Robot Coffee Points III

Coffee and hotdogs? Nobody ever said Warpath's intelligence was high.

Nope....his intelligence is a 5.

Browning M-1910 KO's Blue and Red Version Limited Edition

I was at work on Thursday and saw this info online at www.TFormers.com .

I was extremely surprised as I hadn't heard any whispers of this happening so I immediately called up my fellow TF hunter "M" and he was on board right away as well to place two orders  for each of these figures.

I still haven't really gotten into a lot of my figures yet, but we are both into KO figures (or I should say to the extent that as long as they are good quality KO's).  In some cases the KO's are even better than the originals in my opinion but I'll get into that later.

So this is just a posting to say that I have ordered these two figures and with any luck they should be arriving sometime early October at the latest.

This is what they come with :

Autobot Springer & TRU

I was sitting on my couch tonight and my phone went off.  It was my buddy "M" who said he was at our local TRU and that they had finally received in a new shipment, albeit of figures that have been out in the States for some time now.  So he was asking if I wanted him to grab me an Autobot Springer since he was getting one for himself.  "Sure, why not"

Here's some pics he took for me while he was there today.

Here's the two Springers "M" grabbed for us today.

Robot Coffee Points II

Barista " Here's your coffee sir."

Megatron " Haven't you forgotten something?"

Barista " *gulp*... ALL HAIL MEGATRON!"

WST Lot - Soundwave, Optimus, Starscream, Prowl & Megatron

Here’s my latest arrivals.  Won this lot in an auction off eBay recently for the great price of $65.  I already most of these figures with the exception of Soundwave and Starscream, and with Soundwave normally commanding the minimum price of $50 on eBay this whole purchase really was a steal.

I know WST figures really aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I really enjoy the detailing of the figures and when you combines them with big sets, like that of Metroplex and such, they just fit in perfectly for displaying.

Here’s a brief history and some pics of my WST's that just arrived that I had hinted at in my previous posting below this one.

New Arrivals

Just wanted to post a little tease since this item came in the mail today.  I'll do a full posting review on it within the week but for now I'll leave it like this.  Five items came inside this box.

My Local TRU Display

I was out yesterday running some errands and decided to check out my local Toys R Us.  This was my first visit in quite some time since my friend "M" and I have both managed to secure ourselves the Hasbro MP Soundwave and MP Acid Storm (but I'll talk about those two aquisitions when they arrive in the near future).  Let me tell you, the amount of gas, time and frustration that I'm saving myself is like a breath of fresh air. 

I hate you with a passion TRU and here is a picture to prove it :

Robot Coffee Points

Before a day out on the water, Sea Spray needs to wake up....dude!

"Good thing I'm built to handle lots of water!"

"Some mornings, it's best to just dunk your head in and suck!"

Transformers : The Computer Game & Mystery of Convoy Video Game Review

I have recently gotten myself re-hooked on "The Angry Video Game Nerd's" video game reviews.  I had watched some of his earlier stuff yeards ago and every episode was nothing but hilarious.  A few weeks ago, I was surfing around looking for something new to watch on my computer and

e-hobby Exclusive 76 "Insecticon Clone Army" (MISB)

This is the first item I have received in the mail since I started this blog so I thought that I would show the complete unboxing.  Now, I did try to get this item UTR (Under The Radar; this is the term that my friend "M" and I use when tying to intercept parcels before our respective spouses see them).  For those of you lucky enough to enjoy having wives that are into collecting, God bless you because you are lucky.  For those of us that have wives that just tolerate this hobby, the less they see of it the better and so we try to get to delivered packages before our wives get home.....it is what it is.

"A rather large box is waiting for you"..my wife's text to me at work....*sigh*

G2 Slag (GIG - Italian Version)

Here is another pickup that I nabbed from the 2013 TFCON.

Me Slag say, "Ciao!  ParLa L'Italiano?"

This was in one of the first booths that my friend "M" and I came acroos as we walked down

G2 Jazz

Thought I would take a little step back, 21 years to be exact, to 1992 to check out not only a fan favourite figure, but one of my favourite G2 figures....Jazz.  I picked this guy up last year on eBay for a really good price of $62.

My friend "M" has made the comment to me a few times that he believes G2 figures will really be increasing in price.  They are currently so downplayed by many people but they're still essentially G1 figures with some minor retooling.  They already are pretty expensive (ever try to buy a G2 dinbot, especially the silver ones)?

Though I don't care for all of the figures from this line, but the ones I do like I think are great.



Front of card

You'll notice the slight glaring in certain spots due to the hard plastic shell encased over the entire card.  Fantastic colouring overall.

2013 WST Dinobots Vintage Edition Limited 888 Pieces

I'm angry.  I'm Canadian.  I write about Transformers.

*sigh* Why do I get so angry sometimes...because this is my second attempt at this post. Thanks for nothing Google blogger.  anyway, lets see if I can remember what I wrote down the first time (this will also teach me not to save before I do something else).

So here I am at Starbuck's (only because they have comfy big chairs to sit in...you think Tim's would have learned something by now).

I picked this beauty set up (along with one for my friend "M") from our dealer friend "E";  the 2013 WST Dinobots Vintage Edition Limited 888 Pieces. I can't get enough of these WST figures for some reason, especially the legit ones (ya, I know you 'tards, they are all essentially KO's, but I'm referring to the better made ones by companies like JustiToys and to a lesser extent individuals like Herotoymaker).  I'll be doing a big post of all my WST's in the near future...I'll need a good chunk of free time on a day off or after the wife goes to sleep to pull them all out and do photos.

Front box art - some bad mutherf#ckers

My TRU shelving Display

Ugh....utterly disgusting.  If I didn't know better I would take a huge, smelly, stinky, riddled with undigested corn, steaming crap in front of this because this display is no better than a restroom in a bus station.  Just utter crap stacked on top of crap. either the individual toys are garbage, or their price point s way ore than it should be (ex. the Grimlock vs Bruticus set $149 + tax).  The only real new toys that I have been seeing appear are the Constructibots.

Anyway, the real reason for this post is because once again I have gone to TRU in the search for the new Hasbro MP soundwave, and as you can see by the pic....nothing.

What I have found interesting is that I received a call from my friend "M" who said the he had called TRU asking about MP Soundwave and was told that a shipment had come in the day before and that they were sold out. Of course, that was the one day off when I decided not to go to. Funny thing is though, I went today right before they closed and I find it strange that there isn't even a section designated for Soundwave....so how can TRU tell us that they came in already? where are they putting them? Are they even making it out to the shelves?

I will leave it to your imagination to figure out what is going on behind closed doors at the store.

- Angry Canadian Decepticon -

Megatron - Special 16

Well, I finally pulled the trigger on a Special 16.

I had purchased an e-hobby Megs from my dealer friend "E" at a great price and while I was there, I noticed he had a S-16. I didn't think much of it at the time because I was spending some money on other TF's at the time so there comes a point when I have to close the bank.  Anyway, my other friend "M" decided to grab it for himself, and not that it's one of those cases of "well, he has it so now I want it". No. It was more of a point that he made in that there will never be any more releases of Megatron in gun mode anymore so why not grab all the variations of it that we can. Anyway, long story short, this just came the other day so lets get to it.

• Megatron (reissue, 2011)
• Japanese ID number : 16-S
• Accessories : Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fisuin cannon, "high density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets

This reissue of the original Megatron figure combines the best aspects of the Hasbro and Takara versions into the most "complete" version of Megatron available at that point. The set features the chromed chest and arms and red plastic of the Hasbro release, and includes the silencer, stock and sight/cannon, while also coming with Takara's sword and functional bullet-firing mechanism.

When in robot mode, the sight doubles as Meg's arm-mounted fusion cannon, but can also be combined with the other attachments to form either a "Particle Beam Cannon" weapons emplacement that Megatron can man, or a "Telescopic Laser Cannon" that connects to the figure as an over-shoulder weapons array. The pieces can also form a turret that a Microman figure can sit on and operate, but this feature was naturally left out of the Transformers version's instructions. Megatron also came with a chromed silver "high-density infrared laser cannon" that plugs into his either of his hands.

Fantastic overall package look - this ain't no Beast Hunters shit !!

Goddamn sexy!  Just fantastic overall presentation!  Sexy Megs thrusting out his crotch piece right into our faces, just daring us to touch it with the threat of being blasted with his massive fusion cannon (Note: As per Marvel Comics : Meg's cannon is powered by some sort of nuclear fusion reaction. sometimes, he has been able to link up extra dimensionally to a black hole to augment his power, increasing it exponentially).