November Acquisitions.

[GoktimusPrime]

I bought Animated Activator Grimlock for some personal therapy after this terrible incident today.

[Paulbot]

In the past 24 hours I've bought Thrust and Gears for $20 each from Kmart, a bunch of Robot Heroes (Mixmaster, Ironhide, Megatron, Chromia) for $8 a pair also from Kmart, and the DVD of ROTF from Big W for $22.88.

I also picked up my first human alliance figures: Bumblebee, Skids, Arcee, Sam and Mikaela thanks to Golden Phoenix's ordering skills.

[Doubledealer]

ROTF 3-disk BD from Big Wuh

[Robzy]

Picked up Masterpiece Grimlock (+ free accessory pack) and the TRU reissue Insecticons (thanx to Gutsman) and a complete G1 Scourge in very good condition!

[optimus1]

What I got this week from the K-Mart and Big sales:
TF2 Movie Legends - Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Sideways and The Fallen.
TF2 Movie Deluxe - Thrust and Ravage.



Im very satisfied with Thrust, he has a really good looking alt mode and his bot mode is very satisfying - much better than the Autobot Breakaway.
Plus this is my very first Thrust in any form
Ravage is also very well designed as a figure, even if his transformation is almost non-existent.
Legends The Fallen has pretty good poseability for his size.
Also, Legends Jetfire now has someone to merge with!

And now onto my main acquisition - my Birthday present to myself - TF2 Movie Devastator!

I also went to Winston Hills Big W yesterday to look for him, only to find a heap of the 5 pack Cybertron figures. So decided to wait till today, and to my luck found him at the nearby Big W before going to Uni

Simple transformation but very well in scale in bot mode with my newly acquired Legends. The Constructicons are solidly built, even if a little simple.
Overall I'm very satisfied with Devastator and happy to spend the same amount as a Leader (only just).

Now if only I was in Egypt for a shot of him on the Pyramid of Giza

[Autocon]

2nd Thrust

im going to swap wings over if i can

[Jaisun]

Got BT-20 Argent Meister in the mail today from leigeprime (thanks man =oD)

Although I greatly appreciate leigeprime for the purchase, I think this is the official end of my BT interest (for no reasons related to leige btw =oP). Alternators Smokescreen was the figure that got me started with Transformer collecting as an adult, even more so when I discovered Binaltechs (as I loved the die-cast of my long lost G1's), and yet, my latest 2 BT's (BT-20 & BT-21) seem to have become victim to cost cutting. When I got my batch of BT-01, BT-03, BT-04, BT-08 & BT-10, I loved the die cast panels, the colour manual booklet, the collector card etc. Now, you get the same black and white fold-up instructions like all other figures, no card, and now with BT-20, I discover that the MazdaSpeed bodykit panels that differ from the BT-08 I already own, are molded in plastic! Although this was an unexpected disappointment, I could handle it a little better if they were actually painted decently. Instead, there are quite a few imperfections, and the actual figure quality felt quite 'tackier' compared to the earlier BT's, drawing further attention to cost cuts. Is this what we are to expect now that it's TakaraTomy? Or is it just me...?

Anyhoo, had my rant =oP

[GoktimusPrime]

Could also possibly be mould degradation too, which happens when the same mould is reused. <shrug>

TFA Leader Megatron.

I think he is awesome.

Yup. He's my favourite Animated Leader.