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mrmoose · May 2, 2022

The problem I usually have when I see stores stocked like that is that they are usually super expensive, like way more expensive than just buying online, which I guess makes sense but also makes me hesitant to frequent them too often. But I still have fond memories of places like Pony Toy Go Round in Little Tokyo/Yaohan plaza of LA.

TAJ · May 2, 2022

mrmoose said:
The problem I usually have when I see stores stocked like that is that they are usually super expensive, like way more expensive than just buying online, which I guess makes sense but also makes me hesitant to frequent them too often. But I still have fond memories of places like Pony Toy Go Round in Little Tokyo/Yaohan plaza of LA.

Before Transformers launched there was a place in downtown San Diego that had Diaclone stuff for cheap. No idea what it was called.
And then the first Dinobots I saw were import ones in a different store in Seaport Village.

mute · May 3, 2022

Amazon has shipped my SS86 Perceptor. Really hard to find in stock here, good thing they are still taking orders at regular price.

BBTS has finally shipped my Windblade kit. Amazon cancelled on me months ago, wasn't sure I was going to get it.

Cow Mengde · May 3, 2022

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Keldroc · May 3, 2022

I hate AOE but it's pretty impressive they managed to do a solid version of that design, considering the CG model morphs instead of transforming. Surprisingly minimal kibble in robot mode.

Billfisto · May 5, 2022

So, if you're in Canada and you're looking to buy from a Canadian store, don't buy from Toynado.ca.

I've been buying various Skullcrunchers, but I was missing the Walmart "classics" or whatever one. I was hesitant about buying on eBay because of all the bootleg shit, so I was looking for Canadian options.

Toynado.ca did have the item in-stock (if a bit overpriced, but still about what I'd pay on eBay). The site seemed to be regularly updated with new products, and they have a Facebook presence (albeit with very low engagement) that seemed to have good reviews and indicate they had a presence at several local cons.

Long story short - they've either done a runner or were never legitimate. Eight days later and the order is still unfulfilled and they've been entirly unresponsive through all channels.

Upon closer inspection, the listed address for the "warehouse" is a self-storage facility. That's fair, maybe that's where they store their stock as a web-based business, or maybe they have a deal for some space or whatever.

Email? No response. Messenger? Message left unread. Comments on their FB posts? No response. The phone number on the site during office hours? Rings to a full voice-mail box each time.

Long story short: Don't be stupid like me and give these assholes any business.

Weltall Zero · May 5, 2022

Billfisto said:
So, if you're in Canada and you're looking to buy from a Canadian store, don't buy from Toynado.ca.

I've been buying various Skullcrunchers, but I was missing the Walmart "classics" or whatever one. I was hesitant about buying on eBay because of all the bootleg shit, so I was looking for Canadian options.

Toynado.ca did have the item in-stock (if a bit overpriced, but still about what I'd pay on eBay). The site seemed to be regularly updated with new products, and they have a Facebook presence (albeit with very low engagement) that seemed to have good reviews and indicate they had a presence at several local cons.

Long story short - they've either done a runner or were never legitimate. Eight days later and the order is still unfulfilled and they've been entirly unresponsive through all channels.

Upon closer inspection, the listed address for the "warehouse" is a self-storage facility. That's fair, maybe that's where they store their stock as a web-based business, or maybe they have a deal for some space or whatever.

Email? No response. Messenger? Message left unread. Comments on their FB posts? No response. The phone number on the site during office hours? Rings to a full voice-mail box each time.

Long story short: Don't be stupid like me and give these assholes any business.

Judging from this page, they only have 1 bad review out of 400+... and it's from yesterday.

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I wonder if they've really gone rogue or are going through some trouble.

Billfisto · May 5, 2022

Weltall Zero said:
Judging from this page, they only have 1 bad review out of 400+... and it's from yesterday.

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I wonder if they've really gone rogue or are going through some trouble.

Actually, about an hour after I posted a comment on Facebook they finally read the Messenger comment and replied that everyone there had gotten Covid. :/

I can understand that those are the times we live in, but at the very least I wish they'd been a bit more proactive about it. They've been regularly updating Facebook and the store with new products each day, the very least they could have done was throw up a "we may be a bit late on shipping as we all have covid" post or banner or something.

Oh well. I kinda feel bad now. I'll still be ordering Fans Toys Chomp from somewhere a little closer to home, I think.

Cow Mengde · May 6, 2022

If only this thing wasn't so expensive.

mute · May 6, 2022

Got SS Perceptor in hand and indeed seems like just as much the basic bitch as the photos made him out to be.

Outside of proportions/ankles the TR one is better in almost every way.

Cow Mengde · May 6, 2022

Rumors are circulating that MP56 will be Masterpiece Trailbreaker.

RyanPrime_ · May 7, 2022

Cow Mengde said:
Rumors are circulating that MP56 will be Masterpiece Trailbreaker.

They can call it a Rumour all they want but that photo is proof that MP56 is Trailbreaker. Will happy get rid of my XTB version

Billfisto · May 7, 2022

Cow Mengde said:
Rumors are circulating that MP56 will be Masterpiece Trailbreaker.

I'm not familiar with how thr Masterpiece line works. Do they also eventually do characters who use the same mold? I'd love a Masterpiece Hoist.

Cow Mengde · May 7, 2022

Billfisto said:
I'm not familiar with how thr Masterpiece line works. Do they also eventually do characters who use the same mold? I'd love a Masterpiece Hoist.

Yup. They do repaints too.

RyanPrime_ · May 7, 2022

Billfisto said:
I'm not familiar with how thr Masterpiece line works. Do they also eventually do characters who use the same mold? I'd love a Masterpiece Hoist.

MP Inferno and Grapple look similar but Grapple uses around 60% new parts.

I imagine the same will be the case for Trailbreaker and Hoist

Keldroc · May 7, 2022

Billfisto said:
I'm not familiar with how thr Masterpiece line works. Do they also eventually do characters who use the same mold? I'd love a Masterpiece Hoist.

I'm sure they'll do Hoist and two or three other even more obscure versions. Diaclone colors, etc.

Billfisto · May 7, 2022

Cow Mengde said:
Yup. They do repaints too.

RyanPrime_ said:
MP Inferno and Grapple look similar but Grapple uses around 60% new parts.

I imagine the same will be the case for Trailbreaker and Hoist

Keldroc said:
I'm sure they'll do Hoist and two or three other even more obscure versions. Diaclone colors, etc.

Thanks!

Hoist was my first Transformer, so I'm always down for a new one. If they do the purplish-blue Diaclone model I'll probably double-dip.

sophora · May 7, 2022

mute said:
Got SS Perceptor in hand and indeed seems like just as much the basic bitch as the photos made him out to be.

Outside of proportions/ankles the TR one is better in almost every way.

Eh, I own both and find the studio series one, despite the plainness, is superior to the TR one. I cant articulate the head of the TR Perceptor to look up or down and lacks waist articulation. There isnt even any locking points for his arms so they can easily dangle down out of position. The only thing better about the TR one is how the microscope somewhat works.

Yoss · May 9, 2022

Billfisto said:
So, if you're in Canada and you're looking to buy from a Canadian store, don't buy from Toynado.ca.

I've been buying various Skullcrunchers, but I was missing the Walmart "classics" or whatever one. I was hesitant about buying on eBay because of all the bootleg shit, so I was looking for Canadian options.

Toynado.ca did have the item in-stock (if a bit overpriced, but still about what I'd pay on eBay). The site seemed to be regularly updated with new products, and they have a Facebook presence (albeit with very low engagement) that seemed to have good reviews and indicate they had a presence at several local cons.

Long story short - they've either done a runner or were never legitimate. Eight days later and the order is still unfulfilled and they've been entirly unresponsive through all channels.

Upon closer inspection, the listed address for the "warehouse" is a self-storage facility. That's fair, maybe that's where they store their stock as a web-based business, or maybe they have a deal for some space or whatever.

Email? No response. Messenger? Message left unread. Comments on their FB posts? No response. The phone number on the site during office hours? Rings to a full voice-mail box each time.

Long story short: Don't be stupid like me and give these assholes any business.

That sucks that you had a bad experience, it looks like you got a response from them eventually at least. I ordered a couple marvel legends action figures from them last year, they shipped the following day and arrived pretty quickly. I've also ordered from nmctoys.ca and had mixed results. The first order shipped quick. Then I spent 3 months trying to get a response about another order and only heard back after threatening a chargeback. They blamed me for using email instead of social media.

mute · May 10, 2022

Trailbreaker is pretty high up my list of 84 bots and I don't have too many MP Autobots so I might pick him up.

SS86 Arcee (On the right. T30 and Earthrise to the left):

Doesn't seem "better" or "worse," just "bad in a different way" I guess.

Cow Mengde · May 10, 2022

Billfisto · May 10, 2022

Cow Mengde said:

Hrm. It looks like the arms fold up into the truck bed cap. I don't think I'm getting a Hoist. :(

Cow Mengde · May 10, 2022

Billfisto said:
Hrm. It looks like the arms fold up into the truck bed cap. I don't think I'm getting a Hoist. :(

It's always possible to re-engineer some parts to make a different character.

Masterpiece Grapple and Inferno aren't the exact same figure, but they do share a lot of parts and engineering.

Billfisto · May 10, 2022

Cow Mengde said:
It's always possible to re-engineer some parts to make a different character.

Masterpiece Grapple and Inferno aren't the exact same figure, but they do share a lot of parts and engineering.

Here's hoping! I'm not really seeing anywhere else the arms could go, though. Maybe he'll just have an orange hump on his back.

Cow Mengde · May 10, 2022

Billfisto said:
Here's hoping! I'm not really seeing anywhere else the arms could go, though. Maybe he'll just have an orange hump on his back.

That's why I said they can re-engineer. They'll reuse what parts they can from the mold and design new parts, and engineer new transformations to suit Hoist.

Keldroc · May 11, 2022

mute said:
Trailbreaker is pretty high up my list of 84 bots and I don't have too many MP Autobots so I might pick him up.

SS86 Arcee (On the right. T30 and Earthrise to the left):

Doesn't seem "better" or "worse," just "bad in a different way" I guess.

At least they got rid of the weird "sexy belly" molding.

Menome · May 11, 2022

I've got an order coming through to replace the UK Annuals I had as a kid. Whilst the exclusive comics were reprinted in the TPBs some years back, I wanted to go back and reread some of the written stories like The Magnificent Six again to see how they hold up.

Weltall Zero · May 11, 2022

Keldroc said:
At least they got rid of the weird "sexy belly" molding.

Damn you. I never noticed it in mine and now I will never be able to unsee it. :P

mute · May 11, 2022

Keldroc said:
At least they got rid of the weird "sexy belly" molding.

It is an improvement but I don't like where they put the waist joint:

Also the thighs are now hollow and the backpack is larger. Think I also prefer the ER head to the old one. At least it doesn't have the black joints that the western version of the T30 figure had.

mrmoose · May 11, 2022

I dunno, the backpack seems smaller to me (unless you take most of it off the Earthrise figure)? Still looks like the same basic "shove the robot under the car" transformation scheme so I'm a little surprised it's not just a repaint or something.

Lagamorph · May 11, 2022

mute · May 11, 2022

Swapping out the video since they were pulled, hopefully this stays up:

No knees but seems like an improvement in poseability over Voltron

Something I didn't think about but I thought it was a Lego thing to not want to do any military/guns stuff but I guess Optimus' laser cannon is a grey area. Probably shouldn't expect a Megatron I guess.

Billfisto · May 11, 2022

Haha, looked like the video slipped through early.

I'm quite pleased it's G1 Optimus, but also sad that I'm now out two hundred bucks.

mrmoose · May 11, 2022

I still have my original Kre-o Optimus with the partsforming so this is a dream come true, but is this a bigger collaboration with Hasbro or a one time thing? I mean I know we'd never get a G1 Megatron for obvious reasons but I'd love for there to be more, and even less complex/cheaper sets.

Billfisto · May 11, 2022

Gimme a line of Lego Headmasters. The functionality is basically built-in.

Keldroc · May 11, 2022

mrmoose said:
I still have my original Kre-o Optimus with the partsforming so this is a dream come true, but is this a bigger collaboration with Hasbro or a one time thing? I mean I know we'd never get a G1 Megatron for obvious reasons but I'd love for there to be more, and even less complex/cheaper sets.

I will be very annoyed if we don't get a Grimlock out of this.

Lagamorph · May 11, 2022

mrmoose · May 11, 2022

Keldroc said:
I will be very annoyed if we don't get a Grimlock out of this.

That would be amazing but I'd be afraid of the price, because the transformation while still not super complex is still way more complex than Optimus is. Though nothing like the origami magic that would have to be done for something like the seekers.

mute · May 11, 2022

mrmoose said:
I still have my original Kre-o Optimus with the partsforming so this is a dream come true, but is this a bigger collaboration with Hasbro or a one time thing? I mean I know we'd never get a G1 Megatron for obvious reasons but I'd love for there to be more, and even less complex/cheaper sets.

I imagine you aren't getting any type of megatron outside of the t-rex ones. Or any of the other bots with military alt-modes.

Lagamorph said:

Partsformer! Preorder cancelled, etc.

Hero · May 11, 2022

Welp. Guess I gotta buy that.

Sadist · May 11, 2022

Oh shit it even has a Matrix?

BOUGHT

€ 170 be damned I don't care

Lagamorph · May 11, 2022

I'll be sticking in a pre-order as soon as I can on the UK Lego store.

TarpitCarnivore · May 11, 2022

Hasbro really is milking molds huh? Wreck and Rule Springer is more or less just a re-color.

mute · May 11, 2022

It just seems like more of the online-only side stuff they have been doing for a few years. I assume someone is buying it because they keep doing it, but I've never really been interested.

Keldroc · May 11, 2022

TarpitCarnivore said:
Hasbro really is milking molds huh? Wreck and Rule Springer is more or less just a re-color.

Considering how fast the first version vanished I would hardly call two uses milking. In fact I'd gladly buy a third that was the normal cartoon colors with no battle damage on him.

The Impactor they're putting out in the Wreck and Rule line is the FOURTH version of that mold just for that same character, with a fifth use as the "Dome Guard" in the Siege line. And let's not even get into how many Siege Seekers they did.

TarpitCarnivore · May 11, 2022

Keldroc said:
Considering how fast the first version vanished I would hardly call two uses milking. In fact I'd gladly buy a third that was the normal cartoon colors with no battle damage on him.

The Impactor they're putting out in the Wreck and Rule line is the FOURTH version of that mold just for that same character, with a fifth use as the "Dome Guard" in the Siege line. And let's not even get into how many Siege Seekers they did.

I realized it's good if you're jumping in now and missed the last waves. Guess I'm still used to toys sitting on shelves for a while before retiring.

Cow Mengde · May 11, 2022

I didn't think it would transform! That's actually pretty impressive!

Weltall Zero · May 11, 2022

Cow Mengde said:
I didn't think it would transform! That's actually pretty impressive!

You didn't think the €170 Lego Optimus would transform?

... sad thing is, I can really understand that expectation. Man, us TF fans have been really lowering our standards and expectations for years, haven't we.

Keldroc · May 11, 2022

Weltall Zero said:
You didn't think the €170 Lego Optimus would transform?

... sad thing is, I can really understand that expectation. Man, us TF fans have been really lowering our standards and expectations for years, haven't we.

I mean after the godawful MegaBloks and Built-To-Rule sets, who can blame us?

mute · May 11, 2022

I was pretty disappointed that Voltron's legs didn't really do anything and were fixed in place.

I built decent sized poseable lego bots using parts that were available to me in the mid 90s, its a bit ridiculous to think they couldn't have something figured out now with all the funky stuff they've cooked up since then.

I don't mean to go on a Lego rant though.

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