Joustra Diaclone Pick Up (Gears) & Condor (MOSC)

Each of us have our own personal reasons for buying what we buy to enrich our collections.  Maybe it might come down to the playability of the figure, or maybe price, or maybe it's a childhood memory that stirs up an emotion that says "I need to have that in my collection!"  Whatever it may be for you, I know that for myself, when it comes down to this particular line, it all comes down to one word...artwork!

It is certainly debatable (though I would personally find it hard to disagree) that this line contains not only some of the more rarer

My TRU Shelves

Popped out today to finish some last minute shopping (per usual) and couldn't resist popping into one of my Toys R Us stores.

I was hoping to maybe see some of the new Generation figures out there but instead this was all I got.......

Transformers & Beer Podcast #2 - "Year End Special"

Thanks for coming back again and listening to our "Year End Special".  We figured everyone is going to be busy over the next two weeks so we made this chalked full of extra material.

Stay tuned to the end where we discuss our best purchases this year and our biggest Transformers regret!

SHOW TOPICS (OPEN FULL ARTICLE TO SEE PICS OF OUR DISCUSSED TOPICS): 

- What’s happened in our last week since talking

- “M” explains why he finally decides to get new bookshelves

- Joe accidentally ships latest TFSource items to his old address

- “M” has a shipping delay

- “M” has more items coming in and has an “eBay offer” accepted at the start of the show

-  New G1 Insecticons boxset and their comparison to previous 2 reissue releases, estimated cost point and their new name changes

- New coneheads 3-pack teaser and possible future implications

- JAFCON seekers

- G1 Fort Max reissue vs Generations Metroplex

- Our initial thoughts on “Year of the Goat MP Soundwave”; do we need it; why couldn’t it be crystal instead; Linkin Park Gold Soundwave & MP Year of the Horse Prime

- Laser Optimus Prime mold and why we disagree on it

- Shout out to Brr-icy Shattered Glass pics

- What was the best purchase this year that both of us did?

- What was our biggest Transformers regret this year?

OPEN THIS POST UP FULLY TO SEE PICTURES OF ALL THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED.

Unboxing of D-61 Ratbat

Here are the pictures of the live unboxing we did during our "Transformers & Beer - Episode 1" podcast last week.

What's Currently on My Shelves

I haven't been in my new house for very long.....one month and 11 days as of this writing.....and it has taken me that long to get my one personal room looking even somewhat respectable.  I've limited myself to just having two shelves to display my Transformers because as awesome as I've seen and drooled at people's postings of their full collections on display, I feel that for me personally, less is more.

LESS IS MORE

TRANSFORMERS & BEER PODCAST #1

SHOW DESCRIPTION : 

- What do we collect and why
- Revenge of the Fallen Bruticus
- Eliminating figures from our collections
- Masterpiece and 3rd Party figures and do they retain their value
- What are the next new Masterpiece releases
- 3rd Party companies
- MP Bumblebee and future minibots
- TFSource and their "bullet-proof" packaging
- Masterpiece figure pricing
- Horrible Hasbro packaging
- What's a Diaclone Starscream worth?
- Is Uncle Megatron worth any price?
- Clumpo
- Some "KO" manufacturing is better than the original
- Beating Takara to the punch in terms of giving fans the figures they want
- TFC Toys Prometheus
- New 3rd Party Megatron
- Surprise unboxing of D-61 Ratbat

Keep on collecting!

G2 Grimlock (MOSC) (Blue Version)

If anyone were to ask me, "List some of your top Transformer characters", I would certainly have to say that the Dinobots are (if I were able to group the five of them together to count as one personality…….and any fan of the Dinobots certainly would say they are most definitely characters, either as a group or individually) in my top ten, if not top five.

So then, if I like them so much, why do I not own any…..until now?

Simple answer to that rather good question..........

New Book Arrival

This rather big book just came from Amazon today.

Remember the thrill of tearing open a gift on Christmas morning, discovering a brand-new Transformer in a shiny new box? While the toys were amazing in their own right, what made the packages stand head-and-shoulders above the myriad competing action figures

New Arrival Teaser

Another new arrival came as I was on my way into work tonight.....certainly a great way to start off the night!

Local TRU Visit

I had to return a baby item at my TRU the other day, so out of curosity I decided to see what was new on their TF shelves.  I wasn't terribly surprised at what I saw...though I did see a couple of new things.

Even a couple of KREO figures can't save a bad movie.

I shouldn't really say the movie was that horrible.....I had just hoped that it could have been so much

A New Arrival

Amidst a two week move and home renovation project, this piece arrived and can officially take claim as being the first new addition to my collection at my new house.

Here's a tease…..

G2 Ramjet (MOSC)

Here's the second piece that arrived from a seller holding two separate auctions which I won a little while ago.  They were a battle to get, and cost me more than I wanted to pay (then again most things do), but in the end it's two more items that I can cross off of my rather small G2 list of Transformers that I need.

The State of Today's TRU Shelves

I had some time to kill so I thought I would take a walk into my local TRU just to see what was going on since it had also been quite some time since my last visit.  My reaction as I looked on the shelves fits this blogs name appropriately.

3 Sunstorms on the shelves

MC-07 M1910 Gun Robo Browning

THE REASON WHY TOY GUN LAWS WERE CHANGED

I have to think that if I were to only put these pictures up and not write anything, then that would be more than enough.  These two "different" pieces are just plain awesome. (see how I didn't even need to put an exclamation mark at the end of that last sentence....I even said it in a level, calm voice because these pics don't need anything extra).  Nevertheless, I will still add some material so enjoy the content.

G2 Starscream (MOSC)

Here's one of two pieces that I had to "bully bid" to win in two separate eBay auctions. I hate to say it but I think the days of getting good deals on eBay have come and gone. I didn't have much choice though......in fours years of looking on (though not consistently) I personally have not come across two nicer figures of these guys, especially in the condition that I buy my figures, so it came down to really just being able to cross these guys off of my search list and be done with it.

And with that being said, here we have G2 Starscream MOSC.