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nacho

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Well, I still only use it for vendors that have that as a payment option, but instead of taking the money out of a checking account, it just charges one of my cards. I feel better about that than giving my cc# out all over the 'net, especially at smaller vendors where I'm less certain about their information security practices.
 

Mandingo Rex

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Meh, I'd buy a redundant Skywarp using the new MP-11 mold so that Starscream, TC and SW all matched... But I'm not interested in any Rainmakers. Fun for those who want them, but seems like a shelf warmer if you ask me. What a weird decision over the cars!
 

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They'll do the cars eventually, but I think this an attempt to get the most of this mold before also releasing Skywarp again...
 

Mandingo Rex

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Yeah, but Acid Storm? Does anyone care about him? I figured they'd do Conehead retools before doing lackluster Rainmakers in the US Market. Acid Storm as a Japanese Exclusive, like Sunstorm, makes sense. Takara does that all the time, and the production runs are much smaller, with a higher price tag. Just seems like a weird decision, since Skywarp seemed to warm the shelves at Walmart and get clearanced. At least he had some name value.

Hell, even a US release of MP-11 Starscream would make more sense than Acid Storm.
 

nacho

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Acid storm and the clear purple one were the only igear versions I didn't buy. I'll get on an official green seeker. Then I can use light blue igear Thundercracker as a base for the blue rainmaker and igear sunstorm as the base for the yellow/orange one.

While I'm not a huge rainmaker fan, I plan to set up two large display shelves in the office of my new house. The MP's will live there, and I hope to have them set up in a dio battle type display, one battle on earth, one battle on cybertron. So I need rainmakers to hang out on cybertron; otherwise, Shockwave will get very lonely.

I cannot imagine that Tak will ever do coneheads. The demand for those guys would pale in comparison to an A-list character, and probably 75% of the conehead fans already have igear versions and wouldn't shell out for them yet again. Let's face it, igear did it right, and there is little Tak could do to improve it significantly.

Plus, I really credit the igear coneheads for all the MP figures coming out now. The coneheads scared the shit out of takara, and someone high up clearly said, "We've seen there is sufficient demand, so we've got to make these other characters before someone else does." There is no way we get an MP practically every month this year if igear doesn't make those coneheads.
 

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Yeah, lots of good stuff regarding them past couple days...I got preorders in for the first two at Captured Prey...$57 each...smaller than the Ninjasecticons, but $10 more expensive :confused:

Anyway, here's a couple good pics...I love the one next to Giant...MP fans won't be happy with scale...





 

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Oh you know I don't care that they are small...like I've said, many times, the smaller the Stunticons the better to me...

But I'm there may have been some with high hopes
 

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HOLY. SHIT. Laserbeak is maybe the most amazing Masterpiece figure ever made. Soundwave is fucking awesome, but Laserbeak is absolutely amazing. I can't wait the two months till the other 4 cassettes come out! AGH!
 

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did you fella's recieve your mp13 soundwaves?...mines on it's way,i got a e-mail telling me it also includes a limited-edition coin and amazon exclusive[japan only] energon cubes.did any of you get these two extra items with yours?
 

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Where did you order from? If it was from a domestic seller, you lucked out. Those are bonus items that most US e-tailers do not ship with.

Although I noticed that my Red Alert's tape had been cut and then retaped. So I'm wondering if mine had been opened to remove said coin? I almost always order from BBTS.
 

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Meh, I guess I'll just keep my Soundwave as-is. Sounds like that cheek issue is a major flaw in all the Soundwaves. The way they cut the face shield off the sprue, there's flashing off to the side that results in that damage. Stupid design, if you ask me, for the mold to be on the front, visible of the fucking face. Sigh.

Opened my Red Alert, and his left side is perfect. The entire right side in car mode looks like shit, though. The edges all around the door have the worst paint masking I've seen!

I've never really had any QC problems with any of my MPs besides MP-10 missing his side mirror, but goddamn... 2 in a row?
 

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Pft, it's better than 1 every 2 years like they seemed to be doing there for awhile.

I can't wait to see pics of the new Z-triplets. And whatever MP-20 will be. My bet is Megs 2.0 and I'm hoping for Ultra Magnus as MP-21. I know, getting a bit ahead of myself here...
 

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Where did you order from? If it was from a domestic seller, you lucked out. Those are bonus items that most US e-tailers do not ship with.

Although I noticed that my Red Alert's tape had been cut and then retaped. So I'm wondering if mine had been opened to remove said coin? I almost always order from BBTS.
i did some research,the limited-edition coin is an asia exclusive and the energon cubes are a amazon .com [japan exclusive]...so if anything,i got lucky with these bonus items!:thumbsup:
 

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Hey, nacho... did you catch this on the Fans Toys page?

Every second run Quake Wave purchased from us will ship with the following included - AT NO EXTRA CHARGE!

CR1025 batteries (2 pieces, one for the gun arm, one for the head)!
Optional solid-color hand and gun-tip!

http://www.capturedprey.com/store/fanstoys_ft03_quake_wave_second_run

An optional forearm assembly with underslug hose will be made available with the release of the next Fans Toys figure as well and will be provided to our customers when released.

What does that mean, exactly?
 

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No, I got the "slung/slug" misspelling, what I meant was when are we getting it? Does it mean if you bought from them, they'll ship that to you later, or it's an additional purchase?

And yeah, I figured that it meant the underside conversion. The extra hands are a cool addition.
 

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I'm thinking free...TFC has done that too with their figs...shipped the better/fixed parts with the next figure...so it sounds to me that either way you'll get it...not sure about shipping though...
 

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IF I could find the TRU SW, I'd get him...i prefer the brighter deco hell be anyway...but like you said, fat chance finding him...
 

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Ya know, I've never really cared that much for Metroplex...probably due to scale :D

I'd rather have the Votron of the same height
 

nacho

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Yeah, while I'm not a scale nut, that bothered the hell out of me. How could a guy the size of a city be the same height as Skyfire, Galvatron, and Shockwave... And no autobots could actually use his as a city, more like a very small treehouse.

But, I'm going to be all over a 24" 'Plex. While still far from scaled properly, that's a pretty impressive piece for $125. That's less than I paid this afternoon for TFC Silverbolt.
 

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Did I share this yet?...it's got those Shapeways parts on it I told you guys about...Herc is currently headless sooooo...but in the pic are the parts to widen Long Haul including wider front wheels/tires, also the thigh extensions and the elbow connectors to move the forearms in...oh also slightly wider crotch flaps...

 

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It's odd that of the four cars, two are lamborginis, one is a, something, and the remaining one is a Ferrari...yet Fansproject didn't make their Ferrari, Wildrider, like G1...they turned him into Deadend...weird...