Robots? Who needs 'em.
I think I may finally order this one Japanese piece I've wanted for some time.
He's a bit pricey and he doesn't transform or anything but he's one of my favorite characters.
I'll post more if I break out the credit cards.
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My internal monologue and I have actually argued today about getting those two TarakaTomy "transcanning" figures. They are pretty different from your run of the mill movie shit and they're definitely something I'd keep for the pure uniqueness factor alone.
I doubt Hasbro will import either of them. Though c'mon Hasbro... think of the the Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime, Cliffjumper, and BugByte repaint action you could do!!! You know you wanna!!!
Off-The-Beaten-Takara path though, I really regret not buying those silly ass Nike figures last year at Botcon from the Japanese guys. When they dropped them to $80 or so for both that final Sunday I should have snagged them. Their shoe box packaging alone was brilliant.
And yes, I still want those translucent Takara movie protoform figures too. But man is that shit pricey!
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Damn! The fugly ass mold looks pretty to me in the traditional G1 color palette. And you know... I think $30 would be worth it. I can give the other one away to someone's kid or something.
Maybe Wilhem's daughter would want her. Then again, she'd probably be like "What the hell is this???" or something. Kinda like Dawn Davenport on Christmas morning.
The kids... they loves the Bumblebee.
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Have any of you seen that Osprey Incinerator out yet?
I still may get that just because there's never been anything quite like that in modern lines.
I mean, you really can't count Beast Machines Obsidian or that one mini-con in the same light as a full on Voyager size figure with that kind of unique alt mode.
Though I'll admit, that blacker colored Takara version is actually a bit more pleasing to me.
Bah! Who knows.
Regarding Incinerator, There's only a few on Ebay with a ridiculously high BIN price while BBTS only lets you buy him in a group buy of the other 3 voyagers - bastards
G1-painted Movie Arcee... I'd rather wait for a proper G1-looking Animated Arcee (if they make one that is)
"Transcanning" figures which are half protoform/half normal TFs - is this some bastardised offspring of theirs?
If they'd fix her head, she'd actually be an incredible figure. From the neck down, I think she looks great. It's just that face design.
Man, that sounds really, really wrong.
It's the truth, though - nobody is asking for some sort of sultry model movie Arcee, just one with a face that doesn't scream New Wave Chicken.
Hopefully one of the kit manufacturers could get on it and give us a decent replacement head...
So, Movie Arcee is a Butterface. There's worse in the TF world. :)
I was thinking that we could make a little brown paper bag accessory for her....heh
Do I smell a BotCon entry?
If they're available at a decent price, I may get the Transcanning TFs too!!