April Acquisitions

[optimus1]

Maybe its a headmaster and needs Mr Ed to "transform" first -- HEAD ON!!

Or is it a Power/Godmaster - 'God ON'

[Mr Ed]

Because I can't really be bothered to take new pictures, these were borrowed from Griffin lol.





Thanks again Griffin, they are wicked.

that's nice.

what is it exactly and where do you buy it from?

[1AZRAEL1]

that's nice.

what is it exactly and where do you buy it from?

I didn't buy them, I won them on a competition on here. The first is a set of commemorative stamps, and the second is a tin box with easter eggs inside

[Mr Ed]

I tried to search for these TF stamps at Aussie Post. They dont have any?

Does anyone know where to buy them?

[1AZRAEL1]

I tried to search for these TF stamps at Aussie Post. They dont have any?

Does anyone know where to buy them?

They are a Hong Kong exclusive as far as I know.

[Vector Prime]

As for price i paid about $470.00 AUS. And when you consider that BBTS wanted $450ish US for the figure not including postage , i think it was a good deal and in the end i am happy with him

That's a pretty good price! I'd probably be an owner of one too for that much... it's a shame that it doesn't transform though, that's the only thing that goes against it, but a nice display piece nonetheless (if you've got the room that is )

The last one is not a new addition. Got her last year in July 2009. A real Nissan 370Z.

I hated the 18" rims so I bought Enkei 19" rim. Serious rubber....

Nice mate... I've been toying with the idea of getting one in Chicane Yellow, but am holding off since it appears I might get one as a company car (hopefully!)

The only drawback of getting one as a drive car is that I can't slap some 20's on it and drop the suspension.

[GoktimusPrime]

Ah, makes sense then I guess.

For anyone who may not know why Transformers (and all toys that pass through US safety laws) aren't allowed to have small projectiles:

+ 31-12-1978: a four year old American boy, Robert Jeffery Warren in Atlanta, swallowed a 3cm projectile (missile) from a Mattel Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper toy. The projectile was lodged in the back of his throat and his parents were unable to grab it properly to pull it out. As a result the child choked to death. Mattel recalled the toy. The boy's parents sued Mattel for US$14,000,000.

+ 27-02-1979: Advocate group 'Action for Children's Television' petitions the U.S. government to regulate toys that fire projectiles, pointing out that there were over 1000 reports of children being injured by projectile firing toys and one resulting death in the previous year.

+ Under current U.S. law a toy with a projectile launcher must either:
1: have weakened spring action launchers (the force must be insufficient to lodge the projectile into the back of a child's throat), or...
2: if the launcher is not weakened, then the missile must be longer than a minimum length. The general rule is that the missile must be longer than the length of a standard camera film container (70mm??). A longer missile means that if the missile does become lodged into the throat, it's easy enough to grab the missile and pull it out quickly

This is why:
+ In G1 all Transformers' projectile launchers (for missiles, fists etc.) were intentionally weakened. Take any original G1 toy (e.g. Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Mirage etc.) and push the fire button. The projectile doesn't fly very far (if at all)
+ Later Transformers that did have powerful launchers had long missiles, e.g.: G2.
+ Takara(TOMY)'s reissues have small missiles and powerful launchers, but their toys are explicitly labelled "For Ages 15 and Up."
+ Hasbro's reissues don't exclude children, thus they either have lengthened missiles (e.g. Optimus Prime, Seekers) or powerless launchers (e.g. Red Alert, Hoist).
+ Some of Takara(TOMY)'s "cutesy" toys with small parts (e.g. MyClones) have a special chemical in the paint that is intentionally designed to taste bitter to infants, inducing them to spit the part out if placed in their mouth.
...etc.

[BigPenney]

The complete series of Beast Machines on DVD just arrived.

[SkyWarp91]

Ebay'd a ROTF Deluxe Chromia, just got it delivered yesterday. I like the vehicle mode but the robot-mode has mild trouble keeping its form. Chromia's chest is formed by two parts from either side of her body that plug into each other but one of the sides has the giant gun-arm that tends to bring down her weight to one side, thus trying to seperate her chest parts. Other than that it's a great fig.

[loophole]

Encore Sky Lynx, G1 MIB Inferno and a Menasor Decoy figure