The Huff
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Hufferlover
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Post by The Huff on Nov 12, 2020 12:26:54 GMT
I don't think I'd miss Snarl to he honest. Nothing against him, but I can never decide wether Sludge, Slag or Swoop is my favourite Dinobot character - I like them all for their own things. Grimlock is the leader/main character of the bunch - and Snarl is just sort of there...
I wonder if that's why he was left behind at the shuttle launch?
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2020 12:46:52 GMT
I must have all five. Now I've started down this road.
Oh Gods what have done....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2020 12:48:55 GMT
Have any Dinobots except Grimlock been confirmed? Not by Hasbro but a listing for Slag & Danial exists in the wal*mart computers |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2020 12:59:38 GMT
It's a long road...
Getting from here to there.
It's a long road...
The waiting just ain't fair.
I will lay awake at night.
Shake fists at the sky.
Blood staines on the keyboard,
Internet search overdrive.
I lack faith, in my heart!
Knowing where this Road will take me!
I lack strength, to believe,
They will give us all of them.
I know there, will be pain.
But I know that you'll walk with me!
We must pray to stars...
'Cos I lack faith (I lack, I lack)
I lack faith...
Faith in my heart...
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2020 13:05:37 GMT
Dr Phlox will save you.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Nov 12, 2020 18:22:47 GMT
I am on the Dinobot Road.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2020 18:24:04 GMT
*HUGS URZU REALLY HARD*
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Post by Toph on Nov 12, 2020 18:56:11 GMT
They're the dinobots. No matter how bad they are, I must get them.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 12, 2020 19:25:16 GMT
Snarl, obvs. I need to decide by the end of the day whether to get on the Dinobot Road or not... Why the end of the day? |
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Post by Benn on Nov 12, 2020 20:06:28 GMT
Tomorrow I get paid. Today is the clearest I can see how much money I have spare before starting the bill paying cycle again.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 12, 2020 21:25:19 GMT
Ah, that's the way I work too. I've always kept my accounts in a spreadsheet so I know exactly what's left over at the end of the month for fun stuff.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2020 21:34:20 GMT
They're the dinobots. No matter how bad they are, I must get them. I hope, one day, you'll get the Dinobots you dream of. I, Urzu, others... on the Dinobot Road...? You've been on the Dinobot Road FOR YEARS. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 7, 2020 22:26:49 GMT
A fresh wave of Collector's Fatigue has struck me today! Caused by 'The Huffer Situation'.
However, although Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker have to remain unopened for a few days, and I am missing my preferred Prowl and Jazz-
I NOW HAVE ALL THE '84 AUTOBOTS.
This makes me happy.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 7, 2020 22:38:50 GMT
Put them all out together, I dare you.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 7, 2020 22:56:09 GMT
I'm gonna! Damn right! In two days time.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 7, 2020 23:07:50 GMT
Brace.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 7, 2020 23:17:36 GMT
Hnngh!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 8, 2020 12:31:23 GMT
But you can't have them all until Prowl and Jazz are within your reach!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 8, 2020 16:38:38 GMT
What do want from me, Doc'?!?!
Studio Series Jazz ismontgs away, and Earthrise Prowl....?
Earthrise Prowl....
EARTHRISE PROOOOWWWWLLLLL!!!!!!!
Thank the Gods for Siege Prowl.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 8, 2020 19:45:19 GMT
So you're not getting Earthrise Prowl?
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 8, 2020 22:11:22 GMT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?!?!
WHAT?!?!
I'M FUCKING BASTARD TRY TO, DOCTOR, BUT THOSE LIARS AT AMAZON KEEP FUCKING UP MY SHIT!!!!
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
#@$&! %#[%! &$#×! @%$#!!!!!!!!
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Post by Benn on Dec 8, 2020 22:31:12 GMT
You n me both man.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 8, 2020 22:39:59 GMT
Fucking Amazon. Fucking Hasbro.
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Post by Benn on Mar 5, 2021 17:35:41 GMT
It occurs to me that I am reaching the Shockprowl Point. With the release of Huffer in a few months, my '84 update collection will be pretty complete. I don't see myself buying another Prime, or Jazz. All that is left is odds and ends, but the chances of Hasbro updating the Targetmasters, Triggerbots or their ilk seems slim.
Have I nearly finished as a collector?
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Post by blueshift on Mar 5, 2021 18:38:57 GMT
Today it feels impossible to keep up with *everything*, as long as you are happy that is all that matters. The problem though with getting a modern collection of classic figures is that Hasbro love to create incrementally better versions
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Post by Benn on Mar 5, 2021 19:15:21 GMT
I think if you're going for that original look (Marvel/Sunbow) a lot of Earthrise is going to be hard to top. I suspect if they made a hard swing into the exact original toys but with articulation then that could possibly swing me.
I'm just looking at my collection and thinking that after how good these are, I'm just not going to be interested in a design philosophy like the old Generations. Like say, Turbo Tracks. It's so off compared to what we're getting now that my nostalgia just isn't being set off by it, so I'm not interested anymore.
You'd have to go for a complete design shift, which a lot of new characters. Like Earthrise quality, but screen accurate Cyberverse or Animated. And then you'd need damn good fiction to interest me.
So WfC quality toys, with Cyberverse quality fiction. Not asking much!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2021 22:56:45 GMT
There is more fatigue and anguish to go, Urzu my friend, as we tread the unthanking slabs of the Dinobot Road...
But like you I feel my collection is so very nearly complete. Maybe you have realised as I have that this peace is obtainable because Collector Fatigue has provided me with a sight beyond sight. A sight that enables me to see a line I can live happily with and aspire too, without going fucking crazy.
With fatigue of heart comes clarity of Collecting.
I have nearly reached Clarity Line. Where hope and sanity meet, and great plays are had.
Yes there are niggles, tweekettes, and Dinobot chasms to navigate- but WFC has given me the collection I've always dreamed of after all these years, and I'm very grateful. Especially as a lot of it so ridiculously difficult to aquire.
I'm collect-tired, but happy.
Just those niggles. Nnnniggle at ya, they do.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2021 23:41:32 GMT
I've definitely been feeling now is a time to ease back on Generations. The desire to own everything has diminished a lot in recent years to the point now that I know buying the Beast Wars figures would just be underwhelming compared to buying more originals instead. I'm pleased that I've got this far and not caved, and not felt the need to cave. I like getting the odd extra when I think they have flare, like the G2 selects stuff and the purple Prime and Ratchet set, but I'm getting much more selective. I think you're right, the ER figures are so good they don't really feel like they need upgrading. It'll be really interesting to see where Hasbro go after WfC. People moan about the constant recycling of G1 characters, but it hasn't really truly happened until WfC. They've been blitzed now and they're fine. I don't think I need many of those figures in other releases.
However that doesn't mean I'm done, no way. I've gained ten times as much pleasure from buying RiD 2001 toys this year as I have Generations. The past is where it's at. Aside from plugging away at the missing 85/86 toys I have several targets that bring great pleasure when I can chip away at them. Being done with Generations (and that will never truly happen) just means money to go elsewhere.
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Post by Benn on Mar 6, 2021 9:56:04 GMT
Yeah, I can see that. Past toys don't really have that hold on me, though. I can appreciate them for what they were, but as I don't hold any particular attachment or nostalgia for them, I'm happy to let them pass by. I don't really know what my focus will be from here, if any. Just filling in gaps and picking up oddities as and when they happen, I guess.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2021 10:55:36 GMT
Have I nearly finished as a collector? It depends on how you define 'collector'. Is a collector someone who has collected stuff with no requirement to acquire additional goods? Or is a collector someone who continually acquires stuff? There is also the question of defining the difference between being a collector and collecting. -Ralph |
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