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  1. Silverstreak
    I managed to grab one at AmiAmi as the preorder went live. I was standing in line at the mountain bike shop with my iPad in hand trying to talk to the employee while checking out. Not my grandest moment but I got one!
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    Badcube's Warpath isn't that bad. There's a lot going on and some pins are way tighter than they should be but it's actually not that hard if you just take a minute to think about where stuff needs to get to. I mean, I haven't looked at the instructions since the first time I transformed it when it was released and have a play with it once, maybe twice a year and can figure it out. I'd say it's I smidge easier than Sunsurge. i also have no desire to replace it with the FT version. I recently bought FT Springer and have yet to even transform it. Took a look, went "meh", put it back and went straight for Crack Up.
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    I do like the black watch. I'm all for subtlety but even I agree they could have emphasised the Macross connection more.
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    It's brilliant isn't it? I originally had the FT Omega and while initially impressed, I ended up selling it as all the little nitpicks and QC issues I had with it added up. I managed to get Gabriel last weekend as a regret sale and for what I paid, $230USD, I am happy. The elbows on mine are a little tight but apart from that, I have no QC issues. And I enjoy the aesthetic of Gabriel far more than TG. While I think that TG has by a considerable margin the more cohesive alt mode, this is by far the better overall Omega Supreme.
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    The thing that killed my interest in Meteor was the face. If I'm going to replace 6 TFs in my MP collection, the figure I'm replacing them with better be damn near perfect. And I really like Meteor, except for the face sculpt. It just looks horrible. It ruins the figure for me. Conversely, I can find many faults with the official MP seekers, I could rant all day about them in fact. But they did an awesome job on the faces.
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    Just a ploy to make more people sign up to their newsletter
  7. Silverstreak
    Forgive the ignorance but why is the BD so expensive? Is that just foreign markup?
  8. Silverstreak
    Huh. I've never heard of that site before. Are they reliable? But man are they overpriced!
  9. Silverstreak
    Awesome. But damn I hope they get to Striker.
  10. Silverstreak
    I have never really followed this but it's pretty amazing that Palladium couldn't do with $1.4M what they originally promised they could do with $70K. It makes HG seem almost competent in comparison.
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    The design style is evocative of Animated. And Everything about Animated absolutely rocked so I'm optimistic about this. Also other people have commented that it looks like Ben 10, and Derrick J Wyatt did character designs for both so I wonder if he's involved?
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    I have one on order at HLJ. God knows where I'm gonna get the money though.
  13. Silverstreak
    I don't think you can go wrong either way. Both have some amazing Dinobots.
  14. Silverstreak
    My 3yo son has started to outgrow his Duplo collection and has taken an interest in the City line. So we have picked him up a few small sets with some more to Put under the tree from Santa. I collect a bit of Lego but apart from a few UCS sets haven't had time to build much of it. But for a line aimed at kids there are some very cool little tricks employed in the build and some of the smaller sets are very cool. Plus it's incredible how good Lego is for little kids fine motor skills. Where as when he got his first City set about 3 weeks ago he could barely sit the minifigure in its seat, now he's onto pulling some of the very small bagged sets completely apart and rebuilding them with only advisory input from me! Pretty amazing stuff.
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    You're absolutely right. I literally just tried that on mine after reading your comment and it looks much better than I would have thought. Those clear symbols are my favourite. Whenever there is an opportunity I always use them. They come up looking heaps better than the regular red/white ones.
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    That Megs is next on my list
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    For mine the transportation costs were only around 500 yen. And they suggested they not go on the first day, nor at the opening time to ensure they weren't waiting in line long.
  18. Silverstreak
    I knew nothing about this mod but noticed on the weekend my Slave 1 drooping. So thanks for bringing it to my attention!
  19. Silverstreak
    It looks as though I successfully obtained a VF-31J Kai. Just gotta wait for December for it to be picked up and posted to me
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    I know it's a little late but man! That is brilliant!
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    Your write-ups are always a good read. Have you considered a way of indexing them? Once or twice I've wanted to go back and read your thoughts on something I was thinking of getting but it's buried in the vast depths of this thread. And while I agree with you that Meteor looks superior to the MP-11 mould, and might be worth the extra, I, like many, many other masterpiece collectors are already at least 6 versions deep in the seeker mould. So it's not a decision of simply replacing one character in your collection, but the possibility of replacing a significant portion of our collections. MakeToys have also only released Starscream. There is no guarantee that they will make the rest. Also, Takara may have another crack at the seekers in the future, and with so much other product competing for our money, you can then understand why people are hesitant to dive in on Meteor.
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    Sky Shadow is great. He has, for me at least, broken the streak of (at best) mediocre leader class TF figures released in the last 4-5 years. He is certainly not without his faults but on the whole, everything he does, he does very well. He's decently posable, has a simple and fun transformation (I love how the tank turret hides in the legs) and while the jet isn't super, both his alt modes look good. I picked Sky Shadow because I have zero interest in Overlord (I have Carnifex. Enough said) but given how fun the mould is you can't go wrong with either.
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    Future floor polish.
  24. Silverstreak
    Is the no war machine rule still a thing? Because like, Star Destroyer, Death Star, Helicarrier, etc, etc...
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    Minimal paint apps. I too really like Bumblebee. He was a surprise present from my wife. I had no intention of getting it but I'm glad I did.
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