October Acquisitions

[Wheel-J]

This guy is so fantastic I went all arsty and tried to make him look a bit more sinister, also added a blur effect to similate his hypnotising abilities.

So now I see what the headmasters stares at when being hypnotized by Mindwipe

[griffin]

From the last week or two...

Firstly, the prized item, that had been sitting on my top-10 wanted list for over a year - Red G2 Slag.
That completes my Gen2 collection (not getting the grey Dinobots, as they aren't different enough from the Gen1 versions).



It's on the left, between the green Snarl and blue Grimlock (heh, what were Hasbro smoking back then...)

Also, from RK and domestic sources:

Gravity Bots Skids & Bolt Bumblebee (domestic)
Legends 5-pack Ironhide, Swerve, Sparkcrusher, Mudflap, Runamuck (RK)
Alternity black Megatron (RK)
Minicon 10-pack Windrazor, Ransack, Stockade, Overcharge, Skyshadow, Scavenger, Longview, Snowcat, Treadshot, Crosshairs (RK)
Legends 4-pack Jetfire, Thundercracker, Autobot Blades, Spinister (RK)
Scouts Ejector & Nightbeat (domestic)



The allegiance changes with classic/past names bugs me, especially when the people responsible for redecos and store exclusives at Hasbro are
supposed to be the bigger fans of TFs (according to their panels at BotCon). They should be more mindful and consistant with assigning
names to Autobots or Decepticons (in the Minicon pack, almost all were previously a different allegiance, or have never been what it is in this pack).
Not to mention mis-naming a figure that is clearly coloured as a homage to a different classic/ past character (Legends Runamuck should be
Breakdown, and even looks like the upcoming Scout called Breakdown).

Rant over... for now.
On the plus side from this lot - I was pleasantly surprised to find the Mudflap and Ironhide Legends figures are different from their previous, single pack versions.
Below is a comparison photo, with Jetfire, showing the 5-pack versions on the left, and the single pack versions on the right.
It shows Jetfire and Ironhide with obvious added colours, but Mudflap differs by having a 'mud' deco applied to the base and wheel-guards.
It is also a slightly different orange as well.



And learning that the Mudflap (and Sideswipe) in the Fearswoop 3-pack have battle-damage decos, I'll be able to keep all versions.

[optimus1]

I'm liking the look of the Straightaway Shoot movie legends pack Griffin, the 'Runamuck' does look better than i thought. And Sparkcrusher looks suspiciously like a G1 Hardhead.

Here is stuff I got this week (minus some of the weapons):



Thanks to SMHFConvoy and hansprimus!

I still havnt figured out how to combine Tripredacus
TF1 Starscream - I like him better than the TF2 tattooed version, even if he doesnt have real hands.
Cybertron Quickmix - really does pay homage to G1 version, even with a similarly coloured minicon/targetmaster
TF1 Breakaway - I'm really happy with my Universe Getaway, the colours are spot on for me!
Downshift - I finally found my Universe Wheeljack
Depthcharge - I still dont believe he is that big, I keep on picturing him as Mega/Voyager sized.

All in all, am happy with this week's haul.