The Decision Thread

[Mythirax]

Thanks. I like the look of that one in robot mode, but for some reason, the fact that it's a 'normal' Hummer with Ratchet's roof rack instead of being the custom Hummer with the modified rear kind of bugs me, even if I'll be displaying it in robot mode most of the time.

I know that feeling. It just feels wrong transforming into something that's not 'it'. I find myself never buying the figures that turn into something sort of incorrect. Unless it's super awesome of course

[UltraMarginal]

I only have the first Movie Voyager Ratchet, so can't really provide an opinion, might be worth waiting to see if there's a ratchet figure for this movie.

I like the size of the voyager.

[Omega Metro]

I have the first movie voyager Ratchet but I think its horrible looking thing. I got a few deluxe Ratchets and I think the best looking one is the red DOTM Specialist Ratchet. I use this as a 'classics' Ratchet as it's better and cheaper than the older Universe one. I also have the ROTF and DOTM green deluxes.
Takara has a white AOE Ratchet deluxe also which looks great IMO.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/ad15.html

[Magnus]

I know that feeling. It just feels wrong transforming into something that's not 'it'. I find myself never buying the figures that turn into something sort of incorrect. Unless it's super awesome of course

It's because I buy what I see on-screen, so repaints don't interest me. That said, the RotF deluxe has a great-looking robot mode, and I like the fact that it has a screen-accurate weapon, so I'm kind of torn.

I only have the first Movie Voyager Ratchet, so can't really provide an opinion, might be worth waiting to see if there's a ratchet figure for this movie.

I like the size of the voyager.

Good idea. I'm not in a hurry to offload my current Ratchet.

[DELTAprime]

Is the Myer exclusive Optimus Prime / Gaia Unicron set worth getting as a strange Optimus? I'm thinking of getting the set to display combined as a weird Prime.

[Sinnertwin]

Is the Myer exclusive Optimus Prime / Gaia Unicron set worth getting as a strange Optimus? I'm thinking of getting the set to display combined as a weird Prime.

You could always have an Ed Gein shelf. He'll look great next to the Hot Toys Optimus Prime's

I like those two figures on their own, but combined, i guess you could call it weird

[Omega Metro]

Is the Myer exclusive Optimus Prime / Gaia Unicron set worth getting as a strange Optimus? I'm thinking of getting the set to display combined as a weird Prime.

Unicorn looks crap on its own in my opinion. Combined with Optimus, it looks ok.

[Mythirax]

I thought I liked the Unicron, paid a lot for mine. But I kind of keep pushing him further and further away on my shelves

[GoktimusPrime]

I just placed an order for the MP Guide book on Amazon Japan. The book itself costs 2800JPY ($30) with $13 for postage. I can't decide if I should keep this order, pay $13 for postage, and receive the book by Friday... or cancel this order, and combine it w/ my order for MP Wheeljack to save money on postage (by up to $10), but wait until late September (or early Oct) before receiving the toys and book. Hrmmm...

I'm currently leaning towards the latter. Thoughts?

[kurdt_the_goat]

When i ordered the MP Guide, i also got 2 other books - both of which were in stock, while the MP Guide was still on preorder. In the checkout i chose "Group my items together", but the next day, the 2 in stock items shipped immediately and the MP guide shipped later when it released. They didn't charge any more shipping than what was quoted originally either so you could try your luck combining the orders and maybe they'll ship the book before the toy.