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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 28, 2018 15:58:18 GMT
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Post by browny87 on Aug 28, 2018 16:47:06 GMT
that boxart is amazing I badly want counterpunch now but its nowhere on preorder yet  |
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Aug 28, 2018 17:17:19 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 28, 2018 17:20:38 GMT
that boxart is amazing I badly want counterpunch now but its nowhere on preorder yet or link |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2018 17:40:18 GMT
that boxart is amazing I badly want counterpunch now but its nowhere on preorder yet It's been on Amazon US for quite a while. -Ralph |
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Post by browny87 on Aug 28, 2018 20:37:30 GMT
I aint paying us import charges
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 28, 2018 20:43:06 GMT
Mine currently looks cheaper than IDToys!
With Amazon you pay the duty up front - 4 or 5 quid on this and dodge the clearance fee bit!
<does new order from scratch>
£30.12 delivered, nothing else to pay, inc £5.02 import fees deposit which may get refunded later.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2018 21:42:33 GMT
I aint paying us import charges I got the first two of this series of 3 from Amazon US. Including shipping from the US and charges they worked in the end at £21 and change each. Somewhat cheaper than other sources and no ris kof CUTA. -Ralph |
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Post by Toph on Aug 29, 2018 15:00:45 GMT
So I broke down and bought Nemesis Prime.
I've come to the conclusion that all the reasons this mold doesn't work as Optimus, are the exact reasons it does work as Nemesis.
...that is assuming you chunk Hasbro's standard unimaginative "evil optimus prime" clone concept.
I prefer a Syndrome from The Incredibles take. Some little young autobot obsessed with and worships Optimus Prime, does something wreckless and gets scolded by Optimus.
From there, fanboy turns dark. Thinks he can be a better Optimus than Optimus. Fashions himself an Optimus helmet, then a suit of trailer armor that gives him the size and appearance of Optimus.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2018 11:43:06 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 12:38:02 GMT
He's nearby. Real nearby.
-Ralph
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Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
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Post by Jim on Sept 3, 2018 14:22:02 GMT
I have absolutely no attachment to Punch / Counterpunch (though I love the names), and these toy pics aren't changing anything, BUT I know if I were to show them to my daughter she'd be like "COOOOOOOL!!!! An Autobot who can disguise as a Decepticon and a really cool sports car!!!"
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 3, 2018 19:27:22 GMT
Right, hang on, which one is which? Who's Punch? Bot or Con?
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Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Sept 3, 2018 19:31:20 GMT
Punch is Bot, the mostly orange one.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 3, 2018 20:18:49 GMT
Ta. The double sided head is a bit of a worry.
"Yes, I am an Autobot.
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Don't look behind me."
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 21:22:46 GMT
Right, hang on, which one is which? Who's Punch? Bot or Con? I am shaking my head at you right now. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 3, 2018 22:06:26 GMT
Shake it baby!
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 4, 2018 16:06:48 GMT
It's ok Pinwig, I don't know which is which either.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2018 18:09:15 GMT
Oh come on.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 4, 2018 18:44:15 GMT
I was the one that let you know, I was your sorry ever after, '84, '85.
Gimme new toys and I'll decide, but I'm really only after, '84, '85.
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Post by Toph on Sept 5, 2018 5:05:44 GMT
An additional positive note about Predaking-
I greatly enjoy the intentional design parallels in Razorclaw, with Optimus Prime.
I looked at pictures of the original toy, and the parallels aren't there. There are the same design elements that are coincidental, but the designer took those and tweaked them on this one.
-He had shoulder guns, but here they are turned straight up, like Op's exhaust pipes.
-He always had the faceplate, but here it's more angular, and so is his helmet. Much more Optimus-like than the original.
-Here, he has a matrix, and stores under the lion head (which also parallels the front of the truck for op's torso), much the same way as Optimus.
He's the first Decepticon toy (that's not an optimus or rodimus clone/repaint) to have an actual matrix. And with that, I do really appreciate the tweaks to his existing design to give it that Optimus homage.
It also doesn't hurt that he's the only one with a good robot mode.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 5, 2018 6:42:39 GMT
I'm glad you find him to be so - simply because I'm not fussed about *any* of the robot modes, since most of them are less poseable than a normal deluxe.
But yes, I'd noticed the guns/smokestack thing, and yeah, his ability to hold a Matrix certainly makes him stand out. And I guess I do like him, but mostly because his extreme blockiness (which is a result of needing to be the combiner chest) just makes him look quite cute. Which is wrong for the character, but there you go...
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 5, 2018 14:11:14 GMT
RAZORCLAW PRIME.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 7, 2018 9:31:47 GMT
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Post by browny87 on Sept 7, 2018 10:25:29 GMT
not a bad deal that is it
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 7, 2018 10:43:29 GMT
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Post by browny87 on Sept 7, 2018 11:14:41 GMT
had the slugslinger issue written all over it
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2018 21:06:31 GMT
I like that this is a good indication what Kapow are saying about Hasbro is true. They aren't being forced to take a wave they don't want just to get a single figure, they were open about saying if that had been the case with Slugslinger they wouldn't have stocked him, so it seems they do now have some day in the assortments they get. It seems the same can be said about other lines too, hence the recent restocks of in demand figures from the Star Wars and Marvel lines.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 8, 2018 8:32:20 GMT
Huh. That's why. This is a little more promising then.
And also pre-ordered, because the conjunx would've been unhappy if I hadn't.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 9, 2018 15:48:54 GMT
Opened up Moonracer so Elita-1 had a friend. My god she's got one heck of a backpack. This toy fails simply because of the desire to present a slender humanoid female form as the robot, everything else is just bolted onto her back and legs for the transformation. Terrible design choice.
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