Lol, why not:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=b8671Yp-_hg

I have that

/jealous

They're generally cheap!

I'm generally cheap, too :o

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=choro-q

PENNIES.

[23:24] < Ktulu > Thread 29541
[23:25] < Neg > Ktulu that is 11 dollars. Peaugh promised 4
[23:26] < Neg > oh, there's a metallic one?
[23:26] < Ktulu > Keep reading the page you ninny
[23:26] < Neg > wtf

http://www.toyark.com/news/transformers-toy-news-2/transformers-universeclassics-20-dinobot-in-hand-images-314/

And this is better:

http://www.toyark.com/news/transformers-toy-news-2/masterpiece-mp-08-grimlock-first-colored-images-315/

Cyclonus, Hound, Cheetor, and GEEWUNS Starscream repaint are out in the wild in the US so look out for em if you want any :D

I personally just found the barrage of Target exclusives - movie, Universe, animated, and legends. Buying everything would've constituted a shit ton of money so I just bought the Dirge/Roadbuster set.

I'm seeing the newest Robot Heroes out and about as well, and someone else said they found the latest Animated toys (repaint shit like Skywarp) nearby but I'm not rushing to find those.

My money is tight, it sucks having so much crap come out all at once like this.

5 Faces of Darkness.

I can accept that Galvatron is going to end up in shots of the decepticons cheering Cyclonus's idea to rescue him. I can accept Kup talking with Rodimus's voice, too.

But, um, why isn't Spike dead floating in space after Quintessa blows?

Blurr and Wheelie SAVED BY A HUMAN.

ROFL.

Blurr and Wheelie SAVED BY A HUMAN.

ROFL.

Movie Megatron and Blackout being killed by one human each, rofl

Touche, homie!

Self explanatory, I imagine. They have some weird ass heads goin on

Why does Wheeljack's head look like that one constructicon they had on Animated?

Was it MixMaster? No, I still haven't watched Animated~

THEY HAVE 'STACHES, ROBOT 'STACHES

Why haven't you watched it?

Don't watch TV?

They're on the internet?

Don't watch TV on the Internet?

I can smell the stink of it a mile away.

WHAT ABOUT DVD THEN

You're a persistent sumbitch, you know that?

They have Universe Ironhide at Wal-mart right now. I couldn't get myself to buy one because the alt mode is so fucking ugly to me. The windows are just horrendous. Bot mode looks cool from the pics I guess, but the alt...

As for MP Grimlock - Want.

I said that weeks ago, Marv.

l2readthisthreadandpostinitmoar~<33333

Yes, the pics look bad, but it looks much MUCH worse in person.

I'll try to sneak a peek next time I'm out.

Still say I like the Ratchet variant.

Ratchet's not bad so far, but I'm sure the windows are still ugly. lol

I'm a bot mode guy, so if there's an issue with the alt mode I'm usually forgiving. I don't care about cars and such all that much, they're cool but not a huge interest. The non matching windows and the cracks all over the Ironhide mold are definitely ugly but for the 7 dollars WM was selling them for when I got mine, I think the bot mode is worthy of owning (especially after my SUPA GEEWUN repaint)

Not the best of the line, but it is the best version of the character so far!

I have almost all mine in alt mode.

Just Bumblebee sitting on Bulkhead's shoulders, and Rescue Ratchet and Movie Prime, are in their bot modes.

BEHOLD, CHILDREN, 8 CONSTRUCTICONS

How dare you WATCH A TV SHOW

It was only because Silverbolt told me to CAST MY MIND FORWARD.

But, but, it was to a point where my mind hadn't been, so I had to rectify that. ;_;;

So that guy can be all "Watch this" and you'll go YEAH!!! but I go "watch this" and you go "FUCK TV NOOOOOO"

Neg, you are an evil bastard

[22:18] < Neg > If Silverbolt told me to paint my face with feces, I'd probably do it~
[22:20] < Ktulu > why
[22:21] < Neg > because it's fun to say stuff like that about people you like
[22:22] < Ktulu > that's pretty extreme
[22:23] < Neg > that's why it's fun? man, I dunno

Postings PMs. NOW, who's evil!

......oh wait :o

Ravage and Megatron from TF2, from the movie's official blog

It was said recently that any new bot designs would be a bit more solid looking this time, lighter on the MILLIONS OF SHARP PIECES EVERYWHERE vibe and Megatron does look every so lightly more in that vein if you ask me, particularly the legs. I'm sure the crazy crab arm is just the transformed pop-out weapon and not his regular hand, but we'll see I guess.

Ravage is uh, intense

Oh Em Gee Red Alert is a gurll

Rodimus is a natural leader. LAWL.

In Animated I'm sure he is, it's not purely G1 by the numbers by any means

Whatever, he was a natural leader in G1 too.

I'd understand if you said that to someone other than me :o:sad::p

I was saying it to everyone! ^_^

I'm bummed knowing the 25th anniversary toyline will be so minimal, the couple of things we know about it are pretty much it. Next year will be mostly movie toys :(

It wouldn't be so bad if not for the GI Joe 25th line currently being in it's 13th wave and also consisting of numerous comic 2 pack waves and vehicles and omgomg

Double post because who cares

I guess you dudes would dig Hasbro themselves referring to Rodimus as a wannabe in their recent website Q&As :D

It did cause a tiny bit of backlash, pretty funny

I'll post 3 times in a row, don't you tempt me.

Kibo Custom here I comes.

Swoop >>>>> Grimlock.

But Grimlock is fun. Getting Roddy into a fight with energon famished decepticons was lol.

There were some whispers about Grace doing some voice-overs for something of the Transformers years ago. O_O

But Grimlock is fun. Getting Roddy into a fight with energon famished decepticons was lol.

Grimlock when not reduced to goofy comedy relief is even bettar

This is in the comics, I'm betting :smrt:

Primarily, but even in Seasons 1 and 2 of the cartoon he's way more serious than in season 3

Double post because who cares

I guess you dudes would dig Hasbro themselves referring to Rodimus as a wannabe in their recent website Q&As :D

It did cause a tiny bit of backlash, pretty funny

Animated Rodimus can be a ballerina for all I care!

He has the legs for it ^_^

They all do. Too bad if they tried to stand on their toes, they'd collapse from the sheer weight of their upper bodies.

Or most of them have big ass feet if their thighs are thin, providing plenty of support, even when translated to toys :(



And while Animated Rodimus does have thin legs, his proportions aren't that different from G1 Rodimus otherwise:



And does he really have the most awful ratio of thin legs to large torso ever, or are they similar to things like, say, BW Inferno?



:(

I'm pretty sure that Inferno isn't transformed correctly. I have that figure and he has never looked off to me. That picture makes his torso look much bulkier than it really is, there's not that much there.

I'm just saying, TFs have had tiny legs before Animated

And the Animated characters mostly have big feet and the toys stand fine :o

yes but they look stupid

I really don't mind when people don't like things that I do so long as they can pick a decent enough reason. I can understand Animated not appealing to you aesthetically, it's a big change from previous TF lines. However, at least pick some reasons that have merit, or at least chose something accurate when criticizing it. Don't just make things up to hate about it. The thing about them all having ballerina legs isn't true. Most of them don't, which is all I was getting at.

If that seems bitchy it's not meant to be, it's just hearing an opinion against this show or it's toys that's actually well formed seems to rarely escape the "eww they look weird lol" realm so I naturally contest that a little.

I don't like the Bay movie or most of the toys associated with it very much, and I dislike a lot of those designs for the "random metal pieces everywhere" look, but I'm never gonna give that as my reason why I don't like the movie. I gave the movie a fair chance anyway. You ask me why I didn't dig it, I give you things I don't like about the movie itself, it's acting, it's story, it's direction, whatever, not superficial little things that wouldn't matter (or random jabs that might not even be true) if it really was well executed.

But the way it looks really is the reason I don't like it. In fact that's true of both Animated and the Bay movie. I'm sorry if that isn't a good enough reason for you but it'll have to do since it's my reason. I don't think aesthetics are an insignificant part of either a movie or a TV show. Quite the opposite, I think they are super important. I don't want to sit around and watch something I find hideous, I don't know why anybody would. There are varying degrees of it. I love Spectacular Spider-Man but I don't particularly care for the art style. But, I also don't think it's ugly, I just think it could be a lot better. If it hurt to look at it, I wouldn't have watched it.

Also I think it was relatively obvious I was exaggerating. I like to poke fun at things I think are crappy, and I think the art is crappy in that show. I can stop if it really bugs you but I had no intention of anyone taking me very seriously.

I didn't find the exaggeration obvious really, I honestly felt it was "I hate this show so I will say random negative things about it" type shit. A bad assumption I suppose, but that's how it seems to usually go. Like I said man, the critiques for this show are very rarely anything with any real thought, it's just "HAHAHA THEY ARE UGLY" and little else.

Like I said - I totally get why someone wouldn't like the look and I don't have a problem with that. When I first saw the pictures, I thought they were ugly too. I gave the show a chance though and I ended up really liking it, and it turns out the toys are pretty solid too.

I'm not the type of guy that hates when people don't share my taste, I don't mind, but I can still go into "hey man, no way man" territory over certain points. :o

eh, I did give the show a chance. I did watch the movie opening episode type thing. And I think the direction and writing are good, they just weren't good enough to make me keep at it.

no worries though, I know what you mean

I loff u TK

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/images-of-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-legends-class-toys-including-springer-and-jetfire-166401/

Well, they are just the tiny simple toys, but looks like movie Jetfire and Springer are very, very generic. Who would've guessed?

I'm crying on the inside.

Now, I know someone will attack me by saying that these aren't any different than the movie toys for the first movie, but still they look so ass-y, even compared to them ;_;;

Ass-y is a technical term.

I'm sure the bigger toys will be made much better, I mean those things are like 2 inches tall at the most, maybe not that.

The designs themselves of the new guys though, just what the hell? So much for the "TF2 bots will be more solid" thing, they look like more random drones

Oh, I know, I'm imagining them fullsized and it isn't helping.

They're selling movie Jazz. Should I bid? y/y

I want to weasel in a trip to Toys R Us tomorrow, but like trying to keep all my monies for PS3, it's harddddddddd ;_;;

Neg, how many more monies do you needs? And will you be purchasing LittleBigPlanet in the new future as well?

Back on topic, I picked up animated Grimlock. Now animated Bumblebee has someone animated to play with! :D

I will have enough, no worries.

LBP is low on the priority list, tbh. Bioshock and Fallout3 firsties.

I will have enough, no worries.

LBP is low on the priority list, tbh. Bioshock and Fallout3 firsties.

God dammit, Neg.

Don't make me not buy a PS3 and just replay Phoenix Wright and Xenosaga.

I'll do that, OUT OF SPITE :mad:

Okokokok... At least swap BioShock with LittleBigPlanet on your list of 2 games. If I have to I'll even by LBP for you. I love that game THAT much.

We'll see.

Seems that my mom is on the lookout for Streaker~

I keep telling her that my dad has already committed money to my PS3 fund and she doesn't have to buy me anything, but she's crazy like that. I fully expect Autobot Brothers, FOB Live in Phoenix, and a giant Piplup plushee under my tree, now.

Not that I'm complaining in the slightest.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-classics-20-29/new-official-images-of-transformers-universe-hot-shot-with-jolt-and-autobot-ratchet-166441/

Official (read: Photoshopped) pics of Hot Shot and Ratchet from Universe. They look pretty good. I like Ratchet's stripe in vehicle mode. I hope Hot Shot's arms aren't stuck in that position though.

wHy My shOUlDErs hurT?!

Ratchet sold sold sold. Still jigsaw-y but somehow better than Ironhide (who doesn't look HORRIBLE in person, yes I've seen it).

Wait a minute...o_O

I got Cyclonus. He is really fabulous.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WmqhLyC_p8k

There's worse things you could be watching~

IT'S TOUGH BEING A TOPNOTCH TF REVIEWER!

Legends class Jazz <3

He can be very entertaining but he just holds the toys and talks about the character, they aren't toy reviews :o

MOST Youtube toy reviews...are not toy reviews. They're descriptions. Even my shitty old ones were like that because I was just following form. My last toy video on there made fun of that. YOU JUST POINT EVERYTHING OUT ON THE TOY FOR 10 MINUTES AND PROFIT.

Anyway, TK, that is excellent. I'll be buying Cyclonus on sight, haven't seen any of that wave yet though :(



Omg I need this

He said TF reviewer, and I don't think he's ever made any bones about the fact that he reviews TF characters, or that others refer viewers to him for such.

okkkk

I'm just not into the video review thing any more in general, all the hilarious drama turned me off from it for the most part

I respect that. I still enjoy him, and Ray, and others too, I guess. I'll just lay off on posting them here since I don't think TK is watching them. I just kinda wanted your response to him calling himself a topnotch reviewer, and I got it, so yeah =/

My bad.

Haha there's no "bad" there. Feel free to love the guy all you want, and post the links man. I don't dislike him, I just don't care so much for the video review thing in general anymore :D I gave a good year of my life to watching tons of that stuff and participating myself, I'm a little burnt on it.

I think the guy is entertaining. I don't dig people being really proud of themselves over silly things though. I doubt "top notch TF reviewer" is what he wants on his tomb stone one day. There's no real big "wrong" there though, he does have his little niche and people dig him, so I guess it's fair for him to acknowledge it.

hey neg i got sideswipe too

bitch to transform though

it all locks in so tight

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/more-new-images-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-legends-jetfire-and-optimus-prime-166470/

Jetfire is...The Maxx!

haha. Wow. He really is.

And yeah, MP Grim looks incredible. Too bad I can no longer afford to waste money like I used to. I don't think I'll ever own this one, sadly.

TK I will make it my life's goal to buy you one

No Sunstreakers at Toys R Us, but I bought something anyway.

TK I will make it my life's goal to buy you one

I'd feel guilty though!

I on the other hand would feel quite turned on.

TK.

Don't deny me my raging nerd boner.

haha. Well I mean. I could feel guilty and turned on. IT HAPPENS A LOT YOU KNOW.

hey neg i got sideswipe too

bitch to transform though

it all locks in so tight

Yep, but he's still awesomesauce. I will find a Streaker if it kills me~

Did it w/o instructions, Mr. TFl33t :mad:

I do all of them without instructions! It's a way of life

I'd feel like I was going to break something on most of these, if I did :o

I guess I just...have the touch.

And more importantly, the power.

Dare, baby~

I like that one better too, mostly because of the random Vince DiCola break down in the middle.

Still never bought the soundtrack. It's really cheap at BestBuy, though.

Okay, so watching reviews I've come up with figures I really want:

Universe Sunstreaker (I'm incomplete, DAMMIT)
Henkei Astrotrain
Henkei Megs
Classics Cliffjumpers

I want Henkei megs also. But am not buying transformers for the time being. Except I'm going to kind of have to buy Hound because he's just too way beyond fucking cool.

Also, I could never imagine myself listening to most of the Transformers soundtrack on its own merit, though I could certainly, and certainly HAVE, listened to The Touch many many times.

The standard soundtrack is ok, one or two of the goofy rock songs are enjoyable. It's mostly just good for the nostalgia I think. I imagine the one they sell now is the re-release with the newer Don Figueroa cover. I have the original pressing of the CD~ In terms of pure listening I much prefer the extended one released at one of the Botcons with all of the instrumental score on it, but for people not into electronic stuff it'd probably be really boring, especially since it's dated, 80s rock influenced electronic music :o

Henkei Megs suffers like most Henkeis, has super random looking chrome parts - and is pretty expensive as an import :(

For anyone that cares to see Animated Samurai Prowl compared to the regular one:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-feedback/200796-transformers-animated-samurai-prowl-pictorial-review.html

Holy Awesome ^_^ Reminds me of City Commander armor/trailer!

And different enough to warrant buying if you already have the regular, I think. Even without the armor the molds have a lot of variation.

I still say that is the best motorcycle Transformer *ever*. The sleek, balanced, articulated robot mode they got out of such a streamlined, wispy little vehicle is amazing.

It was engineered by the same guy that did Classics Mirage, another favorite of mine, so no wonder I'm so fond~ They need to use him more imo

agree with best motorcycle transformer ever sentiment.

I saw the transformer's movie a few days ago, I really liked it it was very entertaining. My only problem was that the ending felt rushed and the mastubation scene was just dumb.

So now Silverbolt doesn't like the animated figures? Wish he'd explain what made the change in his mind, because he certainly has every right to change his mind.

I'm just thinking out loud here. He did like Starscream, didn't he? How dare he not swoon over Jazz :-P

He comes off as the "I only like the old stuff" type a lot of times, like when he held up G1 Devastator claiming no movie toys will be as good as that

You know, the toy that falls apart and can't move

I do know. Just odd that he was gushing over Animated when it started~

I mean I liked the movie opening night, yeah. I dunno, just babbling now.

Maybe he just digs the show but not the toys?

Maybe!

I think they rushed the first few waves of Animated out way too fast. The first four waves or so were all out pretty much by the end of summer and there's been very little since then. Wave 2 stuff was on the shelf with Wave 1 when I first saw em in June or so. They should've spaced it out a little better.

I guess they had to make up for the late start though, given the cartoon had already been through a whole season before the toys hit :o

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-comic-artist-marcelo-matere-166512/

My latest TFDUBYA interview, I'm proud of this one :D

gjgj Ktulu ^__^

Crazy describing Powerglide as a secret agent wearing a white tuxedo.

God help me, I can totally see it :o :o :o

Yeah

I actually watched some TF stuff last night, boredom and *the sickness* left me with a "ok well I will do this then" vibe. I watched that video, Silverbolt's Jazz one, and KalelPrime's thing about the new channel that belongs to all reviewers or whatever

I also saw a video of a kid calling Treadbolt...Acid Storm, this being a kid that watched my Rodimus Prime video - where I called him Inferno even though I had the box with Rod's name on it (and said a Garfield toy was his powermaster partner amongst other very obvious jokes) - and actually felt the need to correct me

I don't know how people can take this stuff so seriously, especially when a lot of em know fuck-all about it themselves

If properly populated with reviews, I can see Teletraan3 working well. Seeing Silverbolt and Kalel talk solely about the toy is sleep inducing, though. Probably just because I associate them with character reviews. When I want to hear about a character, they are the ones I turn to. Still, a nifty idea if executed well.

I'm not sure why I like watching these reviews so much, I guess I just like hearing people talk about Transformers, even if they are just holding them up. But, one could argue that in the time I have to watch them I could be watching TV, dun dun dun...

I might try watching Animated. We'll SEE. No promises.

UPDATE: Up to Episode 12. ZOMG Starscream's back ^________^

whatchu stank about the show nigra

I like it alot. Yeah, the human villians are goofy as hell, but the show is already that way with Sari being there, who I absolutely adore. Fantastic mix of the dramatic and the Ed, Edd, and Eddy.

Right up Neg's alley. I went 3rd person, yo~

Thrill of the Hunt and Along Came a Spider had me misty eyed and Nanosec had me swooning and giggling over Bumblebee and Sari's lovefest

You rock!
No, you rock!
No, you!
I said you rock!!

:love::swoon::love::swoon::love:

Yeah at least the goofiness of the villains is mostly intentional though, most of them are comic relief. Angry Archer! Plus, they allow the Decepticons not to show up and get trounced every show, making them more credible as villains you know.

It seems to me like they go back and forth with Bumblebee or Bulkhead as the "fan favorite" push for the show, sometimes I honestly can't tell which one they intend it to be.

Yeah, Bulkhead totally carried the weight in Sound & Fury.

I really don't mind, I love Bulkhead and Bumblebee pretty much equally, so seeing them both get loving is A-OK with me. So glad I have both of them already, saves me money ;)

My favorite Animated Autobot is probably Ratchet but I like them all

Ratchet is damn good times, indeed! Definitely got the Kup angle down ^__^

Kinda intrigued that Starscream was gone from the intro til now, I'll see how that is explained when I get back on the wagon. Already got Survival of the Fittest loaded on the tube (damn peak hours!). Point being, I want to say Screamy is my favorite 'con but how much of that is because of old loyalties, I guess?

Really loved Blitzwing in Lost & Found. Honestly want to get his toy.

Money, always with the MONEY ;_;;


Fanservice:



Daniel was also in that ep :D

Man there's stuff like that through the whole series, it's a fan service extravaganza

MEGATRON LIVES ^_^

Starting last ep. of season 1.

Wreck-Gar <333333333333 Too bad the toy has that gimmick problem~

What gimmick problem

The lifter things just hang off the back of the bot. Okay maybe not a "problem," moreso an issue of aesthetics?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGMhH3dm_WY

Fistful of Energon :swoon: Lockdown si love.

If they don't make a poncho'd Lockdown, they's crazy

We *need* a Clint Eastwood Transformer

Do you know how hard it is for me not to go buy an Animated figure right now?

Very *pouts* :sad:

They'll be around for a long time, no sweat

All I can say is ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG when's Season 3?!?!?

DON'T START WITH ME, WOMAN. Oh Screamy :swoon:

Sari's a bot ^_______^
Omega Supreme, represent ;_;;

I want leader bulkhead so I can sit animated bumblebee on his shoulders.

I also want MP Grimlock. I'm loving the new picks of him.

Bumblebee sits just fine on Voyager Bulkhead's:



The scale is borked, but hey you can save yourself money. I need to dust :o


OH GOD YES! The end credits uninterrupted! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJqmgaa-S0

Screamy I'll have ur children~

Destiny Fulfilled

Good job Steve Kringle.

Now the question is, will you buy Red Alert?

Ummm, no?

Good chance of me buying Ratchet and Swoop tomorrow, though. Can't really have Lockdown w/o Ratchet, mir?

Ratchet is really good, you should like him.

I'm going to buy the remainder of the new Universe stuff from now through spring and then try my best to put off toy buying for a while, I've gotta get my bank account a little healthier. Movie toys will take over in May for TFs, Marvel Legends is dying down, new DC and GI Joe figures are hard as fuck to find anyway - so it should be easy.

Haha. Yeah, I don't see myself buying any movie toys.

Animated plastic crack :o :o :o

Definites: Rodimus
Good Possibilities: Ratchet, Swoop, Samurai Prowl
Outside Chances: Wreck-Gar, Leader Bulkhead

I saw BLAZING LOCKDOWN this morning, did not buy. I will eventually, probably, but I figured I'd see it again when I have more money later.

You're not going to get either of the excellent deluxe or voyager Optimus figures?

I don't collect Optimii :o Yeah, I have Movie Ops and I quite fancy it and always will seeing as it was the first TF I had bought in almost 2 decades.

I will say this, while G1 Optimus drives me insane, Animated Optimus doesn't make me want to constantly strangle him. That's a big improvement, in my book.

So do you only like a few specific characters and hate all the rest with everything then

Optimus blargh
Chris Redfield blargh

What's next on the list? I bet you hate all of the members of Fall Out Boy except that one dude you talk about like you know him, don't you :(

Um...yeah :o

I do tend to do that. In everything :o :o :o

I'm a pretty all or nothing guy. I just don't really think about the other members of Fall Out Boy. I mean I think about Pete and Patrick, because well Pat is the singer and he's hard to ignore. I don't hate them, though.

Optimus just has that All-American hero who can do no wrong thing going on, and it just doesn't feel like there's any room for development in him? Whereas with Rodimus there's room to move up and down and he's flawed and I love that, because I'm a flawed sumbitch.

Maybe my side of the coin is just as goofy, or maybe it's just being open minded, but I tend to like most things related to my interests, be it the characters in a story, songs on an album, or whatever. I even like most different kinds of soda :o

I'm not much of a "I like this and ooooonly this" type of guy - not since I've been in my 20s anyway, I figure

I'm not incapable of liking many things about something, but I do trend towards not liking the ones that I don't. Maybe I'm just trying to create a contrast effect: LOOK HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS, FUCK THE REST OF IT.

I've hurt people's feelings doing that exact thing, so you'd think I'd learn to lay off it in other realms ;_;;

The Fallen's face, apparently. Possibly just a stylized Decepticon logo, but it seems too much for that. Tis the first official teaser poster, with some photoshoppin to bring out details hidden in shadow before.

I cringe at the thought of Pat Lee characters making it into more mainstream TF properties, but oh well. I just hope he doesn't get royalties - doesn't fucking deserve any more TF paychecks.

Finally saw Leader class figures. I didn't have the scratch with me to buy Bulky :sad:

I just got back from Target(I shop early to avoid the crowding), saw Leader Magnus and it killed me to leave it there. Can't afford it just yet.

I also saw the new Cheetor. Left him too, I'm not gonna buy that thing before Hound and Cyclonus. I figure I'll find the others soon.

Also saw some G.I. Joe Mighty Muggs, man those are cool as hell.

Saw Hound the other day at Kmart. I hate that place, it's definitely low-man on my TF hotspot totem pole.

Toys R Us always has the most, but the selection isn't super awesome. Kmart has like the dregs, always looks ravaged, never has anything I want. Target always looks worse for wear but almost always has what I want. They had Lockdown and Sunstreaker, and they had my Dawn figure ^_^

Saw Blazing Lockdown at Walmart yesterday (not really interested). They moved everything to its own aisle and even had a giant banner over it. I might take a picture of it, if I go back for Bulky.

The one K-Mart left here is on the other side of town. It always looks like a tornado hit it, and the prices are crap on what they do have. I never bother. There used to be a really nice Super K closer by around the Robots in Disguise days that I would buy stuff from now and then. I think I got my RiD Megatron there. I have no idea why I can remember that.

Nearest TRU is 20 miles away so I don't go very often. It's usually pretty decent though.

Now that KB is gone, which had become a shit store due to it's prices, crappy stock, and impossible to find exclusives anyway (it was pimp in the late 80s-mid 90s), that leaves two Wal-Marts and a Target. The Target here always looks good, and they stock pretty regularly. It's just a matter of the stock being current - mostly the same deal with Wal-Mart. It takes new things a long while to show up here generally.

We used to have a Media Play and Suncoast here that carried a lot of action figures they don't sell in any of the other main retail places, especially anime/mange import stuff. Closed down a few years ago. I miss those stores. I found Appleseed figures for 2 bucks each at Media Play once :o Only place I ever saw Alternators Wheeljack too!

wtf double postage

The stock was TOO current for my taste, last week. That, however, is entirely my fault. I don't really have a right to complain that they have 50 swoops (when all I wanted was a Lockdown) when I took god knows how long to finally watch the show.

I edited the balls out of my post (I typed balls instead of post at first lolll)

AND YOU'RE RIGHT BTW LOL.

Around Christmas I saw huge restocks of all the earlier waves though. I think they'll still linger about. I'm sure once the movie promotion kicks up - which will start around the Super Bowl (first movie trailer debuts during that) they're gonna want characters on shelves that all the kids know best.

BTW mid-80s KB comment (and finding it funny I remember where I got my RiD Megatron) made me remember that I actually got one of my G1 Transformers there. This is totally weird but one of my earlier child hood memories is this particular trip there, looking at the tons of Transformers they had. This had to be like 1988. I picked out Pretender Cloudburst. :D

I lost my Pretender Starscream the very morning I got it. I looked all over the house and my grandmother's, too.

First toy I ever had to rebuy. I was a careful kid, I guess.

Probably got stuck under some chair somewhere or something!

I'm now remembering a bunch of old toy memories, even checking stuff out in stores. The old KB store that always had amazing deals like 3 for $10 on Marvel toys and an action figure aisle stuffed to the gills, TRU full of G.I. Joe figures, seeing Beast Wars for the first time, awing at G2 Megatron cos he seemed so big, etc.

Being a little guy looking up at those figures in the aisles definitely gave it all a grander feel than it has now, with the smaller shelf spaces per toy line - and of course the general effect of being much taller, ha! I used to love just going to look at stuff when I was a kid, it seemed like the toys never ended. Since my mom worked at TRU I spent a lot of time there. Even knowing most of the time I wasn't getting anything, I still really enjoyed it.

Seemed there were always some cool older guys (probably our age now) into comics and things like that working there too that would pal around with me. Totally innocently, mind you. My mom was friends with them usually. Totally innocently, mind you. One of them later on even used to let me go in back and we'd open up cases of new toys and check out everything before it went out :D

My mom worked at Toy World for a while. BEFORE I WAS BORN, THOUGH. Dirty bitch~ :p

Every other Friday night as a kid, we'd go out to dinner and I'd get $20 to spend at Children's Palace. *sigh*

Always spent on TF, obviously.

I always edit my posts somewhat and then see you've already posted again, wtbsbs

That's cool though. For a while we had a friday night thing, pizza and video games or movies with one of my older cousins. That even evolved to taking him on summer vacations with us. Not too long after that my parents got divorced though, and thus entered the stage of generally never doing a god damn thing!

Now we're getting off TFs haha

Associated memories are always good times, though.

Remember unboxing Scattershot and being like WHERE'S THE COMPUTRON PARTS, YOU BASTARDS!! They were behind a partition of cardboard, not sure if that was always the case and I was braindead that one time XD

I had(still have) a Scattershot, but didn't have the pleasure of unboxing him, it was a hand me down from the son of one of my mom's co-workers. The smaller guns and combiner parts weren't there, but the large rifle was at least. I also got Lightspeed (no guns) and one half of Flywheels in that exchange. Still have those too!

Only having one half of a Transformer made of two parts...sucks.

I have the wings of Divebomb.....and nothing else o_O

My Animated Screamer is so borked. The nosecone is completely broken off the tracks, have to manually move it, and I can't close his arms over his head w/o it popping out of the socket. Consequently, it goes FLYING whenever I transform him back to robot mode.

Though, given the show, it is hella appropriate, mir?

Is it too early to want a Masterpiece Animated figure? Masterpiece Animated Starscream, please ;_;; Null rays, Wings that are actually skinny and stay up at a 45 degree angle, and for the LOVE OF GAWD, normal legs. The leg joints on this thing are the most awkward things ever. I've ween the ones on movie Screamy and yeah, I'm convinced these are worse. Bend at the weirdest fucking places.

How did your Starscream end up so bad?

I do agree that the legs are a little weird, but I like when they try new things, seeing as I have so many of them. I don't know about movie Starscream's legs to be honest, I only own the Target Premium version - still packaged, bought because it was clearanced to like 7 bucks.

This is deluxe Sideswipe from Movay2:



Fanboy wants to scream WHY SILVER but you know, it's interesting I guess. The "hey I'm a fucking horse" leg style is an odd design choice.

I think I originally talked about the nosecone bit when I got it, and I have no idea why the head won't go down far enough such that the arms don't pop it out.

Probably the same problem, as the socket is on the assembly that sits on the track. I'm not saying I talked about the track before to make you go digging for it, I just honestly can't remember and I know I didn't just start pushing the cone violently for no reason. I'm not 5 yrs old. In my physical behaviors anyway. Emotionally, sure, no denying it~

Is there going to be a Streaker in the movie?

I don't know, but I'm sure Hasbro will end up selling red and yellow repaints anyway, like their G1 repaints of Starscream (and then into Thundercracker) and Jazz for the first movie

Never ended up finding that repaint. Just as well.

Damned store exclusives. Wal-Mart ones are the only easy ones, generally. The recent FLOOD of Target exclusives killed me. No way I could afford all that, I just picked Dirge/Roadbuster and said to hell with the rest. There was like 8 different exclusive TF sets at Target this Christmas, not to mention other toy lines, and of course now they're all gone.

I do have the G1 Movie Jazz though, personally.

Is Blazing or Stealth Lockdown even rumored to be in the show? By that I mean is he going to upgrade his way into a cloaking mechanism and being on fire?

Kinda thinking maybe I should get Oil Slick now in case he's late in Season 3, I like him because friends with Lockdown and I'm stuck saying WHY DIDN'T I BUY HIM WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.

Oil Slick is pretty cool and yes I think they are putting him in the show, Laserbeak too

I'm not sure about the other versions of Lockdown but it's possible. Apparently they plan most of the variations/repaints/remolds to represent things from the show, i.e. Samurai Prowl.

Please to be making

Omega Supreme and Sari

I'm almost embarassed at how much of an Animated fanboy I am :p

I was really hoping for a Universe Omega Supreme, but that looks pretty unlikely at this point.

I could see an Animated one being sort of ok though, similar to how Animated Ultra Magnus was ok and I would actually consider getting him if he didn't still suffer from giant chin syndrome.

Giant chins are a symbol of virility ;)

They are supposedly bringing Universe back after the movie - we'll see. Who knows what's possible from there?

They saaaay there are no plans for an Animated Omega yet. That's pretty crazy, but I guess it has to do with the size class, maybe they're still leary of the sales on the super expensive ones.

I saw some link to a site selling in scale Sari figures, but they looked like butt.

Maybe if she actually ends up with a transformation we'll get a scout class

I can't wait to see Sideswipe in Transformers 2: Electric Boogaloo.

I'm buying Leader Bulkhead Tuesday morning, Marv.

He's there and I have the money and I want him. I will hug him while I watch the show and put Bumblebee on his shoulders when I'm not <333

I'm saving for masterpiece Grimlock and Megatron. I know Megs has had its issues, but the bot mode is just so damn sexy to not have on display.

Ray/Ilovemess put an idea in my head today.

Masterpiece Rodimus Prime, to atone for the G1 debacle (yes, he's still my favorite, love wipes away all flaws).

MASTERPIECE RODIMUS PRIME, NOAW!

I'm saving for masterpiece Grimlock and Megatron. I know Megs has had its issues, but the bot mode is just so damn sexy to not have on display.

All the issues it has are with it's bot mode.

Gun mode looks fine though I hear it's quite large.

Robot mode is a spindly pile of balls though.

Robot mode would be ok if not for the shitty ass legs imo.

Okay, okay, I get it, Wasp ends up as a Wasp. Why do I still want a green Bumblebee repaint instead, though ;_;;

Okay, okay, I get it, Wasp ends up as a Wasp. Why do I still want a green Bumblebee repaint instead, though ;_;;

G1? Animated? Universe? Movie? Moot?

I got MP Megatron for $75 when he was on sale at TF Source, best price I've ever seen for one. I don't mind him. The robot mode looks really nice in person.

Although, I've considered selling it given some hard financial times for me. It's hard to do though given that I'll probably never get another one for as cheap as that one.


Okay, okay, I get it, Wasp ends up as a Wasp. Why do I still want a green Bumblebee repaint instead, though ;_;;

They'd have to make a cybertronian Bumblebee first - which is a possibility.

G1? Animated? Universe? Movie? Moot?

Animated.



For covering oil leaks, in your doors...

Okay, okay, I get it, Wasp ends up as a Wasp. Why do I still want a green Bumblebee repaint instead, though ;_;;

Forest? Moss? Atom Narmor? Emerald? Pine?

That's the second time someone has mentioned Atom in reference to me. I don't appreciate it. ;)

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/2955291-starscream-mighty-muggs-pic.html

Yay

Can't see w/o logging in. :(

Sign up then you ninny

Or clickah here
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/universe-classics-20-29/first-image-of-mighty-muggs-starscream-166588/

Looks neat ^^

Do they appreciate Pokemon, Phoenix Wright, and Silent Hill?

With 33,000 members it's a safe bet that you wouldn't be the only one

WOW

That reads like sarcasm

It's not, I'm just trying to imagine if all the people reg'd on Shrine actively posted in GD.

That's what I'm imagining tfw is like. Is it?

Urhghr it's a pretty active forum

2 million+ posts since I believe either 07 or 06, there was a reset in there somewhere

Big Bad Toystore delivers



I'm not a liar, just had to wait til now to sneak it into the house. I don't need to hear "you spent $40 on a TF instead of the loan?!?!"



Rechargeable batteries we have don't hold enough of a charge for my camera, anymore. BUGGER~

Reg'd at tfw. I actually got Neg o_O Well, I'll be damned.

God damnit, Neg.

Just transformed him. He's like butter.

BUTTER, I SAY!

Headmaster is like the emo villian of Animated. I love him for it. OWNAGE, TOTAL OWNAGE!

Both excellent toys

I forgot to add in my TFW pimping that those posts are actual posts and not largely comprised of off-topic convo or nonsense :D The only "spam allowed" forum does not add to post counts, and it's only available for staff

I know it might sound crazy, but I don't know how I'd function at a site that didn't allow stream-of-consciousness posting.

Blitzwing's a bit fiddly in all 3 modes, but he's a triple-changer and so we will forgive him this.

So I was taking pictures of my Grimlocks out of excitment for the upcoming masterpiece Grimlock.







...Then I thought since I don't have Bulkhead, maybe Grimlock will do!!! :D

Do you have Alt. Grimlock to go with those guys?

That's a very good question because I don't have him and I was looking for one online the other day. Advice on where to find him please.

Will you go buy a Bulkhead already?

I dunno, Alt Grim would sorta disrupt the T Rex flow.

He'd fit well enough in bot mode - silver, same basic head, the sword, blah blah. Plus, once Mark transforms it once, he'll never wanna try it again anyway :D

He could always go for the Energon Grimlock...but it's pretty much a stinker.

I'm still looking for the best price on Alt. Grimlock - will update when I get it. Alternators can be pricey.

But the big car front on his torso would totally give it away. =(

Hmm... I'm not in any hurry for alt Grimmie. MP Grimlock ftw!

Poor 'Cons.



'Bots kicking it with homies

whoa neg you got a damn large amount of toys there. maybe i can hide amongst them and no one will see me...

I knew you were coming back as soon as someone bumped the Dr. Who thread.

I ain't got shit on Ktulu.
King Kong ain't got shit on Ktulu ^_^

what about my thread?!?!?!

Advent Children and Spirits Within in that picture.

Embarassing :o :o :o :o :o

Neg, he's all yours to add to your collection if you want him. I really don't care that much.

Yeah, I never got him :o

I really don't know why I got the G1 deco movie Jazz. Just let me know where to ship him.

Replied to PM. Made you a return offer~

Offer not needed. :p

Advent Children and Spirits Within in that picture.

Embarassing :o :o :o :o :o

lol'd
V for Vendetta, and Batman make up for that

Oh hang on, you got The Last Kiss in there :notgood:

Says the man with a Sephiroth av~

Zack is the next Cusack. Still haven't watched that, btw. Haven't watched Scanner Darkly, either.

True, I admit I did enjoy AC.

Don't bother with Scanner Darkly, unless you like watching movies with a sense that your under the influence yourself.

Oh actually, I watched it twice.

Is that an Optimus on the top shelf?

Second to top shelf, but yep that's Movie Optimus behind Rescue Ratchet.

I had him on my desk in robot mode forever, Ratchet was on that first shelf when there used to be a stereo there. They got the shaft out of fairness. Guess I could move the movies elsewhere.

I've heard of Secret of Mana, but havent seen what it is yet.

It was a great game for its time. An action/rpg kinda thing. Not sure I'd want to play it today. Somehow, someway it remained complete in box. Swami wanted it, once upon a time.

Just offered it to Marv, but it seems he already got a copy.

Speaking of movie Optimus, I still haven't finished my custom paint job on him. I was 1/3 of the way and just stopped. lol.

I've never painted anything. I tried to fix Lockdown's left hand, but my x-acto knife way too old and rusty and it didn't work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJcM1l79hE

Since you dudes like these transmorphing robot things so much I thought maybe you could help me figure out what toy this is in the video

Thanks dude bros

Ilu <3

This is a gem of literary art:



Unbroken Hook says hi, also BUY ME:



Fort Max stares menacingly:

Nerd-factor kicks in, tells me Quintesson is the race, not the planet, and that it should read "Wild boy of Quintessa" - but hey, what the flup

I'll buy your Hook and Fort Max for a dollar each

You didn't tell me what my toy was :(

Ktulu you know I would give them to you for free. I have Max's companions, and satellite dish, but I need to see if I need to go hunting for some guns. By hunting I mean finding my icecream bucket full of TF weapons, not Ebay.

In the box I found Hook in I found all the Constructicons except Scrapper (he's around here somewhere) and also what I'm sending Mark in return for Jazz.

EDIT: Scavenger. Animated is warping my brain!

Taking a Fort Max free would constitute taking extreme advantage of a person haha

If I had one (and I wasn't in some dire financial trouble) - I'd totally sell it for a dollar though, just because it's fucking ridiculous

How about you figure out how much shipping would be and I'll just charge you that ;)

I can't imagine why you'd wanna give it up :o

Mainly because I figure you'd appreciate it more. Probably lingering guilt of having my parents actually buy it for me.

Oh my. Did they buy it back in tha day or later on after it began to cost a million dollars?

Back in the day, thankfully.

Thinking about getting 10th Ann'y Waspinator or the Fox Kid's repaint of his Transmetal variant instead of the Animated one.

Do what ya do maing



On this toy, a fuck you to the people always bitching that Hasbro doesn't care about fans

The license plate is amazing

i dont get it

someone exploan it plose

http://www.redshirt.co.uk/tall-tales/armada-the-real-story/

This leaked Armada comic came out a little before that line started with wacky art and tri-lingual world balloons, leaving very little semblance of plot due to the cramped dialogue space. Someone basically just put dumb shit over the words to show what was "really going on" and in the process they made Hot Shot out to be a total fucktard screaming YUM JaAM!! and shit like that. The license plate on the toy is actually a reference to that, so it's pretty huge fan service, especially considering it stems from something making fun of the character.

If you ever went to bwtf.com when it was up, his rating system was based on that.

BTW Neggg Animated Wreck-Gar is showing up in stores apparently

O rly. Might have to bite if I see it, seeing as I bought my other outside chance figure (Leader Bulky) with AUTHORITY and WRECKLESS ABANDON.

Leader Bulks is a fine mutha fucka of a toy, you made the right choice~

Asplodin' Shoulders.

That is all.

Nope, nope, have something else to say.

VOODOO DOLL TIEM

thats pretty cool that he can sit in there

well presumeably he can sit in there

He can. It said it at TFW2005.

Man that video is bitter sweet Neg. It's fun and all, but I can't get over that I bothered learning how to play the song for real, ridiculous show-off solos and all, so that it would look accurate whenever I'm shown playing. He chose to cut and shuffle my footage around, meaning anytime I'm shown with my guitar, it absolutely does not match whatever the music is doing. The result - it looks like I'm just some asshole standing there pretending to play.

Oh well :(

The BEST NEWS EVER about upcoming movie toys is that there's yet another voyager Prime repaint. That makes the grand total releases of that mold around...five now.

Honestly, I feel it's the worst of the 3 videos. Nothing seems to sync properly. I mean I know it's just for fun, but the others seem better put together, I guess? I really shouldn't talk, I can't edit for crap :o

It is my personal mission to not buy a single movie toy.

I filmed for widescreen and I got all stretched and shrank down in a weird way too, and my lulzy STOMACH DRUMMING was not shown, he put the guy playing the theme melody totally wrong there instead lolslsol (on this page Ktulu acts like a music snob)

But yeah it is fun times, I guess that's all he was after.

I might buy the new Leader Prime on a clearance or something. It's bound to hit a sale at some point.

Financial crisis time, gotta sell my MP Megatron, maybe other things :(

Financial crisis time, gotta sell my MP Megatron, maybe other things :(

How much you want? I can pay you after fen 6th.

Thanks for the offer, I've got it up on TFW2005 though, hopefully someone will come through. I'd be glad to offer it to you but I need to pad the bank account a little bit sooner than that, I've got a huge fee I've got to settle by the 2nd :(

sorry to hear that. Hope all pulls through for you.

One offer so far but he just wanted to trade me other toys for it, lulz

If I could pay bills with toys, I think I could probably retire already

Sorries, Ktulu :( Been there, done that ;_;;

I'm suddenly feeling really bad for people who collect seekers, with the Movie and Animated ones flooding in. But hey, if it makes you happy, it makes you happy, I guess.

I do plenty of weird things, myself ;)

I'm happily skipping the movie and Animated Activators seekers. I just can't afford to splurge like that. Universe/Classics though, I'll buy them if they shit em out.

Hey TK be happy, Animated might possibly end for good after the next season. Not 100 percent confirmed though.

WHAT WHAT WHAT?!?!??!?

GODAMMIIIIII11T. That was just for you, TK <3

So basically everything Neg loves either ends, leaves, or dies. I see how it is.

It's been a big success, I can't see them getting rid of it unless they just want to move the franchise elsewhere. It's weird though, a while ago there was talks of Animated going on for years.

Like I said though, it's possible it won't work out that way. Just have to wait and see for now. The art director talks about Animated on his blog a good bit. Maybe he'll share some inside info soon.

This newest tidbit is interesting:


For Transformers Animated fans, when it rains it pours.

Marty Isenberg has apparently sent an E-mail to numerous individuals including our own Aernaroth, who interviewed Marty here for TFW2005 last year, stating that he was asked to clean out his office at Cartoon Network and that his current E-mail address was "not long for this world".

Marty Isenberg has been both the story editor and a writer for all of Transformers Animated thus far, including both Season 1 and 2, as well as the yet-to-air Season 3.

Couple this with our recent rumor of Transformers Animated ending after Season 3, and things don't look good for fans of Animated.