August Acquisitions

[Vector Prime]

Added today... courtesy of eBay purchases arriving in the mail:

Energon Shockwave
Classics Ultra Magnus
Classics Cliffjumper
Classics Mirage
Classics Rodimus

[Robzy]

Picked up the ROTF Sideswipe & Megatron Legends today... I have very mixed feelings!

Sideswipe is excellent tbh, but Megatron is a huge FAIL! Even at $7 he is a massive rip-off and I would NOT recommend him! For starters - the plastic his legs are made from is so brittle it actually broke as part of his first ever transformation! Yes, that's right... AS PART OF HIS FRIGGIN TRANSFORMATION!!!

I mean, surely the designers/manufacturers would release that his legs HAVE to be moved in order to transform him... so why make it from stuff that can't take it?! Not to mention the stress marks... Grrr!

And of top of that, he doesn't even stand properly anyway cos he's poorly balanced! Don't buy this figure - it's CRAP!

That does it... with this and everything else... I'm over ROTF now!

[Doubledealer]

Picked up the ROTF Sideswipe & Megatron Legends today... I have very mixed feelings!

Sideswipe is excellent tbh, but Megatron is a huge FAIL! Even at $7 he is a massive rip-off and I would NOT recommend him! For starters - the plastic his legs are made from is so brittle it actually broke as part of his first ever transformation! Yes, that's right... AS PART OF HIS FRIGGIN TRANSFORMATION!!!

I mean, surely the designers/manufacturers would release that his legs HAVE to be moved in order to transform him... so why make it from stuff that can't take it?! Not to mention the stress marks... Grrr!

And of top of that, he doesn't even stand properly anyway cos he's poorly balanced! Don't buy this figure - it's CRAP!

That does it... with this and everything else... I'm over ROTF now!

Sorry to hear about your experience with Legends Megatron. I just transformed mine once and then left him in his alt mode. I think his tank mode is still worth it as it's the most screen accurate and has the nice premium paint but otherwise it's not the best. His arms remind me of those creatures from Dead Space.

[GoktimusPrime]

My Legends Megatron seems fine. It's a difficult toy to engineer because of the way the movie model is made; particularly with Paramount's resistance against giving him an EARTH MODE. (-_-)

[Robzy]

Sorry to hear about your experience with Legends Megatron. I just transformed mine once and then left him in his alt mode. I think his tank mode is still worth it as it's the most screen accurate and has the nice premium paint but otherwise it's not the best. His arms remind me of those creatures from Dead Space.

Thanks mate

Yeah, that's the thing... I actually think he looks great, but he should be able to support being transformed more than once... afterall, isn't that what Transformers are designed to do??!

[Doubledealer]

Thanks mate

Yeah, that's the thing... I actually think he looks great, but he should be able to support being transformed more than once... afterall, isn't that what Transformers are designed to do??!

Maybe that will be the next gimmick!

[kaiden]

I just got MP-08 Grimlock and Mp-03 Hasbro Starscream.

Grimlock is just awesome. I feel like getting Mp-08X now >_>

Starscream was really disappointing. Crappy paint job. And when in jet form is he supposed to look so dirty?

[Stompy]

August loot so far:



- In package stuff (HA Skids, Arcee, Swerve & Cassettes Vol.2) via RK
- Ice Cream Twins, Jolt, Blazemaster & Dead End via Target & Big W
- Stratosphere and tiny Prime via TRU
- Legends Mudflap via Myer
- FAB Skids & Mudflap via Kmart

[Rodimus]

I just got MP-08 Grimlock and Mp-03 Hasbro Starscream.

Grimlock is just awesome. I feel like getting Mp-08X now >_>

Starscream was really disappointing. Crappy paint job. And when in jet form is he supposed to look so dirty?

yeah my mp SS is the same, looks dirty but i don't mind the hasbro version actually prefer it over the green takara

[Wheel-J]

Starscream was really disappointing. Crappy paint job. And when in jet form is he supposed to look so dirty?

Yeah, he's ought to be like that IMO. I would rather prefer him to be "off-white" than the 25th anniversary deluxe "milky white" screamer.
Maybe you can just imagine he just retreated from a battle with the autobots.