February Finds

[Jinto]

Very fast first impressions:

Prime: Ridiculous level of detail in bot mode, the legs are blue NOT purple *phew*, so damn solid and sturdy, rubbish sword

Bulky: Shiiiiny, face sculpt better than expected, odd leg proportions, not as fun to play with as Cliff, Vehicon and Prime but not as lame as Bee, TFA Bulky remains king!

Wow, Prime looks sweet. Loving those colours. Kinda makes me wish I got the Takara version instead of the Hasbro.
I'll consider reselling my FE when he arrives and buying that one if I can find it.

In other news, both of these beauties arrived this week.

Cyclonus has, by far, the best alt mode I've seen in a long tie. So much detail and such a cool overall design. His left hip was slightly out of it's socket when he arrived and now moving that leg around causes it to work it's way out of the socket, which is a bummer. This is my second one though, so my good one will be preserved in storage and this one will be for making "shooom" noises and playing around when nobodies's looking
Lugnut is awesome, Bot pics will come when I've finished his repairs.

My Takara BW Megatron vs Primal pack also arrived . I got it mostly for the megatron, but I was very interested to see that Primal has all his maroon parts moulded in sparkly translucent plastic.

I'm not sure how I feel about this... especially after the uproar that TFP Prime has clear plastic in his elbows. I hope the Takara Primal doesn't have the same disintegration issue as the Hasbro Megs.

And these!

I have no idea what they are. The seller threw them in with my takara set.
Still tossing up if I'll open them.

So I'm feeling pretty stoked this weekend

[Jinto]

Together at last!

[GoktimusPrime]

Cyclonus has, by far, the best alt mode I've seen in a long tie.

You're not bothered by the "openness" of the back?

So much detail and such a cool overall design. His left hip was slightly out of it's socket when he arrived and now moving that leg around causes it to work it's way out of the socket, which is a bummer.

Refund/exchange it dude.

This is my second one though, so my good one will be preserved in storage and this one will be for making "shooom" noises and playing around when nobodies's looking

Pfftt... so let them look. I make noises, voices, actions in public.

I'm not sure how I feel about this... especially after the uproar that TFP Prime has clear plastic in his elbows. I hope the Takara Primal doesn't have the same disintegration issue as the Hasbro Megs.

You should be okay. The disintegration issue has only been reported to occur in Hasbro Megatron and not Takara; it seems that Takara used better quality plastic than Hasbro on their Metals Megatron. Also the deterioration occurs in the brown plastic, not the clear one. It seems to suffer from similar frailty as the gold plastic used in some G1, G2 and BW toys (e.g. Slog, Bristleback, Pyro, BW Grimlock etc.)

And these!

I have no idea what they are. The seller threw them in with my takara set.
Still tossing up if I'll open them.

Ah yes, I have two of those sets. (one opened, one sealed) -- yours is already of the box anyway, so you might as well open them. I don't even know if keeping the sealed in box makes them worth more (is there much demand for these cards?)... I just happened to have two sets (they were pretty cheap when they came out, and I 'em for free anyway ) so I opened one box and keep the other sealed. I'd open them if I were you though. Buy some nice collectible card-sleeves and a ring-binder folder for storage/display. (that's where I keep all my cards including JP tech spec cards) They give you some cool bits of info like certain characters' height, weight etc.

[Jinto]

You're not bothered by the "openness" of the back?

You mean where his feet don't seal together? Nah, it doesn't worry me. If I ever do notive it I imagine it's something like the Y-wing's in Star Wars, where the cowling has been removed or left off.

[1AZRAEL1]

Wow, I haven't posted an acquisition in quite some time. More lack effort and time

But this is worthy of a post, I now am the proud owner of my holy grail lol

But pictures will follow tomorrow because I am too tired, and lazy to do em now

[Arcee]

This is looking awesome...let me know when/if u want to sell ur Galvatron

Together at last!

[valkyrie_76]

Stuff I picked up last night but couldnt show pics because I misplaced the tablet half of the laptop

Top row: DI stage for figmas, complete Fate/Stay Night Nendoriod Petit collection, Nendoriod Saberlion (been looking out for one of these for ages).

Second row: MIB Gilmer with unused paperwork (last Decepticon Pretender I have been looking for) and #16 MIB Megatron with paperwork (very nice and seems unused/with blue legs).

Third row: FE Cliffjumper and Vehicon (for some sad person on the forum) and small figure of Eucliwood Hellscythe.



Forgot to put into the picture but I grabbed another set of Go-Shooter rings (MOC) because someone got jealous and he wants a set too

And another board member who wont be mentioned secretly loves 'Hello Kitty' so there is something for him too

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

And another board member who wont be mentioned secretly loves 'Hello Kitty' so there is something for him too

Surely everyone loves Kitty Chan?

Anyway, my haul from yesterday was a Misato Katsuragi figurine (this one in an onsen) for my bathroom, and a preopened Encore Sky Lynx.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Oh wow, I just assumed he was referring to me...

[valkyrie_76]

Oh wow, I just assumed he was referring to me...

Show me the money

Its so trying to find decent G1 stuff when there is this FE Prime and Beast Wars rubbish clogging the shelves

*jumps back on the troll train*