Valkyrie Hunter D

This show reminds of the new Old Navy commercials on TV. Just creepier.

Finally, new TFs are hitting the stores. During the past 3 days, I snagged Megs, Red Alert, Dirge and Hailstorm at different places. And so far, I've only seen Breacher once but nada for Soundwave.

I wonder if this will bring Rick Moranis back to acting.

So much good stuff indeed. Jazz is what I'm looking forward to the most. And once I do get him, I'll have to find a way to give him the oversized rear wing like his OG alt mode. So word on the street is that Wheeljack is going to be based on Tracks' sculpt. Wheeljack wasn't cool enough to get his own design? Boo!

And it would be just as hard to make them form Menasor. Wave 2 seems to be finally trickling into a Target nearby; I finally saw Tuner Skids, gimmick-Sideswipe, Elita-1, but no Hailstorm.

Well after going through this game once, I can say that it's a great effort, but it seems to fall short on a lot. The on-foot stages seemed like an afterthought, I mean the third FM allowed you to steal any piece of hardware whether it was a tank, heli, or wanzer. If there was a time to re-introduce that element to make FM cooler than before, this game was it! Instead, all there was for being on foot was a generic shooter with 4 enemy models. As for parts, I was hoping to see morre, maybe even a beam weapon or two, and considering where this game lies in the FM timeline, there's bound to be at least one in there. Also, this game was short. I was expecting Act VI to scroll in there, so I was little disappointed in findng that Act V was the finale. Regardless, the wanzers are pretty and so are the backgrounds, and combat was fast and fun. It just could've been so much more.

Meanwhile the big stores here have squat. I'm wondering if they're waiting for the walls of Ravages and Jetblades to come down before putting out the new stuff. If so, it'll be loong time before I see anything beyond the first wave of Generations.

Can the matrix accessory even be held by either figure?

Blow me down, this game doesn't suck as much as I thought it would. It's great to see updated designs of past wanzers, but overall, the graphics doesn't seem too far off from what a PS2 can do. Detail seems to be lacking in the character designs and inner workings. For instance, the cockpit interface for the wanzers seems to be ripped from cheap 80's sci-fi. It plays faster than the Armored Cores and the controls are tight and responsive. I've only been through the first act, but so far I've been having fun with it. I'm hoping this lasts through the whole game...

United WFC Megs looks great in gray, but I was disappointed to see that Generations Bumblebee and Prime are not brand new sculpts. Pfffft. We finally got something new on the shelves over here; I snagged Breacher and Insecticon today. And since TRU had a buy 2 get 1 free deal on Scouts, I was able to get Oil Pan too. On a side note, I also found GI JOE's exclusive Spirit Iron-knife. (He totally looks like an Ikari warrior!)

Indeed, Wreck-Gar does look awesome. I'm hoping he'll be in scale with the Junkions Fansproject is cooking up. You know what else is awesome? This guy: And of course, Superion had to meet him This set is so much fun. Not-Swindle in particular is an excellent figure: solid, articulate and fun to pose. My only complaint is that the helicopter looks ridiculous with FP's bits on it, so I'm gonna try and find a better place for them. Quality stuff; if I had this toy when I was 10 my head would've exploded.

Who wants another serving of Optimus? With Wreck-Gar on the side? More Generations figs

Voyager Bludgeon is having fun crossing swords with him on my desk. A fair match I would think. Once that head upgrade gets released for Deluxe Bludgeon, it'll look a lot better. Man, I'm having no luck finding anything new here. I ran into 3 MP Grimlocks, but that's it.

For deluxes, the Lambo twins are great, but Hound and Mirage are my faves. Ironhide would be up there as well if it weren't for the wonky alt mode. As for the gift set, I mainly got it for the sweet looking Cyclonus and consider the toon colored Rodimus and Galvatron as bonuses. But Galvatron really isn't that bad...

Does this mean skyrocketing prices for the black Rodimus repaints? Ugh.

"Achtung, Einhander kommt! Drei Sekunden bis Kontakt..." I'm still waiting for this venerable fighter to come out in some tangible 3-D form.

He sure was: Dome Zero car (1976). In the third pic down, the car has rims similar to the ones found on the Classics toy. No new TFA stuff here, including Rodimus and Ironhide. I can't find the Blazemaster repaint for Evac either.

Yup absorbing the Matrix apparently means gaining a few inches of height and getting more prominent cheekbones. I've been so used to how Classics Hot Rod looks in alt mode that I've forgotten how curvy the G1 alt mode really was. I'm really liking this MP, but would it be too much to ask for a figure of Daniel, a hoverboard, and a button that makes it play DARE?

Taken from a toy show in Japan: I guess Hot Rod IS in there.

I love you for doing this. That's all I have to say.

My sets are finally on their way from BBTS-can't wait! I know FP made a white version of the Superion add-on set which looked great when coupled with the Energon versions of the jets, so there's a good chance the same might be done for Bruticus.

Alt mode is one real funky looking gunship bristling with gatling guns and missiles-I like it! There is no mechanism to spin the main rotor, it just spins freely, but there are a couple of individual blades that have trouble locking into place. Transformation is very simple and the resulting bot mode looks just his cartoon counterpart. He's surprisingly articulate, and he sports quite a menacing look when all the guns are in place. The rear portion of his alt mode becomes a weapon that launches the rear rotor as a disc, and it launches quite far. He's a great toy, I just wish he was a little larger. Not bad for someone who just got 15 seconds of screen time!

After tinkering around with it, I feel like I got my money's worth with MP Grimmy. The only things I found wrong with mine is a big crinkle on the blue visor and some really tight knee joints. I might have to tighten up the hip joints a bit, but all in all it's a real fun toy. So at $60, I don't miss the pointy teeth and kitchen ware the Japanese version has.

Wow, x-mas in August! Quite a shipment came in: I'm gonna feel like a total ass if that Challenge at Cybertron set ever comes out in the U.S., but I didn't want to miss out on the best version of Henkei/Classics Cyclonus. It's not lavender like the Henkei nor does it have the chrome wings, and it's not as dark as the Classics version-it's a fair color balance bewteen the two. Rodimus looks ok and Galvatron looks just fine in his OG colors in bot mode, but I may not like seeing an all white Merkava tank as an alt mode. As for Blackout and Grimmy, I can't wait to open them!

Your best bet is to go to their site and order directly from their shop. Incidentally, they're offering pre-orders for a KO of Impossible Toys' not-Arcee figure. It looks leagues better than IT's lackluster offering, but it costs $100 .