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Post by Llama God on Sept 6, 2015 17:36:23 GMT
Oooh - RiD Legends at £3.50? I might actually bite on some of those.
I shall also keep my eyes peeled for a Powerglide grrrr. Two of them, grrrr.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 6, 2015 17:55:22 GMT
Powerglide is down to £8 in Kapow's sale if you're still trying to find ways to get your order over £100.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 6, 2015 17:55:55 GMT
Although admittedly £8 is not exactly a large deduction.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 6, 2015 17:57:02 GMT
As is Huffer
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Post by Llama God on Sept 6, 2015 18:01:29 GMT
Yeah. Ta for the heads up on that, but I'll find something with a better reduction. :-)
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2015 16:42:05 GMT
Ralph needs Powerglide and Huffer at some future point when he has more pennies.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Sept 21, 2015 9:44:35 GMT
RID Big TF4 Grimlock repaint is out in TRU at £100 while Smyths have sold out the original at the £30 sale.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 21, 2015 10:42:29 GMT
That is indeed hilarious. Although, if anyone wants one, the Glasgow Smyths had loads in last weekend...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2015 11:45:44 GMT
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS!!!!!!  ? Shops couldn't shift the TF4 version at £80! -Ralph |
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Post by primenova on Sept 21, 2015 19:09:01 GMT
But it's painted green - green plastic is worth it weight in gold compared to gold/brown plastic? But we need to look at prices when other shops get it in stock. Smyths is £10 cheaper on Hightide than TRU
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 21, 2015 20:41:28 GMT
I am speechless. That is impressive levels of insanity.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 22, 2015 12:54:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 23, 2015 17:36:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2015 17:22:24 GMT
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Post by primenova on Sept 30, 2015 11:20:48 GMT
For the Decepticons in this line. We get to see them in t cartoon first then ages later we finally see a toy. But are the toys design done first & not made & given to the cartoon to use the charcter whiel Hasbro designers improve the toy. I've not seen a few toys of con's from the first few episodes.
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Post by dyrl on Oct 7, 2015 14:19:18 GMT
I would like to take this opportunity to communicate the world-important opinion that RID Jazz is a great figure . He homages G1 much better than FOC, the transformation is not as frustratingly flimsy. The eye visor is gone, but oh well -he had real eyes in some of the Marvel comics works so...
The one weakness is his silly sword. I use FOC's gun for RID Jazz. I have yet to figure out who will get the sword...hmmm
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Post by Llama God on Oct 7, 2015 14:27:58 GMT
Aha. Now that's interesting to hear, 'cos in the two-pack with Drift, I'm pretty sure he has a visor. I may not be regretting having to get them as a pair now. :-)
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Post by legios on Oct 7, 2015 16:29:56 GMT
The one weakness is his silly sword. I use FOC's gun for RID Jazz. I have yet to figure out who will get the sword...hmmm I think it may be intended to be a Tournament Lance rather than a sword that RID Jazz has. Not sure whether that lines up with any fictional portrayal he's had due to not having watched the RiD show. But the Marvel Comics Jazz I figure would be more in favour of the practicality of a combat knife to be honest. Karl. |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 7, 2015 16:30:50 GMT
Ah, but - Man of Iron! That'd fit in nicely with the medieval theme. :-)
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 7, 2015 17:12:10 GMT
DON'T TAKE LIFTS FROM STRANGERS!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 7, 2015 23:04:14 GMT
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Post by Toph on Oct 7, 2015 23:09:26 GMT
Can't tell of those decepticons are warriors, but they sure ain't 1/3 steps or legions.
They have to be warriors or new legends
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Post by dyrl on Oct 8, 2015 1:23:46 GMT
Look like warriors to me. Wonder who the dark yellow one is.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2015 8:31:00 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2015 8:35:47 GMT
Thunderhoof fans should be happy now.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 8, 2015 22:10:04 GMT
ROCK AND ROLL!!!
Can I say it? can I? please?
KOSPEGO COMMANDS!
God that felt good.
This is doubly good because unlike the one step, this is detailed enough that they can use the tractor comb as the antlers. The only letdown with the frankly magnificent one step version is that the antlers and the comb are separate, when they are clearly supposed to be the same thing. It's like having a fake cab chest on a Prime.
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Post by dyrl on Oct 9, 2015 5:19:46 GMT
Just another randon reflection :
Warrior Bumblebee is moderately annoying to Transform. Warrior Jazz fun. Warrior Sideswipe frusttating.
I don't like having to massage the parts into place .
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Post by primenova on Oct 23, 2015 11:47:40 GMT
Just seen the toy design for Spittor - someone needs to redo that toy. Spittor is a mini pickup not a flat car.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 31, 2015 19:49:14 GMT
I just realised something this afternoon in TRU that is probably common knowledge but I hadn't connected it - the Clash repaints of the Warrior moulds are done to make them look like the armoured up versions of those characters in the finale episodes. They aren't just random insane repaints - they're pretty bang on for the way the characters look in episode 26.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 7, 2015 12:51:20 GMT
I think Phil may have noted this elsewhere because I can't see it in this thread, but the Deployers are really odd figures and probably not worth the hassle.
Encouraged by Asda cheapness I bought a Drift, thinking that through the window of the box the figure looked like a more complex Warrior and slightly bigger - which was my reason for buying as he looked in scale with the Warriors in terms of show accuracy. The figure is quite a shock. He is all about the firing mechanism, which as far as I can see doesn't actually work, and everything else is secondary. He has almost no articulation because the body has to be a brick to support the deployer. Same as a one steps - he has shoulder rotation but nothing else. Feet tilt, but that's just part of the transformation and isn't any benefit to posing. He is only just marginally taller than the Warriors, so doesn't have the stature Drift has in the show either. As said, the firing mechanism doesn't seem to work. It swings the firing arm under his actual arm when you push the lever on his back, but it doesn't release the minicon. Same in car mode, the switch to fire the minicon doesn't move so nothing happens.
The minicon itself is what it is, pull the legs and the disc opens up into a figure smaller than a Legion. His snap on bits are nice enough but it's a very very cheap looking figure compared to a Legion given the prices aren't much different.
This range confuses me. I thought the deployers were supposed to be the Voyager equivalents to the Warrior/Deluxe comparison. But really they're just big one-steps with a gimmick that doesn't work. Drift is marginally more show accurate than the Warrior version, but he really isn't a very good toy.
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