No thread yet? Standards are slipping, guys.
May as well kick it off. Voyager Sentinel went on lay-buy today.
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No thread yet? Standards are slipping, guys.
May as well kick it off. Voyager Sentinel went on lay-buy today.
not toys, but TF related till, missed out on RID #1 darnit:mad:
Ah well, these arrived to day from ebay... local seller. just completing the ol Marvel TPB before they completely become extinct even in the 2ndary market
a few more on their way including the hard to find 2 TPB in my sig heheheh... keeping my fingers crossed coz those cost quite a bit..
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Congrats Liege! :D
Very glad to hear you're close to completing your Titanbooks - TPBs man ;):cool:, I too am only 1 off completing my HC versions (The 2nd G2 one ;)) but then I need to get the UK Dinobots SC also, I might look at getting the Black & White ones after that but they're not too high of a priority really. :o
They'd be putting together TPBs of the ongoings wouldn't they?, I think I might just go after those rather than trying to obtain each individual issue; I'll be grabbing each and every copy of the Marvel continuation though and likely the TPB too! :p:)
On my final day in Australia I recieved a package from BBTS which included:
Generations Sky shadow and Junkheap
Rodimus Prime Reissue
MW-01 Spray
MW-02 Rager
Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 01 - Exclusive Stepper
Encore: #20 Devastator Gift Set
Hercules Exgraver
Hercules Dr. Crank
Hercules Structor
plus I finally packed all my toys away never to see them again (i.e. until I return permanently to Aust)
Cant wait to finally set them up one day....whenever that day may be :)
Unrelated, but sometimes I only remember what month it is because of the title of the acquisitions thread. How pathetic is my life.:D
Holy crap that's a haul! :eek:
Well done UM!, a damn shame that it'll all be packed away for some time though; how long are you heading overseas permanently for dude and can we expect you and HD to be storming HK stores again? :):p
Hehe, no where near as pathetic as you might think Jena. ;):cool:
Prime FE Vehicon arrived today! He is sensational!!!!:D
If you mean the current IDW material - Yeah, they collect it in trade. IDW really has an emphasis on collected editions, so everything gets collected, usually multiple times. If you're after info on the IDW stuff, I'm more than happy to help :) Or ask Arcee. I think she passed the crash course.
If you mean the Marvel stuff - IDW has sorta done it (had to skip the Marvel issues containing marvel characters) and are doing them again (with those issues re-inserted) but the colouring is.....well, it's not for everyone. Some people strongly prefer the Titan tpbs. I personally have both, and I like the matte paper on IDW better, but the colour reproduction on Titan more, so I don't really know how that balances out? At the moment, I'm giving the IDW reprints a fair go, and reading the first volume of US (They're also doing the UK material in Classics too. Some stuff Titan never did, which is great).
I can't wait for Earthforce at full size, colour be damned. (Hopefully they'll leave them black and white, but who knows. That's a way off, anyway).
I just opened my new RTS lugnut and straight out of the box, one of the legs came off! :eek: There's a screw holding the leg to the knee at a purple tab on the inside and it's either stripped or was never screwed in :mad:. I've heard of this happening before though, and apparently even if the screw hole is stripped you can use superglue to fix it good as new. Still kinda annoying though.
I'll post pics when he comes out of the CR chamber :rolleyes:
It came off of eBay, so for the effort/time it would take me to glue the leg vs organize a return I'll just glue it. I can rebuild him, stronger, faster! And considering how flimsy the stock leg pieces are for a fig that size I think he'd genuinely be better with the reinforced glue.
I use a resin glue. It's thicker than honey and looks like candle wax once it's set but it's hella strong.
The lesson is to buy your toys from regular stores where they can easily service refunds and exchanges! (although I know that Grappel was an absolute beeotch to find in stores here :()
Play more... play lots! :D
Second time in two days I've seen Aussie collectors complaining about Grapple and co (Strafe, Lugnut, etc), on different boards.
I can still grab multiples of any of them, for $30 each, at a local Toyworld.
They were packed full on the shelf, and the overhead bin/top shelf thingie was ceiling high of them as well.
Arcee can verify that (well, maybe not the ceiling stuff. She is a short-arse :P )
$30 for Grapple now that is cheap :). Local retailers only sold that low if they were trying to move stock (sale price) but so far Grapple didnt last on the local shop shelves IIRC....i was just lucky that day coz I found 2, bought 1 and texted a buncha local guys for the other - whoever comes and gets it first is a winaah!!:p:D
due to the lack of stock out there, i finally can put up an acquisition for the first time in 2 months ( thanks Hasbro )!!!
was in k-mart and was disapointed at the same old same old, when i thought i would just have a rummage in the shelves and Behold someone had put the Lunar Crawler Cyberverse set up the back and underneath some (3) BB and (1) Shockwave Cyber sets.
And also got it for $13.75, it was the only one there.:D
I had IDW trades of Bumblebee, Drift, Ironhide, Volume 4: Heart of Darkness, and Volume 5: Chaos Theory delivered from the Book Depository.
Still waiting on Volume 2 and 3 to arrive (they were sent 2 days later), while I have 6 and 7 on pre order.
Nabbed a copy of Robots in Disguise comic #1.
Seems the comics are going to keep me interested in the franchise for the foreseeable future with two outstanding series and a tolerable one all out at once!
okay, just noticed and echoing Paul Agnew's words - standards are slipping people.... where are the pics?? Its three pages now into the thread:p:p:p:rolleyes: pics up!!
February 2012:
-G1 huffer tech spec
-Reprolabels for G1 Scorponok (x2),G1 Wheeljack & G1 Soundwave
-G1 wheelie & powerglide tech specs
-G1 catalog(for mib scorponok)& kup instructions
-G1 wheeljack wing
-G1 hot spot loose-metal chest version (w/all parts & instructions)
-G1 streetwise (loose w/all parts & tech spec)
-G1 scorponok parts-all 4 radar towers & 2 mechanical repair arms
-G1 onslaught instructions/tech spec/paperwork bag w/tech spec decoder
:D Special thanks to OTCA member CANOFWHOOPASS 87 for these 5!; :D
-G1 Ultra magnus [rubber tyres version] (mib/complete)
-G1 dirge (loose w/all parts & tech spec)
-G1 outback (loose w/all parts)
-G1 gears (loose w/all parts & tech spec)
-G1 Hot Rod [metal feet version] (mib)
-G1 sludge (loose/complete)
-Kreo prowl (misb)
special thank you to OTCA MEMBER GUTSMAN HEAVY for these 4!; :D
-rotf the fallen (loose)
-rotf breakaway (dark)(loose)
-rotf brawn (loose)
-rotf skystalker (loose)
-G1 scorponok manual and (spare) lord zarak
-G1 sixshot (complete 2 guns & stickers on their way!):cool:
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How long did it take for your order from Reprolabels to arrive TJP?
Eep! :eek:
Hihi! :o
DD = This guy! :p:D
Indeed, Arcee has been quite a big help on the subject; the current 'new' Ongoing's is indeed what I was referring to though. ;):)
Checkout my collection here man (3rd last pic), I think you'll be proud :D; Have you got the B&W Titan Reprints? - It's my understanding they collect the the very tail-end of the UK stuff - worth obtaining in your opinion?Quote:
If you mean the Marvel stuff - IDW has sorta done it (had to skip the Marvel issues containing marvel characters) and are doing them again (with those issues re-inserted) but the colouring is.....well, it's not for everyone. Some people strongly prefer the Titan tpbs. I personally have both, and I like the matte paper on IDW better, but the colour reproduction on Titan more, so I don't really know how that balances out? At the moment, I'm giving the IDW reprints a fair go, and reading the first volume of US (They're also doing the UK material in Classics too. Some stuff Titan never did, which is great).
Colour is great, but so can B&W and especially if the line-art is good. ;):cool:Quote:
I can't wait for Earthforce at full size, colour be damned. (Hopefully they'll leave them black and white, but who knows. That's a way off, anyway).
No! - Don't do it! :p:D
That's sad to hear, I was extremely lucky with my own; both in acquistion (Courtesy of Zippo :cool:) and in production quality. :o
You're spot on there man, we have very few indeed.:(
Damn! :eek:
A very nice narrative haul there GP, congrats! :cool:
Sweet! :D
Be sure to post some pics here TJ. ;):cool:
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aprox.14-17 days! (Sorry),i call them Reprolabels ,they are from tfkingdom.com(or via ebay),free postage...(are these the same or should i re-title?!)
(*last months flywheels sticker sheet is from reprolabels and took around the same delivery time)
hope that helps!
Yeah, that assortment wasn't widely available here (and anywhere that did get it, Grappel always sold out straight away). I only saw Strafe and Nut Convoy maybe once or twice at Target; Grappel was always gone. :(
I gave up in the end and just purchased a United Grapple from HLJ (and rejoiced that the toy's name is Grapple and not Grappel!). Got Lugnut later on when I was overseas (so it worked out cheaper :D)... Strafe I just don't care about. :p
Geez since you want photos :)
Bought a few items at Mandarake yesterday:
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Incomplete Micromaster base C-330 (missing three micromasters and two ramps). Not worried about the micromasters as I should have some spares at the ramps shouldnt be hard to find but everything else is there.
Go-Shooter rings MOSC - a crease on the top of it but thats it. Pretty cheap compared to ebay :D
The 'Return of Comvoy' Famicon game was bought in HK but I forgot to take a pic of it. Also Parallax TFX-05 was bought in HK too.
The two books Ghost in the Shell SAC visual book - bought the other books after this (SAC2 and SSS) but missed out on the first one as I took my time buying them.
Queens Blade Perfect Visual hardcover book - bought it because I could :D
Heh, I remember seeing those Master Braces at Mandarake... had a look, saw the price, then walked away. :p
Btw, feel free to post any meet pics here if you like (or make your own separate thread if you like, but I don't mind if you hijack the existing Osaka meet thread :)) -- always love to see meet piccies :D
Did you see the G1 Hasbro Grimlock 'Bommander' MISB :D
No meet up till tomorrow and then its long walkies around Osaka.
I did. :) But to Mandarake's credit they did have a sticker on the box (and other KO G1 toys) that said 海賊版 (KO); so at least they do negate the deception factor by informing their customers if a toy is fake. I do like how Mandarake puts little stickers on the boxes that tell you various kinds of information about the toy that's not immediately obvious - like whether or not it's loose in box (because they can still often appear MISB), sticker wear, what accessories are missing etc. (^_^)