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  1. M'Kyuun
    Hmm, yes, yes it does. Alas, character building. As it happens, I just returned from retrieving my truck from the garage, and the financial damage was a quarter of what I was anticipating, so my regret at having not jumped on the Batwing yesterday stings a bit. But, I've lived 49 years without it; another few weeks to a month or so won't kill me. As I get older, I find my need for stuff has watered down to a mere want, if that makes sense. The lack of availability, or exclusivity, is frustrating, but more often than not, patience prevails. Missing out on the free items, as those are one-time deals, and the double VIP points are the real bummers.
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    The LEGO '89 Batwing went up for sale for VIPs only yesterday, and I decided I'd go in on a copy this morning, but they're already sold out. The trend of underestimating demand on initial releases plagues any number of companies, but LEGO seems to excel at it. What really sucks about it is that we're still in a double VIP point window, so that would have been a nice bump. Alas, I hesitated, as my vehicle is in the garage currently for repairs, and in anticipation of a sizeable bill, I demurred yesterday. This morning, I was feeling a little more cavalier, and decided to just go for it, but it looks like I'll be waiting, along with all the non-VIPs, for them to eventually restock. For those of you with kids, or perhaps just nostalgia from your own childhoods, LEGO IDEAS released a Sesame Street set. Growing up with the show myself in the 70s and 80s, I must confess a bit of nostalgic attachment. Part of me wants it for the figs (Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch), as we'll likely never get these characters again, although Sesame Street seems like it would have been a good partner with LEGO decades ago given the shared target audience. It's certainly more apropos than some of its other licensees, but I digress. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it here.
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    Thanks Mike, but I PM'd David on the off-chance that he still had his, and he does, so I'm likely getting it from him. As always, I appreciate the offer to help a brother out. If only the TF community as a whole embodied that spirit.
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    We have ten Walgreens in the Spokane area, and none of them have it in store or available for shipping. I checked one of the stores in person yesterday, and they didn't have it. I'm hoping it's just an ordering or distro issue, but it doesn't inspire hope. I'm starting to wish I'd PM'd David about his copy when he first posted. Collecting toys should be a stress reliever, not the cause of it.
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    So true. At this point, every VF-1 toy should come with an integrated udder accessory.
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    Digits crossed for an update or a final for the YF-21. They've made enough progress on it already to hopefully stay the course. Heck, I'd take it as it was shown- much better balance between fighter and battroid, with the battroid looking far more proportionately correct than the Yamato.
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    The passions that these toys evoke, as well as the division, is just fascinating. I'm also of the opinion that having the options is the best possible situation, as it helps satisfy nearly everyone's tastes. I wish there were even more toys available, but as it is, we're spoiled for choice. I find Treatment's view interesting, as well, and I sympathize to a point. I think there was a far better balance between modes with MP-03/11, but it didn't carry over the exactingly faithful cartoon look in bot mode that the majority of fans, myself included, like. To that end, the Maketoys appeals to me over MP-52 for achieving a better balance between fighter and bot modes while still presenting a rather faithful representation of the toon model in bot mode. I still wish the fighter mode was better, but it's ok, and more accurate than MP- 52's fighter mode. But for those that are all in on MP-52, I hope it turns out to be a good figure, and I also hope those same folks will sell off their Maketoys figs relatively cheaply for folks like myself that find it the more appealing option. As for the Wally exclusive Headmaster repaints in retro packaging, I like touches like that. I still think the 80's TF packaging was some of the most striking of any toy line that has come since. It definitely caught the eye and stirred the imagination, as well as showcased some beautiful artwork all around. Gushing aside, out of the group, Brainstorm is the one that I missed when TR was out, and I'm hoping to pick him up this time around. As for those who desire the G1 toys, the appeal of those toys is absolutely lost on me, aside from perhaps a wee smidge of nostalgia. I thought the G1 toys were crap back in the 80's, especially when that box art, as well as the cartoon, sold me on the notion of articulated figures. Articulation has always been important to me, so the idea of going back to those old bricks as opposed to the more complex and articulated figs of today is anathema. That said, folks like what they like, and for the folks that like the G1 toys, I hope Hasbro continues to release them. I'm one less fan you have to compete with. +1 Unfortunately, we live in an age where people feel entitled to their opinions, that their opinion is the only opinion that matters, and hostility is the only reaction to a difference in opinion. It doesn't help that internet anonymity and the absence of accountability seem to bring out the worst in people.
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    I have Agamemnon, and I agree on both points. Aesthetically, Magic Square's Doomsday is superior. It's a fun little Megatron figure, though. The transformation is pretty cool. I'd love for either MS or a 4th party to upscale Doomsday to voyager scale to fit in with CHUG, since we will never get a proper G1 Megatron again officially in the mainline.
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    Yet, there are precedents for it's having been done better: Maketoys' Meteor New Age's Leviathan (sorry so blurry- I took this freehand, and the camera is extremely sensitive to vibration)
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    It's 0619 PST, and the Wally POs have yet to be posted. When they finally do get around to posting them, it'll probably be O'dark thirty in the AM and only scalper bots will end up getting them. All I want is Brainstorm, which I missed when TR was still running. I have all the rest, and don't feel the need to pick up repaints. Nice that Hasbro is reissuing these, but they picked a lousy marketing partner. At least Target and Amazon post their new products on time. @Negotiator, @mikeszekely, thanks for the links, guys. Thanks to you, I was able to get my figs. Now if Wally would just post theirs...
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    She's a fun one to pose, eh Kuma. BFB did such a great job with sculpting, painting, and articulation that she looks good from just about any angle. Really glad I got her. Every time I see your pic of the two Jazzes, the one on the right always strikes me as playing air guitar. Not sure if that was your intention, but it's actually apropos to the character, and for me it adds levity to the shot.
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    I'm still not seeing the Walmart exclusive Headmasters anywhere. If anyone has a link, I'd appreciate it. Edit: Apparently Walmart hasn't listed them yet, as the links aren't posted on TFW, either. Nice lineup of figs, but I was hoping they'd announce the Ark dude as a surprise reveal. Guess we'll have to keep waiting for it.
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    Thanks for the links; they weren't coming up for me at all, even directly searching by name. Having the same issue on Walmart's site. None of the new figs are showing up on their TF page.
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    My heart sank when they said "exclusive". I've come to despise that word. Fortunately, I have all but Brainstorm (missed that one), so I'm going to try to get him. Def want Thrust (my fave Conehead) and Runabout from Target. And all the "86 figs from Pulse.
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    Aw, man, that sucks. The vast majority of my collection is on shelves, although I do keep a few on the coffee table for hand candy when I' watching a show. My cat, a Manx, is a bit of a chewer, more than my dog, rest her soul, ever was. She's eight now, and her proclivity was waned slightly, although she still likes to go after pointy bits from time to time. She has yet, knock on wood, to do any major damage to any of my figures. RtS Jazz remains one of my favorite CHUG figs, and until the '86 SS fig, was the most faithful rendition of the character. While I like the SS' bot mode for all it does right, it makes me wonder why they wouldn't go the extra mile to make those feet fold into the car mode. It'd be nice if a third party rectified that ill bit of engineering slackery. Your points are valid, especially if you want toon accuracy. The RtS is still a really good Jazz fig, but definitely has its liberties. And yeah, the leg are wonky. I still love it, though.
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    Jazz is looking pretty good, except for the feet hanging out the back of his car mode. C'mon Hasbro, you've already done better: The "86 SS Jazz bot mode looks pretty good, though, hollow forearms notwithstanding. It has a good mix of toon and toy. Shame they cocked up the car mode, which could also do with some paint apps on the rear fenders to complete the look. Mixed bag, this one, but I'll still probably get it. I have Arcee, and car feet aside, this is still far better than that figure. Wonder why they changed his number on the doors? Seems a running trend with WFC. Hot Rod looks amazing. All things being equal, I'd rather Jazz was the amazing figure.
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    I officially embodied the "ass' part of assume with my post. I looked up the Ocular Max , and yeah, it channels the OG toy rather well. I remember liking the look of their Inferno, but ultimately went with the MP version, which turned out to be a nice figure, although a bit drab for lack of detail in bot mode. I'd rather have the sculpted details of Girder or Wrestle. But then, I've always been a fan of detail, preferring more over less, especially with a robot toy. Ooh, I'm very curious to see close ups of Jazz and Grimlock. Grimlock looks a bit emaciated in that pic; I hope it's a product of distortion, but somehow I doubt it, as the others look proportionate. I hope they do the rest of the Dinobots, as the PotP figs left somewhat to be desired between their small scales and concessions for the combining gimmick. Hey, at least you got a PO. I missed it, and am now at the mercy of their crappy stocking and distro practices. If it's any consolation, I've received delay notices from Amazon and Pulse recently, so I think it's more an issue of the pandemic taking its toll than the actual retailers, although, in your defense, Wally's track record ain't the greatest. Hopefully they'll come through- for all of us who want these figures.
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    I think Hasbro should do it themselves. Give HG two middle fingers with one figure. That said, I wonder if maybe there was some intent behind Maverick's design, a test as it were, to see how far they can push.
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    Thanks for the pic, Tekering. Comparing the two, there's just so much more texture, detail, and chunkiness to the Ocular Max. Plus, it looks like it has lo-pros compared to the fuller tires on the Takara. I think both are good toys; they just do different things aesthetically. Having MP Inferno, I think the better choice for me would have been to go with Girder for those differences. Too, I'm a fan of MMC's toys, so there's a little bias in there as well. Chronocidal said, "I think what's the most hilarious is how utterly VF-1-esque the transformation appears to be." Uncanny, isn't it? Well, when you can't figure something out yourself, borrowing from something that works isn't out of the question. And who knows, maybe Kawamori had a hand in its design, or at least gave Takara his blessing.
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    I agree. It takes a little effort to get her legs locked into place with her ankles pretty deep into the front wheel wells, without touching the tires, as well as getting her hands into a good position where they're not dragging, but that effort is pleasantly rewarded by a smooth rolling car mode. The car mode looks nice, too. I do like the official Arcee transformation with the front of the car forming her chest, but given the heavily anthropomorphic style of Nicee's design, the departure is easily overlooked. The extra utility of her shoulder pods as hip skirts or a stylized bow is also pretty cool. I appreciate the innovation, even if my preference is to leave them on her shoulders. I do lament the omission of the hip weapon storage as originally seen in the concept art; that's a Robocop inspired feature that I was really looking forward to, and it's sad that it didn't make it into the final product. Too, the omission of the Arcee inspired head was dismaying, but hopefully it'll be among the accessories with their Windblade release. The fit and form of this figure is really impressive, though, and it raises my interest in how their Windblade is going to turn out. I thought we might see a proto at Wonderfest this year, but AFAIK, it wasn't shown. I'm not sure what the next Asian Con or toy show is, but fingers crossed their Windblade will be among the exhibits (along with Bandai's long awaited YF-21). Anyway, I absolutely love the art style BFB went with; she's just a beautiful figure.
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    Couple of blasts from the past there, Kuma. Looking good, as always. I only got MP Inferno, and the way they designed the ladder to fold and stow inside the body is really it's coolest selling point, so far as this particular character goes. None of the third party contenders came up with so elegant a solution, just letting the ladder dangle off the back. I do regret not picking up MMC's Grapple, as I liked their design, but wasn't interested enough in the character at the time to pick him up. Too, it would have been nice to have that difference in aesthetics.
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    This is a nice bit of crossover action I saw on Twitter today. The upcoming Maverick in VF-0 livery. Pretty sharp. I'm tempted to do the same when I get mine. Gotta chime in, too, and say what a nice looking fighter mode this is, especially with all the fanfare for MP-Starscream V2 and his rather questionable fighter mode. I wish more jet-formers looked this good.
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    I'll have to try and remember that for Friday. Def down for most of those figs. As for the next wave of figs coming from the Unicron trilogy, as much as it dismays me personally, you're probably right. If so, with the way MP has been going, and my general dislike of the UT, my TF collecting is going to slow to a crawl over the next few years. I'll keep my eye on third party to sustain me, as well as stuff like Nicee and hopefully a Tread for my Sentinel Legioss.
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    https://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series_id=11&f_subgroup=&f_name=Enter+Character+Name(s)&f_type=exact Seibertron is a great resource for TF pics down through the years, and I invite you to peruse the gallery and make up your own mind about the RiD toys. While his design never struck a chord with me, I think Fire Convoy's one of the best toys in the line. I have him, X-Brawn, Prowl, and Sideburn, the latter three being some of the first toys to come out, as I remember, and I was just excited about their vehicle modes. All three turned out to be largely shell-formers with a lot of kibble, and asymmetrical features, like X-Brawn's one arm being the entire front end of his vehicle while the other is just a standard robot arm. They were going for something, and admittedly it was inventive, but ultimately not very nice looking. The bots, however, had a lot of articulation, especially by the standards of the day. Looking through the gallery myself, I was surprised by how much Beast Wars/Beast Machine crossovers there were. I believe I bought Skybyte during that time. Check out the UT gallery as well. The big gimmick for most of that trilogy was the ability to combine two characters into a larger robot. More often than not, the combined mode was ungainly, awkward, compromised by lots of kibble, and just unsightly. But there were a few winners in there. We got our first official Arcee figure, with a motorcycle alt mode, and I still have a soft spot for Armorhide (little blue cabover) who's up on my CHUG shelves somewhere. I bought a number of toys from the three lines, especially the ones that reminded me of G1. My attachment to them faded pretty quickly, though, for most anyway. Ultimately, what I've always wanted in the mainline is what we're getting with the current WFC Trilogy, as well as all the G1 love we got with TR and PotP. I'm feeling pretty fulfilled with WFC, but it does make me curious what's next, when all the G1 is done. Whatever it is, I hope it's more groundbreaking stuff like Animated or Prime, with new characters, new setting, new story, and a new look. Out with the old, in with the new, as the old saying goes.
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    We're on opposite sides of that preference; I'd take a MP Animated Prime over anything RiD or Unicron trilogy. I just wasn't a fan at all of the Japanese imported shows or their toys, although , admittedly, I own toys from all of it, including Fire Convoy, which I don't care for. I found most of the toys from that time period to be lackluster at best, and just this side of terrible in general. I welcomed RiD initially, b/c it was a return to vehicles as alt modes, but I quickly became disenchanted with it. My interest in collecting Transformers didn't rekindle again until '07 with the Classics line, and some of the Bayformer stuff. Even then, I didn't like the look of Bayformers, but the advances Takara was making in engineering and complexity with those toys was enthralling. I own a lot of them, especially from the earlier films. That said, My interest in Takara's making MP Animated anything is tepid at best. I don't have the room for it, I fear greatly for how the things would turn out, especially the vehicle modes, and I'm content, mostly, with the toys we already got. There are a few that I wouldn't mind seeing a third party taka a crack at to improve them over the originals at their original scales, but overall I'm good with what I've got. If nothing else, it was an interesting experiment on HasTak's part. I like what they did, for the most part, but I also realize it's not for everyone, and I'm cool with that.
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