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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2019 20:55:50 GMT
I know, I know. It had been so long I assumed the gimmick was gone forever!
-Ralph
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Post by drmick on Jan 13, 2019 21:20:29 GMT
Ah, crap. So far I have snagged 40 of the 61. These new ones raise that 61 to an unknown higher number. When will it stop?!
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Post by Benn on Jan 13, 2019 21:21:30 GMT
It never ends.
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Jan 13, 2019 23:50:39 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 13, 2019 23:50:39 GMT
Hasbro's website says 190 characters in 2019. So there's a way to go yet...
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Post by Llama God on Jan 14, 2019 7:31:43 GMT
Finally, one of Hasbro's toyline has stopped being fixated on the mid-'80s - now they're embracing the 1990s! Global Hypercolour's back!
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Jim
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Micromaster Backside Monitor
Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2019 22:25:12 GMT
Botbots get two thumbs up from the younger generation in this house today! She has Sippy Slurps and Frostferatu (amazing name) and now has a wants list that increases every time she looks at the picture on the packed-in leaflet.
I had missed that there would be a cannolo Botbot, a must-buy in this house as we go to Sicily every summer.
They feel a bit more solid and high-quality than I expected based on how they looked, too. I want to say they are over-priced, but they are the same price as the MLP blind bags used to be and those things don't have any moving parts (and they also tended to get quite discounted, over here at least, so there's that to look forward to).
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Jan 18, 2019 7:42:54 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 18, 2019 7:42:54 GMT
Finally, one of Hasbro's toyline has stopped being fixated on the mid-'80s - NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! |
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Post by Benn on Jan 18, 2019 8:43:26 GMT
There, there, Shockers. They'll be back before long.
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Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Feb 13, 2019 15:43:39 GMT
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Post by drmick on Feb 13, 2019 19:15:10 GMT
I really like these- but surely only the most wealthy of fans can afford a complete collection. I might have to enforce abstinence for my well being on these things.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 13, 2019 20:28:52 GMT
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Post by Benn on Feb 14, 2019 19:51:59 GMT
I might need the piano one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 16, 2019 14:50:30 GMT
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Feb 17, 2019 23:58:48 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Feb 17, 2019 23:58:48 GMT
We will, of course, be getting all of these. I’ll have no choice.
But as was pointed out elsewhere, with the piano Botbot we can now recreate that scene from Target: 2006! So yes! We need these!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 24, 2019 16:19:10 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Jun 25, 2019 6:31:53 GMT
Naturally I will have no choice but to hunt these down.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 26, 2019 6:52:05 GMT
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Aug 30, 2019 9:32:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 30, 2019 9:32:41 GMT
I hadn't bought any of this line until I saw a pack with a teddy bear Transformer in it and cracked.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Aug 31, 2019 5:57:17 GMT
They get everyone in the end...
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2019 8:22:57 GMT
The only other one I want is the toilet roll.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 31, 2019 10:31:12 GMT
You say that now... But I'll bet Phil's Grand Galvatron it isn't the last you get.
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Aug 31, 2019 10:31:56 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2019 10:31:56 GMT
There were no Grand Galvatrons at TF Nation.  -Ralph |
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Aug 31, 2019 13:58:49 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 31, 2019 13:58:49 GMT
That's probably a good thing. I expect it costs more than Unicron these days.
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Aug 31, 2019 14:03:49 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2019 14:03:49 GMT
I had planned to sink all my cash into one if I had seen it.
-Ralph
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Sept 10, 2019 7:39:01 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2019 7:39:01 GMT
I hadn't bought any of this line until I saw a pack with a teddy bear Transformer in it and cracked. -Ralph Opened the pack. I don't like them. They're just too fiddly. I am safe from Bot Bots. -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 10, 2019 9:23:40 GMT
I hadn't bought any of this line until I saw a pack with a teddy bear Transformer in it and cracked. -Ralph Opened the pack. I don't like them. They're just too fiddly. I am safe from Bot Bots. -Ralph Some are great, some are terrible. That's why I like them. Nowadays all the Transformers are super cleverly engineered. There are so many Botbots they can't go to that level of slickness so it's a return to some of the really weird and baffling engineering of G1 in some ways. |
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Sept 10, 2019 10:53:12 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2019 10:53:12 GMT
They just don't feel great in hand. I don't know why other than that my big adult fingers have problems moving parts without them pinging off.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Sept 11, 2019 6:48:36 GMT
Hmmm. It's true that some of the Series 1 Botbots suffered a little from this issue, but by and large the subsequent series have had better engineering and tolerances (the main exception being the cupcake unicorn mold, whose wings always want to come off). But then again, I do have small hands for an adult man, so maybe that's part of it...
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Post by Llama God on Oct 27, 2019 9:51:22 GMT
From MCM Comic Con in London we have... ... gold Botbots? Which are possibly rare, chase figures? I fear for my future. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 27, 2019 12:38:56 GMT
*Jabba the Hutt laugh*
-Ralph
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