Jim
Thunderjet
Micromaster Backside Monitor
Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2024 16:14:40 GMT
I think more than half of what I bought just last year is still unopened, let alone previous years, which makes it all the weirder that I took the time to open and play around with Thundertron last week, who I practically bought by accident. I have a sealed RID Scourge awaiting my attention! Why can't I prioritise?!?
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Jim
Thunderjet
Micromaster Backside Monitor
Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
Posts: 4,915
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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2024 16:16:50 GMT
Disappointed to hear that Barricade is like that, I thought he looked pretty great from the photos but that's a maddening flaw to have. Had been waiting for a sale, but don't think I'll bother now.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 16, 2024 18:45:14 GMT
OPEN HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. -Ralph OPEN HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, THEN OPEN HARDER. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 16, 2024 19:06:30 GMT
LIVE FREE AND OPEN HARD.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 20:43:22 GMT
If it helps, Pinwig, 2 of the Aldi Edition TMNT figures can't stand up without falling over. -Ralph It... does not. I'm so disappointed with this. It's so close to being a genuinely cool figure. He *almost* does upright, but unfailingly ends up looking like a hunched over old man. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 20:44:00 GMT
If it's any consolation, I currently have four unopened Transformers. What. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2024 20:44:11 GMT
I think more than half of what I bought just last year is still unopened, let alone previous years, which makes it all the weirder that I took the time to open and play around with Thundertron last week, who I practically bought by accident. I have a sealed RID Scourge awaiting my attention! Why can't I prioritise?!? WHAT. |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 17, 2024 20:53:18 GMT
This is the future! Join us all!!
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 17, 2024 21:20:28 GMT
I do not understand what is happening here.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2024 17:23:50 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jan 25, 2024 18:26:42 GMT
My first thought was "yikes! How can you screw up this badly?" So I went to wiki, and realized that the original toy actually looked nothing like him, and this version is actually really accurate.  My second thought on seeing his actual character model (i guess for the first time?) was "yikes! How do you screw up this badly?" My third thought now is "why do I keep sticking my fork into this particular electrical socket and not expect to get zapped?" |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2024 19:58:14 GMT
He's ate all the pies.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 25, 2024 20:47:34 GMT
I predict Phil will buy this because it's one of his Lambo boys.
I predict I will buy this because I'm an idiot.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2024 22:37:53 GMT
I dunno. I don't think Phil has bothered with the Gamer Edition subline.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2024 23:04:21 GMT
He hasn't
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Post by Toph on Feb 7, 2024 17:35:45 GMT
Next crossover confirmed! Bumblebee transforms into a TNG Shuttlecraft?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 18, 2024 13:02:56 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 18, 2024 16:30:30 GMT
Tiny feet.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Feb 19, 2024 8:23:54 GMT
I hope that this mold is ready for all the repaints it needs to get.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Feb 19, 2024 16:46:17 GMT
Head good, everything else not so good.
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Post by Toph on Feb 19, 2024 18:51:20 GMT
Unlike literally any of the other SS-GEs, this mold is actually growing on me.
...just not as Sideswipe. If you changed the head, there is literally nothing about this that looks remotely like it should be Sideswipe.
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Post by Benn on Feb 19, 2024 19:10:07 GMT
I can honestly say I've liked nothing about these Gamer Edition toys.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2024 22:48:00 GMT
Same. Zero interest in getting any.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2024 7:36:46 GMT
Gamer Edition Sideswipe found at US retail |
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 26, 2024 19:57:59 GMT
I will own this.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2024 20:27:18 GMT
I will not.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Feb 26, 2024 20:28:15 GMT
I see you all complain about Sandstorms feet and then you buy this with no comment?
Fuh.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 26, 2024 22:09:47 GMT
Oh I'm not for one minute saying this is a good toy. I'm not sure it's much better than the old one, be nice to see them side to side, but I am inexplicably drawn to toys from those two games. I have to own them in the same way Ralph needs to own every copy of the Micromasters comics.
Meanwhile Sandstorm is one of the triple A dream team as far as I'm concerned, he needs a perfect, perfect toy so it's much easier to panic about those flappy feet.
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Post by Toph on Apr 24, 2024 2:00:44 GMT
So, I've only ever seen Cliffjumper and Megatron in stores.
Cliffjumper is clogging up shelves at one specific walmart, while I've seen Megatron once at Kroger, for their laughable price of $50 for a voyager.
Fast forward to today at Target, I came across Sideswipe and Starscream.
I don't know why, but I took them to the price scanner to check them.
Sideswipe was on sale for $15, and Starscream for $23.
TL;DR up front: Sideswipe is absolutely worth fifteen bucks.
Starscream is a ripoff even at $23.
Sideswipe is a bit gangly and awkward as a robot, but solid enough. But he has a unique and complicated, though not overly difficult transformation, and a really nifty vehicle.
My only complaint is he can't hold his own gun. He's better in hand than he looks.
Starscream though is actually worse than ge looks.
He's an OK robot, though a terrible representation of both the game model, and any version of Starscream that ever existed (especially the one he's intended to be).
He's an even uglier representative of an already ugly design. His weapons are also extremely awkward.
But if you pretend it's not Starscream, the robot mode on its own is solid enough.
His transformation is unremarkable.
But his space jet mode is where he really crashes and burns. It suffers the same "Incomplete Spaceship Syndrome" that the most recent Astrotrain does. I won't even comment on my thoughts on the craft's overall design, just this toy doesn't look finished. The section between the front end and the rear end, the entire middle part, looks like it should be collapsed/folded away some how.
Do not recommend. Got it on sale and I feel cheated.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 24, 2024 20:25:49 GMT
I'm pleased Sideswipe is good. I'll look forward to getting him. I fear I must discover the terribleness of Starscream myself.
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