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Post by Pinwig on Feb 26, 2024 22:11:44 GMT
Surely this is a walkover for Scourge...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2024 22:26:16 GMT
I did point this out at the time when the initial grumbling occurred: Although this would be against the rules of this poll I believe there may be some value in running a poll with all four boxed toys in even though it's blindingly obvious Scourge will stroll it.
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Post by Llama God on Feb 27, 2024 8:25:41 GMT
Hmmm. This is going to be a tricky one. I mean it's not going to be Cryotek or the bikes, that part's easy. But big monkey or black repaint? Now I'm not a fan of black repaints of Optimus Prime, in general, but the Laser Prime mold is a very good mold, and it looks great no matter the colours used. Air Attack Primal, on the other hand, is a big monkey. A very big monkey. Hmmm...
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Post by Jim on Feb 28, 2024 8:02:43 GMT
AAOP is the only one I have no experience of, and in that context Scourge takes it, but I can see Cryotek as an underdog contender here just because he looks so great in dragon mode.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 3, 2024 14:00:03 GMT
Finishes tomorrow when we have another round of "By Popular Request"
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2024 7:59:53 GMT
Scourge wins
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2024 8:00:08 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Mar 4, 2024 8:16:24 GMT
Has to be Bumblebee for me. Because I've always loved the look of the original mold, and not just because of how his character was pushed (although given it was pushed at a very young me it's probably impossible to know whether this is actually true or not). This was also how I finally acquired my "G1" version of the character. Despite really wanting him I never got one back in the day. And although by this point eBay existed, I wasn't going to drop big money on a very old toy (how things change...), so this was a nice and cheap way of getting my hands on one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2024 8:48:57 GMT
These were sold carded in the west including. I believe, the UK. In Japan they were sold blind boxed with chase variants These didn't go in the main poll because, imo, they're reissues of the original minibots. However we will be seeing the MiniKeychainbots Japanese exclusive repaints down the line.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2024 12:12:33 GMT
Bumblebee: has the proper head.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Mar 4, 2024 12:28:58 GMT
The only one of these I've owned in keychain form is Bumblebee; I actually used mine as a keychain and he didn't last very long sadly.
As toys I would always pick both Brawn and Windcharger over Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, I just find them more interesting to look at, but as a keychain I think bee might have the edge just for being a really iconic Transformer. It's a different context.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2024 13:47:43 GMT
The only one of these I've owned in keychain form is Bumblebee; I actually used mine as a keychain and he didn't last very long sadly. I had the same problem with a Lego Minifig keychain. None of these have ever been in my pocket
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Post by that_bluestreak on Mar 4, 2024 18:27:44 GMT
Now, the correct answer is clearly Windcharger. However I am going to vote for Cliffjumper because this was the first time I had actually touched a red Cliffjumper.
I have a theory that the majority of Cliffs sold in the UK were yellow, based on experience and following ebay for many years.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 4, 2024 18:38:46 GMT
Cliffjumper's my favourite.
Can the loops on Bumblebee's and Cliffjumper's shoulders be used to hold missiles of any description?
Brawn and Windcharger look funny with loops on the tops of their heads, but they would make good Christmas tree decorations.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2024 19:45:13 GMT
Somewhere, out there, Blueshift's head just snapped upwards.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2024 21:40:47 GMT
These were sold carded in the west including. I believe, the UK. I've got a red cliffjumper keyring from these so they must have been sold in the UK.
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Post by Benn on Mar 4, 2024 21:42:24 GMT
I think I have two of the Bumblebees. One signed by Dan Gilvezan, if memory serves.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 5, 2024 6:33:28 GMT
I found and bought all four in the shop in the Science Museum in London.
Martin
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Post by Benn on Mar 5, 2024 8:02:54 GMT
Given I picked up black Brawn at last years TFN, I think the only one I've not owned is Cliffjumper.
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Post by Llama God on Mar 5, 2024 8:20:53 GMT
Aw man - whenever I used to get taken to a zoo or a museum as a child I always hoped I'd find something cool like Transformers in the gift shop, but obviously never did. If I'd found the four minibots that would've blown my mind...
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2024 21:30:42 GMT
I do like a rub down transfer set from a museum gift shop.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2024 21:45:34 GMT
Rub down transfers!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2024 21:55:45 GMT
There's a company called Westair Reproductions that do rub down transfer sets for museum shops. I made it my business to look out for them a while back until I'd found all of them. Took years.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2024 22:25:48 GMT
I haven't seen rub down transfers in the wild for years!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2024 22:29:47 GMT
Yeay! Something I can vote on!
WINDCHARGER for me, 'cos that's the one I bought in a shop in... Leeds..? Maybe..? (It was the only one they had.) My first Windcharger! Still have it.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2024 22:38:44 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2024 22:59:32 GMT
A shop without prices. Intriguing.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 6, 2024 21:19:18 GMT
That's a wholesale catalogue I think. They don't sell direct. You can find those packs on eBay though, and as said, I've never been in a castle souvenir shop that hasn't had a few.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 10, 2024 13:41:44 GMT
Finishes tomorrow.
No Extra poll this coming week and I think none the week after either
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 10, 2024 15:29:43 GMT
That's a wholesale catalogue I think. They don't sell direct. You can find those packs on eBay though, and as said, I've never been in a castle souvenir shop that hasn't had a few. You led me astray! -Ralph
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