April Acquisitions

[STL]

Yo STL, howd you score MIB classics UM + Skywarp for only 30 bucks?

I restored them to MIB after picking up a spare set from a mate of mine who owns a comic shop. I helped him price the lot that he got and asked him for the best deal he'd do me and I was very happy

[Adzma]

Many, many thanks to Jay for Henkei Dirge, Thrust and Hound; DirtyDigger for Universe Sideswipe and Gamblor for G1 Grimlock.



And a final thank you to autobreadticon for his junker Optimus Primal. I love you all.

[GoktimusPrime]

Ah! You got G1 Grimlock! iirc the G1 Dinobots are a personal goal of yours, so congrats.

I found this tee at jayjay's today:

[iceburn]

wow, gok! thanks nice

[Adzma]

Ah! You got G1 Grimlock! iirc the G1 Dinobots are a personal goal of yours, so congrats.

You remember correctly indeed, thanks Gok.

[Robzy]

Yay... Henkei Dirge & Thrust!!!

Awesome figures...

Thanks to Gutsman for delivering them, and a BIG thank you to Tober for acquiring them!

I'm so happy...

[swoop]

Thats a pretty wicked shirt gok, i'm gonna have to get one of them for myself

[liegeprime]

Thats a pretty wicked shirt gok, i'm gonna have to get one of them for myself

Me too heheheh jay jays ei? Hmmmm

[GoktimusPrime]

Heh, glad you guys like it. I think it looks a bit funny with how each Autobot is painted with just one colour each... makes me think:
+ Bumblebee - okay, he looks exactly the same in all yellow. No change here.
+ Optimus Prime - everything's red - even the helmet and eyes! Perhaps it's a tribute to G1's "All the Familiar Faces!"
+ Grimlock - in blue and silver... holy cow, it's Overkill retconned in the original G1 Grimlock mould! (Photoshop anyone?)
+ Jazz - in green. Perhaps it's an idea for a repaint as "Prius Maximus" (Photoshop? )

...together they look like Autobot Power Rangers. Ironic considering that Takara's original name for Transformers in Japan was 「変身戦隊トランスフォーマー」(Henshin Sentai Transformers - "Transforming Battle Squad Transformers"*). For those who don't know, all the Tokusatsu Sentai TV shows in Japan (the kinds of shows which are later culled to make Power Rangers) typically have the word "Sentai" (Battle Squad) in their titles, e.g.: (discussion continued in Power Rangers thread)

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*As most of you know, this name was abandoned in favour of 「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー」(Tatakae! Chou Robotto Seimeitai Toransufoomaa - "Fight! Super Robot Life Transformers")

[SGB]

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