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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2009 17:03:55 GMT
I was rather surprised to find in my local ASDA today a big red shiny dump-bin* for ROTF Legends class figures ('2 in 1!'). No figures, but you never know what might turn up. ROTF logo on front and back, er, curvy lines moulded on the inside bottom. So there.
-Ralph
*Or whatever it's called**
**It's very sturdy. I wouldn't mind one myself!
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Post by Hero on Feb 21, 2009 23:50:52 GMT
Sounds awesome, Ralph. Hope they crop in other ASDAs too.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 22, 2009 10:53:09 GMT
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Post by kayevcee on Feb 22, 2009 15:56:10 GMT
Noticed that on 2005 this morning. Maybe Hasbro Europe decided not to bother with the rest of Animated and Universe and go straight to the movie stuff. Wouldn't be the first time. Still, France is an odd place for a launch. As you say, they could have been sent out to shops by mistake.
Spare a thought for our European cousins, as according to a chap on 2005 these figures weigh in at 17 Euros, or £15.25. Yikes.
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Post by Hero on Feb 22, 2009 18:00:05 GMT
Not bad. I always thought the preview toys from the first movie were released a bit too late tbh. At least an early release of these two will likely avoid mass peg warming in the later months. Looking forward to both Soundwave and Bumblebee.
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Post by Nigel on Feb 22, 2009 18:04:15 GMT
**It's very sturdy. I wouldn't mind one myself! I've got one from the first film. I knew someone who worked at Woolworths and, sadly, they weren't going to need it any more. |
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Post by grahamthomson on Feb 22, 2009 18:26:42 GMT
To France!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 22, 2009 18:29:41 GMT
Je suis en Transformer!
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Post by Hero on Feb 23, 2009 21:28:13 GMT
No sign of the ROTF bin. But I did find and acquire some of those Dr Who minis.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 25, 2009 22:39:48 GMT
France have LegendsI'm going to move this thread into sightings if nobody objects and add a potential spoilers tag.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 25, 2009 23:02:03 GMT
Cool beans! Nice to see some of our European cousins getting some toys early.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Feb 26, 2009 10:14:22 GMT
Nice to see all the racial stereotypes being brought out in force on there.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 26, 2009 12:39:07 GMT
Ah the insane sense of entitlement in the american fanboy.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Feb 26, 2009 12:49:50 GMT
The best one I recall was all the whining over the price of the Botcon Armada Megatron repaint Mega Zarak... which iirc was about the same or /less/ than the bog standard Armada Megatron here. Bloo bloo bloo bloo whine whine  |
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Post by grahamthomson on Feb 26, 2009 14:00:57 GMT
I'm just glad the Internet as we know it today wasn't around in 1990-1992 when we got the Classics, Overlord, the Motorvators and Turbomasters/Predators.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2009 14:52:51 GMT
I wish it had been! It would have been hilarious!
-Ralph
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Post by dyrl on Feb 26, 2009 15:00:06 GMT
You weren't the only ones  We had those in Poland too. Actually, BEFORE Hasbro established an official distributorship in Poland, we had EVERYTHING - in the early 1990s we got a lot of G1, plus the classics, Overlord, Motorvators, Turbomaster/Predators. Then everything from G2...then most of Beast Wars. Then Hasbro officially opened a branch of their distributorship and there's been less and less and less and more chaos. Not teaching their employees what it is that Hasbro sells probably has something to do with this problem Anyways -as for ROTF: Let the French have ROTF and cupcakes, or whatever it was Mary Anti-'Net said. The toys suck anyways. Makes sense to give 'em to the French Pete |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2009 15:06:47 GMT
Ah the insane sense of entitlement in the american fanboy. Andy Thankfully a minority, giving other fans a bad name. The moaning eludes me here though. The preview figures are not due until May, the main line rolls out in June. It's not like we're in that part of the year but only one country has the toys so far. So what if someone else gets them early? Everyone will get their chance to pick them up soon enough. I suspect Hasbro will be pushing the line quite heavily indeed after the success of the first movie's tie-in toy line! I think some custard creams and tea needs to be deployed to soothe everyone. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Feb 26, 2009 21:11:28 GMT
The moaning eludes me here though. The preview figures are not due until May, the main line rolls out in June. It's not like we're in that part of the year but only one country has the toys so far. So what if someone else gets them early? The logic seems to run something along the lines that "Transformers is American, so no-one should get American Products before Americans do", or something like that. You are right, the "sense of entitlement" lobby are a small proportion of the fandom. It is just that, as oft-happens on-line, they are the most vocal segment, and they seem larger and more visible because of the sheer noise they generate. It is like submarines - they are pinging away with active sonar and the rest of the fandom is mostly using passive so the former stand out more against the background. Karl |
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Post by Hero on Feb 27, 2009 13:18:41 GMT
I got a local buddy who visits France every 2-3 weeks to see family so I might get a couple of things picked up down there. Depends if he wants to do a favour or not.
Fair game to the French for getting these figures first. As long they are out, that's what matters.
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Post by Hero on Mar 6, 2009 1:17:37 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 17, 2009 22:23:03 GMT
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Post by karla on Mar 18, 2009 10:13:08 GMT
the land of chocolate
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Post by Hero on Mar 21, 2009 22:46:22 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2009 22:33:56 GMT
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Post by Hero on Mar 26, 2009 16:07:24 GMT
Just been comparing my Dead End to this japanese version pictured on HLJ.
The brown areas are bronze and there's some extra dark silver touches here and there. The tribal design is also a lot clearer with the car headlights a lot brighter. Nice deco improvements there to an already brilliant figure. I highly recommend.
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2009 17:39:09 GMT
FPG had a big Bumblebee bust in the window the other day. It wasn't there before, and looked new.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 10, 2009 16:06:47 GMT
Fallen Dave Preview figures (Soundwave and Bumblebee) in FPG. Soundwave looks really nice in the plastic, looks like a 'proper' new version of the original toy/character rather than a toy with a random name re-assignment. Could have been a Universe toy. Bumblebee looks better with the cannon arm.
But £14, FPG? Ahahahahahahhaha. No.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 12, 2009 8:39:08 GMT
Nick tells me a box of Fallen Dave repaint Energon Superion set has arrived at TRU. 'Do not open until 21st June'.
Tsk.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 23, 2009 13:12:55 GMT
ROTF preview igs in bentalls, Kingston today. £13
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We had those in Poland too.
