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I found the new concept BB, but it was in the Target exclusive Evolution of a Hero(BB two pack) set. I have two 70's Bees now. It's a real shame that they didn't opt for the Japanese 70s Bee with the purple translucent windows and missiles like is on the back of the package. Unfortunately it looks like it's the same exact 70s Bee we saw before(if you were lucky enough to find him). Concept BB is the best deluxe imho. The contrasting colors, the mechanical detail, the transformation and the weapon simply work on a level beyond your general deluxe. I just wish I had him in normal colors instead of this battle damage. Given how barren the deluxe pegs *still* are around here, I just couldn't pass him up.

I never understood the fascination with the Piranacon set. The transformers fandom has been screaming for a reissue for years. Looks like it might be finally coming out too. G1 Piranacon Prototype Surfaces on Ebay.

I'm in the process of ebaying all my RiD stuff now. It was a really hard decision to make because this was the stuff that got me into collecting again. The problem is that it's all been in a box in the closet for far too long because other, not necessarily but sometimes better, stuff has come since which I enjoy displaying more. Alternators being the major reason(and also the next logical step after RiD engineering), characterization being the other. There's no Bumblebee or Ironhide or Hikaru in the RiD bunch to warrant holding on to it. Anyway, I just finished doing a "photoshoot" of RailRacer for ebay. This really is a fantastic figure. I really like the Build King/Landfill molds too, although they're not held in near as high a regard as the JRX set.

I buy used games all the time, BUT, I always demand to see the back of the disc before I'll buy it.

I have similar plans. I'm just hoping my system holds out long enough until the next price drop.

That was pretty cool, I thought. A lot of thought and work went into those. And as a Macross site, I'm sure everyone should like the gerwalking Starscream.

I wonder, do they offer an "exclusive two plus month waiting period!" for these free movies?

Although I didn't buy any of the Target exclusives, I did like that they colored the energon pieces so they looked more like solid pieces of metal instead of the blazing translucent red they were in the Energon line.

This is a minor nitpick, but after Gears of War, I expected to be able to join co-op games with random people. The only people you can play co-op games with are people in your friends and recently played friends list, so you have to arrange the match(ie: invite them). There's no way to browse lobbys waiting for people to start co-op games. Gears made it easy to play co-op with random people, and you could even co-op into a running game. If I missed out how to do this, please tell me. I went to gamefaqs and xbox.com researching this because I was honestly surprised it wasn't in the game.

I prefer this paint scheme and am glad I waited, but yeah, I would have much preferred full blown TV colors too.

Or is it that people's 360s haven't seen much activity until Halo 3 and now their system's reached the mileage needed for a RROD?

Wuh?

Did anybody else here send in for that Xbox360 HD DVD free movies offer? It's been over 4 weeks since I sent in for it. I'm getting antsy.

It was ok. There was one thing I didn't like about it. The way last season ended, it had some weight because there was sacrifice, there was cost, there was courage while facing the unknown. Now we find out that everyone survived the finale(even Sylar is most likely alive) so it feels like what I liked about last season's ending has been undone. That might be too harsh, but that was my impression immediately after watching the episode and particularly Peter's reveal. That said, there were things to like. HRG guy working at a copy store, putting up with the resident Napolean, and then after using up way more patience than I would have expected so deliciously putting him in his place. Did you notice that it was Nathan that bumped into Ando? I wonder if Nathan's doing the delivery of the marked pictures. Speaking of which, I was happy to see Ando again. I hope he gets back to sidekicking with Hiro. I'm kind of glad they're exploring Hiro's messing with a time line too. Future Hiro warned of the risks, but they never did specify the costs of him being wreckless with a timeline. So will the Hondurans be our new present day Wonder Twins? I think/hope there's much more to this than just "plague girl".

Yes. I don't know how/when they were originally released, but when I owned a G1 Predaking, my Divebomb was certainly made out of a chunk of die-cast.

It might be new news here, but these have been around for quite a while. There are upcoming "Starscream" (red and black Megatron) and "Magnus" (white and blue Optimus) repaints. The quirky thing I like about them the most is that they're wearing the sneakers they become. The only difference between the two are the heads. Although a neat feature that I think most people miss is that you can mount the rifle upside down on the right forearm which does a decent job of giving Megatron a fusion cannon which further differentiates the two. My MP Skywarp arrived today. I gawked at him for a good 15 minutes before trying to transform him. The jet mode just looks that nice. The transformation was involved, but I did figure it out without instructions. Definitely easier than MP Megatron. My favorite step was pulling the jet nose through the chest to the other side which is a signature seeker transformation step. Bot mode is equally as sharp. I've decided against applying the stickers. He just looks that sleek without them and there's already Decepticon logos on him, but much less pronounced, which is how I prefer them on my alternator themed collection. I didn't see any real QC problems except for where the cockpit opening tabs attach. The one side of the plastic tab is clear. I can't tell if it's a stress mark, or if the yellow plastic is missing pigment there, or if there was a black paint app that didn't apply properly there, which judging by looking at the parallel tab the last scenario is probably the case. I might apply a little dab of paint to fix it, but I'm definitely going to have to paint that Dr. Archeville. My hope now is that the carbon scarring on Walmart MP Screamer is going to be easy to remove.

My Target quickly sold out of their first shipment of G1 deco Jazz a few weeks back. Screamer didn't show up until the second shipment, and both him and Jazz are somewhat healthy in supply at the moment. The deluxe pegs for the 'in demand" figures are still unfortunately barren. I did however pick up Robot Replica Frenzy(even the robot replicas are few) and a couple of Titaniums today. I swear I've seen more Titaniums on store shelves in the last month or so than I've seen in the entirety of its actual run. RR Frenzy's in dire need of extra ball joints, especially for the ankles and the elbows. He only has ball joints on his shoulders, hips, and neck, but the arms themselves don't have much poseability for all the extra moving limb bits he should have. I guess he's decent, but these robot replicas don't seem to be the be-all-end-all of articulation that they're advertised as. Each Frenzy does offer something the others lack though. FAB Frenzy has a nice alt mode and a real interesting layered transformation which is pretty complicated for the FAB line. Robot proportions suffer, but being as good as he is for an FAB, I think its forgiveable. A trick I do to get a more dynamic pose is by reversing the right leg which is almost a mirror of itself. Barricade Frenzy is in scale with the deluxe bots and does have decent proportions. He's also kind of a cassette tape for Barricade, which I thought is a nice tribute albeit probably unintentional.

Awww crap. That was one of the HD titles I was considering picking up.

Snippets from the 1up review that I found very interesting: "New modes like the zombie-survival Infestation and twists on old favorites --" and "Co-op play starts off as another known quantity, but turn on a new feature called campaign scoring, and all of a sudden, the main story-driven game becomes an arcade-like experience. Campaign scoring lets players work together and pool points from kills (with bonuses for headshots, grenade sticks, etc.), or they can compete by going for individual high scores (but they still must work together since team kills deduct points)." I wish I wouldn't have read those snippets. I could have waited for the Halo 3 hype to die down before buying, but now I'm really interested. Sounds like they really paid some attention to the non deathmatch co-op aspects.

BBTS has a preorder up for Battlestar Galactica - Series 2 - Set of 4 which are the 6" figures line and this time includes a new Cylon! Funny how they hide it in the background of the picture though. Bummer that it's not coming out until January either.

If it weren't for the "animated" head, I'd be ok with it. As is, I'll await the inevitable G1 redeco and pray it gets a less exaggerated noggin as well for my Starscream assortment.

I did these pictures really quick, so I apologize for the lousy quality, but it does show what I was talking about. I hope they came across in order. All you have to do is pull the arms outward, you'll see the arm bar they're on will pull out. The first time you do it, it probably will be pretty tight. Edit: Cool, they came across in the right order. The first picture is how you have it transformed. I tried to highlight the arm bar in the second picture which you can kind of see. The third picture is the result with much better aesthetic shoulders.

Try to sample some 7 episodes before buying a large amount of it. It's not everyone's cup of tea. DYRL is a must-have though, as is Zero and Plus.

The lights totally make that piece. What price does one of these typically go for?

Nice! I'd like to own one, but man they're pricey. Anyone ever own/see one of those MicroMachines Sulaco Drop Ships? I haven't been able to find a picture of one out of the box.