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The Rage: Jun 28, 2007; This cat is wizard

Another upside to the BBTS pre-order on Rodimus is that you can cancel the pre-order anytime until it ships, as they won't charge you till it arrives. So if anyone misses him at HTS that weekend, or think they will, you can put in the pre-order just in case and not worry about getting charged until they arrive.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 04:36

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# ? May 19, 2013 12:49

Keldroc: Apr 19, 2004; Most...illogical.

Shiftypenguin posted:

If he paid less than $500, I'd be surprised.

$500 is less than retail, so yeah, it was more than that.

Got myself an '08 Bumblebee today. Vastly superior to the '74 version. The hood/shoulders automorph is a little awkward the first time, but once you see how it works, it's pretty cool. Fantastic robot mode. Really captures the movie character's look and proportions. Transformation back to car mode is quite quick, as well. Everything folds up nice and easily. Highly recommended.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 05:09

404GoonNotFound: Aug 6, 2006; The McRib is back!?!?

DarkPrime posted:

I don't have the cash now to buy one anyway. Thanks for asking, though.

drat man, save some for the inevitable Soul of Chogokin buying spree at the con next month

# ? Jul 18, 2007 05:21

Asshaticus: Feb 20, 2004; Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass

So, I got bored and took a heck of a lot of pictures of my latest haul....

The Botcon 5 (yes, I paid a ridiculous amount for these)

The magnificent six (these together make my nerd heart skip a beat)

Rumble in the Bumble'hood :O

Make sure you've always got someone watching your back, yo...

I dunno if they've actually ever met, but it looks like it would be a cool throwdown...

Now for some other randomness....

The most lopsided swordfight ever....

Well, I thought it looked cool, anyway :p

Hey, this picture taking thing is fun! There's a crapload more from that album, and I think I'll take some more with the rest of my collection..

# ? Jul 18, 2007 05:28

Shiftypenguin: Mar 15, 2005; Antique Roadshow

Keldroc posted:

$500 is less than retail, so yeah, it was more than that.

Ah, yes. Apparently I can't add (25 is not the new 26).

# ? Jul 18, 2007 05:52

Pharaoh Dust: Jan 9, 2006; You'll need a gunner.

I gots new toys today yays!!

I was hoping to bring you guys an epic story about how A was finally saved from his life of torture by the newcomers... but it seems he has since made some new friends among my previous recruits. Sigh. Oh well. Without further ado, I bring you... ROBOTS TEACH US COUNTING!

There's no snappy caption to accompany this image, because it was loving hard to set them up like that, despite how wide and stable they are. Seems that stability doesn't extend to stacking. So let's all just marvel at my abilities and mourn for the aging that has robbed 1 of his beauty.

Behold the mighty power of counting! Do it with me now! (In Japanese, as that's where they came from.) Zero! Ichi! Ni! San! Shi!

Go! Roku! Nana! Hachi! Kyu! Yaaaaaaay!

I think I'm a little too excited about these guys. They're just so stupidly awesome. Some of their transformations are actually kinda neat. Unfortunately, 1's robot mode isn't so great. He hates life. Just check out his arms.

Arms forward! What do you mean 'They are forward?!'

I... Oh.

Edit: Now with images that actually get bigger when you click!

Pharaoh Dust fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2007 around 07:01

# ? Jul 18, 2007 06:18

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Online Encyclopedia

Pharaoh Dust posted:

I gots new toys today yays!! I was hoping to bring you guys an epic story about how A was finally saved from his life of torture by the newcomers... but it seems he has since made some new friends among my previous recruits. Sigh. Oh well. Without further ado, I bring you... ROBOTS TEACH US COUNTING!
There's no snappy caption to accompany this image, because it was loving hard to set them up like that, despite how wide and stable they are. Seems that stability doesn't extend to stacking. So let's all just marvel at my abilities and mourn for the aging that has robbed 1 of his beauty.
Behold the mighty power of counting! Do it with me now! (In Japanese, as that's where they came from.) Zero! Ichi! Ni! San! Shi!
Go! Roku! Nana! Hachi! Kyu! Yaaaaaaay!

I think I'm a little too excited about these guys. They're just so stupidly awesome. Some of their transformations are actually kinda neat. Unfortunately, 1's robot mode isn't so great. He hates life. Just check out his arms.
Arms forward! What do you mean 'They are forward?!'
I... Oh.

Where did you get those? Because I... I want all of them. Bad.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 06:25

Pharaoh Dust: Jan 9, 2006; You'll need a gunner.

Xenomrph posted:

Where did you get those? Because I... I want all of them. Bad.

I lucked out on eBay last week. Only about $26 after shipping for the whole gang, as it seems only one other person wanted them.

Just try typing in "Masudaya". I've never seen the little guys pop up before, but if it happened once, it'll happen again.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 06:29

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Online Encyclopedia

Pharaoh Dust posted:

I lucked out on eBay last week. Only about $26 after shipping for the whole gang, as it seems only one other person wanted them. Just try typing in "Masudaya". I've never seen the little guys pop up before, but if it happened once, it'll happen again.

Awesome, thanks. And congrats on getting 'em at such a good price.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 06:49

SublimeDelusions: Jun 19, 2005; Dentyne Fire + Dentyne Ice = End of World?

This is why i hate living in the city. No targets or wal-marts anywhere nearby. The closest is 30 minutes away. Add to that, the fact that it appears as though EVERY one of them back at home has been picked clean already.... I'm really starting to wonder why Hasbro won't just list them on their site already..

# ? Jul 18, 2007 07:04

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Online Encyclopedia

SublimeDelusions posted:

This is why i hate living in the city. No targets or wal-marts anywhere nearby. The closest is 30 minutes away. Add to that, the fact that it appears as though EVERY one of them back at home has been picked clean already.... I'm really starting to wonder why Hasbro won't just list them on their site already..

Seconding this. I'd buy about $40 worth of Transformers off their website right this second if they'd just list them for sale. The ones I want are listed in the product listing on transformers.com, but not on HasbroToyShop.com
It's a little frustrating.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 07:11

JohnThermos: Dec 8, 2005; I CAN HAS USB NOW?

Pharaoh Dust posted:

NUMBERFORMERS

Those are insanely adorable. They tug at my heartstrings in all the same places mini-cons do. They're just so misshapen and tiny

# ? Jul 18, 2007 07:18

Asshaticus: Feb 20, 2004; Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass

Oh, and for those who still need convincing that '08 Bumblebee is the way to go, check out the comparisons...

Two guns you may have, my friend, but what good will they do once I lop your head off?

Seriously, '08 Bumblebee might just be my favorite deluxe figure so far. He's beautiful...

# ? Jul 18, 2007 07:45

gigz: Jan 6, 2004; Property of CloudGC. If I post something retarded, tell him so I can be punished. Thanks.

Just a note, your 78 is transformed wrong. The windshield and doors flip up.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 07:55

catch22: Feb 17, 2006

Asshaticus posted:

Oh, and for those who still need convincing that '08 Bumblebee is the way to go, check out the comparisons...

...

Two guns you may have, my friend, but what good will they do once I lop your head off?

Seriously, '08 Bumblebee might just be my favorite deluxe figure so far. He's beautiful...

This has re-affirmed my decision to not bother with '74 BB. It's too bad that instead of Ultimate BB they didn't just make a more expensive version of this guy (drop-down battle mask, diecast, rubber tires, larger scale, all that jazz). But noooo, instead we get an $80 toy that plays Devo.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 08:49

Pharaoh Dust: Jan 9, 2006; You'll need a gunner.

More Masudaya Numformer poo poo comin' at ya! I mentioned that some of the transformations were kinda nifty, so I decided to do a little pictorial on how each one is transformed. Also because these guys are so drat cute and they need to be photographed. Pics are linked so they don't slow down anyone who doesn't like colorful number robots.

0
1. There he is, my little guy. Isn't he cute.
2. Head flips up to reveal great staring eyes. o_o
3. Bottom flips down to reveal great standing feet. |_|-|_|
4. Arms flip up a little too high. Hm.
5. Torso pulls up to reveal a smiley face. =)
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1
1. 1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do.
2. The legs open automatically when you pull on them.
3. Then the legs spin when you twist on them.
4. His head was on backwards all along!
5. Flipping his arms down is completely pointless. What's he gonna do? Run into you to death?
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2
1. He got his head checked by a jumbo jet. It wasn't easy, but nothing is.
2. Flipped over and legs flipped down... Is that a separated torso I see? Yes, that's right! Through the magic of weird design, Masudaya 2 is the first(?) robot toy with automorph. Flipping down his legs pushes up his torso. Yay!
3. Turn the head. This is not automorph.
4. And arms. His fists aren't symetrical.
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3
1. Welcome to the dregs of my mind.
2. Oh dear, he seems to have fallen over.
3. He's got legs!
4. But no hands.
5. Er... I... Oh.

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4
1. He can't even stay upright.
2. 'Sup, Robogoons.
3. Abstract art.
4. He lost his other foot to a Sharkticon back in '88. 4's been around.
5. The only Numformer that can put his hands on his hips. (They pull down.)
6. And that's enough headstanding.
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5
1. Not very fab.
2. I am out of lame arm jokes.
3. I am stupidly amused by his whole center panel flipping over like that.

4. A lot of them really don't have legs so much as they do half a waffle iron screwed into stumps.
5. Abooooout FACE!
6. 5 is certainly the dopiest looking of the Numformers.
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6
1. Between him and turning 9 upside down... I still don't have the number of the beast.
2. His feet are sorta weird. They have little toe-like bits on the bottom of the purple part, but he doesn't seem to balance on them very well. I can only assume this is what Masudaya intended.
3. Arms!
4. You can kinda see the little slidey thing that brings his hands out of his arms. Am I the only one who sorta likes those?
5. Head vents!
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7
1. I do like how Masudaya decided to fill the numbers in instead of molding them into just a number. It certainly kept away any difficulty involved in their design.
2. A pull-up head this time. He has sort of Johnny-5 eyes. He needs eyebrows.
3. And again with the single foot.
4. Technically, you could end him here. But that's no fun.
5. Instead, you must make his front foot small and his back foot wide. Not exactly sure what the advantage to that in battle is. Maybe it's so he isn't a shovel.
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8
1. I should have used a different backdrop for 8. He clashes horribly with the quilt blocks.
2. I don't know why flipping his legs down causes his arms to start separating. It really doesn't make much sense.
3. I'm a fan of the "pull the arms apart to reveal the face" thing. It's cute.
4. And then we flip his hips. He has the most basic transformation out of everyone.
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9
1. And that brings us to 9. I think I'll name him... 9.
2. 9's legs are weird. First they twist up...
3. ...so you can pull up his hands...
4. ...then they flip up, not to be confused with twisting up...
5. ...then they twist back down. This was so weird, it caused the camera to start tilting.
6. And then his head comes out and he is Gay Pride Numformer.
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So that concludes it. Sorry about the length. To make up for it, here's a size comparison picture between 9 and Robot Heroes Megatron:

Pharaoh Dust fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2007 around 09:52

# ? Jul 18, 2007 09:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

f451 posted:

(For reference, I'm in the western suburbs of Chicago)

Elgin, St. Charles, etc? You can't go five minutes out there without coming across a Target, Super Target, Target Greatland, etc. You could hit five without venturing off Randall Road for a 20 minute stretch.

# ? Jul 18, 2007 13:07

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