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The Taint Reaper posted:All the Generations voyagers are worth getting, Grimlock is the only one that's iffy. but compared to the AOE movie voyagers of grimlock he's worlds better than them. I haven't seen a Grimlock in months sadly, he was around when my collecting was dormant. I wonder if Target does price matching as I think they still have a Blaster.
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Rhyno posted:I haven't seen a Grimlock in months sadly, he was around when my collecting was dormant. I wonder if Target does price matching as I think they still have a Blaster. Buy a generations voyager from Meijer, buy a Blaster from Target, return the random voyager to Target. They sell every line as an assortment SKU. If that's too many steps, install targets cartwheel app and use a 30% off transformer coupon
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The Taint Reaper posted:Chromia is to blue what Jhiaxus is to orange And if they had kids it would be Afterburner e: right down to Jhiaxus having machine pistols
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Phy posted:And if they had kids it would be Afterburner Why would you wish a non-combing figure on Afterburner? We already had ones like that with Sacttorshot and Strafe.
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strangehamster posted:Buy a generations voyager from Meijer, buy a Blaster from Target, return the random voyager to Target. They sell every line as an assortment SKU. Target was all out of Blasters which sucks. However, they marked the current Voyagers down to $20. So in addition to returning my Roadbuster I got an adjustment on the one I bought for a friend. All they had were Rhinox, Springer and Whirl. Meijer just had Blitzwings. I'm having lunch with my mom tomorrow so I'll check out the current stock at the Meijer near her. Also going to Costco, do they stock TFs usually? When I saw Metroplex there I didn't see a single other figure. Edit: Meijer had the $45 AOE Prime for $30. And pretty much every AOE toy was marked down, not clearanced, just price reductions. Time to clear out the line I guess? Rhyno fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Oct 20, 2014 |
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I haven't seen any Transformers stuff at Costco this year thus far.
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The_Doctor posted:Oh awesome, there's a Meijer right by me in 3 days. Still need my Roadbuster and Skybyte! Roadbusters worth getting, even if he's a little inarticulate, SkyByte's pretty meh, but if they're cheap enough go for it.
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Goldskull posted:Roadbusters worth getting, even if he's a little inarticulate, SkyByte's pretty meh, but if they're cheap enough go for it. For $16 I will have them all.
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Metroplex is long gone from stores now, huh? 
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The_Doctor posted:Metroplex is long gone from stores now, huh? Pretty much. Ebay/Amazon is your only hope these days.
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Oct 20, 2014 01:34
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Never saw one once
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ForeverSmug posted:Never saw one once Was it available at Target, Wal-Mart or Toys R Us? I never saw one anywhere but Costco. Walked in and there was a pile stacked Jenga-style 6 feet high.
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Never saw a Metroplex at retail, but I got Leader Jetfire yesterday and it owns.
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Oct 20, 2014 01:51
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I saw one once but in a TRU over here where it was like £150 (~$250), and I refuse to pay those sorts of prices. There's a comic store here in London with an SDCC one for £250 if I ever get desperate and stupid.
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The_Doctor posted:I saw one once but in a TRU over here where it was like £150 (~$250), and I refuse to pay those sorts of prices. There's a comic store here in London with an SDCC one for £250 if I ever get desperate and stupid. Looks like $170 shipped is the average on Ebay now.
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Metroplex is weird because there's 3 different official ways to transform him into his base mode. And only one doesn't look like crap. His left arm could have benefitted from being a bit more intricate so the hand could fold inwards. But I just leave him in robot mode so nobody trips over him.
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Rhyno posted:Was it available at Target, Wal-Mart or Toys R Us? I never saw one anywhere but Costco. Walked in and there was a pile stacked Jenga-style 6 feet high. The TRUs got several Metroplexes late last year several times. I've never seen one at Target and there are no WalMarts near enough to check regularly. I got mine from SDCC and Amazon.
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Keldroc posted:The TRUs got several Metroplexes late last year several times. I've never seen one at Target and there are no WalMarts near enough to check regularly. I got mine from SDCC and Amazon. I too got mine from Amazon. It's just easier these days.
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There is still a Metroplex in a store in Iceland for $300 who has been there for eleven months. Which is pretty much what I would end up paying had I ordered it online + shipping + toll. But I'm not that big of a collector enough to get him for that obscene price.
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Both Prowls are apparently pretty good at balance.  Also got myself a couple of Bayformers Stingray Corvettes. I had to get Hot Shot because most shades of man-made green just doesn't agree with me. Shame the head apparently cannot move. I don't know why I did not buy a Sidearm Sideswipe earlier because he's way better than the first version. 
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So what is Hasbro going to retool Sky-byte into? A Sharkticon possibly?
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Sidearm Sideswipe is fantastic and I hate the fact that I didn't also get the blue and yellow version.
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Rhyno posted:So what is Hasbro going to retool Sky-byte into? A Sharkticon possibly? Nautilator is my best guess.
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Rhyno posted:So what is Hasbro going to retool Sky-byte into? A Sharkticon possibly? Cybershark, just to annoy pedants.
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Hasbro has a new film label called Allspark Pictures. It seems it's for live action movies and not animated movies. The first two movies they're making are My Little Pony and Jem and the Holograms. Apparently Michael Bay may be involved with both. Also they answered the reasoning for the Shampoo Bottle titan figures. They're meant for lesser developed nations in emerging markets, hence their low price point and cheap looks. They're poverty toys. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Oct 20, 2014 |
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Rhyno posted:So what is Hasbro going to retool Sky-byte into? A Sharkticon possibly? In the heavy retooling spirit of the current Generations line, give him more legs and make him Rippersnapper. After reading this months National Geographic magazine, I hope the next time they make a Scorn toy it will be a more scientifically-accurate Spinosaurus.
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The Taint Reaper posted:Hasbro has a new film label called Allspark Pictures. It seems it's for live action movies and not animated movies. The MLP movie is animated, so evidently Allspark Pictures will be doing live action and animated. Bay is not attached to either project.
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Keldroc posted:Bay is not attached to either project. You've crushed my rumored dreams of seeing purple and pink screen filling explosions. That and horses having 10 minute conversations in a 3 hour movie that have little to no context in any scene before or after the scene happens. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Oct 21, 2014 |
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A steadicam 360 pan around two ponies while they react to dire events
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Phy posted:A steadicam 360 pan around two ponies while they react to dire events YES! YES! Take that Citizen Kane!
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The Taint Reaper posted:They're meant for lesser developed nations in emerging markets, hence their low price point and cheap looks. They're poverty toys. If I was a poverty child and somebody gave me a non transforming optimus I'd just go ahead and get ebola IT DOESNT. EVEN. TRANSFORM.
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Phy posted:A steadicam 360 pan around two ponies while they react to dire events "Friendship just got real."
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ForeverSmug posted:If I was a poverty child and somebody gave me a non transforming optimus I'd just go ahead and get ebola I dunno I'm looking at the Russia.jpeg thread and I'm going "yeah I can see those people buying a large non transforming transformer that looks like no identifiable character", they seem like the type who would do that.
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Well we already knew the shampoo bottle guys were for poor kids. I just figured they were for poor kids in the states.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Well we already knew the shampoo bottle guys were for poor kids. I just figured they were for poor kids in the states. I have bought better cheaper toys that happen to come filled with bubble bath
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They're like as much as a deluxe If a poor kid is gonna buy one maybe they should instead save that $$$ and buy a brain instead
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ForeverSmug posted:They're like as much as a deluxe They apparently much cheaper overseas.
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Somebody really jumped on the $16 Voyagers. All that's left at all three Meijer's are Blitzwing and Springer. drat it I kind of wanted them all now.
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The Taint Reaper posted:They apparently much cheaper overseas. They are (like half of what a deluxe is here, or more accurately they're the price of a deluxe in the US). And yes, I've seen people buying them, and very small kids waving them around. I keep saying that stuff does have a target audience, even if we don't have the slightest interest in 'em.
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Blackheart posted:They are (like half of what a deluxe is here, or more accurately they're the price of a deluxe in the US). And yes, I've seen people buying them, and very small kids waving them around. I keep saying that stuff does have a target audience, even if we don't have the slightest interest in 'em. The target audience doesn't seem to be American, judging by not only how the stock doesn't change of those things at TRU and Target, but also by how dusty they are. People don't even look at them. Anecdata, but I've seen two kids angrily refuse to even consider them when pointed out by parents. They want the Deluxes and Voyagers, without exception.
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