Ironically I was planning on opening the Spidey 2099 and leaving Symbiote in the box, because I actually had the 90's symbiote Spidey toy that came in the same style packaging. We've talked about it before but that's what's annoying about these packaged rereleases where the box is part of the set. I opened a reissued Green Ranger with the flipping head and almost immediately regretted it haha. Oh well.
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It’s pretty rare for me, but this Symbiote Spidey is one figure where I’m buying two, one to keep sealed in the cool retro package and one to open
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Figma Demi-fiend is up for preorder! I'm excited about this one as I spent many hours playing through Nocturne and the rest of the PS2 era SMT games back in the day.
I'm trying to decide if I want the bonus for ordering from the Goodsmile shop, which is an extra face with closed eyes.
The bonus is neat, but it's about $20 more for ordering there versus Amiami, plus potentially more for shipping since Goodsmile shop won't let you combine preorders. Part of me knows I wouldn't use the extra face much when displaying the figure anyway, but it kind of bugs me to think I'm missing out on the "full" version of a figure.
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Hopefully you have a Dante from Devil May Cry figure to go with it ; )
I’m not big on the Demi-fiend, but I’d love figures of the Digital Devil Saga crew in their monster forms
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No Dante, but I do have Pixie and the D-Arts Raidou, so that's almost a full party!
Unsurprisingly, Persona gets most of the figure love, but it would be great to see more SMT characters. Goodsmile did announce a Figma version of Raidou and there was a prototype of Angel shown off at one point, so there's the possibility of seeing more later on.
So back in Oct I bought the Greta Gremlin figure from Mattel collections
Months go by and I get an odd email saying they had not forgotten about me and I will be getting one? i was confused since I felt the logistical snag was to blame for it not arriving by the email notice
But yesterday i got a box and ta da
So I need a better way to store but her and the It one than a cardboard box
I did pass on the beetlejuice one since I felt the kotobukiya one was better
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I love that you got one. So fucking rad.
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
I forgot to share this earlier. If anyone lives in California and wants the Star Wars The Vintage Collection – The Bad Batch 4-Pack Action Figures Amazon Exclusive, their Treasure Truck has it in stock for MSRP.
For those following Moon Studio's Radiatron (the 3rd party Raiden), Mangmotion put out a video showcasing the last member of the team not to have gotten a video yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hg_v6yRlpQ
The two leg-bots came out recently, the pants-bot juuuuust started shipping maybe a week or two ago. This chest-bot is the next one due to be released, though oddly enough we've already gotten some showcase videos of the two arm-bots before this one. The arm-bots are supposed to come out in the next few months as well. All-in-all, the speed at which Moon Studio put out this combiner team is completely unprecedented; it's common for 3P companies to put out a combiner over the course of several years (I think X-Transbots's Menasor took like 2.5-3 years?); it looks like this Raiden's gonna be out in maybe half a year start to finish.
I was so good, I was waiting patiently for the whole set to come out to see reviews of the combined mode, maybe wait for a boxed set of the team (Zeta Toys, which did the original design of this set, has done boxed set version of their past combiners; Moon Studio may be some new company that bought Zeta's designs, might be an offshoot of Zeta, or might be Zeta wearing a fake nose and mustache). Then I had a stressful week at work and just went "Eff it, eff it, I deserve a too-large expensive robot" and bought the first three bots. In my defense, I didn't have the thought and then immediately went to spend money; I forced myself to sit with it a few days to see if I still felt it.
My two latest Masters of the Universe Origins figures just arrived. Clawful and the Horde Trooper. They're both pretty great, I can see why folks are doing armies of the Trooper (but I lack the space for things like that!)
So last year a 3rd Party Transformers company made up their own robot design. They were not sure if it would be popular so they made it limited. She sold out and the demand was so great that they decided to make another version to sell to those who wanted her, but didn't get one. The colors are a bit different than the first run, but the overall toy is still the same.
I bought one of the first version and absolutely love her. Oddly enough I enjoy posing her so much that I haven't transformed her yet.
I just wanted to share the link if anyone else is interested. The site is legit and ships from Hong Kong.
Yeah, Eris is very good (I just wish the mid-shin transformation joint locked in for bot mode). Ian Reid - the photographer who does all of Mastermind Creations's official photos - tweeted some comparison photos of the original, limited-release version of Eris, and this new release:
He also mentions that the new version will have a wide release (indeed, I just got an email from BBTS saying that it's up for pre-order), so you can probably get it from your favorite online toy store (the original was a Planet Steel Express exclusive; that's MMC's official store).
I like the purple on the original better, but I think I like the darker grey of the new one more. The real bummer, though, is missing out on that smirking face that the new one's getting. I wonder if they'll make one available to people who bought the original but don't want to get the new one.
Yeah, I ordered the original from Planet Steel Express for a total of ~$121 a year ago (when converted from Hong Kong Dollars to US Dollars using the current exchange rate - my receipt lists the price in HKD, not sure what the exchange rate was at the time).
I'd say the price is, simultaneously, (1) very non-trivial, and (2) completely in line with what you'd expect to pay for a 3P toy of this size/complexity.
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Yeah, $130 isn’t just something I throw around, but it also isn’t too bad considering the size and it being third-party
Glad I got the original release, I definitely prefer more purple
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Yeah I should clarify that $130 is not "impulse buy range" and I shouldn't dismiss your price comment @Undead Scottsman . I just got used to the $200+ for a Masterpiece Transformer price range. Heck, I just got sticker shock at the price of shoes since I haven't bought a pair in about 8 years.
Though I do hate how masterpiece toys went from $80 for an Autobot Car, to like $160. I save those for characters I really, truly want. (And I already have most of those). I keep thinking about the Arcee/Nightbird mold, but the chest just looks too funky for the pricepoint.
Yeah. The price of Skids was a nice change of pace. I have Arcee and Nightbird on pre-order, but not sure if I really need both in my collection. Luckily Hasbro Pulse is notoriously late so I have some more time to cancel the pre-order. Heck, I don't even have Skids yet.
I got the Target Exclusive Silverstreak the other day and that's because I love that bot (being my first full-size G1 Transformer toy). The paint job looks really good.
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So I’m trying to snag the new Star Wars Clone Wars 6” ARC Trooper, from the Tartakovsky mini cartoon
It’s a Walmart exclusive and of course Walmart sucks with kind of stuff
In the off-chance one of y’all come by one in the wild, keep me in mind
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I keep thinking about the Arcee/Nightbird mold, but the chest just looks too funky for the pricepoint.
I very easily passed on Arcee because the chest looked weird, as you said, and because I was already very pleased with the Mastermind Creations Azalea as an Arcee. I did grab Nightbird, though, because I think the figure's color and the bottom of her headgear (which hides the neck) make the chest look totally fine. There are so few Transformers that present as women, I wanted to get all the ones that I could. Kind of a bummer that most of them have basically the same body type. Maybe one day we'll get a Masterpiece Strika.
(Still kinda sad that I missed out on that limited run Stealth Azalea from a few years ago)
I am pleased to see that the Sen-Ti-Nel "Into the Spider-Verse" Miles Morales also qualified for that sale! I am less pleased that the Sen-Ti-Nel "Into the Spider-Verse" Peter B. Parker qualifies for the sale but is still sold out.
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Whelp. I have a new item on my list of "Would drop anything to get ahold of it" Transformers stuff.
I've mentioned before that I'm not huge into the G1 aesthetic. Just too blocky for me. So you'd think that it would follow that I'd like some of Hasbro's other designs. However, they all tend to be way too simplistic!
Well... today, concept art of Cyberverse Volcanicus hit. And.. needless to say, I'd give ANYTHING for this take on the dinobot combiner. Make it a true contemporary to Predaking. Go ahead. Do it.
Its most unique feature is that it has a COMBINED BEAST MODE. We need more dragon transformers, damnit!
Sadly, looking at the gestalt sketches, I highly doubt this could ever be realized as a true toy that transformed into multiple forms. It's just too much to pull off.
So this is more "toy adjacent" but I bought this yesterday and had to share. I missed this during its original release but grabbed the Transformers Movie Soundtrack on vinyl used. It's got amazing fold open artwork and translucent red and purple vinyl. Each record only has music on the A side and the Autobot and Decepticon logos are etched on the B sides. They aren't great in pictures, but look really neat in person.
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I'm trying to decide if I want the bonus for ordering from the Goodsmile shop, which is an extra face with closed eyes.
The bonus is neat, but it's about $20 more for ordering there versus Amiami, plus potentially more for shipping since Goodsmile shop won't let you combine preorders. Part of me knows I wouldn't use the extra face much when displaying the figure anyway, but it kind of bugs me to think I'm missing out on the "full" version of a figure.
I’m not big on the Demi-fiend, but I’d love figures of the Digital Devil Saga crew in their monster forms
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... I wonder if my Dante Revoltech figure I got a decade or so ago from DMC3 is worth anything.
*checks* Not bad...
Unsurprisingly, Persona gets most of the figure love, but it would be great to see more SMT characters. Goodsmile did announce a Figma version of Raidou and there was a prototype of Angel shown off at one point, so there's the possibility of seeing more later on.
Months go by and I get an odd email saying they had not forgotten about me and I will be getting one? i was confused since I felt the logistical snag was to blame for it not arriving by the email notice
But yesterday i got a box and ta da
I did pass on the beetlejuice one since I felt the kotobukiya one was better
https://www.amazon.com/tt/webview
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08T6M7G2P (original page, now sold out and being scalped)
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I wish!!!! Of course that would be mean it was a 6 pack (or 7). I would love it if they made the Bad Batch in the 3.75" size.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hg_v6yRlpQ
The two leg-bots came out recently, the pants-bot juuuuust started shipping maybe a week or two ago. This chest-bot is the next one due to be released, though oddly enough we've already gotten some showcase videos of the two arm-bots before this one. The arm-bots are supposed to come out in the next few months as well. All-in-all, the speed at which Moon Studio put out this combiner team is completely unprecedented; it's common for 3P companies to put out a combiner over the course of several years (I think X-Transbots's Menasor took like 2.5-3 years?); it looks like this Raiden's gonna be out in maybe half a year start to finish.
I was so good, I was waiting patiently for the whole set to come out to see reviews of the combined mode, maybe wait for a boxed set of the team (Zeta Toys, which did the original design of this set, has done boxed set version of their past combiners; Moon Studio may be some new company that bought Zeta's designs, might be an offshoot of Zeta, or might be Zeta wearing a fake nose and mustache). Then I had a stressful week at work and just went "Eff it, eff it, I deserve a too-large expensive robot" and bought the first three bots. In my defense, I didn't have the thought and then immediately went to spend money; I forced myself to sit with it a few days to see if I still felt it.
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Just real dime-store grade wordplay.
I bought one of the first version and absolutely love her. Oddly enough I enjoy posing her so much that I haven't transformed her yet.
I just wanted to share the link if anyone else is interested. The site is legit and ships from Hong Kong.
https://www.planetsteelexpress.com/product-page/pre-order-if-01a-eris-kultur-alternative
Edit: Apparently they might be selling this to other retailers, so maybe US sites will have pre-orders up later.
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He also mentions that the new version will have a wide release (indeed, I just got an email from BBTS saying that it's up for pre-order), so you can probably get it from your favorite online toy store (the original was a Planet Steel Express exclusive; that's MMC's official store).
I like the purple on the original better, but I think I like the darker grey of the new one more. The real bummer, though, is missing out on that smirking face that the new one's getting. I wonder if they'll make one available to people who bought the original but don't want to get the new one.
Here is the BBTS link for anyone who is interested.
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/201763
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I'd say the price is, simultaneously, (1) very non-trivial, and (2) completely in line with what you'd expect to pay for a 3P toy of this size/complexity.
Glad I got the original release, I definitely prefer more purple
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Though I do hate how masterpiece toys went from $80 for an Autobot Car, to like $160. I save those for characters I really, truly want. (And I already have most of those). I keep thinking about the Arcee/Nightbird mold, but the chest just looks too funky for the pricepoint.
I got the Target Exclusive Silverstreak the other day and that's because I love that bot (being my first full-size G1 Transformer toy). The paint job looks really good.
Steam: betsuni7
It’s a Walmart exclusive and of course Walmart sucks with kind of stuff
In the off-chance one of y’all come by one in the wild, keep me in mind
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(Still kinda sad that I missed out on that limited run Stealth Azalea from a few years ago)
Hopefully it will be back up online again so I can snag one for you and another friend who asked me to keep an eye out for one.
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I picked up Reboost since Hasbro estimates shipping in July.
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And apparently GameStop isn’t carrying MP Crosscut at all, even though they have Reboost?
Edit - also I’m looking for that Walmart exclusive Mace Windu from the same wave if anyone sees him...
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Also they have the Gaming Greats Star Wars Boss Clone Trooper figure on sale after GS "shipped" (they just printed a label) my pre-order.
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I've mentioned before that I'm not huge into the G1 aesthetic. Just too blocky for me. So you'd think that it would follow that I'd like some of Hasbro's other designs. However, they all tend to be way too simplistic!
Well... today, concept art of Cyberverse Volcanicus hit. And.. needless to say, I'd give ANYTHING for this take on the dinobot combiner. Make it a true contemporary to Predaking. Go ahead. Do it.
Its most unique feature is that it has a COMBINED BEAST MODE. We need more dragon transformers, damnit!
Sadly, looking at the gestalt sketches, I highly doubt this could ever be realized as a true toy that transformed into multiple forms. It's just too much to pull off.
Been getting a lot of Halo stuff recently, I had cancelled all my Funko preorders on EE but forgot about this one on GameStop so I'll let it slide