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Dangit, I missed out on Blades, but I was able to snag Dropshot-he's not too shabby. The color scheme look better than Scattershot's IMO, and he looks kickass with all the ordinance in bot mode. And I agree; I like Galvatron's design, but he needs to be much larger.

Nee-ha! Wave 3 is now complete; I lucked out and caught WalMart in the middle of a restock. The whole end cap was full of them, and it wasn't hard finding the ones I wanted since most of them seemed to be painted well. I haven't had a chance to open them, but Snarl is looking to be the fave of this line up. I just wish Soundwave and Jazz were a tad bigger; it's just kinda weird that Oil Slick has to be largest of them all. Also sighted was the humungous auto-transforming Prime. I love the size, but his sculpt is just awful IMHO. Anyways, I can't wait to get home and mess around with this latest haul.

Could anyone near Milpitas, CA confirm if this has hit Golfland? That place seemed like a test bed for all of Capcom's arcade games. Ah, how I miss the old battlefield...

Classics Prowl is turning out to be a crappily painted figure. I saw some at Wal-Mart and got the best of the bunch. That doesn't really say much since all of the Prowls had some sort of paint misapplication; uneven edges, splotches on clear parts, and lumpy spots on corners. I'm not really that meticulous, but compared to the paint quality on Sunstreaker and Tankor, Prowl is in last place. The Animated Leader figures were also on the shelves, and they weren't as big as I initially thought. I just might cave and get Megs-he looked pretty good!

Those new Beagle pics are sweet! I haven't been this excited over a toy in a long time

From Goodkind himself: http://www.terrygoodkind.com/news/news2.html Initial reports of Raimi being on board was great news but now with Disney funding everything, I'm having doubts now. Regardless, the first book was a great read and it will be interesting to see Richard and Kahlan working their magic on the small screen.

Late to the party dood: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=26540 Great pics in that link though.

All red Powerglide is going to be one of the few examples where I prefer the Henkei version over the US counterpart. Casting realism to the winds, I'm all in for a red A-10. With the Movie line, Animated and Classics, I never knew I'd be spending this much on Transformers. And now with Alternity coming in, the hits just keep coming.

If this plays anything like the PS2 Macross game, I will definitely have to import it. The first page has a shot of a Phalanx in a fight. You can use Destroids in this game?

I'm just glad that another Binaltech mold is being made, with a GTR alt mode no less. Not to mention a die cast version of the Convoy mold MINUS the pervy anime girl figure-yay! (I missed out on KISS Convoy)

That's a damn shame. I'll never forget his work on Aliens.

He shouldn't have a problem moving all those Nemesis Primes...

The Animated toys are flying off the shelves over here. I've been trying to find another Prowl and Bumblebee for the kiddies, but the stores that had em are either completely sold out or just have a bunch of Ratchets, Blackarachnias, and a smattering of Lockdowns. And still no voyager Prime . So far the line leaves me with little to complain about. It makes me wonder if the JP releases are going to have enhancements like the figures from Classics 1.0.

For now, it looks that way. I want one in that scale too since the leader version is too big for my shelves. Does anyone know why wave 3 Voyager figs like Lugnut and Grimlock are hitting the stores before Prime who supposed to be in wave 2? Or did I just miss out on him?

Score! I managed to snag all the Voyager figs in one fell swoop last night at the local wally world. I really just wanted to get Megs, but seeing as how Grimlock and Lugnut were also there, I went hog wild and got all of them-even got a Bulkhead for my nephew. They are all tres cool, but I am really liking Lugnut's robot mode and his weapon gimmick. I can't wait to see what the Voyager Prime will be like.

The Beagle looks hawt! Is it a coincidence that my rebate check is equal to its rumored price?

So they're out in SoCal eh? Thanks for the tip. The latest TFs I've seen were the Wal-Mart exclusives, which are always selling out. As far as Gobots go, I can't say too many bad things about 'em. I had a ball with the few Macine Robo toys I had. My first one was the Harrier jet, and I loved how each one came in styrofoam packaging and sometimes their own comic strip (even though I couldn't read Japanese). Gotta love 80's packaging.

I haven't even seen those yet. I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss out on Blackout. The premium version looks much better from the photos I've seen.

Speaking of Bumblebee, has anyone seen the premium figs hit the stores yet?

Sweet pics, Drifand. And yes, the Gokin Griffon is all kinds of sexy.

It was worth a shot. Reading some of the sigs made me guffaw a bit.

60000 yen...what a buzzkill.

Yup, and it also was released under just plain "Windaria". While the tale of tragedy remains the same, there were several key differences in the original script that explained a lot of the "WTF?" moments in Macek's version. Yes, very much so. That theme song WAS pretty catchy though, eh? Ya know what really got on my nerves? Hearing "Konya Wa Hurricane" translated and sung in English. I appreciate all the work that was done to fully localize BGC, but MAN was that ever the suck.

Fo sho! I bet the original designer of the TH would get a kick out of seeing his creation in toy form, especially in 1/48 scale!

Man, I want see more pics of the Beagle bike. I'm thinking it would look great right next to the classic Gakken.