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Post by Bogatan on Dec 30, 2018 14:46:17 GMT
I think I know how you'll feel after you find they don't stick.
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Post by Benn on Dec 30, 2018 16:52:37 GMT
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Post by reilly2040 on Jan 1, 2019 21:12:23 GMT
Sadly failed to replace my Seige Optimus yesterday, but did nab Cog from A1, along with Firebolt and Lioniser from Forbidden Planet (weirdly an almost ok selection for them, given how few TFs they’ve stocked over the last few years).
Great fun. Cog is ace and there’s something incredibly fun and funny about gearing up Hound or Sideswipe with a ridiculously big set of guns. Tempted to get a second, or at least grab the Metroplex version from wave 2 now.
Firebolt and Lioniser work well. Not much to say as they’re what you expect, but they’re solid. I do appreciate how well the effect pieces work with the other weapons, either fitting the small peg on the rifles or fitting nicely into the larger hole in the launcher pieces. And Lioniser’s “swoosh” effect adds a nice dynamic element to his alt mode. I get the effects pieces won’t be for everyone, but I’m enjoying them.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 2, 2019 9:08:31 GMT
I'm not that fussed about the fire blast effects, but I love the swoosh.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 2, 2019 20:17:13 GMT
My blast effects will be tossed into a corner!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 2, 2019 21:40:51 GMT
Where they will explode violently.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jan 3, 2019 14:29:36 GMT
First purchase of the new year today, some more Botbots. I love these things!
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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2019 15:43:42 GMT
TR Trypticon first impressions:
1. He's big
2. That's a lot of stickers
3. That's a bloody awful lot of stickers
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Post by browny87 on Jan 14, 2019 15:48:00 GMT
its more stickers than you think lol
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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2019 16:35:41 GMT
yeah, I thought I'd quickly get it done sometime after lunch then go out for a walk. By the time I was getting to the last stickers I needed to turn the light on.
150+ stickers, many of which are on a par with Arms Micron Ratchet for fiddliness, feel incredibly delicate and yet stick fast the moment they brush plastic. I never want to do that again!
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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2019 17:09:03 GMT
He really sprawls in city mode. I knew the Titan class toys were supposed to be big but I never quite realised how big from the photos.
I'm very impressed, it's a really nice toy so far. I think if I could add one thing it would be electronics, especially lights.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2019 20:14:40 GMT
I bought the Trypticon reprolabel set to get extra stickers with the intention of combining the best from both sets for the ultimate set. Then I realised how insane an idea that would be.
Although I've got a vague memory that someone here did that. Might have been llama.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2019 20:15:57 GMT
His sprawl is incredibly effective. When I first transformed him I sat there for ages just looking, thinking, jebus, this is enormous!
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Post by browny87 on Jan 14, 2019 21:01:33 GMT
there is no room to leave him in my house sprawled out, I have to leave him in dino mode
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 14, 2019 21:07:00 GMT
I don't think Ive ever transformed mine at all. Barely transformerd MEtroplex and Fort Max either.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2019 21:17:31 GMT
No, User 3, no!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 14, 2019 21:47:06 GMT
I transformered mine once and it was too big
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2019 21:49:02 GMT
Boasted Blueshift.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 14, 2019 21:49:58 GMT
I don't think Ive ever transformed mine at all. Barely transformerd MEtroplex and Fort Max either. !!! You must transform him! You must be impressed by his spread!
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Post by Llama God on Jan 15, 2019 7:32:46 GMT
I bought the Trypticon reprolabel set to get extra stickers with the intention of combining the best from both sets for the ultimate set. Then I realised how insane an idea that would be. Although I've got a vague memory that someone here did that. Might have been llama. I did that for Fort Max, but not in any planned way - just that I looked at some of the Reprolabels and thought nah, the stickers that came with him were better. I've not actually stickered up Trypticon yet, despite having had the Reprolabels for quite some time. I've just not gotten around to setting aside the appropriate day or so...
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Post by Llama God on Jan 15, 2019 7:37:34 GMT
First acquisition of 2019 that isn't a Botbot, and I do hope this isn't how I plan to go on:
My gods, he's lovely. So lovely.
In robot mode, anyway. In gun mode... I'll let you know if I ever get it to tab in properly. We all know that MP36 had a difficult transformation (I'd never owned or performed one myself until this point), but I've seen it done. And I was prepared for it to be difficult, but oh man... Part of the issue came with the very tight clearance with a lot of the panels, and the fact that I really didn't want to scratch any of the chrome. I think the addition of the chrome has also made some things too tight, because some of the parts just don't come together nicely. But... I'll turn him back into robot mode this evening, and then he'll probably stay that way forever more.
Still, not gonna regret this - as I say, he's a lovely looking figure. Now I just have to not let the conjunx convince me to get MP BW Megatron also...
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 15, 2019 7:42:46 GMT
Ohh Llama... He's beautiful!
Dare I ask, how much...?
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Post by Benn on Jan 15, 2019 10:06:31 GMT
Now I just have to not let the conjunx convince me to get MP BW Megatron also... That should really depend on if you have the other BW MP's. If not, you're safe. If you do...
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Post by Llama God on Jan 15, 2019 12:14:58 GMT
I have Primal and Cheetos, but not Dinobot. So I’m not in absolute danger. But Primal could do with his nemesis, so... I’m in a fair amount of danger. Ohh Llama... He's beautiful! Dare I ask, how much...? Whatever it was Kapow charged for it. Um. Which was £185. I’m trying not to think about it...
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 20, 2019 17:09:27 GMT
Got a customs refund for POTP Sludge and Snarl that I got in November from Amazon. That brings them just under Smyths price. Happy.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 20, 2019 18:11:02 GMT
I have Primal and Cheetos, but not Dinobot. So I’m not in absolute danger. But Primal could do with his nemesis, so... I’m in a fair amount of danger. Ohh Llama... He's beautiful! Dare I ask, how much...? Whatever it was Kapow charged for it. Um. Which was £185. I’m trying not to think about it... Yikes....
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2019 21:19:37 GMT
POTP Grotusque and Scorponok are here thanks to Nick. I have put them to one side for a treat in due course.
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jan 20, 2019 22:42:47 GMT
I finally got some Botbots! I ordered a pack from Kapow as I got bored of waiting to find some in the shops. They are better than I thought they'd be - and I got he penguin one so am happy.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 21, 2019 7:42:11 GMT
Went to Smyths at the Fort yesterday steeled for them to have not been restocked at all after Christmas, and I was not disappointed. As mentioned elsewhere, it was mostly Cyberverse and movie Bumblebees and some of the smaller Rescue Bots toys making a very poor stab at trying to make the pegs look not empty. They'd even sold out of the desperately reduced Dragonstorms that had been there for over a year!
And yet. And yet... Somehow there was a lone Cyberverse Ultra Shockwave! I don't know where that came from - maybe there'd just been a few that had been shortpacked and lurking somewhere in the warehouses for months. It was so odd - in amongst the final dregs of the recent first waves of the current lines, there he was. But however he got there, he is now mine. And he's great. Sure, the tank mode's a bit "if you say so", and his action feature suggests that he's now moved into gynaecology, but he's still a great figure. I am happy.
We also picked up yet more Botbots, and right now I have no idea how many of the things we own.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2019 8:14:33 GMT
Ultra Magnus & Shockwave are here! Hadn't even checked the tracking yet and the door got knocked on!
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