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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 6, 2021 19:22:58 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 21, 2022 20:44:25 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 21, 2022 22:16:58 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2022 16:59:53 GMT
I find myself somewhat lukewarm on all of these, as I generally am on much of Legacy these days. Looking at the figures I can pretty confidently imagine what they'll feel like in hand, and that for some reason makes me less enthused about actually buying them. There won't be any surprises. They're good looking figures, generally solidly made, but... that's it. I dunno. Maybe I'm starting to just burn out. The only thing keeping me going on these lines is the availability of characters we've not had before. Point in case is the Pax and Trion set. It certainly looks good, very cartoon accurate. Except the PottoP Pax that combined with his trailer, despite being less cartoon accurate, was more interesting. Likewise TR mid-life-crisis Alpha Trion was, whilst in no way cartoon accurate, at least interesting in what it was doing. These are competent, but uninteresting. Will I break and get them anyway? Maybe..? But only if discounted. |
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Post by Nigel on Jul 22, 2022 19:42:10 GMT
The Trion/Pax box looks like a scene from James Bond.
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr Pax, I expect you to die."
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 30, 2022 22:13:32 GMT
How much?! Fuck off! Another one to pick up in a sale next year. |
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 30, 2022 22:38:11 GMT
How much?! Fuck off! Another one to pick up in a sale next year. Orion and A3 £84 here. $67 in the US. SG Soundwave £39.99 here. $62.99 in the US. Something very odd going on there. |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 1, 2022 7:36:25 GMT
I think Soundwave is priced wrong. £40 is what that trio cost in Smyths, what, three years back? It's also only a pound more than Flamewar. Doesn't make sense.
By today's prices that set seems reasonable, which on pulse means it must be wrong!
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Post by Llama God on Oct 1, 2022 8:44:06 GMT
Yeah that can do one. A £25 (tops) Deluxe and a £35 (tops) Voyager, that's £60. Which makes Vector Sigma and the fancy box worth £24? I don't think so. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 3, 2022 17:06:22 GMT
£14 cheaper today. Wonder if I can get my money back? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 3, 2022 17:45:17 GMT
Email from Pulse:
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 3, 2022 20:36:14 GMT
Still a lot. I'll wait. It'll be in a sale eventually.
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Post by Toph on Oct 3, 2022 21:18:06 GMT
I'm gonna use that Orion Pax as Gobot Road Ranger
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 3, 2022 21:33:46 GMT
Sale for me too (if at all).
While Ive probably seen the episodes I have no recollection of them so my desire for cartoon accuracy is lacking.
And Ive already got TR and Botcon Alpha trion and T30 and TR Orion. The Botcon A3 might not be screen accurate but Vector Prime ancient clock work vibe is too perfect and T30 Orion is a mould I love.
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Post by Benn on Oct 3, 2022 21:39:27 GMT
I'd forgotten there was a TR Orion Pax.
(Wearily adds to The List...)
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Post by Toph on Oct 3, 2022 21:46:32 GMT
I'm in.
While I have zero attachment to either Alpha Trion or Orion Pax, or Floro Dery's horrid designs, the Key to Vector Sigma is an important Beast Era artifact, Orion works really well for Road Ranger (in a way the actual TF road ranger nor the tr orion do not), and I actually really like that Alpha Trion even though I never cared for any previous toy of him before.
And unlike SG Soundwave, it's not overpriced (at least stateside).
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Post by Benn on Oct 3, 2022 21:52:43 GMT
I am annoyed at how much I like this set. I'm not going to buy it unless it gets discounted, but it does look good.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 4, 2022 7:19:57 GMT
As someone who had Key to Victor Sigma and War Dawn on the same VHS, and who watched it to death as a kid, you'd think I'd be all over this set. But with other more interesting (if not 100% Sunbow-accurate) Orion Paxes and Alpha Trions having been released over the last few years, it just isn't the draw that it might have been, say, ten years ago. What a time to be alive...
Glad to see they've seen sense with the price, though. That's £60 for the figures (see above) and then £10 for the accessories and nicer box, which is in line with other exclusives. So it's better, for sure.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 4, 2022 7:41:36 GMT
Still a lot. I'll wait. It'll be in a sale eventually. Ditto. -Ralph |
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 4, 2022 10:17:58 GMT
yeah even I haven't gone in on this
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 15, 2022 17:20:15 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2023 18:40:34 GMT
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Post by Benn on Mar 22, 2023 18:55:16 GMT
Going from the box art that's a POTP girlbot and another Kup?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2023 19:32:40 GMT
If only there was a photo of the back of the box.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2023 19:43:56 GMT
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Post by Benn on Mar 22, 2023 21:07:36 GMT
Legends Chromia?
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 22, 2023 21:38:19 GMT
Aw man. Now I really do need the Heroes Reborn set. Those two look fab.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2023 21:51:45 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Mar 23, 2023 8:24:45 GMT
Well that'll teach me for not picking up the Heroes Reborn set in the Pulse sale. I was tempted, but even 30% off seemed like too much for me. And now...
That said, I do of course have the PottoP Orion Pax, which'll be good enough to stand next to these. Although I'll also be waiting on a discount for these - as well as "Erial" being based on the Legacy Arcee mold, which is awful, it's also disappointingly predictable that she's just that mold again. Hasbro back at their "all female characters must share the same mold" nonsense...
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Post by Benn on Mar 23, 2023 8:29:11 GMT
I can see WHY, in this case though. The animation model doesn't leave much wriggle room, and the Elita-1 toy is already recent and pink. Short of a new mould, which defeats the point of these sets, I can't think of any other toy that fits.
I don't have the other set, but I could be tempted by this, because who thought we'd ever get a mainline Dion?
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