January's Jubilations

[theshape]

Just arrived in japan today (here for 1 week). Found Mandarake in akihabara and picked these up for fairly cheap. They didnt have any super rare stuff, rarest thing were a set of sealed red g2 constructicons that had "not for sale" on them. US/EU vintage TF stuff was overpriced.



They had a Diaclone Red sunstreaker for about $280 (c7 box), was tempting...

Was pretty cool to walk into one shop and have "Hunger" playing in the background

[Bidoofdude]

Did they have any Encore Omegas or Anime Galvatrons. My bro's heading over there so I might need to know.
Were prices quite reasonable for Jap stuff like encores, etc?

[Slag]

Just arrived in japan today (here for 1 week). Found Mandarake in akihabara and picked these up for fairly cheap. They didnt have any super rare stuff, rarest thing were a set of sealed red g2 constructicons that had "not for sale" on them. US/EU vintage TF stuff was overpriced.



They had a Diaclone Red sunstreaker for about $280 (c7 box), was tempting...

Was pretty cool to walk into one shop and have "Hunger" playing in the background

How does that go again?? but seriously,, how does it go

Thats the only boxed dino i have! Nice work on the Ranger. Mine has been coloured in with metallic paint.... not in a good way either..
would love to see some pics of the shops

[Iriorne]

Big day yesterday:



Giant's a great figure but some of the joints are super tight to the point that I'm worried about them breaking. My fingers are still sore from messing with him last night. Pretty pleased with Thundercracker too, the new design is a big improvement, though I still love my MP Skywarp. Sadly the head has paint chipping off after only one transformation. Will have to give it a few coats of clear and see if that improves its durability.

I think I'm going to have to find an MP-11 to complete my MP seeker set.

[SuspectimusPrime]

Big day yesterday:



Giant's a great figure but some of the joints are super tight to the point that I'm worried about them breaking. My fingers are still sore from messing with him last night. Pretty pleased with Thundercracker too, the new design is a big improvement, though I still love my MP Skywarp. Sadly the head has paint chipping off after only one transformation. Will have to give it a few coats of clear and see if that improves its durability.

I think I'm going to have to find an MP-11 to complete my MP seeker set.

Don't worry, Giant shouldn't break Be gentle though, there are parts where you should hold down a button to release certain joints. Still cannot find a safe way to hold down the elbow buttons (for vehicle mode) without rolling around the floor wincing in pain afterwards. Also -> unlocking not-Hook's arms transformation for robot mode is major pain. Worth every bit of it though

[liegeprime]

My BBTS order got delivered today


Quite a big box, Tested it with Brave Max - at least I know when that preorder arrives this the size of a box Im expecting to get.

shame most of this is air since the packaging of Hasbro and Mattel Products these days are 30% figure, 65% packaging empty space, 5% inserts



a spread of what's inside, mostly Kreo stuff

[Bidoofdude]

That's a really good haul, Liege. Wish I was ordering big orders like that. Most of the time it's one item for me.

[Mythirax]

My BBTS order got delivered today


Quite a big box, Tested it with Brave Max - at least I know when that preorder arrives this the size of a box Im expecting to get.

shame most of this is air since the packaging of Hasbro and Mattel Products these days are 30% figure, 65% packaging empty space, 5% inserts

a spread of what's inside, mostly Kreo stuff

Oh you got artfire, I want

[1AZRAEL1]

Was after a few of those Kreo sets you bought, Showdown and Ambush I wanted, but they are out of Ambush and the only Showdown they have is open and missing a Kreon

[Iriorne]

Also -> unlocking not-Hook's arms transformation for robot mode is major pain.

Funny, those were exactly the joints I was thinking of. Unlocking his arms seems ok but the super-strong ratchets on the shoulder are causing the plastic sliders that allow his arms to extend out from his body to bend when folding his arms back up into vehicle mode. Looks very scary but luckily it doesn't seem too bad as long as I can keep enough pressure on the slider to stop the torsion.