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by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7428
Views: 4544801

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Ta, can't spot one (they seem to be focusing on Batman for now because there's a shortage of figures of him, apparently) but it's definitely a job for a figure base and sod the alt-mode. The story's heavy on anachronisms and visual-only design work so may as well lean into the pretender shell, plus ...
by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 47696

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do ... ewsupdate/

Big spoilers. Still haven't watched episodes, and the plot twist is very fan-fic-slash-official-books but I quite like it insofar it could explain a lot of other things.
by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 47696

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

Just dropping a link to a rather good podcast, which is often fascinating listening for the actor/actress and production team interviews despite the fact I've probably managed to listen to all of about a dozen audiobooks in twenty years. They've just reviewed the new episodes (which I still haven't ...
by Denyer
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7428
Views: 4544801

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Autobot Stampede Motto: "One for all, 'til all are one!" The lone survivor of an early team of beastformers known as the Anibots, Stampede has found new purpose with a magnificent, unstoppable team of guerrilla fighters including Prowl, Jazz, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker and Inferno. Inseparabl...
by Denyer
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7428
Views: 4544801

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

The promo photos look good, depending on what price it can be found at. Talking of cassettes, opened up the Noise and Graphy part of the weird SKU throuple Hasbro cassette reissue pack (not calling them Gurafi and Noizu, f*ck that attempt at trademarking phonemes). IIRC half-price Kapow bargains tha...
by Denyer
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1648
Views: 989151

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Chase from Captain Power. Awful figure (look at the arms!) and never had any of the toys or gimmicky light gun stuff as a kid but did get thoroughly engrossed in the UK annual. It looks like there's been a recent warehouse find of MOSC stock, so an interesting if fairly common curio for less than mo...
by Denyer
Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?
Replies: 35
Views: 100567

Re: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67574396 *theme from M.A.S.H* Got a few Bluesky codes if anyone's after. Only not posting them publicly because a) they're getting scraped from Twitter and the web by bots for far right groups, and b) I think BS are sensible enough to track how they're used...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 211
Views: 4758412

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 1648
Views: 989151

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 7
Views: 47696

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 211
Views: 4758412

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 7428
Views: 4544801

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: 1648
Views: 989151

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: 6
Views: 13302

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: 6
Views: 13302

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...