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A new nerf gun coming out. Pretty cool. It is a bullpup that uses nerf clips and fly wheel propulsion like the barricade. Also it touts a glow in the dark mag that lights up the darts before they fly out!!

http://urbantaggers.blogspot.com/2011/10/preview-nerf-n-strike-rayven-cs-18.html

Why arent there any more new Thundercats episodes? the season cant be over already?

NYCC has an exclusive bumblebee Barricade blaster.

I do not remember tigersharks cartoon at all. Strange I watched every cartoon, or so I thought, as a kid. I mean I loved Jayce and the Wheeled warriors, Inhumanoids, Bionic 6, Silver hawks, C.O.P.S, Mask and many more. But I just watched the Tigershark intro and im drawing a blank.

This is too cool. If you read the description, the guy wears video goggles so that the live streamed video is sent to his goggles. So he can view the plane in first person mode.

So many cool applications for this. DIY predator drones? Or better yet, DIY RC macross valkyries!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OZCWaJBdc&feature=player_embedded#!

Sadly, clearance sales at Walmart are regional. And at the whim of the Regional managers. They are not company wide. Same thing happened with MP Prime. some found him for $25 and less!!!

Awesome show last friday. The Mon-star reference was just the cherry on the sundae. I loved Leo's armor.

Damn Alex really 2k? haha nice!!!

Damn Rob, I want it but cant spend that kind of money.

My Orange mod works kits came in today. Very nice looking kit. The dart seals a little too well. That it creates a vacuum as I slide the bolt sled forward. The vacuum is so strong that it wont allow the slide/bolt sled to stay forward. I have to hold it forward. I pre-ordered and got a metal trigger too.

Any way here here are some pics.

Ruskiivalk you can buy my set. I don't want it.

I finally got my set. took two weeks after they were "shipped"

But these are terrible. I took close up shots. barring the awful flash on the figures the pour points completely obscure detail. Look at the left side of my bike. The rider with armor is so bad I didnt take a picture of it.

I have a loose and incomplete Diecast Trendmasters. It is missing one half of the right wing and the fist/head for the red lion.

Picked up Classics Liono. A bit pricey at $20 and the sword is really floppy.

Alpha Trooper has the best of all features. It is an improved recon. The slide/pistol style cocking action is gimmicky. the shotgun pump style of the alpha trooper is clearly an advantage. I like the alphatrooper for that reason. However You cant integrate as easily as the Recon.

However im working on getting a Photon Storm and that will eliminate the need for the recon in terms of style.

The Maverick is awesome. At least it's not a POS like the Facepalm (Deploy) CS-6.

Deploy CS6 isnt that bad. gets better range than a maverick. It is just a collapsible raider. It makes for a great P90 mod.

I found a simple and easy cosmetic mod for the Skystriker intakes. The lack of turbine fans inside the intakes bothered me. Luckily, Hasbro has some molded on the front of the removable engine tubes.

So just remove the engine and cut about 1/4 inch off at the front. Then trim the sides of the turbine fan so you can pop the fans into the front of the intakes.

So after getting the Starscream, I wanted G1 style weapons. Another idea came to me, Jetfire and VF-1!!!!!

So here is the mock up for the Skystriker Gunpod.

How did you get the vortex already? they are not out til sept.

I have the Alpha Trooper kit. It has QC issues. The pieces are not made from CNC but laser/stamp cutting which warps the pieces a little bit and causes tolerance issues. Mine had the bolt catch snag on the inside of the shell. So I had to file it down a bit to smooth out the action. Also I cannot rely 100% on the bolt catch working. Sometimes it does not engage and hold the bolt back.

I like the show. Gary (the former intern on the show Bones) is funny.

However I see a LOT of X-Men Charles Xavier influences in the show and the heavy handed and blatant themes and morals.

Im impatient for Target's exclusive HA Leadfoot Target racer car.

I've got Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Jazz, and Barricade. Of these, I only dislike Sideswipe (if you want mine, PM me and you can have it for a song). Jazz is probably the best overall, but I really like Bumblebee, too. TFW2005 reports that some discount stores (like Ross) are still receiving shipments of HA Jazz.

Target (in Walnut Creek, CA) had a few yesterday at $34.99, not a bad price for a toy of this size.

Best, MyClone

Thanks. If you still have the reciept can you tell me the DPCI number?

Great toy, and fantastic pictures! I just picked up the standard version yesterday, and was wondering how I should modify it. Looks like it wouldn't be too hard to make a facsimile of the Starscream deco, altho' I'm sure my efforts won't look as good as your pristine specimen. Was also thinking possibly of a Macross Zero F-14 ....

Thanks, MyClone

Where did you get the standard version? I want to make two. One as Macross of course. and the second as Jetfire.

To answer the other persons question. I had to sticker it myself. the only part painted is the orange/red bars over the intakes and blue nosecone.

My friend helped me pick this up at SDCC. She gave it to me last weekend. I just finally got a chance to take an impromptu photoshoot.

Actually it is very easy to clip the barricade.

The hardest part is merely getting the pusher bar, tuned just right to push the darts. the problem is that the bar needs to be long enough to push the clip system darts into the fly wheels. But not too long that it drags and gets caught on the tail end of the next dart as the dart pusher retracts.

I used a spare Raider mag well. You need to remove some of the safety linkage in the mag well but It is a nice self contained unit. Then i just attached it with 6 zipties. That is it.

I got the SDCC optimus prime thanks to a friend of mine. It loiks great with my hybrid yellow stock tube and blue raider stock. Normally the raider stick has a light gray stock. The barricade yellow stock has a dark gunmetal tube which matches the prime barricade.