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Re: What's your most recent toy purchase? « Reply #107 on Mar 25, 2012, 2:21pm »
Yo, I scored me some robots at my local thrift store. A large Decepticon, it's grey with purple and red accents and transforms into a fighter jet, don't know its name. And a Ultraman, don't know which variant. And a small hard vinyl VR Trooper figure.
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Re: What's your most recent toy purchase? « Reply #115 on Apr 12, 2012, 4:47pm »
I hear ya OzmaLee bout the Transformers Prime. Caught the bug with them around Christmas and haven't stopped. I thought I had left Transformers a long time ago, but got sucked in again. As for a recent purchase, just received SOC GX-52 Getter Robo today in the mail. Really nice chogokin and the paint is flawless. Now to find some room in the display .
I hear ya OzmaLee bout the Transformers Prime. Caught the bug with them around Christmas and haven't stopped. I thought I had left Transformers a long time ago, but got sucked in again. As for a recent purchase, just received SOC GX-52 Getter Robo today in the mail. Really nice chogokin and the paint is flawless. Now to find some room in the display .
What got me hooked was the show. I was just skimming channels when I saw a character that looked like Optimus Prime on the HUB. And that was it. Then I found out that there were First Edition toys. Sadly, most of my FE's were bought after Hasbro cancelled them for the US. I thought I was done with TFs as well (after TFC toys Hercules and a few movie optimuses) but these have reignited the spark!
Joined: Aug 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 224 Location: British Columbia, Canada
Re: What's your most recent toy purchase? « Reply #117 on Apr 12, 2012, 9:19pm »
Yeah the show is really enjoyable for the most part. The children characters aren't even that whiny thank goodness. I was lucky enough to be able to buy all my FE Prime in my local TRU. Heck I even got them on sale . Even now we still have some FE Prime stock at our local TRUs. Last time I checked I could still get all the Deluxe class figures although Cliffjumper is still hard to find. The tough ones were the Voyagers. Bulkhead was the toughest to find. Once I saw him, I didn't hesitate. He was bought. For the most part I still like the FE toys better than the RID versions but I am looking forward to the RID Vehicon and I really do like Wheeljack and Ratchet even if he is a bit small IMO.
As much as I like the TFC Hercules, I could not bring myself to drop the cash, but I did see it in person and really thought it was nicely executed.
Yeah the show is really enjoyable for the most part. The children characters aren't even that whiny thank goodness. I was lucky enough to be able to buy all my FE Prime in my local TRU. Heck I even got them on sale . Even now we still have some FE Prime stock at our local TRUs. Last time I checked I could still get all the Deluxe class figures although Cliffjumper is still hard to find. The tough ones were the Voyagers. Bulkhead was the toughest to find. Once I saw him, I didn't hesitate. He was bought. For the most part I still like the FE toys better than the RID versions but I am looking forward to the RID Vehicon and I really do like Wheeljack and Ratchet even if he is a bit small IMO.
As much as I like the TFC Hercules, I could not bring myself to drop the cash, but I did see it in person and really thought it was nicely executed.
I just realized you live in Canada. Lucky! I actually asked one of my friends that lives in Calgary to check TRU's but the only one they had left was Bumblebee which I was able to acquire at a TRU here. Like you I prefer the FE's but Wheeljack and Ratchet are pretty decent. The RID vehicon looks so much better compared to the FE since it doesn't have the back kibble.
Well, I did have buyer's remorse initially with Hercules but when I finally put him together, I forgot all about it.
Yo, I scored me some robots at my local thrift store. A large Decepticon, it's grey with purple and red accents and transforms into a fighter jet, don't know its name. And a Ultraman, don't know which variant. And a small hard vinyl VR Trooper figure.
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nice score magengar.....that decepticon thing if im not mistaken is Starscream......really need one of those....actually i only need the head....