I'm so glad Ironhide has turned out great. I really hope mine comes today because I'm ill and feeling grumpy. Clearly toys are the best medicine for a 34 year old  

 

 
That's todays entertainment sorted then.

 

Paid for mpironhide shipping from AE, done with them now though, UW Bruticus will come from Kapow along with any other mp releases.

 

Hot Rod and Dia Battles are my final AE purchases too for the foreseeable. Not seeing the savings like I used to.

 

I received a gift from a friend in Japan - Unite Warriors Devastar. I haven't been face to face with any of the variations of this figure before and it's... big. Probably too big for me to keep sadly. Nice though.

Also, I stumbled across a tin of Lego Star Wars stuff so started to set up scenes from the films. I may also have bought some of the newer Lego Star Wars packs to get some First Order troopers as well. Naughty me  


The Royal Award Ceremony

 

Nicely done, Kapow. Am hoping Ironhide will be waiting for me at the office on Monday.

 

Wow, that was a surprise from the postman - Andy is a beautiful man!

 

He certainly is. Really like the transformation, there's a couple of tight bits here and there but overall it's pretty simple.

 

Grr, checked my email and still no shipping request for me - I asked for it early friday morning....

 

I'm about to try it out. Beautiful alt mode, although annoyingly mine has a scuffed-up front bumper out of the box (I suppose it is Ironhide, though...).

 

Oh dear I did the same and split my order. As far as I'm concerned this is an incorrect order, just as bad as sending the wrong parts. If this happens to me I will let them be sent back and request a refund and opt for the KO PE instead. The wait has been long enough as it is without adding another factor to sour the purchase.

 

BUT IT'S NOT FAIR! Come on Andy, don't let me down..............  

 

Yeah, who'd believe a red Nissan Vanette could look so good  

 

Indeed! Annoyingly scuffed-up bumper aside, he's glorious. Probably the best MP transformation to date - it's fun but ingenious, with panels fitting together really satisfyingly. The way the panels of the van fold away into the legs is incredibly clever.

 

Hello glorious people, I have finally finished my write up of Iron Will. Have a look if you fancy it  

Maketoys Iron Will Pre Release Sample Review



-EDIT- Oooooh Ironhide looks plenty better in the hands of ambitron. Plenty better!

 

Good grief! That's, that's, that's............... just beautiful. Can't wait for mine. Postie has just been and no Ironhide   Next week it is then.

 

While I have to admit he does look good plus the dimple on his head is not that bad as I thought .is he a lot better in hand ?

I may have to pass on ironhide and maybe pick up ratchet ,still wished he had a comic red helmet (or red crest ,am I right Scuba  ).

Adding to the comic talk ,just got the UK marvel reprints volumes 1 and 2 through the letterbox .enjoying them so far ,only up to "wrath of the guardian" tho .

 

He really is glorious!

Yeah, in hand it's like he just stepped out of the cartoon, and the head sculpt is spot-on.

I may have to pass on ironhide and maybe pick up ratchet ,still wished he had a comic red helmet (or red crest ,am I right Scuba  ).

I wish they were doing a red-helmeted Ratchet, too. This is what I want:

 

Yeh ,that would be cool and with me re-reading the marvel run while I read the new (to me ) UK material.It further cements the need for that ratchet

 

Some nice pics there Amb. It really is much better in hand than pics have led me to beleive, there is a lot of clever stuff going on in that transformation, and as good as he looks I think the mould works better as Ratchet.