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Post by Pinwig on Jul 22, 2023 15:39:12 GMT
I put a Pulse order for all 3 in at 6pm.... .... but I really don't want Nacelle as a Tetrajet, I hate the Chromia mould with a passion for being a CW limb gutted of the good bit and I have no connection with the two characters in the box. So tonight just the Nova Prime order stands. I need the Shattered Glass set tmw and War Dawn more Sensible, Phil. Well done. These are sure to be half price eventually in a sale.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2023 16:30:16 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2023 16:34:23 GMT
Yes, well done Phil. It's best not pay full whack (or not get at all) sets that just don't do it for you.
The characters in that 2-pack made zero impression on me but I do like the colours. Very G2. I can see myself picking it up at some point.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2023 16:38:01 GMT
Botcon can bugger off.
Nova Prime will have further units available later on. We've seen this pattern before...and if it sells out forever then...ok. I am so past the era of getting stressed if a toy sells out in minutes/days.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2023 16:39:20 GMT
It's got me full on raging again about that Chromia toy mould effectively being the CW Limb redone without the ability to combine.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2023 16:40:17 GMT
Doesn't bother me at all. I like all the detail on it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2023 16:40:47 GMT
Indeed. It's not great reading every time a toy with a vague botcon connection gets announced Nova Prime will have further units available later on. We've seen this pattern before...and if it sells out forever then...ok. I am so past the era of getting stressed if a toy sells out in minutes/days. Pulse still has it and cheaper and also with free delivery
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2023 16:43:49 GMT
Too close to TF Nation and I am already on a much smaller budget for that than I had planned for due to The Sunak Factor. Then I need a new laptop in September.
Nova Prime can wait for a sale.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 22, 2023 17:27:57 GMT
It's really tragic at how FP, and Pete and Brian have so completely tarnished the name of Botcon, that it's ruined not just their Botcon, but the memory of Botcon before them. I mean, even the 3H fiasco didn't do that.
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Post by legios on Jul 22, 2023 20:42:30 GMT
I do quite like that Nova Prime, and it is a character I haven't owned before. I do like the silhouette too - it has a sort of "trying too hard" aesthetic like the Destiny Gundam or something. It is fairly expensive though, and I'm not sure I'm attached enough to pay what it goes for. I am seriously considering the sharpshooter's set though.
Nacelle I'm not fussed about though. Definite pass that one.
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2023 21:51:11 GMT
What's happened with BotCon?
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Post by Llama God on Jul 23, 2023 8:08:44 GMT
Indeed. It's not great reading every time a toy with a vague botcon connection gets announced It's like Hasbro was always going to retain control over the IP of anything that was created for their licenced convention or something. Weird that.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 23, 2023 8:35:46 GMT
What's happened with BotCon? They long since vanished up their own arseholes with various unpleasantness too. Some not nice behaviour towards fans from certain key personnel. -Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2023 8:37:28 GMT
What's happened with BotCon? It became bitter because Hasbro took its ball home when it got cool new friends and didn't want to play after school any more.
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Post by Nigel on Jul 24, 2023 11:00:35 GMT
What's happened with BotCon? I was thinking the same.
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Post by Toph on Jul 24, 2023 17:10:51 GMT
Pete Sinclair and Brian Savage happened.
In a nutshell: Fun Publications very often over promised and under delivered. Dramatically over charged (registering for the botcon package without toys often wasn't that much cheaper), and quite often refused to listen to reasonable requests such as updating their business practices to the 21st Century.
As for Pete and Brian... Brian (who owns FP) never wanted TF. He didn't care about it, or really about us. He rarely would have anything to do with us, and almost never addressed our concerns. He also torpedoed tons of really popular exclusive ideas (the only reason we got an Animated set was because of Stunticons. He's the reason Beast Wars wasn't a bigger thing, as he shot down most of them). And Pete is a liar and a scoundrel. He turns out to be extremely racist, and suffers greatly from Sour Grapes Syndrome. For a few years after they lost TF, he would announce a what you could have had "set" (a group of customs and kitbashes that supposedly represents "this is what we would have done this year") Worst yet, they (or at least Pete) owns the name Botcon.
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Post by Benn on Jul 24, 2023 17:38:14 GMT
Wasn't there some unpleasantness with people's credit card details too?
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 2, 2023 14:53:30 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 2, 2023 17:14:28 GMT
Apparently not
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 2, 2023 17:24:54 GMT
I've seen similar before on Character Options Doctor Who figures. Like a fine dust.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 2, 2023 18:42:50 GMT
And on MOTU Classics.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Sept 15, 2023 23:34:02 GMT
I got the Deadeye Duel Set today.
They are nice, if somewhat boring figures of two ladies I have no idea who they are.
I don't dislike them, but they do not instill excitement, nor offer any surprises like some others ("Shockwave" being pretty great in hand, despite him being really terrible in concept, and Megatron looking much lovelier in hand while being really boring in pictures).
I have nothing bad to say (except I am sick to death of those stupid tiny "grenades" that are built into the chromia mold), but I also have nothing overly supportive to say about the set.
They're not another version of an 84-86 character, at least?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 16, 2023 7:26:22 GMT
I have lost the 'grenades' from previous versions of those moulds. These easily ping off when handling the figures and are so small they are quickly swallowed up by oblivion's soul.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Sept 18, 2023 5:55:27 GMT
So Nova Prime came in today, unannounced. You know, like villains tend to do.
This is absolutely now my favorite version of this mold! There's just something about him that exudes power and intimidation, in a way no other version does. He looks like he could tear through SS86 Grimlock, before using those giant cannons on his back.
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Post by Toph on Sept 21, 2023 4:21:39 GMT
Pulse cancelled my preorder for Nacelle. My friend, too.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 21, 2023 20:39:43 GMT
Disappointing to say the least.
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Post by Toph on Sept 22, 2023 5:01:25 GMT
Weird thing is, if Pulse cancelled this one if it were a mass release, or if it were a pulse only exclusive, I'd not care even slightly. Mass release I'd not bother with it. But being a shared exclusive, with one of the only two sources cancelling it, it activates a FOMO response.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 21, 2023 8:30:16 GMT
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Post by shaggydave76 on Nov 21, 2023 8:47:49 GMT
So, Nova Prime is now out in the wild, so to speak? For an 'Amazon Exclusive' figure it's not appearing on Amazon.co.uk yet, or is it just a pre-sale exclusive being sent out to collectors?
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Post by Benn on Nov 21, 2023 8:52:59 GMT
I've always found Amazon Exclusive only applies to the US. Usual online retailers over here will have carried it.
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