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by Skyquake87
Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Allspark Power Mudflap Custard themed Decepticon repaint of erm, Cybertron Mudflap. It's a big crane thing and it's great. The crane bit can rotate around, the jib can lift and lower (and has a piston - fancy!) and extend. It's a great chunky toy. Transformation to robot mode is good fun. The robot...
by Skyquake87
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Here we are then, my exciting box of 2007 Movie Decepticons! Deluxe Bariricade w/ Frenzy Largely successful translation of the busy movie design into plastic. Having the bonnet crumple up is a bit much, so we can forgive the toy doing what it can with that. The robot mode is long armed horror and ca...
by Skyquake87
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

[youtube][/youtube]Wolfang was similarly one I'd never owned 'growing up' (I was what, 18ish and buying Beast Wars toys at the time..!), and was quite pleased to find him for a few quid at discount chain B&M and yeah, he certainly has a chin. I leave the mask down. Did the K-9 reissue ever appea...
by Skyquake87
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 33496

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

Enjoyed the Christmas episode, even if the goblins weren't much of a threat and seemed a bit of a waste. Ncuti was great in his first full episode - more charisma than Ten, if such a thing were possible! Really liked new companion Ruby Sunday (sounds like a fancy desert) and the general levity and z...
by Skyquake87
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 207
Views: 3322000

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Do we end up with stuff that's tied up in exclusivity deals with US retailers too? I remember watching a Toy Guru video on this stuff, and that can sometimes limit channels for product. I might be talking out of my fundament though. We seem to have a real log jam of stuff in the UK at the moment; th...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: What was your best set of figures of the year?
Replies: 20
Views: 219900

What was your best set of figures of the year?

I've been watching a few top tens of the year on that there YouTube, so thought I'd try and get my thoughts down and try and make this an ongoing thread, as everyone seems to like a list (me included, it seems :p ). I've just been looking at the figures I bought that came out in 2023, and well, I've...
by Skyquake87
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 207
Views: 3322000

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Well Bombshell and Banzaitron have shifted to me! Thanks for the heads up! I was interested in these, but the original RRP was more than I could afford. I've also heard Super 7's QC is a bit sketchy, but the ReAction figures of theirs I picked up (also on heavy discount) were pretty good. Sign of th...
by Skyquake87
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Payload's the Longhaul equivalent? Never touched the one I got to round out a mixed assortment of 3P/KO Constructicons but yeah he does look the part in the alt-mode. Treadshot looks like a swish Energon generic, very Cyberjet-y. Ooh 'eck, I think I meant Treadbolt? It's the Armada Scavenger repain...
by Skyquake87
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 33496

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

Cheers for the links :) Reddit thread was a good read and good to find out about changingfaces and what they're all about.

I'm listening to Sophie Aldred on Sounds playing her favourite songs. She's great and I never knew she voiced Dennis The Menace! Brilliant.
by Skyquake87
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 33496

Doctor Who is 60!

So, Doctor Who is 60 and now some sort of joint co-funding/production arrangement with Disney, which is exciting. There's an absolute avalanche of Who related stuff all over the BBC's iPlayer and Sounds App, so I will just waffle on a bit about the stuff I've watched and listened to. BBC Children In...
by Skyquake87
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

I've been dipping back into some older toys when Transformers were fun toys and not po-faced Collector-orientated fun sponges with 94 points of articulation that'll never get used. HFTD Payload I think this is my third time buying this guy, so I clearly like the toy so will try not to resell it agai...
by Skyquake87
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

ROTF Back Road Brawl 2 - pack Mixmaster vs Hoist Geewunly repaints of ROTF Mixmaster and LAM Longarm (what a rubbish name that is). Mixmaster remains as fiendishly fun to transform as ever; the dark purple and black used for the torso / robot head render most of his robot mode and indecipherable sc...
by Skyquake87
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Couple of new bits and a bunch of old: Legacy Twincast I liked Blaster, but figured I have a couple of reissues of the original so moved him on in favour of his Fisher Price upgrade from Headmasters. The mould is still awesome and one of the best figures from the Siege/ Legacy run. Little Rewind is ...
by Skyquake87
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

August turned out to be a good month for exciting robots :) Legacy Nemesis Leo Prime Not impressed with the name - couldn't they have gone with Shadow Mane or something marginally more interesting? It's probably right by some animation I've not seen but not very exciting. The toy itself is nice, and...
by Skyquake87
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 207
Views: 3322000

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

In that case, I'll probably check out G2 Dead End if I ever run across one! I'm a fan of the colours if nothing else. Yeo, the Stunticons are all great. Dead End is cool and a nice riff on his Porsche alt mode. The feet in robot mode aren't the greatest, but someone at Hasbro realised the Stunticon...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 207
Views: 3322000

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

All I know is that my favourite toys over the last few years have been the ones that I'm constantly transforming because I enjoy both of the modes too much to leave them static! But maybe I'm in the minority for caring about that? Nope! It's probably one of the biggest reasons I cycle through Trans...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:01 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Masterpiece Some Numbers SenatorCrosscut That could use a space. It's the Silver version of the Skids mould with the Diaclone head! What a lovely mould this is. Even after two of the buggers, I still find this is a great great mould. Transformation is nice and fun and the robot mode looks great. No...
by Skyquake87
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1643
Views: 829624

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Marvel Legends Venom 3 Pack (Venom/ Riot/ Agony) Nice set of symbiote figures based on the pretty awful 'Lethal Protector' mini-series from 1993. Riot is nice a beefy chunk of ugly in blue, Agony is the pink one because she's a girl and there's also Venom with a big wiggly tongue face which I like ...
by Skyquake87
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 207
Views: 3322000

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

I think the currently design philosophy is to maximise mold re-use with as little new tooling as possible, leading to everyone having to carry design traits for 6 different versions of a character or adjacent characters. Kind or economical, if unsatisfying. ... As well as leaving the feet just hangi...
by Skyquake87
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7408
Views: 3644442

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Toxitron Collection eyesores! G2 Universe Autobot Jazz Red/ orange hot mess that's more Sex On The Beach cocktail than robot in disguise, with the added annoyance to fans who bought the SS86 proper deco of having two additional weapons. One looks like a hairdryer and the other is a stubby version of...