July Acquisitions.

[griffin]

For the stuff you got during the month of July.
And for those in the financial world - happy new year...

[Pulse]

Didn't it used to be benben's unofficial "job" to begin the monthly acquisitions threads?

I hope people realise it's meant to be a joke

[Paulbot]

I just picked up Omega Supreme but I can't play with it because I'm at work.

Had a moment of excitement when I started opening the HLJ box and the first thing I saw was Jetfire!! But that was just the battle scene art on the back of the box

[Kyle]

I hope people realise it's meant to be a joke

[llamatron]

Nice package arrived from the USA today - inside was a bulk lot of animated...

Deluxe Prowl
Deluxe Ratchet
Deluxe Bumblebee
Deluxe 2-pack Optimus Prime
Voyager Bulkhead
Voyager Optimus Prime
Voyager Grimlock

Yeah I already had Prowl and Ratchet but the guy wouldn't split up the lot so I'm trying to sell them on at cost (Bulkhead too as I plan to get the Leader one). As usual works out to about $20 per deluxe and $30 per voyager.

PICS!

[kurdt_the_goat]

lol, is that the Ratchet i've got my name down for llamatron? Can't wait

[loophole]

Had to treat myself to something TF today as it is my birthday so i got

Animated Ratchet
Robot Heroes Jazz & Thundercracker

[fatbot]

woo! i gots me two henkai crystal convoys and voyager animated prime.

[jaydisc]

woo! i gots me two henkai crystal convoys

Ooooh. Envy on the Crystal Convoys... is one for sale?

I'm going to do one big update that spans back to late May, which I've held off doing due to the board's pic issues, so I ask the purists to forgive me for not breaking this up into the appropriate, separate, acquisition threads:

1. First up, at the end of May, LCZ128 and I ordered Takara's two Battle Mode (aka Premium) figs, Leader Prime and Bumblebee.



2. Next, spread out through June, I grabbed Animated Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, the 2 pack, and Voyager Prime (the last, courtesy of STL, my errand boy):



3. In between some of those purchases, I grabbed my first MP, the venerable MP4. Very cool. Although the fact that the front facia of the cab in alt mode is not flush is almost unforgivable.



4. I scored some extra Hasbro Classics Voyagers from the Myer sale (ignore those Henkei's. It was too high up to separate for the pic):



5. July 1st, Alpha Trion and Weirdwolf arrived, ALMOST completing my Classics, only leaving Clear Mirage to be acquired.



6. Last night, we had an absolute ball at Kmart. We were out to 3AM and due to our ruthless price matching and cashier error, I'm positive Kmart lost money due to our visit . Right before, Digger passed on the Lego AT-AT he grabbed for me earlier in the week, and I put a Millennium Falcon on lay-by! (w00t! Excuse the stock photo. I'll post a more personal photo once I've paid it off ). I, like the rest of us, also grabbed a bunch of Animated at RIDICULOUS PRICES ($19 for Voyagers, $18 for Deluxes) which I only purchased in order to return my previously purchased-at-full-retail-priced figures. Again, I ask the purists me, this time for the Non-TF acquisitions. It's all just so much more impressive in one post




7. This morning, I did some more price matching around reducing the price of my existing collecting and got these two from TRU for the combined price of $49.66 (Thanks Big W Catalog!)



8. Now, best for last. I got this in June, and again, while it arguable belongs in the Non-TF section, this one I'm sure even the purists will forgive. Inspired by gamblor and LCZ, I got me a "piece o' glass"!

I did a lot of "umm"-ing and "ahh"-ing about how to approach putting my collection in glass, and decided that the Ikea Detolf was the best way for me to go for now. It's cheap ($179), looks nice, and I can get three of them for about the same price as one larger piece of glass, like Gamblor's. Also, I figured for $180, it was a good starter piece, if only to help me evaluate future glass purchases. Regardless of all of that, I'm thrilled! Here she is:



I'll update my collection thread with more detailed pics of the shelf's contents.

That's it!!! It's great to have the board back at capacity!!!

[TheDirtyDigger]

Beautiful Jay. After seeing lcz's glass cabinet last night and now yours I would so rush out and buy one tonight....if I had the room.

Good score on those TRU Voyagers as well. Hanging to find them myself.