The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. Seeaich

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    Turns out the AA set I bought yesterday is coming from Germany! Must have lots of stock abroad
     
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    Thanks! I'm on Ramipril atm and when I had my last diabetes review a few months back the possibility of increasing the dosage a bit was raised so that's the likely outcome this time. All my kidneys and liver and everything else are functioning normally (brain is suspect sometimes :D ) though so just got to keep a bit better eye on things with my blood pressure.
     
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    I suspect that anyone who *doesn't* have high blood pressure right now isn't really paying attention.

    I find that small animals aren't bothered by noise, my rats were never affected by fireworks - the hoover on the other hand...
     
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    Likewise.

    FFS Skywarp, take your own advice and never get out of the boat. If anyone wants me I’ll be bleaching my eyeballs...
     
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    i gave sasha a list of figures for my issue lol...
     
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    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    Holy shitbiscuits, that devy is going to be ma-jassive.

    Ditto. Figures. Bet my UK and US orders dispatch the same day.

    Holy hell, that is fugly and I love it.

    Tis a shame it was cut short. I myself am a fan of the leaders from that line. Shame we never got any 'proper' decepticon leaders. Ahhh the fun that could have been had with an evolution thunderwing or galvatron.

    Speaking of, u got this upgrade for beefy rod.
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    It's alright. Needs a lick of red paint.

    Good luck with the pressure dude. And hope the ferrets aren't too bothered by the celebrations.

    My sis-in-law lost a rabbit on Saturday night, the poor thing died of fright. To be fair she should have brought it inside.

    Primus loves a trier!
     
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    That sounds like it's less noise per se and rather sonic frequencies. Like I can imagine the hoover gives off continuous noise at higher frequencies than the relatively short sonic bursts from fireworks.

    Hah, you got Sasha too? I figure Thrust is a longshot so I should probably think about some other options. Kind of wishing I had tried contacting Hasbro about my Car Shatter way back when rather than SAF - who have still not replied to my email months later but then I know they are massively backlogged.

    Sorry to hear about your sis' rabbit :( 

    And heh, thanks. I hope Primus is with me :D 
     
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    Those shoulders always were an issue. I mean, yeah, he can shrug BUT AT WHAT COST?!
    And ultimately a bit too hench for me. Nevermind a Rodders with a Matrix chamber who can't even hold his own Matrix?! Oh, dear.
     
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    Yeah I need regular blood tests for my Kidneys and Liver, I was upped to 10 mg a month before a brain op i had at the end of February, they also gave me Amlodipine as well because of how high my BP was and they couldn’t prescribe more Ramipril.
     
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    Smoke-warp is now much less smokey. However his fists, one side of his launchers and one of the tail fins have a yucky brown/yellow hue, so if anyone’s got some spares or bits of a junker then please let me know before I have to resort to evil bay.
     
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    @Rodentus prime,
    Good point! it's not exactly the most chilled world to be living in atm so it's likely to be another condition that becomes more common as things go on.

    When I had gerbils they used to be OK with the noise but the ferrets were living outside they would pace up and down so I ended up having to go out and get them inside for a bit.

    @MyTea Boc,
    Cheers, the ferrets should be OK as they'll just bury themselves under their bedding and doze off, moving them inside made things easier.

    Sorry about your sister's rabbit :( 

    @Neo-Primus,
    Sounds like you've been through quite a bit, hope you've been able to make the best of things.
     
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    Haha, no. The shop basically stuck all their stock in between lanes in order to maximise social distancing. It means they can only have a few shooting at once, but that's the same with my club. The moment Harrow went into tier 2 we could only have 3 shooters at any one time!

    I did actually buy a bunch of replacement Knoks... they're bright green though.

    Having a fiddle with the bow tonight, (to get it all balanced) the V bar is fully adjustable so I can choose the orientation of the short stabs. But I realised that the centre of gravity is too far back, it's centred literally in front of the bow but it has to be a few inches in front.

    Needed to order a part I could have got today but what can you do? At least I worked out the horizontal balance, it used to weigh heavier on the right side (cuz of the sight innit) but not no more. It's very strange, getting satisfaction from balancing a bow... but I suppose it's no more strange than using a well balanced sword.

    In robit related news my AAA (Amazon Autobot Alliance) order has also changed to 'pending delivery date'.

    Boo. Hiss.

    Edit
    Need to learn how to shoot from a moving bike... my bike is red and black... my bow is red and black... bwahahaha.

    Oh before I forget! Calendar update! Have decided on all pics and got to say, it was tight this year. Will try and get previews done tomorrow and open up preorders for a month. Hopefully Lockdown #2 will not interfere with Calendar 2021's print production. Oh! I got confirmation from the printers that the price is the same as last year!

    Bonza.
     
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    Cool. Hopefully it'll be enough for the 'vaccinator' to hunt down all of them dirty folks from rooftops. Also, what was last year's calendar price?
     
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    With those colours I'd have called her Laserbeak. In my head. Well, probably out loud.
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    Yeah, got real lucky thanks.
     
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    Thanks, I'll give it a look sometime
     
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    Tesco had some cool magazines with free gifts for kids of all ages and some WWE figures that are listed as new but I thought I'd seen them before? Now if only they'd sell proper TFs... Oooh, they've also got big Lego sets in now like the pirate ship (at £90 it can get in the sea, ha!) so those will be discounted soon enough, especially for the space they take up.

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