eriku Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 do what i do. Go buy the US Prime. and take the black gun. Then put the megatron gun in his hands so when the toy is put back in the case he'll hold the gun and teh stupid target or walmart clerks wont know the black gun is missing. Are they stupid or do they just have better things to worry about? Unless the clerk taking the return is a Transformers fan, or someone familiar with the popular details of our geekdom, they wouldn't have any reason to know what Prime is supposed to be holding. Hell, you could probably return him with the accessories missing, the twisties gone and still get away with it. Back when Star Wars Ep1 was out and the Royal Starship set came out, people everywhere were buying it, removing the exclusive red R2 droid and returning it with a different figure in it's place. Or no figure in it's place. They were also just straight up ripping the window on the box open and snatching the figure. I've seen other Star Wars 'remix' toys too. The most hilarious one was earlier this year. Someone had bought one of those Jedi Council 3-packs, removed the tall and distinctive Yareal Poof figure and the Yaddle figure and neatly replaced them with a battle droid and an Episode 1 Yoda. The Droid has articulated knees so it sat in the chair perfectly, and Yoda originally came with a chair so he sat in Yaddle's chair perfectly. You could not tell by looking at the package that it had been opened and the twisty ties were even in place. I'm sure the clerk didn't even look twice at it or check the package to make sure it was the same figures. Toys are toys to most people. Kind of a dirty trick but I couldn't help laughing out loud in the toy aisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myriad Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Another blue http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=5909743385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-1Guy Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 A BT Mini-Cooper is up for preorder at bigbadtoystore.com. He's got seats for feets They also have pictures of the Superlink combiners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 A BT Mini-Cooper is up for preorder at bigbadtoystore.com. He's got seats for feets They also have pictures of the Superlink combiners. I like the idea of a mini cooper as a TF, but I really hope the final bot design is drastically different from what is on the website. The seat feet are revolting. I wonder if it'll be Bumblebee? Nice to see the Arielbots make a comeback...although two of the figures are just repaints of two other figures in the set, which is a huge turn-off. Why not go all the way with the idea rather than crapping out with repaints? I expect more out of Takara. And the combined mode isn't doing much for me either. The torso is nice, but the poor thing doesn't have any hands or feet. Bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I really don't know why but no car provokes my contempt like the mini. I hate them with a passion for no real reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 A BT Mini-Cooper is up for preorder at bigbadtoystore.com. He's got seats for feets They also have pictures of the Superlink combiners. What does the mini cooper look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soze Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Quote from the BigBadToyStore newsletter. TAKARA BT-09: We've received word from Japan that the next Binaltech release will be the BT-09 Mini Cooper! No official pictures are available yet, but we have a Mini Cooper Robot graphic from the advertising campaign on their website. We do not know the name or color of the figure yet, but we'll post official pictures as soon as they become available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 That mini cooper transformer I think looks like that one posted on the mini-cooper robot site which was a fake about this guy making a robot out of mini-cooper parts. I think it was some sort of viral advertising thing for mini-cooper or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigkid24 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Having car manufacturer websites post images of their cars as robots seems to be a good sign. First Mazda and now the Mini. I think it's time to just keep checking out the websites of other car makers to keep an eye out for any foreshadowing. So if they have Minis in the Binaltech line do you think they'll have BMWs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPika Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 A BT Mini-Cooper is up for preorder at bigbadtoystore.com. He's got seats for feets They also have pictures of the Superlink combiners. What does the mini cooper look like? the seat thingy... i think its unique and hella kewl ^^!! I love that design. its looks like the best binaltech so far... The most thought has gone into it. And Havent u seen "The Italian Job"??? go watch it and ull instantly fall in love with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 So? Does this mean we have our Bumble(bee) and Cliffjumper bases covered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 (edited) Well, I guess we have our Bumblebee. Him and Cliffjumper are the easy guesses for this one. If Mazda's CG RX-8 work-up is any indicator, then the Cooper will probably look similar to that, though without the pipes and stuff. Edited July 16, 2004 by Anubis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 I got my Hound today. Thanks Anubis. I took some picks of him with my 97 TJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 close up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Bot mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Bllargghh. I need to find Hound and Silverstreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-1Guy Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Is that life size Hound transformable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Is that life size Hound transformable? I wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRock Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 I'm kinda skeptical about the Mini Cooper-bot. Mazda's RX-8 site has blatent refs to TF, as well as the all important logo and legal information. This Mini Cooper site has none of the refs as well as the legal info. And doesn't BMW release the Mini? Unless Hasbro says so (Like it did when they received questions about the RX-, I assume it's not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 BT-05 Dead End is out here.....and golly it looks uber good....noooo....my empty wallet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlepod Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Check this link Real robot conversion for mini cooper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobotFool Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Check this linkReal robot conversion for mini cooper? Old news. It's CG. Very fake looking CG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I saw a HUUUUUUUUGE Building size pic of the Mini Cooper Transformer in downtown L.A. I was thinking "It be cool if they made that into a transformer with that much detail." Who woulda thunkit that I hear about this a week later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Image Anime in the USA has DeadEnd in stock, this is the first store in the USA that i have seen that has it.Image Anime chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowyunskinny Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I'm surprised no one has posted the prototype pics of what's supposedly the Decepticon repaint of Hound. Speculation is that it's Swindle. Here ya go: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowyunskinny Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 and how bout some Meister...I mean Jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 wow i acctually saw this coming, i knew hound was going to be repainted as swindle at somepoint , looks ok but I like the green hound better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 (edited) All right, new prototypes. Yeah, Swindle was a no-brainer as another Wrangler. Maybe they'll mod it into a hard top and release a Brawn as well. It would be nice if someone would transform prototypes properly for once though. I'm loving Jazz though. Edited July 19, 2004 by Anubis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigkid24 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I'm happily surprised that Meister doesn't look like crap in white plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Jazz looks toit!! now if they can add on that blue lines that the original jazz has, it'll be even more perfect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Jazz looks toit!! now if they can add on that blue lines that the original jazz has, it'll be even more perfect!! I dunno, as much as I usually like to see the characters look as close to their original G1 counterparts as possible, I'd say the blue lines would ruin the classiness being displayed here. I mean, Jazz is back in style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorClone Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 so when is Meister supposed to some out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Wow, I just picked up Silverstreek at Walmart and got home. I was expecting him to just be a repaint of Smokescreen...but he's actually got a lot of nifty little improvements! The head is different, more detailed too. The car interior is more detailed as well.All in all, I'm glad I picked him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevangel2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 How come Swindle has a autobat license plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 How come Swindle has a autobat license plate? Prototype. But then again, it's not confirmed that it's Swindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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