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Toy Spotting / Shopping Thread!
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ah its more a timing thing.
ive only recently got back into buying the figs and its more a "chance to get the figs i missed as a kid" kick thanks to the love "generations" is getting off the producers.
ive fond memories of having G1 metroplex in my mits in dunnes stores in tallaght in '86 but by the time i saved up the gosh to buy him he was rotated out of stock. so he was always a bit of a "grail" fig (like swoop ! )
in a weird way TF made me a better business head as it forced me to deal with a budget and make hard choices
the ACG lad i picked up was ironically the cheapest i could find with the second blaster (i think it looks much better in his city mode as an additional tower and makes the battlestation mode look more symetricial with two mounted on his ramp/landing platforms) as the SDCC one is going for absolutely mental prices. so i'dve had no prob opting for this new lad.
in other news theres been a bit on the business programs from morgan stanley saying they predict the STG/EURO exchange rate is gonna hit parity in 6months.
now similar has been said about US/EURO and it DID get damn close but then drifted again so take their advice with a pinch of salt.
anyway the point is its REALLY hitting sites like amazon. right now ya can pick up a trypticon off them -with free post- for 172 euro and some odd change . if the report is on the money then ya could be looking at picking him up for circa 150 quid down the road and that Takara Reissue of metroplex would look to hit RIGHT in the middle of that inflection point.
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movie leader megatron is up for €45.77 for the next 8 hours on amazon.co.uk due to their "cyber monday" sale.
ditto for movie drift and baracade
who are going for about 25.14 each
now the deluxes in smyths are 26 odd right now so theres not much saving on them, but if ya get two together you qualify for free postage which means ya can pick up baracade and drift (for an example) for 36.62 all in.
which works out at 18 euro odd each inc postage. so thats not a bad deal if your looking for movie deluxes on the cheap
plus theyre still looking for near 60 for megs and prime so its a good drop off for that.
saddly theres no generations stuff up on the sale.
on the amazon.com US site however theres a few. 07 leader class move optimus is up for 29 dollars odd which including post/tax equals €48.41 euro. personally i dont like that one as i think its too chunky but if it floats your boad you can nab it at that price for the next 15hrs (its reduced from 79 dollars)
theyve got TR trypticon up for 97 dollars .
but unfortunately even though it converts to about €117 due to post and taxes it comes in at €144 - which is a fiver more than ya can get the guy in smythes right now with their 139.99 deal.
still theyre "taxes" is somewhat of a guesstimate at time. i ordered a generations metroplex off em and got a tenner more back in tax than i was expecting when it was all processed so if you want to take a chance on it there ya go.
happy hunting guys. 0 -
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lads over in seibertron.com have been saying battletraps been popping up all over the place with no warning.
have to say i'd pick him up for pure nostaliga as i got the G1 version for my cousin for a birthday and always regreted not picking one up for myself.
great to see prime out as he's the main fig from this line i really want (well besides volcanicus
) so i'll deffo be making a bee line for him.
picked up a few deluxes off amazon.com which were fair cheap thanks to the exchange rate. got jazz swoop slug and prime master leige maximo
the prime masters are TINY , literally half the size of a legends fig, but adorable. seriously the detail in the skullgrin shell is gorgeous. i was a bit blaise on them but now ive decided to pick em all up as their just fun figs.
oh and for those wondering you can keep moving swoops outer wings in to meet behind his back to attain a G1 look for the character (the one thing i didnt like in his promo shots was his wings just hanging down in bot mode)
gotta say im well chuffed to have a proper swoop in my collection. he's definitely the best deluxe in the first wave . i do love my jazz though, he got a fair bit of flack off the reviewer community on youtube but he looks great to me0 -
constitutionus wrote: »
gotta say im well chuffed to have a proper swoop in my collection. he's definitely the best deluxe in the first wave . i do love my jazz though, he got a fair bit of flack off the reviewer community on youtube but he looks great to me
I'm just not up for replacing Generations Jazz with him. Battletrap is great! Two nice legends figures. And a wonderful combined from.
Tailgates ok too.
i think I would have been more interested in the prime masters if they where heads than faceless symbols. But the pretenders are nice enough.0 -
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picked up a grimlock from jervis st on marks info.
gotta say he's ALOT better looking in person than the pics of him imply. the combiner feet as wolverine-esque gauntlets arent as obtrusive as they seem and micronus prime in weapon mode is perfect from him.
not only does it evoke his old "twin stunner" rifle, the colour scheme fits hims perfect.
and hey grimlock with a twin gatling gun?
match made in heaven.
i cant wait for snarl and sludge to be released as the three lads together look great.0 -
constitutionus wrote: »
i cant wait for snarl and sludge to be released as the three lads together look great.
They do. It's just a shame Sludge is not gona tower over the rest. Heres to a knock off oversized figure!0 -
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studio series grimlock up for sale on amazon.com for $49.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072KD9T3H/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
with the import duties and conversion it worked out as 63.84 euro for me.
i SERIOUSLY doubt were gonna see this lad in bricks and mortar retail store here so this looks to be the best price so far for the guy. seeing as he's the only one from the line i want im more than happy to pay 3 quid more than a sixshot at retail for him.
dunno how long this price point will remain as all the other prices are in the late 70s and higher for him and the UK amazon site is looking for over a hunderd euro to get him.
anyway wanted to give the heads up. 0 -
That design is horrible. I still don't understand folks digging it! A horrendous bot/Dino mode. And a complete characterization miss for me!constitutionus wrote: »studio series grimlock up for sale on amazon.com for $49.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072KD9T3H/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
with the import duties and conversion it worked out as 63.84 euro for me.
i SERIOUSLY doubt were gonna see this lad in bricks and mortar retail store here so this looks to be the best price so far for the guy. seeing as he's the only one from the line i want im more than happy to pay 3 quid more than a sixshot at retail for him.
dunno how long this price point will remain as all the other prices are in the late 70s and higher for him and the UK amazon site is looking for over a hunderd euro to get him.
anyway wanted to give the heads up.0 -
speaking for myself its just how bang on it is to the film.
im not a fan of bays overly complicated take on the bots and cons and have picked up very few of the toys from those lines . oddly enough "revenge of the fallen" seems to have the honor of most purchase's despite it being CLEARLY the worst film in the franchise.
i just dug the asymetric thing they were doing then with bots like arcee , chromia and sideswipe with his wheel feet.
even if you HATE the designs you gotta admit this version is LEAGUES ahead of the actual leader class Grimlock toy that came out for "edge of extinction". the head sculpt alone in bot mode is amazing.
i doubt i'll even transform it that much TBH. Just sticking it on the shelf in bot mode next to "last night" leader megs. bar possibly a nitro zeus this lads probably going to be my last movie purchase.
as for character micheal bay has a PERFECT grasp of Grimlocks character......
...ok he keeps calling him "optimus prime" , but its a perfect Grimlock. 0 -
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picked up that nitro zeus and amazon delivered the last two dinos i needed for volcanicus.
snarl's a bit buggerd up. one of the ports is malformed and one of his spinal plates was bent out of shape but i could fix that with a little heat application.
just finished combining the lads.
mother of christ its huge. he IS rather skinny from the side and he does lean forward but you can mess with the feet to sort that.
been using the extra fists to bulk him out like is suggested but have also used them to store the guns from slag and sludge (pointing up parallel to grims dino head) which looks ok, whilst i have him wielding the swords in each hand as daggers- so theres no superfluous kibble left over.
he looks great combined and the scale is impressive if youve got slash in raptor mode beneath him. cant advice getting him enough.
TBH its the first of the new combiners ive assembled (computrons still in the box) and if anything he's got me excited for abominus 0 -
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