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My current MP-10 Optimus and MP-11 Starscream molds are the Hasbro versions, because I came late to the party with those particular figures. I've typically only collected the TT masterpieces (obviously they release more).
I'm debating whether to buy the TT versions at some point, but wonder whether it's money I should bother to spend.
Well, including postage I just spent over $500 on 21 Rescuebot toys from Amazon :eek::o
My wife gets home in 2 days - I figure thats long enough to get my will in order
Or to get the car packed and high-tail it across the border :pQuote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Clean the house. Scrub scrub scrub. Cook her favourite dish. Finally make sure the dog house is warm & cosy ... you're gonna need it.
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Originally Posted by TAAUBlaster
Hopefully her wrath will be mitigated somewhat by the fact only 3 are for me. 6 are for our son, and the other 12 are split over two other friends. The idea is that we all got them all and will give them to our own sons as well as the other friends sons for their birthdays and Xmas so by the end of the year all three boys will have 6 Rescuebots. The three lads are so into Rescuebots that they were going to get them anyway - this way it saves having to buy extra gifts for friends kids :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Megatran
Thinking ahead is the way to go dude! That being said, chocalate & flowers as well. Just to be on the safe side :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
I guess it depends how badly you want the Takara versions? If you prefer the look of the Takara version over the Hasbro version. Or if the Hasbro version just doesn't look right to you in your masterpiece display. I mean, it really comes down to personal preference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum
I know the MP10s have slight paint variations (takara has darker blues and greys), I don't know about MP11 though.
Anyway, if you want to got the takara route, HLJ still has MP10 available:
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT39840/Sci
So you could sell your Hasbro MP10 and get that. Or even just keep both and display one in vehicle mode.
I was about to say, if they're for the kids you should be right. :p Have you ever been in trouble for buying a lot of tfs before?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Not 'in trouble' per se however she hasn't been happy at times when I've had a lot of expensive preorders come in over a relatively short period. Can't really blame her for that as for the most part she is very tolerant of my toy indulgences.Quote:
Originally Posted by tinyJazz
I'd just keep the Hasbro versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum
Saw an ad on the tv for the first time showcasing Hasbro Transformers 1-step & 3-step. Who else but Bumblebee graced the screen.
Well he is the star of that show and was fighting Steeljaw who is the main Con so makes sense I guessQuote:
Originally Posted by Megatran
Debating whether or not to sell my movie collection. Thinking about the figures brings back great memories of hunting them down with my mate, especially when local stores actually seemed to carry truck loads of stock. However pondering about them now.... I don't know if the movie aesthetic holds up for what I want in my collection.
Maybe I'll just get rid of the Autobots (as I'm totally a Decepticon man!), but we will see.
I remember those days, working at Kmart and seeing an entire aisle full of TF figures around the time of ROTF. Nowadays we're lucky to see half a metre squared at most places....Quote:
Originally Posted by davieanix
I think that, as far as Generations goes, it's a sign that it's a better toy line (and thus a stronger seller). And IMO is evident that the quality of the toys matters more than the quality or even existence of accompanying media.Quote:
Originally Posted by prjkt
Despite all the money poured into ROTF, many of those toys languished on shelves. Generations (and Classicsverse in general) has no widely available accompanying media, yet they've generally been strong sellers. I think it's also indicative that kids aren't stupid and know quality when they see it. The same held true for us when we were kids, e.g. Wheelie was an awful pegwarmer despite his appearances in the cartoon, comics & storybook. Hubcap on the other hand seemed to sell better despite having zero canonical appearance (and also being "just a redeco" of Cliffjumper whereas Wheelie offered a whole new mould).
Oh, and also because the current lines don't have nearly as many Bumblebees. ;)
I think it's just an indication of how well Hasbro sales reps are able to sell a volume of product to the retail chain buyers.
with the wind in their sales from the first transformers movie they would have romped it in getting extra shelf space for Transformers.
Gave my son a Rescuebots Boulder last night. He insisted on taking it to bed with him.
When I went to check him later before I went to bed he had it nestled in the crook of his arm like a teddy bear - very cute :D
They need some plush Rescue Bots.
The only TF plushies I've been able to find of late have been AoE ones in The Reject Shop and they are so ugly they are more likely to give kids nightmares than anything else :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
so true:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
They really need to bring back transformable plushies. Grimlock would have been a good successor to Softimus Prime and Slumblebee.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Nevermind children, the AoE ones will give grown-ups nightmares :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
I bought a bunch of plush Optimus and Bumblebee plush toys to give to friends when they had babies. Kept two for myself for *ahem* future scenarios ;)
They're baby friendly with no small parts and soft like felt. A decent size too at about 18".
Google "Universal Studios Transformers plush optimus". You can usually pick them up on ebay.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...pspmx51r6s.jpg
Yeah but like Slumbebee and co they started off cheap now are mega expensive to buy :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum
I got those at the Florida Universal Studios... they are very nice, and very cuddly. :o
But my plushie collection needs more Transformers...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/coll...ofoz/c34s8.jpg
I found a 2007 Red Rooster Meal Bumblebee toy still in it's baggy. :)
It's one hell of a crap toy :( ... & it doesn't transform either. :rolleyes:
Cyclonus's Armada...what happend to him?
Buggered off the moment everyone was distracted staring at their new ship and ended up getting a job as a Dame Edna Everage impersonator. Saw him at the Barham Golf Club fundraiser last weekQuote:
Originally Posted by SkywarpGreer
Remember when Transformers Mosaic was a thing? I had nine or ten of them I never completed and got 'published'.
Cyclonus' Armada could be a topic for one of those.
I made one Mosaic before the project petered out:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
http://pre14.deviantart.net/c7d6/th/...0x-d52f5pt.png
So walked into work today and spotted some new Legends class figures on the shelf. I looked through them and found a couple of Shockwave's which I already had from BBTS, then I found Wreck-gar. At that point I was completely stuck trying to remember if I had him or not, I really couldn't think if I had this particular repaint of the Groove mould. Obviously he is must have buy if I can't even remember if I own him or not.
Oh and turns out I didn't have him, so it's a good thing I bought him, but I kept the receipt just in case I had to return him.
I always err on the side of caution and buy a figure if I'm unsure whether I already have it or not. I've learnt that lesson the hard way in the past. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
And like you said, if you keep the receipt then its easy enough to return it.
Filled another tub today with transformers and did some rearranging to make room on my shelves for future purchases. It looks a little bare at the moment, however I am torn between feelings of disappointment that I don't have room to display them all, and feelings of elation of what the displays will look like once they are filled.
I can't bring myself to sell the ones in storage (in closet), but hopefully one day I may have room to display them all. I would say I could rotate them, but realistically it's more likely another tub will join the rest in storage one day soon.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Neil Kaplan is the voice of Zarkon in the upcoming Voltron Legendary Defender. Kaplan was, of course, the dub voice for RiD Optimus Prime, and Peter Cullen was part of the dub cast of the original Voltron series (narrator, Commander Hawkins, Coran, King Alfor).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVipIeY4F58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPQsg-67IQ
Not really. I refuse to keep my Transformers in storage unless I have to. And right now I have to because we're going to be moving next month. :o It sucks not having all my toys out, but we're moving to a bigger place with a bigger room for my TFs. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AJ_Prime
Shameless plug: I'm giving away most of my Transformers boxes for free.
1 day left until my HLJ PW starts to automatically ship stuff - HURRY UP SHOCKWAVE!
he'll come in on tuesday i betQuote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
How sad is it I've been up at the Bathurst Motor Festival at Mount Panorama all day and the only racing car makes i could recognise were ones I have TFs of :o:p
Knowing my luck that's quite probable :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxius._
At least you're not aloneQuote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
after we put together my 2nd detolf i started going through some tubs and bags looking for my FoC stuff to put in there and in the bag with the platinum bruticus and grimlock set i found a binaltech lambor which i completely forgot i bought. got it through here as well. the bag had been sitting in my wardrobe for maybe 15 months or so. sweet! i think i will open this one as i do like the dodge viper design.
Finished packing away all of my Transformers now (only took me 22 days :rolleyes:). Since I've been going in reverse chronological order, today I packed away the first 3 years' of G1... and it took me much longer than I thought. Unlike packing away most of the other years, in packing away early G1 I was also packing away a lot of reissues. And this made me realise that HasTak have reissued a lot (approx. 83%!) when it comes to early G1. :eek: