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Post by Pinwig on Oct 18, 2020 20:21:45 GMT
I'm not sure I could handle the emotional rollercoaster that comes with being his friend. That must be why he never joins us in real life. He knows we wouldn't cope. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 18, 2020 20:55:57 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Benn on Oct 18, 2020 21:04:09 GMT
Yes?
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 18, 2020 21:07:29 GMT
Yyyeaysh.
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Post by Jim on Oct 19, 2020 13:26:46 GMT
What kind of toy advert is that?! Buy these toys because they're dead!? In the world of science fiction adventure stories for kids, I don't think even "converts their matter to energy" can be considered definitively final! They'll be back... and when the Autobot micromasters least expect it! Weird little story though, it makes the Autobots look just as bad - they also went undercover in the population of Micron with the intention of "seizing" energy from the planet. They were just too slow, and so it was the Decepticons who paid the price for being marginally more competent. |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 19, 2020 13:40:13 GMT
Yeah, they arent dead, they're Alternate Energy.
They fine, having a party.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2020 15:22:45 GMT
It's pleasantly astonishing for toys to have character details for them again.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2020 17:49:06 GMT
I'm not sure I want to go back and find the Ratchet one now. Does it finish with him conducting macabre medical experiments on Lifeline?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2020 18:07:18 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2020 18:09:53 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2020 18:10:05 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2020 18:11:28 GMT
It gets worse! Ratchet the butcher has pulled Hothouse's leg off!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2020 18:44:53 GMT
WAR CRIMES.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2020 18:48:08 GMT
AND HE CALLS HIMSELF A DOCTOR.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2020 18:48:55 GMT
Imagine that. People going around calling themselves DOCTORS.
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Post by Toph on Oct 19, 2020 19:18:52 GMT
Boy, the "meeting a resident of this world" theme didn't even last beyond one set.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2020 19:34:56 GMT
They meet residents of the worlds...AND DESTROY THEM.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 19, 2020 19:56:40 GMT
And then destroy... THEMSELVES.
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Post by Jim on Oct 19, 2020 22:14:06 GMT
I hadn't read the other ones before; read together it feels like they're building some kind of pastiche of American Imperialism.
Micromasters going undercover on a planet with a mission to seize the planet's energy source; the clones blundering onto Biosfera where the locals know the terrain and how to use it (smart money's on Wingspan and Pounce); Ratchet as the white saviour showing the locals how to practice medicine.
Amazing.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 22, 2020 12:47:18 GMT
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Post by Jim on Oct 22, 2020 14:24:33 GMT
That's just making me more sad that I didn't manage to get the Siege version! Did orders for the Takara release ever show up?
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Post by Benn on Oct 22, 2020 14:44:21 GMT
I think Siege has the better head, but that's about it for me.
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Post by Toph on Oct 22, 2020 14:52:26 GMT
I actually wonder what the point of the new head is. They're so similar it took me a couple minutes of staring to figure out they're not the same.
I think there are a couple parts that could have stayed the same if it meant getting redesigned feet.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 22, 2020 18:46:49 GMT
I've had a ship note for the Paradron set from Robot Kingdom. Unexpected.
Did anyone keep an RK order and the amazon.com one? I have a security preorder at Amazon too and am wondering if I chance keeping it until this RK one is in my hands. I don't want to end up with two again though like the coneheads. I was half hoping I could cancel the RK one if Amazon shipped first because it's inevitably going to be a bit more expensive.
Phil - how long is it taking RK orders to get here from the point they ship at the mo?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 22, 2020 18:51:48 GMT
Depends, about a fortnight. When's Amazon due?
Stick the tracking number into Royal Mail's Track & Trace and bookmark the page to keep track
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Post by Rich on Oct 22, 2020 19:38:30 GMT
The Siege one looks like a cow.
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Post by Toph on Oct 22, 2020 19:43:12 GMT
Depends, about a fortnight. When's Amazon due? Stick the tracking number into Royal Mail's Track & Trace and bookmark the page to keep track Originally December. Then in late september, got an email saying they bumped it up to mid-late october. Then a week and a half ago or so, got another email saying it was pushed back to december 15th. |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 22, 2020 19:55:58 GMT
Yes, Amazon is due mid-Dec at the mo but it did jump forward and then go back.
Such fun and games. You'd think a shipped order would be safe. And I really don't want to go through the 'will they actually send it' nonsense with Amazon again. That was why I kept this more expensive RK order as it was already paid.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 23, 2020 16:32:47 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2020 17:13:57 GMT
I have many questions.
-Ralph
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