The UK Toy Discussion

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

  1. MyTea Boc

    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    Sludge has made me reconsider grabbing their Grimlock. I've always liked the IDW designs for the Dinobots.

    If Tidal Wave is about the same size as Double Evil, I'll be powerless to resist.
     
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  2. Xaran Alamas

    Xaran Alamas The Snow Guard

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    Apparently mine has been dispatched too, woo!

    Why does he have a mini Scourge altmode figure? :lol 

    I do not believe at this point that Scourge's altmode wasn't inspired by an Iron.

    Oooh sharky boy!

    :lolol  Great use of... Fright Knight is it? The BotBot.

    And wish me luck, off to the Dentists today... yay.
     
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  3. MyTea Boc

    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    *scans TF wiki* Halloween Knight apparently. She's a chivalrous knight who fights a halloween themed dragon apparently! Certainly makes for a good headmaster replacement ;) 

    Ugh, I hate the fucking dentist. Mine is a proper butcher. But he's cheap so.....

    [​IMG]
     
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  4. Xaran Alamas

    Xaran Alamas The Snow Guard

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    David probably wants them for his throne of packaging.

    ...thanks for that x'D

    And ah yes. I knew she was a Knight of some kind!
     
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    Thank you! I though I fell short of the mark, so this is nice to hear/read.

    "Now go and fulfil your destiny. And know that nothing can defeat you in this form."
    From Transformers: The Movie#1 'The Planet Eater!'
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    Ottertron Moon-faced assassin of joy

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    I was given a promo of Sea Of The Dying Dhow years back by a friend whose band were also on Undergroove and it very much impressed me.

    The 'white saviour' narrative aside - which can't be helped - my only complaint is that it should be three films not two in order to allow for a couple of missing key scenes and plotlines from the book to be put back in
    The dinner party scene, which Jessica obliquely refers to later when she mentions smugglers willing to take people offworld, and the Thufir/Jessica beef that threw the spotlight off Doctor Yueh SHOULD both have been in there
    and some more development for important characters like Thufir and Doctor Yueh.

    Aside from that, and as a piece of cinematic art, it's absolutely fucking stunning. I already have a download of it and tbh, I already can't imagine watching it on my wee telly with my shitty sound system. The work that went into the sound design alone would make that a damn shame. 'The Voice', the shield noise and the throat singing on Salusa Secundus all absolutely blew me away, and I'd say the score is probably one of Zimmer's best so far.

    I'm going to have to IMAX it again ASAP.

    I'm not sure but I suspect not. I imagine, though, you could open the unit up and replace the LED or filter if you were technically inclined.
     
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  7. Genodectes

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    I think there’s a few reasons why, in the case of the Unicron Trilogy the moulds are harder to access to make a KO, and the demand for such things is reduced. I’ve only ever seen a few Minicons as knockoffs, and while I’m sure there’s more of them out there as a line overall perhaps due to the high production costs of the figures and integral gimmicks they are not being knocked off as readily compared to the more easily available modern items like CW.
     
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    Morning folks, hope you had good weekends.

    Still some stragglers on the sales list - let me know if you're after anything.

    (all prices include P&P, deals on multiple buys):

    Siege

    Crosshairs - £18 ON HOLD
    Jetfire - £70 ON HOLD
    Starscream - £20 ON HOLD
    Thundercracker - £20

    Earthrise
    Arcee - £14
    Optimus with trailer etc - £25
    Hoist - £16
    Trailbreaker - £16
    Wheeljack with Go Better addon set - £20
    Cliffjumper - £12
    Runamuck (the white one) - £16
    Ironworks - £10
    Knock and Skar (and the orange one) - £15

    WFC Kingdom
    Cyclonus - £20
    Huffer - £14
    Ultra Magnus - £36
    Red Alert - £20 ON HOLD
    Inferno - £20
    Warpath - £14

    Studio Series 86
    Grimlock - with box - £45
    Wreck Gar - unopened - £30
    Gnaw - unopened - £20
    Blurr - have box - £14
    Kup - have box - £14

    Studio Series Bumblebee
    Optimus Prime - £25
    Starscream - with box - £23

    Generations Selects
    Redwing - with box - £30
    Tigertrack - with box - £22 ON HOLD
    Deep Cover - with box - £20

    Other
    Cybertron Voyager Starscream - £10
    Combiner Wars Optimus Prime - £15
    Fall of Cybertron Blaster with Steeljaw - £10
     
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    If I could still smoke weed I would definitely be thinking about rewatching it in imax whilst trippin balls
     
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    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    Anyone know how long before Showstore Z tracking works? I seem to have a royal mail tracking number but nothing is showing on the order page or RM site
     
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    Loosecannon Cos I know I'm right...

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    You wait a while then it arrives. It is usually in limbo where tracking doesn't work for at least a week. Did you go fast or slow shipping?
     
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    Use 17track either online or in the app. You can mess about with Chinese sender side and it'll pick it up eventually.
     
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    Got a load of new CHUG, mp and third party added to my sales thread linked in my sig.
     
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    MyTea Boc Do you smell that?

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    You could have saved me Springer... why didn't you save me?!
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  16. Astro-Furby

    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    Looks like I went with standard, but if its the norm to go dark for a bit then i wont start worrying yet

    Also got a lovely bargain on ebay, after watching the DCAU Batman Hush film I decided I wanted a Catwoman figure, I thought about the Mafex but its too pricy so i decided to look for the DC Direct version from 10 years ago, found loads MISB from £20-60 but then found an entry with the figure MIB along with a nice MIB Harley Quinn figure that i didnt have, going for £20 plus postage but he was accepting offers so i made a really cheeky offer of £10 and he accepted....result
     
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    Hey AF.

    I use a number of tracking services as some pick up updates that others do not and does vary between the different carriers that are used by sellers.

    I use Packages and i7track which can be found in app stores for free:

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    The following links are also very good for tracking. I actually find the parcelsapp one to be better than most. All free and easy to use.

    Universal Parcel Tracking - Global Package Tracking

    Universal Package Tracking - The best global postal tracking service | Postal Ninja

    Not sure if you have tried any of these but worth a go if you haven’t.
     
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    Imperator and he drove the fastest milk-cart in the west.

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    Tell you what, following MMC Rung's parcel tracking is an adventure in itself. I don't know how far across China it has gone so far, but it's made a bunch of stops. Never underestimate the thoroughness of Chinese bureaurocracy...
     
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  20. robotmel

    robotmel *All must transform*

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    Ooh can you please hold on to First Edition Starscream until payday on Friday for me?
    Awaiting an Amazon refund so hopefully before! Thank you please. ;) 
     
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