfire from Gamestop.



I don't have much of an interest in the G1 Seacons since I have BW Seacons and I think the white & gold scheme is much better than blue & pink. However, something about Seawing stuck out to. The blue-black-yellow reminds me a lot of Batman, plus stingrays are one of my favorite animals. So I got him to give Lobclaw some company as weird Decepticon duo.



Artfire I had long ago preordered on Pulse, but since he had yet to ship, I picked him up on sale. Looks good with fellow emergency service vehicles and Targetmasters!



Then from ultraman, I got part of JuJiang Jet Commander with a custom combined mode head!



I really dislike how small CW jets are, they just look puny in comparison to the ER Seekers and I just see no reason why fighter jets should ever be the size of cars. Most 3P offerings are a good size but much too expensive for a team I'm not super huge on (I'll spend $100+ on each Combaticon or Technobot, but not any of the other teams). So JuJiang looked like a great combo of the CW asthetics I like, a decent price, and a nice size. They're a bit bigger than the Seekers, but the difference between them is much less egregious than the difference between my Seekers and the CW jets. I have the two arms on order at TFSource so it won't be long before I can complete them!

 

Megatron Spoiler Pack + BW Reissues, all on clearance more than 50% off. Today was a good day.

 

Walmart has these on clearance for $24 if anyone is interested. They ring up normal price, but show up on clearance in the Walmart app.

 

Found this at my local Toyshop's swap meet today

 

Last mailorder robit of the year arrived today, courtesy of ShowZ - MP38 Supreme Commander Convoy KO!




I definitely prefer the Optimusier faceplate to the BW one...



...but the mutant mask looks brilliant with the eyes lit up!!  

 

So my brother came over to give me my Christmas Present.
Cybertron Dimolisher
G2 Windbreaker
G1 Stalker

 

After a 2 month delay
Literally sitting on a boat off LA
Thundercracker is here

 

When a Sharkitcon follows you home and you are not a pet person.

Two really nice toys here.

I'm particularly pleasantly surprised by Gnaw. I hadn't expected to get this figure -- I was pretty satisfied by my little swarm of Titans Return Legends Gnaws, and figured this would just be an upscaled retread. But it crushed the "surge of desire when I see it on the shelf" test, so I grabbed him... and I'm really glad I did. The deco on this guy is crazy good -- he's just covered in paint -- and the transformation, while not super involved, is still a fair bit niftier than I expected. They put a lot of effort into this thing, and it shows.

 

I haz him. An awesome figure.