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  1. Uxi
    Yet both were less popular repaints of the Seekers. Did US Starscream shelfwarm? What about Rodimus and Grimlock?
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    I kinda wish someone would do a replacement lens for Soundwave since I don't want to paint it...
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    I've been getting the Moebius BSG releases at my local hobby shop. A bit more expensive than online but they're helpful and local and I like to support them.
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    Oh snap, Ratbat. Hope it's available separate somewhere.
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    Grimlock seems like he's still in scale with MP10 optimus. He'd have been way too small compared to MP1.
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    Hot Rod was pretty stupid. By all means intervene. Use your wrist lasers and shoot the gun Megatron was reaching for instead of going to in to grapple. WTF was he thinking? Course, Optimus himself was way too casual after his judo throw. Instead of going for your gun, stay on Megatron like white on rice and deliver your Captain Kirk Double Hammer Fist as a finishing move... but that would have been less dramatic.
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    I loved Hot Rod from the movie. It was angst-filled Rodimus Prime who sucked. From Season 3
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    I also passed more than a few Thundercrackers all through last Fall. If I had seen Grimlock, I'd definitely have bought one but just wasn't looking for him or going to TRU or I'd have bought one. Hell 5 or 6 if I knew how much he'd go for a few years later! Definitely hope for another release. Only needs a little bit of tweaking in a refresh. Thanks for the pics! Seeing those pics makes me think I'd not be missing much going with Hasbro. The difference in teeth and claws isn't that stark. Like the extra paint on legs, etc. I don't even want the crown... or sword... I gotta start watching the open box buys on evilbay more closely though it kills to pay double retail for an open US release...
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    Nice. Is that Grimlock Takara or the new Asian exclusive one? Definitely not US Hasbro from the paint apps. argh, I gotta get one. Grimlock does need better at least partially articulated hands (and get rid of the light gimmick for it). I'd like the wings to fold backwards to at least partially cover the dino head (probably linking to the sides) yet still coming out a bit as 'wings' , I'm thinking. Could probably hide the little T-rex arms in there too. Maybe with a bit of vertical articulation to the tail to allow a modern T-rex/balancing stance as well as the anachronistic upright stance.
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    Hey Gakken , if / when you take more pictures, I'd love to see a comparison of MP10 Optimus with MP08 Grimlock as well as your Hasbro/Takara dino comparisons. Thanks!
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    Better yet, bring back JCVD and have him be his twin brother as a tongue in cheek reference to Double Impact (also had Bolo Yeung in it). Maybe that will be Expendables 4.
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    Still a stinkin' furrener. I really didn't have a problem with Brandon Routh, though, just the vapid script, and wished they had kept him. But not because of his nationality. New guy looks a bit too... gaunt, I think.
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    I think you're right. If you ever want to get rid of one without going to scalper rates, I claim dibs, though.
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    Is Bolo Yueng still alive? He'd be pretty cool. Definitely Carl Weathers. As a bad guy doing his biggest Apollo Creed as a prick like in the beginning of Rocky II more than Dylan or Rocky III/IV Apollo. They overdid the Chuck Norris. I thought his first appearance was great but definitely shouldn't have done the last one and the second one should have been toned down. Loved the snake joke, though.
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    Loving the Grimlock Gakken. Give it to me. or at least put up the Takara and/or some hires comparisons.
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    I actually liked most of the 2nd better than the first, even though I waited for it on Netflix. I'll probably stream the third.
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    I was kind of out of it for Rodimus and Grimlock. And sorely regretting it. For a new Grimlock, I hope they could make robot a bit more... smooth (hide/mask/camo the Trex head into the back) sort of like the FoC version except into the back, if not allow a more modern stance while not prohibiting the older stance, either. I think the light up sword gimmick could go away. Definitely keep the red/blue eye thing. And then do the rest of the Dinobots, of course.
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    DX Chogokin Super VF-27

    Uxi replied to IXTL's topic in Toys

    I dropped and broke the head laser on my original VF-27 so have been really considering this one...
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    I wouldn't put it like that, but I'm curious what makes anyone think Hasbro would spend more on production just because they were spending more on a lower production run. I dig the shirt. For $100 or so I really wish I could have gotten this release without the shirt. Maybe even $150 for the combo. I'd pass on the apron though or leave it in the box if it was included.
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    That's economies of scale, though and the cost of third parties reflects their smaller sizes and relatively much much smaller runs. Hasbro would lose sales and put even more items on clearance (or more likely mean they simply wouldn't get produced) if the price points were much higher.
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    I want to fire back up my PS3 one of these days and go through another trophy sweep on the Uncharteds and Yakuza series especially
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    I don't think they are "marketing" them. Advertising is next to nil. Packaging has got to be the cheapest part. The molds are already done. I simply wouldn't have (m)any if they were $200 each. Don't get me wrong, TRU has distribution issues... and I'm sure they want anything but to clearance these as many have (most notably Thundercracker). I wish they could get these on shelves so more kids COULD have a chance at them which would make them more likely to produce larger runs, etc. To cater to collectors, is a great idea for a more exclusive line. To weed out scalpers, they should be going direct with mechanisms to limit purchase to one card, address, user, IP address, etc etc. They could also then go with fancy packaging, etc like you say so we wouldn't have to stake out TRU and usually come up empty. On that note, shouldn't Wal-Mart be due another? They haven't had one since Skywarp, no?
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    Love the post credit.
  24. Uxi
    Pretty good review... but you should have had the Grimlocks in dinosaur/alt mode to show the differences more. And I think you're absolutely crazy to say Hasbro should be charging more, of course.
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    Buzz Saw must have heard me talking smack cause I just broke off the tail fin. Apparently they only do 45 degrees instead of 90 degrees like Lazer Beak?
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