Thrilling 30 Wrap Up - Thoughts, Acquisitions etc

[GoktimusPrime]

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?
I initially thought that every toy released this year would bear this name, similar to the "20th Anniversary" logos that both Hasbro and Takara put on their toys in 2004. But after learning that it only refers to a set number of toys that seem to be rather haphazardly put together... meh.

2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?
None. If I want a figure, I'll buy it. This has mostly worked for me since '84.

3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?
None. If I wa--, oh wait...

4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em
* MP Acid Storm
* FE AoE Optimus Prime
* Generations Jetfire
* AoE Evolution 2-pack Bumblebee
* AoE Evolution 2-pack Optimus Prime (which was one of the freebies that I got from Hasbro for doing the MP Ultra Magnus booklet )

[DELTAprime]

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?

What a load of BS.

2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?

None

3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?

Does a Windblade and Jetfire in my POL count as "don't have yet" since I've paid for them?

4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em

#5 ACG CON Metroplex
#19 Knights of Unicron set
#21 Jetfire (in my POL)
#30 Windblade (in my POL)

TT versions if they count

MP-13 Soundwave MP-15 cassettes MP-16 cassettes
2010 Preadking
MP-17 Prowl

[Paulbot]

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?

Good idea that quickly became a mess and a guessing game for far too long because it seems they were making it up as they went along with too many duplicates (two Metroplexes, two FOC Grimlocks, four AOE Prime toys!).

2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?

N/A

3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?

Platnium Predaking is a maybe, but I have the original reissue and does the trick. Everything else in the list I want I have or am seeking another release of the toy from TakTom version (AOE Dinobots, Jetfire, MP Prowl, Windblade)

4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em

Masterpiece Soundwave (Hasbro version)

[Trent]

My final score was 1/30. I guess I'm bad at this game

Can't say that anything really tickled my fancy except for Soundwave.

[Handsprime]

1.
It was a bit of a hit and miss for me. Out of all the 30 figures in the line, only 13 were ones I wanted.
2.
The only ones I missed (because they didn't get released in Australia) that I wanted was:
#8 Acid Storm
#9 Soundwave
#13 YOTH Starscream
3.
Along with the ones above I also intend to find
#15 Sunstorm (Maybe)
#16 Protectobots
#17 Protectobots
#20 Breakout Pack (Maybe)
#24 Grimlock Pack

#27 Masterpiece Prowl, though I'm getting that for christmas
4.
#4 Grimlock vs. Bruticus
#12 YOTH Optimus Prime
#21 Generations Jetfire
#22 Bumblebee Evolution Pack
#23 Optimus Prime Evolution Pack
#25 Dinobot Slug Evolution Pack
#26 Strafe Evolution Pack

[Raider]

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?
I was hoping for a reissue of some of the greatest Transformers from the last 30 years. I was bitterly disappointed... SO much of it was just random and mismatched. Others, well 1 & 5 are too similar to the first release of Generations Metroplex. Who has room for 3 of them at home! I already had the Takara versions of Soundwave and Prowl so I passed on them. Picked up Sunstorm though as it is a different version to the Takara one.
2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?
None. I didn't actively buy any of them simply because they were part of the Thrilling 30.
3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?
Nope. The ones I did purchase tended to either be Masterpiece types or, in the case of Jetfire and Windblade, Generations figures.
4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em
I managed to pick up 8, 12, 13, 15, 21 and 30. Pics to come.

[Sinnertwin]

1.
It was a bit of a hit and miss for me. Out of all the 30 figures in the line, only 13 were ones I wanted.
2.
The only ones I missed (because they didn't get released in Australia) that I wanted was:
#8 Acid Storm
#9 Soundwave
#13 YOTH Starscream

Acid Storm & Soundwave were released at local TrU stores for $99.99 & $149.99 respectively

[UltraMarginal]

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?
Like most others, I initially thought it sounded like a good idea, but then most of the entries became meaningless gap filler. I expected to see legitimate characters from 30 years of Transformers in the 30. a Reissue G1 mold, and the stuff released this year that should have been part of the 30, eg:
Waspinator, Skids, Rattrap, Rhinox, Roadbuster, Whirl, Brainstorm off the top of my head.
As a result like most, I don't care about the thrilling thirty numbering system or even pay it any attention

2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?
I spend a long time deciding which Metroplex I wanted, in the long run I would have preferred the Takara Tomy release with the metallic paint rather than the chrome but when I could buy the Hasbro release for $100 or so I just went with the Hasbro version.

I would have liked the KNights of Unicron Set but the import expenses made it way too hard to justify/afford. It was the right kind of nuts for me.

3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?
The Takara Windblade

4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em

3
I got the UltraMagnus but I haven't opened it and I'm thinking of selling it.

Otherwise:
8


9


18
I have Slog , still boxed, maybe to be replaced by the shiny Amazon version if I prefer it when it arrives. The winner will be opened.

22


26


30
Windblade incoming

[Sky Shadow]

I'm going to put the same amount of thought into this response as Hasbro put into picking the Thrilling Thirty.

1: How did you feel about the Thrilling 30 lineup?

Byroad proprioceptor serialising undyed immunizing hockey phonics.

2: What figures did you miss out on that you wanted?

Louisianan micrometeorite begotten liberation wade approbate flawlessly.

3: Are there any figures you don't have yet you intend to get down the line?

Bulgy Elsa skullduggery unchangeful gymnasium subroutine politeness dematerialised.

4: List all the figures from the 30 you got and post pics if you have'em

Bakersfield glossy pyjamas lullabied massaged is that thirty?

[UltraMarginal]

haha,
I think you might have overdone it