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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 8:23:52 GMT
Bought a couple of recent toys in a bit of a Moment today. The race is on to see what arrives first, and then I can try and work out WHY I bought one of them. It’s a draw! Both arrived this morning. I need to breakfast, and then I can ponder my life choices…
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2021 9:21:35 GMT
I got a wife!
-Ralph
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 26, 2021 9:34:44 GMT
That's a good get, congratulations!
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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 9:35:32 GMT
Kinda trumps everything else!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2021 15:43:37 GMT
I think so!
In other news, wedding pennies covered the cost of Kingdom Airazor.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2021 15:43:44 GMT
Kingdom Red Alert has arrived. Still quite surprised by this; I was really assuming autumn for this one.
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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 16:32:19 GMT
I’m still not sure why I’ve bought Starscream.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2021 16:43:41 GMT
What, the ER one? Because it's absolutely amazing!
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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 17:57:40 GMT
I have no doubts about that. But I didn't want to get on the slippery slope of 'must have all the Strike Planes' when I already have them in Classics scale.
But now I have Starscream. And G2 Ramjet on order.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2021 19:27:33 GMT
Join us on this slippery slope. There is some despair though. I will need to sell a kidney to get Thrust.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 19:45:38 GMT
I thought the Dinobot Road was a harsh mistress, I had no idea about the Strike Plane Slipway...
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2021 19:49:30 GMT
Join us on this slippery slope. There is some despair though. I will need to sell a kidney to get Thrust. -Ralph Dirge and Ramjet aren't much less these days. Thrust... Thrust... That nagging hole in the 85 collection. Ever there in the back of my mind. How do we resolve that one... Are you going to get a reissue? Are you? Tell us...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2021 19:59:06 GMT
I just need ER Thrust to complete the ER strike plane horizon!!! Re-release it Hasblowwww.
Still anguished over the Siege Skywarp fiasco.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 26, 2021 20:51:50 GMT
And what of Thundercracker and Skywarp? Are they out of reach also?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2021 21:17:31 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 26, 2021 22:29:52 GMT
After ER Starscream is remoulded to be more screen accurate next year in Studio series you know what will happen.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2021 22:55:11 GMT
No...no!
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jul 27, 2021 7:02:32 GMT
In other news, wedding pennies covered the cost of Kingdom Airazor. A wife *and* a robot bird lady? What will the papers say! Probably that you're living the best life.
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Post by Benn on Jul 27, 2021 9:12:42 GMT
£70! With shipping added, of course. OH, I need to think about this. When is it due for release?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2021 9:37:44 GMT
I don't know. They seem to be the only place offering a pre-order for that set now so I'm not even totally sure where they're coming from. Omegalock Hasbro stuff is usually Hasbro Asia.
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Post by Benn on Jul 27, 2021 10:29:20 GMT
Okay, so I have time to consider. Going to need to do a full comparison between the two Starscreamas!
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Post by Benn on Jul 27, 2021 10:33:56 GMT
I've just had a look on eBay for Dirge/Ramjet, and good news! You can buy the box for £40!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2021 10:55:18 GMT
I recycled mine. If only I had known!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2021 10:56:07 GMT
The jets were the worst handled of the Earthrise figures. Starscream, easy retail purchase, the other five have been bastards to get hold of. They were all in the 'blink and you'll miss it' preorder madness last year, particularly Dirge and Ramjet. TC and Skywarp did reappear a few times, they generally retailed about £60 when shops like Kapow had them, but the conehead pack was an Amazon exclusive that went out of stock instantly and has been unavailable since. That one also had some orders cancelled, which sent me into a panic and I ended up with two sets, one at an inflated price from a place in Germany. Nick had the spare one. Thrust was a Target exclusive that it seems was pot luck if you actually found in a shop. Some people got armfuls, some people got none. Over here there was no option to buy it at all.
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Post by Benn on Jul 27, 2021 11:26:08 GMT
I knew Thrust had been a nightmare, but the rest? Are Hasbro going to go down the Nintendo route of making the desirable stuff seem even more desirable by inducing scarcity? Is that that plan?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2021 11:41:50 GMT
They must have a perception that fans won't want the retail lines clogged with the same moulds, not realising people will really want the characters. In Siege we had Starscream and Thundercracker at retail, but Skywarp was around a for a few weeks on Amazon.com then no where else. Then in ER one out of six jets easy to get with two more as Selects repaints that have been far easier to get than the actual characters. It does seem really underused given whenever we get new jets now they're still using the Siege mould. I would love to see Sun and Acid Storm done properly in the ER moulds, then complete that as a trio with the Blackout we all want. Both selects toys are the same Ramjet mould so there's been no reuse of Thrust or Dirge. It's mad.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2021 21:51:11 GMT
Kingdom Red Alert has arrived. Still quite surprised by this; I was really assuming autumn for this one. Well I'm not sure here, chaps. I've been fiddling with Siege and Kingdom Red Alert side by side for a while and I think... I think Siege wins it. Certainly Siege's robot mode is more G1 coloured, this is like the MP version versus the MP+ if you get the muck off his shins. The only difference in the plastic is the chest/bonnet shape and being more toon accurate, Kingdom doesn't win that. Kingdom's selling point is the totally different car mode, which is much more G1 accurate but at the same time not really that different to Siege. It's nice, and will look good as Sideswipe, but my figures stay in robot mode by and large so it makes no difference.
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Post by Benn on Jul 28, 2021 10:44:47 GMT
Starscream is growing on me, but I do have a couple of tiny tiny niggles. The lack of a wrist swivel is one, and the fact his guns are mounted too high. My personal preference is on the lower bicep part of the arm. I do like that his wings can tilt back, that's how I prefer all my robots with wings to be (even guys like Prowl have the door wings tilted back) so that's a plus.
Hmm.
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 28, 2021 19:49:40 GMT
Galvatron arrived, with the shouldes on the wonk. It looks fine to me but you can tell it's not right.
Also got a Very Mint TM Cyclonus and Triggerhappy. They are lovely!
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Post by Benn on Jul 28, 2021 19:59:36 GMT
Fingers crossed I might have won something stupidly spectacular on eBay.
or spectacularly stupid, I'm not sure yet.
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