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Post by Pinwig on Aug 2, 2019 16:52:44 GMT
Greenlight arrived while I was away. Impressed to see these are single packed in the Hasbro cartons - even has a cardboard triangle in the end to make sure the odd angle of the box fits in neatly.
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Aug 3, 2019 14:25:35 GMT
Picked up 2 x Refraktor (I have one on order with Kapow) and 2 x Roadburn because I apprently missed this, they were on sale and I got one for me and the boy.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 3, 2019 14:32:00 GMT
For a second there I misread your post and thought you had got 2 Reflectors for yourself! 1 or 3 makes sense but 2...NO!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 3, 2019 14:35:19 GMT
Is the retail Refraktor duplicated exactly in the three pack? Or are all three paint jobs in the three pack different to the retail one?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 3, 2019 14:49:23 GMT
All three different.
Nobody seems to have the three pack anymore :-(
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Aug 3, 2019 14:50:05 GMT
The 3 pack mirrors the G1 toy exactly from my understanding, so all 3 will have different colours.
2 Reflectors only would indeed be madness, the 3rd shall arrive in good time. I also left 3 on the peg for someone else to buy the good and proper amount!
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 3, 2019 15:35:15 GMT
Hmm. So do I need a retail one as well as the three pack.. hmm...
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 3, 2019 17:06:40 GMT
Hmm. So do I need a retail one as well as the three pack.. hmm... I think you mean that you need three retail ones as well as the three pack. -Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Aug 4, 2019 9:53:01 GMT
I think you mean that you need three retail ones as well as the three pack. No, *three* of the three packs! Anyway, I finally picked up Ark Power Optimus Prime from Smyths yesterday. I have to admit, he's not worth the forty quid. He has no knee or neck articulation, which is a shame, but not unexpected in a figure of this nature (and I'm sure kids won't mind... *stares at Powermaster Optimus Prime*). The main disappointment is the Ark - it has no engines at the back! How am I meant to ram it into the mountainside now? Bah. Thankfully, due to some weirdness at Smyths, I didn't get him for forty quid - it rang up at thirty at the till. How, you ask? See the discount thread!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 4, 2019 11:13:46 GMT
No engines for the Ark??!!
Come on, 3P companies, get on it!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 5, 2019 20:25:52 GMT
One-step Cyberverse and Shockwave. I had no choice.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 6, 2019 6:44:42 GMT
There is always a choice.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2019 8:11:40 GMT
Not when it is my favourite character.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2019 9:00:42 GMT
Micromaster 10 pack in the post from RK! This got CUTA'd last week and paid the charge online arranging for it to be delivered today. I have an emailed receipt confirming this arrangement. However the tracking is still saying "Sorry, there's a Customs charge due for this item so we’re holding it at Swindon DO Find out more, pay online and choose a delivery day or see the card we’ll leave at your address for other options." Will it turn up today?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2019 15:47:14 GMT
It did!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2019 16:04:11 GMT
Lots of painted chests on the Jet Micromasters
The swords look better paired the opposite way round, the base jet remakes together and the white & red jets together
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 6, 2019 19:04:55 GMT
I'm excitedly awaiting 4 packages that are racing to arrive before I leave for TFN next Tuesday.
Who/what will make it and what will be left behind!
Excitment!
I nearly bought Studio Series Blackout today. £35 with the current offer. I resisted, but I expect to crack.
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 7, 2019 13:44:19 GMT
2 of 4 packages arrived today. Nice mix of stuff for me and for Toyfu.
Boxed G1 Starsaber was the least interesting of the bunch. Which is not something I thought I would ever say 15 years ago. Also a pair of Bumblebee Movie translucent legends Optimus Primes.
For me a new batch of Car Robots Spychangers. 8 of the 12 blind boxed variety. A full set of regulars and 2 of the clear ones. Mostly bought for Not Jazz (white Artfire) and clear Not Jazz, but green X-car looks fantastic in person.
Bit annoyed that I forgot to bid on the auction that contained all their guns, but not having the guns with them may have kept their price down so Im not going to complain too much.
Also Amazon Optimus Primal. No swords and the flip change is slightly out of whack so the head looks down in bat mode, but Ive been wanting an upgrade on the junker Ive had for... 10-12 years, yikes.
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Post by browny87 on Aug 7, 2019 16:08:25 GMT
been a successful auction time for you then mate
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 7, 2019 21:19:45 GMT
Three Siege Reflectors have arrived! Soon I shall make...The Camera.
Bit small in the box, aren't they? Erp.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 7, 2019 21:25:49 GMT
That is your actual scale accurate heights, that is.
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Jim
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Post by Jim on Aug 7, 2019 21:47:50 GMT
Powertrain and Highjump are my favourite micromasters from Siege yet - neither seems to suffer from the popping-off limbs and Highjump's transformation is at least a little more interesting than they usually are (though he's a bit back-heavy).
I hadn't planned on getting any of the tetrajet moulds, but Red Wing looked so good when the in-hand photos showed up that I got him, and I'm glad! He really does look great in-hand, and it's a nice, sturdy, posable figure typical for Siege. The instructions are awful, though. No idea if this is common to Siege, but the way they're printed I find them almost incomprehensible. Obviously nothing to do with getting old...
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 7, 2019 21:51:07 GMT
I find Hasbro instructions in general are gibberish. The colour palette makes it impossible to make out any detail. Line drawings on white backgrounds would be so much easier to follow. Like the good old days.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 8, 2019 6:31:42 GMT
Cyberverse Warrior Shockwave was only £6.40 in a local Sainsbury’s a couple of days ago, so naturally I had to have the angry little guy.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 8, 2019 8:25:01 GMT
Cyberverse Warrior Shockwave was only £6.40 in a local Sainsbury’s a couple of days ago, so naturally I had to have the angry little guy. Now you need the one-step Shockwave... -Ralph
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Jim
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Post by Jim on Aug 8, 2019 18:20:16 GMT
Bit of a week for new acquisitions after a long quiet period...
New branch of a German pharmacy chain opened up nearby today, turns out they have a big toy section, 10% off for it being the first day, and the wave 3 deluxes! I only went for Brunt though.
He's pretty good! I like the robot mode a lot, and the purple is a decent match for TR Trypticon (not 100% perfect if you look carefully, but about as good as you could expect in the circumstances). The "transformation" to tank mode is a bit involved and time-consuming though.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 8, 2019 21:09:00 GMT
A pharmacy that sells Transformers!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 8, 2019 21:37:48 GMT
Also, it's very hard to buy pharmaceuticals in these places!
These chains are kind of like Boots, but if you want to buy anything remotely pharmaceutical, including things like paracetomol, you have to talk the pharmacist and then pay about three times what you pay in the UK.
Great for buying toys though.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 9, 2019 6:39:35 GMT
Did... did they open the wrong type of shop by mistake? Now you need the one-step Shockwave... Yes I do. And then the Spark Armour version.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 9, 2019 7:18:16 GMT
Yes. Join me in assembling the Cyberverse Shockwave army.
-Ralph
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