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Looking surprisingly half decent ...

Thanks Jenius!! Your comment above nails it perfectly. I was hoping you would chime in with your thoughts. From past postings I know you are a HUGE Mospeada fan and expert on the related toys. The thing of it is: with the Toynami MP Cyclone, it was so pricey and I had such high hopes/expectations for it - that it's been a slight letdown. I love the cyclone mecha design, second to the classic Macross Valkyrie - but it's just so difficult to transform and play around with it, it detracts from the 'fun factor' of the toy. Know what I mean?? I only buy one BIG purchase like this a year. Last year I got the Toynami MP Beta (which I love), this year I had to decide between the MP Cyclone and MP Grimlock. *sigh*

Thanks RD! I have a Toynami version. The Scott head is snug and goes on and off easily. The cyclone armor head is another story - with some effort it goes on but is really loose. I read Jenius's awesome review at his site and took his suggestion of using tape to help make the balljoint tighter. It kinda works. Thanks Jenius!! So I spent 1 1/2 hours tonight transforming the cyclone. Talk about effort and stress. Managed to get it done (yay!), but it was a struggle. I both love and hate this toy. It is an amazing representation of the Mospeada cyclone armor and looks spectacular. Just like the anime. The transformation process is a major beeyotch and with every step I worried about damaging the toy. *sigh* I know, I know ... this is how the anime did it, so it's not the manufacturer's fault. I know for many of you this is probably old news ... sorry to be late to the party. I have 3 Toynami MP Alphas of varying quality and was pretty much disappointed overall with them. Last year, I bought the Toynami MP Beta fighter (blue version) and loved both its quality and simplicity in transformation. I thought the MP Cyclone was going to be the same experience. Not sure how I feel about it. Also, has anyone else's ankle armor - the armor cover with the MB letters on it gotten loose? Is there a way to tighten it back up?

Thanks for your input Tober - much appreciated. Yes, I was thinking of unscrewing the neck to loosen it so the helmet head can fit. Is it suppose to fit snugly, or loosely?

*yawn* Do we really need YET ANOTHER TF Bumblebee toy??? Lame.

Thanks for the info RDBlade!! I've spent the last 45 mins trying to get the helmet head onto the body with no luck. The balljoint just won't go in. Frak. EDIT: WTF?? The left foot of Scott is damaged with stress marks (see pic), did anyone else get this on their toy??? :angry: I got the Toynami version ... did I get ripped off and someone from eBay sold me a used MP cyclone that was damaged?? Frak. DamagedCycloneFoot.bmp

Thanks for posting this - went to my local Marshall's today and found Megatron, Overkill, and Dragstrip. Picked up the first two, as I bought Dragstrip from HTS.com last year. Awesome price for these TFs!!!! ^_^

All, So I finally saved enough $$$ and bought myself a Masterpiece Scott Bernard Cyclone - it arrived in the mail today. I am terrified of transforming it for fear of accidentally breaking my $180 investment. And right now I can't even seem to connect the Cyclone helmet head back into the body - the balljoint is tight. Sigh. So before I attempt to transform it (probably tomorrow night), any tips, gotcha's I should be aware of? Any help would be greatly appreciated ... I'd prefer not to have to read through the past 40+ pages and the previous Mospeada thread. TIA!!

FYI: my local Wal-Mart has raised the prices of TF Deluxes from $10 up to $11.88.

Ha Ha Ha ... good one eugimon - and I agree!! :lol:

I would add Disney's Pocahontas to the list .... LOL

FYI: check your Wal-Marts and Targets - lots of GI Joe store exclusives for 50% off!!!

FYI: for those of you in the US, check your local Wal-Marts: I scored both the WM exclusive dewback + sandtrooper and AT-ST today for 50% off!!!! There are also reports of people finding the Turbo Tank for $50!!! Good hunting!!!

Dude, I can probably hook you up with Animated Arcee, depending on how hard it is to find when it hits retail. Send me a PM.

Sounds like a great plot for AVATAR II!!!!

That's pretty impressive, since it is suppose to be a Wal-Mart exclusive!!! :P

Watched it tonight. It was good, not great, but good. As many have already said: plot is a pot-porri mixture of many sci-fi flicks we've seen before, combined with a 'new world' meets foreign invaders plotline. There were some spots were the film dragged a bit, but the special effects were amazing. Loved seeing the helicopter-gunships and mechs in action, and surprisingly there was a lot of thought put into the new world production design - from the animals, to the landscape, to the backgrounds. All amazing. Definitely catch it in the theater if you can!! The 3D effects did not blow me away, but were cool to experience.

FYI: I found TF2 Voyager class Bludgeon, TF2 Deluxe Dirge and Armorhide at Wal-mart this morning!!! ^_^ TF2 Voyager Jungle Attack Ironhide (aka. Zebra version) was also available, but I passed on him!

Trailer looks bad ass.

WOW. That is a hellofa lotta $$$$.

Damn, Buster OP looks so pretty. WANT. But too expensive ...

Sorry David. Apparently it was a 1 day 50% off sale only ... see here for details: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/general-disc...e-shipping.html

FYI: for those of you who still want to buy the Target Wedge Antilles X-wing, there's a 50% sale right now. So you can get it for $25. Go to this link: http://www.target.com/b/ref=tgt_adv_XASD12...node=2239996011 Users on Hisstank.com are saying you get 50% upon checkout and sometimes free shipping, depending on the toy item you buy.

FYI: Wal-Mart has MP Skywarp on sale, a rollback price of $49 on Wal-Mart.com. It's in stock and you can use site-to-store for free shipping!! http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?...uct_id=11090852 But someone got it for $20 on sale at retail ... lucky SOB. http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/new...-cheaper/17446/

Stealth Armor is HAWT.