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by Denyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 170
Views: 48119

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

The biggest problem with Super7 stuff seems to be that they don't learn (or can't apply knowledge) to using appropriate plastics. So you get hands that are too rigid or don't grip, in particular, or waxy finishes and quite low detail sculpts like their "vintage" style MOTU stuff. Either is...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

A lot of the Unicron Trilogy stuff looks better in retrospect, doesn't it? Largely chunky and substantial stuff compared to what gets released now, interactivity that's also been cut from modern releases like Laser Prime, and the simple virtue of not just reusing the same small pool of characters.
by Denyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1618
Views: 453558

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Diamond Select Toys Amazon Original Invincible Dupli-Kate which goes some way to proving that it's not just TF sub-lines that have long presumed titles. Not a series I'm that wildly into (dropped the comics due to losing interest, recently started the animated version and in motion plus edited for ...
by Denyer
Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

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.
by Denyer
Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 2
Views: 81

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

so I'm not sure what's gone on there Possibly this pressure group: https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/news/our-work-with-the-bbc/ I suppose at his tech level cloning isn't any stretch and being a rubber mostly-corpse always looked silly. But they've gone with the typical sunken-eyed skull-face nazi a...
by Denyer
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Kingdom Mainframe as I saw one loose and had gotten the Ark without him. Would like to do the same sort of thing this person has with a hybrid AM colour scheme: https://twitter.com/TheClutterdDesk/status/1437087675706707968 Not intending to go this far: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/action...
by Denyer
Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Someone pointed out Hasbro Pulse have the Transformers Legacy Wreck ‘N Rule Collection G2 Universe Leadfoot and Masterdominus set for £17 plus shipping (nothing says "please help before this stack of them accidentally crushes us" like a limit of 20 per customer). And it's worth that for Le...
by Denyer
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 170
Views: 48119

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Heavily clearanced Ultimates things (and everything else) including TFs, Thundercats, etc. Bombshell and Banzaitron thirteen quid delivered each or the full wave one for less than the original price of one figure. https://www.comicsandcocktails.co.uk/store/TRANSFORMERS-c142287586 And they still won'...
by Denyer
Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:54 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

The G2 trooper head isn't quite a full head, if it isn't clear from the instructions. The top sort of slides off. Very annoying that it isn't simply a ball joint and two full heads, but only intended to be usable on one figure.
by Denyer
Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Sounds like a load of inventory has come in at the same time and they're trying to shift it before it becomes a problem. Even higher mark down with other sellers on some Thundercats Ultimates minor characters, which was nice insofar as I picked up a Mandora for about half price (including internatio...
by Denyer
Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1618
Views: 453558

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Not something I've bought and Star Wars isn't particularly my thing but eBay insists on promoting this for some reason, and I totally would buy one if money was no object and I had space. Plus if money was no object, one for the stranger this immediately reminded me of. https://www.collectorfreaks.c...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World events are doing wonders for my mental health
Replies: 5
Views: 291

Re: World events are doing wonders for my mental health

tIrOGH3MUw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIrOGH3MUw0 As always people are generally welcome if they're smart enough to get through the registration questions and abide by the same verrry limited standards as everyone else. Lower Decks is genuinely the best Trek I've seen in years, although Stran...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World events are doing wonders for my mental health
Replies: 5
Views: 291

Re: World events are doing wonders for my mental health

Thought that the first series was alright apart from needlessly complicating the Klingons, and comparable to if not more interesting than the Star Trek: Vanguard books, but gave up before the mirror universe arc in series two. I really hate alt-universe and time travel stuff unless it's playful idea...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 632

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Loose consensus seems to be for invading https://forum.hemanworld.com/ (vB6) and https://foreternia.com/community (bbPress) -- the owner of HMW has been reaching out and inviting people, and that site's been around a decade or so. At a guess, any influx of people at this stage won't cause them bandw...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 632

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Mmm. The site thread's into mud-slinging by now, but apparently some form of archiving is still planned. Believe it if it happens. If it's a static archive that should get it crawlable by Google (the current broken state of searching seems to be to do with a third-party "Sphinx" search plu...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7353
Views: 1559000

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Not exactly new, more newly out of box. I was thinking about using Transformers Generations Legacy Selects Lift-Ticket (breathe...) as a stocking filler after getting it from Hasbro's clearance eBay sale earlier in the year, but then I looked at some reviews, and I think I'm going to need to find si...
by Denyer
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 632

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Yeah, the forum is still active. So the fact nothing's being worked out with other people to take over is a bit... well, what I'd expect to be honest. Val/JVS3 originally took on the site from someone else who's popped up in the comments (can't load the thread from where I am currently) and apparent...
by Denyer
Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 632

He-Man.org closing in a week

Well, I assume it's the site as well since the collecting resources have been offline for a while and redirect back to the forum (also a shame, the photos and minicomic scans were useful). I think they're running vBulletin 4.2.5 so would suspect the PHP versioning on top of everything else might hav...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 10
Views: 810

Re: Hey

There's not much to really be a newcomer for... movies have been diminishing returns for years, and IDW killed their comics continuities first by accepting Hasbro's shared universe wants with the Furman/Roberts continuity and then a generally lacklustre follow up continuity. The toys have become a s...