Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Sept 25, 2008 14:21:02 GMT
Wooo... My Metroplex shipped today  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2008 9:30:09 GMT
Still waiting on Animated Swoop & replacement Bump.
Now ordered a Heinlad so I can complete my Neo reviews and got a Universe Ironhide on the way.
Silverstreak and Sideswipe were ordered from BBTS. Despite beiung ordered at the same time and the toys coming in the same case BBTS has shipped them seperately and at $15 more postage than they estimated (and an extra bank charge for me for buying in $) First bad thing I've had to say about them in nearly 10 years !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 26, 2008 13:55:08 GMT
They mailed me back and gave me store credit for the extra purchase and recommended I used the pile of loot feature.
That's a chunk of my next wave of Universe paid for.
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Post by Nigel on Sept 26, 2008 18:14:54 GMT
I've stopped using my bank for BBTS since the bank introduced charges for international card transactions. I now use Paypal instead.
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Sept 29, 2008 6:36:38 GMT
Bah, got caught on customs for my Metroplex. still, thats the first time in a couple of years, guess I've been lucky. £23, not too bad..
Managed to pick up an Animated Blitzwing from my yokel TRU, they dont seem to be getting much of the second wave in Southampton as yet, so I settled with ordering a Grimlock from Play as well.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 29, 2008 8:20:08 GMT
I've just bought Killerpunch and Survive ! Just need Guiledart now and I've got a complete set of Neo.
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Post by Nigel on Sept 29, 2008 11:38:39 GMT
Managed to pick up an Animated Blitzwing from my yokel TRU, they dont seem to be getting much of the second wave in Southampton as yet, so I settled with ordering a Grimlock from Play as well. Blitzwing and Grimlock (along with Lugnut) are wave 3. |
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Sept 29, 2008 12:57:07 GMT
Well, either way, they dont have many of them yet! Voyager Prime in the local FBP though.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 30, 2008 9:06:40 GMT
Which is wave 2. Asda are good for wave 3 voyagers.
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 30, 2008 20:12:58 GMT
As is Toys'r'us! We're falling over them. No promotions right now though. Boo.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2008 10:30:09 GMT
Here: Classics Silverstreak (BBTS, see above) Neo Heinlad (£14 inc postage !) and Neo Survive & killerpunch (individual boxes) £55 the pair in postage. Seeing as a loose Killerpunch sold for £28 plus postage by itself last week I think that is a complete steel.
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Post by legios on Oct 2, 2008 20:00:55 GMT
Well, as the half-price offer on Animated finally reached my Tesco overnight I have acquired myself an Oil Slick. (It was the only Animated Toy on the shelf - apparently they have shifted a case each of Voyagers and deluxes over the course of the day). He wasn't a toy that I had felt was entirely worth the tenner to be honest, but in retrospect I think I had judged him too harshly.
His motorcycle mode is not too bad, obviously channelling Harley's and similar hogs, and the barrels on the pannier mounts are a nice little touch - makes him seem like he is bringing the beer.
His humanoid mode fits in nicely with the spindly aesthetic established by Lockdown. His arm articulation is a bit lacking, but I actually like his very oddly shaped hands. It seems to fit in with the general evil vibe. The chain-weapon is decent as well. Ideally it could probably do with a slightly longer length of chain I think but it is a nice touch and another inclusion in the rather nice set of unusual weapons that Animated is giving us.
(For some reason the "head in a jar" that he has reminds me a lot of Mister Freeze from Batman: The Animated Series)
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 2, 2008 20:34:09 GMT
Awaiting the Spychangers versions of Bluestreak, Wheeljack and Jazz to arrive at Turnbull Towers.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 2, 2008 21:11:52 GMT
They are hard to come by! Only ever managed to snag the Prime and Prowl from that lot.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 2, 2008 21:13:20 GMT
Prime and Prowl will be purchased once I ebay a few dvds and books. Got all three from one seller on the ebay. Huzzah.
Andy
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Post by legios on Oct 2, 2008 22:23:08 GMT
They are hard to come by! Only ever managed to snag the Prime and Prowl from that lot. -Ralph I don't think I've ever seen any of them in the plastic so far at all! I wasn't entirely sure they had ever had a release. Karl |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 2, 2008 22:28:32 GMT
I've seen the Prime one at Ralph's.
They crop up on ebay reasonably frequently and sometimes from sellers with reasonable prices too!
Andy
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Post by Gav on Oct 5, 2008 12:52:01 GMT
The Missus just came back from shopping in town, and brought me Animated Snarl!
Wooooo!
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Post by Gav on Oct 5, 2008 19:22:01 GMT
Also, after talking about Beast Wars Snapper, I've just bought one on Ebay for a quid.
My old boss Colin would bring in loads of TF stuff when i worked with him, and Snapper was always a favourite of mine. Now all i need to get is all the other Animated toys, and Cybertron Evac.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 5, 2008 20:26:40 GMT
The Missus just came back from shopping in town, and brought me Animated Snarl! Wooooo! Waitwaitwait. Did she buy it in FPG around lunchtime? While browsing the Doctor Who section I overheard a lass who had picked up an Animated Snarl and said: "Yeah, I'm going to get it for him" or somesuch. It stuck in my mind as I don't usually see lassies buying TF toys. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 5, 2008 21:39:08 GMT
You can't go wrong with Snapper. Reviewed a week or so back.
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Post by Gav on Oct 5, 2008 21:48:37 GMT
The Missus just came back from shopping in town, and brought me Animated Snarl! Wooooo! Waitwaitwait. Did she buy it in FPG around lunchtime? While browsing the Doctor Who section I overheard a lass who had picked up an Animated Snarl and said: "Yeah, I'm going to get it for him" or somesuch. It stuck in my mind as I don't usually see lassies buying TF toys. -Ralph Yup, that'll be her. She was with her little brother. Pretty nice toy, although i wish there was somewhere to put his club when in Dino Mode. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 5, 2008 21:50:14 GMT
Bloody hell. What were the odds.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 5, 2008 22:06:56 GMT
Bloody hell. What were the odds. -Ralph Pretty low I would say. One heck of a coincidence there! Karl |
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Post by Nigel on Oct 6, 2008 8:08:46 GMT
My Bumblebee, Prowl and Lockdown arrived from Play on Saturday. Prowl is superb and Lockdown impressively tall. I was disappointed with Bumblebee, though, as he looks too big and chunky next to most of the others. He looks good with Roll Out Command Optimus, though.
I was appalled at Play's packing: each toy sent separately in a padded envelope. (Which explained the separate shipping notices I'd been puzzled about.) I shouldn't have been surprised, as I once complained to Play for putting a Metrodome DVD box set inadequately in a padded envelope; the box was very badly dented and I haven't bought any box sets from them since. Lockdown's packaging was badly crushed and the other two were not unscathed. I wait in anticipation for Leader Bulkhead's arrival, as I had been considering getting some of the cheap busts from them.
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Post by Stomski on Oct 6, 2008 8:39:06 GMT
I agree with you about Bumblebee. I was thinking of getting the Activators version to look more "to scale" with the rest of the cast on display.
When I ordered 3 Voyagers from play.com, 1 came in just a padded envelope, 1 came in a padded envelope with cardboard to support the box and the last one came in plastic packing sheets with reinforcement from cardboard. Why the inconsistency? They obviously recognise that these things will get dented otherwise they wouldn't reinforce any.
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Post by Nigel on Oct 6, 2008 9:20:18 GMT
Yeah, I'll probably get the Activator sooner rather than later after seeing the Deluxe.
Now, if only they'd do a Leader Lugnut, as the Voyager has the opposite problem.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 6, 2008 9:21:13 GMT
Play sends everything bagged, I thought that was well known ?
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Post by Nigel on Oct 6, 2008 9:29:10 GMT
Clearly not!  I've only ever bought DVDs from them before now, nothing larger, and as I said above, I haven't bought any box sets from them since the Metrodome days. |
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Post by grahamthomson on Oct 6, 2008 9:43:29 GMT
The good thing about Play, in my experience, is that because they never send anything out with tracking or requiring a signature, they are happy to replace "lost" items as they have no proof that it's been delivered.
Similarly, I am sure if you told them that deliveries arrived damaged, their insurance would cover a free replacement.
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