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    Found at another TRU, apparently the street date is November? I guess they missed that by a bit...
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    I wouldn't shy away if you're into the design, there's no denying Takara/Hasbro nailed these things aesthetically, it just seems like a fairly mixed bag. The Hasbro releases could be nicer for Prime, I've heard roughly the same things about HAsbro Bee though. I see a lot of people focusing the hate on the Hasbro part of the Hasbro/Takara partnership, but honestly, Takara's name is on these just the same, they clearly okayed them before production, so I hold them just as accountable for the number of bad releases out there that people are receiving. Also, Bee is appearing at Toys R Us here in the US as of about a week ago, I saw one when I was on lunch going to grab an MMPR Legacy Power Sword. I can't deny that MPM Prime looks better then the old ROTF Leader Prime, but I've honestly dropped my ROTF Prime like three times and he's still aces, plus I upgraded him with Cubex's transforming gas tank cannons, so he still works for me. Maybe if Takara/Hasbro put out a ROTF updated MPM Prime I'd bite, but it's just sounding a bit too mixed for me to jump on these at this price point.
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    I've only handled my buddies Bee from HLJ and the impression I got was bad. The paint apps were shoddy at best, he leaned back to the point of nearly falling no matter how you try to pose him, and he was indeed transformed correctly with the heel bits locked in place like they should be. Really shoddy tabs that don't hold well, alt mode was a mess and didn't tab together right, miss-assembled foot/heel and a bit in the arm, scratched on the roof and rear end of alt mode towards the trunk, head was nearly stuck in place, a common complaint, and nearly snapped off, another common complaint. I've heard worse things about Prime, missing paint apps, apparently every single copy across the board is miss-assembled at the hinge where the sides of the truck cab fold/bend, the tabbing issue is almost universally common, the main window section of the truck has a VERY hard time tabbing down and sitting flush with the hood, tabbing issues with bot mode making the bot mode not nearly as secure as one would hope. It all just sounds like a mess, and at a premium price point. I'm avoiding the figures like the plaque no matter how curious I get. The main message with these two figures is buy at your own risk, there appears to be a damn near 50/50 shot you'll get a bad figure, or a decent to okay figure.
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    My monthly HLJ haul. I've been dying to get Figma Guyver 3 for quite a while now, like many others I missed out on the old Max Factory Guyver figures, so I was pleased to see the Figma Guyver line continue long enough to give us the fan favorite Unit 3. Not a Depp fan, or a Pirates movie fan really, but I thought Captain Jack looked like a nice Figuart, so I nabbed one, and he's pretty fun! I may have too many Figuarts at this point, since my last count, which was two hauls and many more Figuarts ago, I'm at 119 counting doubles... I might have a problem.
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    I am absolutely in for one, I honestly never thought it would actually happen, but it did, and I voted for it and helped so I feel good. Didn't he also design an MMPR Megazord? I believe I voted on that too, and if it too gets approved, I will be grabbing one of those beasts as well, fantastic work!
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    Another great write-up, and this one definitely pertains to me because I currently have the BadCube Evil Bug Value Pack on the way, not this more toy centric chrome and translucent one, but the cheaper more "toon" accurate version. This guy looks pretty fantastic! I'm excited to get my hands on all three of them! The FT versions look good, but I wouldn't personally say better, I think BC nailed the bugs better then anyone else yet, and they are far, far cheaper and easier to track down. The FT bugs have gone up in price, and I believe even started at a higher retail cost right off the bat, plus as I said, two of them are getting harder to find. I never owned the G1 bugs, so I don't have much love for the chromed up translucent ones, and I've never been a huge fan of the bugs as is, so this BadCube value pack was an easy choice for me. I had the MMC bugs on pre-order for about 8 months now, cancelled, they don't look any better then the two available options, there's been no test or review samples, and they are more expensive then the Value Pack. I have no idea why I waited on them for so long and never just jumped on the BadCube bugs, hell, they could just be vaporware at this point, they obviously aren't a priority for MMC/Ocular Max.
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    Not much love from me for the shuttle, I probably wouldn't bother if it gets released, the Saturn V is my jam, but I voted for it anyway, always nice to support a new Ideas project.
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    I'm in for the bundle, I was going to get both either way. It looks like NY emailed and let me know my second batch of Figuarts Hall of Armors are dropping a little earlier, on the 25th now, along with my Patlabor Tyrant unit and my Figuarts Qui-Gon. Very stupid once again with NY, three orders releasing on the same day, three separate packages going out, no way to combine them since they are all TWE and were all ordered at different times.
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    NY emailed saying the Tyrant release has been moved up to the 25th of this month, oh boy! I'm excited, I always loved the Tyrant more then most of the other mecha throughout Patlabor.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Tking22 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I'm in for three sets still, but I'm waiting for my next payday so I can get all three sets at once, otherwise NY would be stupid and ship the two I can get now, and then the single set I'd grab next week in separate shipments come December. Zero interest in rushing to buy these, TWE items always have open pre-orders for like two to three weeks.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Tking22 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yes, TWE items have required up front payment for quite a while now.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Tking22 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    About time for these guys, I was really itching for these missile types, and being TWE doesn't bother me. I'm in for three sets, possibly four since it arrears you can essentially "convert" these into regular Regults.
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    I've been buying way too many Legos lately, but there's a lot of nice sets out there so it's a difficult battle. I already have my eye on the Lego Quick E Mart to go with my Simpsons house...
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    I've gotta stop buying Lego sets that I haven't budgeted for. ToysRus sent me an in stock notification email for the Saturn V, I've heard nothing but good things so I had to grab one. Got the Ecto 1 and 2 from the reboot to complete the Lego Ghostbuster releases, I have the first Ecto 1 and Firehouse HQ as well, and I got the Simpsons house just because. Now who needs the Quick E Mart? I doooooo.
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    Yup already pre-ordered at BBTS, good price too, this is what GX-72 Megazord should have been sold at...
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    All pre-ordered at BBTS already woot! I'm excited, these designs look excellent in my opinion, they are all MK6, so I would expect them to be more sleek and refined like this, especially compared to the Jaegers in the first film, where Striker was the most advanced at MK5.
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    Yup, I need pretty much all of this. Mezco has me hooked, I love every figure I've gotten from them, and I have few gripes with them overall. The Ragnarok stuff looks fantastic, that Hulk is quite amazing. Catwoman and everything else they showed off look pretty damn good too, Mezco is killing it!
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    I'll get the Justice League for sure, glad Bandai is making them, I was hoping crappy Mafex wouldn't be the only ones. I need that Goku Black too, he looks excellent. Easy pass on all of the Street Fighter stuff, not that they don't look good, I'm just not invested enough in the games to start collecting another expensive Figuarts line. I'm a bit surprised they are doing Akuma/Gouki before Ken, Rainbow Mika looks good too. Like I said I'll get all of the Justice League, but man, that Flash still looks frakking awful, that costume design is still pure garbage in my opinion. I would have much preferred Bandai make a CW DC universe line of Figuarts instead, but I get it, the big expensive movies are where the money is.
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    I'm all in for anything and everything Pacific Rim related that Bandai decides to put out, Chogokin, Robot Spirits, all of it!
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    They pulled this nonsense with my Power Rangers Legacy Titanus last year too, but I absolutely called them on that. They do suck at shipping, but they were the ONLY ones online that had the Saturn V at near retail, very unfortunate. At this point, like in this case, they are absolute last resort, it's pretty much guaranteed you will get a damaged box regardless of what you order from them online.
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    I'm glad ToysRus got more Saturn V stock in, I managed to nab one, but damn, their shipping department has the most idiotic crap heads working in it. I got my Saturn V and Ecto 1 and 2 delivered to work just a moment ago, and sure enough, zero packaging material in the box, and the box is roughly twice the size it should be. So I just had two Lego boxes bumping and tossing around inside the shipping box the whole way here, and of course, my corners are absolutely mangled. ToysRus is very lucky I'm not a big stickler for mint Lego boxes, or I would call and absolutely devastate whatever poor idiot answered. It's bad, but not too bad I guess. I'm sure others would feel differently, the corners are pretty screwed, I could call and probably make a case, but I'm lazy when it comes to these things so I'm not going to bother. Still though, buyer beware for ToysRus.com, if you want perfect boxes, look elsewhere, they really don't give a crap about your product.
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    ToysRus.com has the Lego Saturn V back in stock now! It's $10 above retail, because TRU can, and they suck, but it's far better then the near $200 it goes for on Ebay and Amazon. I grabbed mine along with the Lego Ecto 1 and 2 from the Ghostbusters reboot, and I'm having the Lego Simpsons house delivered today! I've been spending way too much on Lego lately, and I haven't budgeted for any of it, I'm having to cancel a number of things now to make up for my compulsive buying.
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    Looks insane! I can't wait to get both of my pieces! I need my Omega!
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    I'll take G1 cartoon Skyfire over G1 toy VF-1 valk Jetfire any day. I never owned the original toy, and have zero love for it, it's an old VF-1 toy. Skyfire is Phoenix, and Phoenix is Skyfire, that bright white boxy design is far more iconic to me personally.
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    I like this new costume MUCH more then the previous one from the pilot, looks much better.
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