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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2024 17:14:28 GMT
Is that an actual firing missile launcher? Looks like it has a switch!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on May 4, 2024 19:54:20 GMT
I'm doubtful, as there's a blast effect on the end, but I really hope to be proven wrong!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2024 19:55:38 GMT
It's not a missile launcher
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2024 20:19:33 GMT
It's a fake missile launcher??
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2024 22:36:30 GMT
It's a gun here.
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2024 9:10:34 GMT
For fucks sake.
Money saved.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 9, 2024 20:15:50 GMT
Just been looking at the revealed and leaked listings here. I think I've done pretty well so far in getting stuff I want. I snagged Chase a few weeks back, and have acquired an unexpected Shard that is awaiting her turn to be opened in due course. I've scratched Thundertron off the "do want" list and penciled them in on the "if I see them cheap/maybe at TFN - if I make enough space in the interim" list.
So that means the one remaining target on my list for this year looks to be Filch... Looks like I'm a-going huntin' Corvids *loads birdshot round*
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 12, 2024 11:35:50 GMT
If you do not wish the Rock Lord and Ratbat repaint, we could perhaps split a Thundertron.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2024 15:35:06 GMT
Pipeline reveals, now using the new boxart Core: Energon Megatron & Bouldercrash repaint Deluxe: Quake, Slipstream & Optimus Prime Voyager Metalhawk, more toy accurate, & Animated Motormaster Leader Soundwave and THREE tapes & Armada Galvatron |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 14, 2024 17:05:53 GMT
Oooohhhhh, are they called 'Pipeline reveals' 'cos they look like they're coming out of a pipe?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2024 17:44:27 GMT
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Post by Benn on May 14, 2024 18:07:47 GMT
It's a pun. They're in the pipeline, travelling through the spacebridge, but also in the pipeline to be released as toys.
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Post by The Doctor on May 14, 2024 18:18:15 GMT
I'm getting a bit tired of some Leaders actually being Voyagers with some extra crap thrown in to justify the price point.
Unless they bring back THE CHAIR.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 14, 2024 21:46:25 GMT
Ah ha! There's the articulated G1 Optimus we've all been waiting fo-
No, wait a minute...
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Post by Shockprowl on May 14, 2024 22:03:07 GMT
Well yes, obviously. I thought Hasbrow were being clever; saying they're 'pipeline' and actually coming out of a pipeline. Clearly I should have known better. And that pipe looks nothing like Spanner. |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 14, 2024 22:03:40 GMT
Ah ha! There's the articulated G1 Optimus we've all been waiting fo- No, wait a minute... AAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!! |
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Post by Jim on May 14, 2024 22:46:11 GMT
That Optimus Prime might be quite a smart idea. A G1 toy inspired figure at standard retail and deluxe price point maybe taps the MOTU Origins market more than an expensive Japanese import could.
I can imagine a parent in the aisle at Smyths seeing that and it stirring something, leading to an impulse purchase.
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2024 17:57:02 GMT
Yeah, I joke, but if it's a decent representation of the original, I'd bite.
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Post by Llama God on May 17, 2024 18:26:33 GMT
Given I have now missed out on Missing Link Prime, that Prime is one that I'll definitely be after. And is actually what I think I was after in the first place - a G1-looking Optimus Prime that won't be out of place with my other Generations toys.
Here's hoping they don't muck it up.
And then there's hoping that they do more. An Ultra Magnus with weaponiser-style armour (like the Siege one, really) would be a nice start...
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Post by legios on May 18, 2024 13:15:04 GMT
A more toy-accurate Metalhawk...have they _seen_ the toy?! The original Metalhawk toy is far and away the worst thing released for Masterforce, and frankly one of the worst things released for the entire run post-"Fight Superrobot Lifeform" to Battlestars... I can't imagine how that could be anything other than a step backwards to be honest. Also, it's barely a couple of years since we've _had_ a Metalhawk toy. How about they give us a Wilder, a Go Shouta or a Cab or...? I might have taken a new Minerva with a better alt-mode if they really wanted to revisit something. But honestly, the existing Metalhawk doesn't really need a revisit.
Karl
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Post by Benn on May 18, 2024 14:04:55 GMT
It boggles the mind that this'll be the fourth Metalhawk, and we still haven't had a single Sureshot.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2024 14:20:17 GMT
Wave 5
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Post by Benn on May 18, 2024 14:48:24 GMT
Alright... It boggles the mind that this'll be the fourth Metalhawk, and we still haven't had a single Backstreet. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2024 18:38:22 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 18, 2024 22:31:15 GMT
Is that the original and the new one in the first photo? They look almost the same.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2024 22:55:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 18, 2024 22:56:15 GMT
There's not much in it is there?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on May 19, 2024 6:11:41 GMT
I think a rather nice improvement the new one could have had over the original is the ability to twist or fold the canopy against his back, and do away with the hanging flap, which is my biggest (and almost only) criticism of the original.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2024 6:58:22 GMT
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Post by Jim on May 21, 2024 7:39:15 GMT
That last comparison shot makes me wonder once again how Override was sold as a voyager…
Maybe she’s marginally more complex than some deluxes, but voyager still seems pushing it
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