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Post by Benn on Jul 29, 2015 20:59:44 GMT
I love Moon. I want Moon.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 30, 2015 6:51:24 GMT
Thursday Tease: Time to relive a toy buying highlight of my university years which has occasionally popped up since!
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Post by legios on Jul 30, 2015 9:43:50 GMT
*Flips back to first page of thread to check list* *sings* I've got a theory, it isn't bunnies...
Karl
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Post by Benn on Jul 30, 2015 9:46:39 GMT
Those jet thingies?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2015 11:55:45 GMT
Animorphs?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 30, 2015 12:08:16 GMT
Animorphs were 1999 long after I left University in 1994. Some jets are involved. *Flips back to first page of thread to check list* *sings* I've got a theory, it isn't bunnies... Karl Go on Kaptain .... (no rabbits are involved either)
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Post by legios on Jul 30, 2015 17:32:58 GMT
Well, as you know my thought had been Flipchangers. But we know how that worked out...
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 30, 2015 18:02:36 GMT
The Kaptain has since, by text, offered Predators and Targetmasters.
All the toys in both those groups will be potential candidates in this week's top 5 along with a good few more beside.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2015 21:07:39 GMT
Marvel Crossover Transformers?
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 30, 2015 21:26:40 GMT
Star Wars Transformers!
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Post by legios on Jul 30, 2015 21:47:13 GMT
Lightpiping? Does it have anything to do with lightpipe head design perchance?
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 30, 2015 21:50:50 GMT
Marvel Crossover Transformers? -Ralph No! No! Lightpiping? Does it have anything to do with lightpipe head design perchance? Karl There are an awful lot of Lightpipes involved. By an odd coincidence most of the toys in question have lightpipes. But not Exclusively.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 30, 2015 22:09:40 GMT
6" Titaniums!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 6:16:05 GMT
Week 117: Euro Exclusives
Your top 5 Euro exclusive toys please.
From 1991 to 1993 the original Transformers line continued, effectively as a European exclusive. There's also a few other toys, mainly in the 90s, that weren't sold in the US or are significant variants on what were sold in the US.
For the purposes of this Top 5, however inaccurate it may be, we will accept any western TF toy, sold in the UK or Europe, that wasn't sold in the US as a Euro exclusive.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2015 7:16:55 GMT
Pyro, Clench, Thunderclash, Boss, Rotorstorm.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 7:20:09 GMT
Week 117: Euro Exclusives Honourable mentions: Rescue Force Drill Tank - It's Thunderbirds Mole in TF colours, Boss - Optimus in car form when you paint him red and Skydive - superb Decepticon jet. Until last night this is how my top 5 looked like this: 5) TalonMiniaturised 1984 Decepticon jet. This should have had the **** repainted out of it as all the 84 jets! 4) Rescue Force JetTake a decent toy, the Breast Force swing wing jet, and repaint it in red & white homaging the great TF Swing wing jet, Jetfire. 3) RotorstormFab Autobot Helicopter. 2) PyroMy quest to complete a Pyro has been well documented and I love him now I have one. Need missiles (possible) and a gun (hahaha) now. 1) StalkerLOVE this toy. So much good stuff going on. Great gimmick which interacts with the smaller jets. THEN I was making my pre bed time drinks, looked at the shelf and spotted my Combat Heroes "Optimus" & "Megatron" sitting there and thought "Hang on.....". Then when I got into bed I remembered that the Euro exclusives didn't start in 1992, there were some 1991 toys, including a number of Action Masters and a certain forum favourite. So this morning's revised list reads: 5) Pyro4) Stalker=2) Archforce=2) SureshotI love the Combat Heroes. Fabulous toys, great missile gimmick, superb articulation, fab lightpipe on Prime the absence of which is probably Megatron's only fault. Both have been repainted, both need a further repaint as G2 Megatron & Ultra Magnus. Both qualify here because the Euro versions are physically different lacking the silly name stickers on the US version, and their Euro names are different on the box, causing some confusion in Optimus' case cos he's blatantly Prime. Megatron/Archforce is more negotiable due to the newer tank mode and the colour. 1) OverlordI have played with Overlord perhaps two or three times but it is a mighty toy. Yes it had been out in Japan but this is it's only western airing. We didn't realise when it was released that this is the missing Decepticon Powermaster leader: I wish now I'd bought it and kept it. Sadly the Roberts/Roche effect has made sure that, shy of a reissue, I will never own one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 7:34:49 GMT
Pyro, Clench, Thunderclash, Boss, Rotorstorm. -Ralph Who else can spot what Ralph has done here?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 7:36:13 GMT
Someday. Promise. Actually thank you for saying that, because it caused me to check when Titaniums was going to be which has in turn uncovered a potential problem in future rounds which has been fixed!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2015 10:00:51 GMT
Pyro, Clench, Thunderclash, Boss, Rotorstorm. -Ralph Who else can spot what Ralph has done here? I have been admonished by text! I'm so tired. -Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 31, 2015 11:30:15 GMT
I have no idea.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 31, 2015 11:47:17 GMT
Me neither!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 11:56:39 GMT
Of what toys to choose?
Or who Ralph forgot?
If the later I'm sure Andu and AndyK will be along shortly to make that one clear.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2015 12:20:43 GMT
My shame is absolute.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jul 31, 2015 12:35:05 GMT
Be there a mighty-hued Master of Action that he could have included?
Or is it that the very sky itself should have been shaken in celestial indignation?
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 12:57:25 GMT
Be there a mighty-hued Master of Action that he could have included? That's the one!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 31, 2015 21:16:58 GMT
OK. I've been at Ikea all day... I'm now drinking wine and I haven't had my tea yet still...
WHAT THE FRAK IS GOING ON?!
I'm as confused as a Frenchman who's lost his pair of self-removing trousers!
Doc's done a what to a whatnow and forgotten a whosit?
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 31, 2015 21:34:44 GMT
Actionmaster sideswipe is giving Ralph his best g2 sideswipe stare.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2015 8:44:50 GMT
Forgive me!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 1, 2015 17:32:55 GMT
Week 116: Fictional & Mythological AnimalsYour top 5 toys with fictional animal alt modes! Obviously the most common choice here will be one of several Transformers Dragons but there's been plenty of others including a Unicorn (note spelling!) and a Cerberus. And since a Chimera is a mythological beast made up of two or more animals all Fuzors get in too. I resisted the urge to make the entire top from repaints of Buzzclaw. Restraint. 5. Snapdragon 4. Cindersaur - I like them all, but I'l go with the wingless wonder, though being wingless theres a case for it being a dinosaur. 3. Hungrr 2. BW Silverbolt 1. Buzzclaw - great mould and hasnt had a bad repaint. Hmm, non of the BW/BM Megatrons make the list. Nor BH Fishy MEgatron. Surprising.
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 1, 2015 17:41:05 GMT
Are they mythical or fictional beast types? No! The bad guys have a certain not real animals look to hem. Also just looking at them on TFU, I realised I had never seen most of them. THe UK must have only gotten the first series. And they got fast food toys Not only that but they look fantastic. The human mode looks human. and the animal modes are adorable. I want them. cassieJakeMArcoRachel
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