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by Skyquake87
Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:44 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Articles by Maz [ rarities & pre-TF figures ]
Replies: 116
Views: 23214

Generation 2 seemed to me by Hasbro US an attempt to replicate Hasbro UK /Europe's success in keeping the line going. At a time when Hasbro US were going mental with rubbish like Ultra Pretenders and Action Masters, Hasbro in Europe sensibly kept interest at retail going by giving older figures a se...
by Skyquake87
Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

I was reading this on the train just now, oddly enough... I hope these problems get worked out soon. It sounds like the show has regressed to the state it was in when work began on reviving the series in 2004, when RTD and his execs (by their own admittance) were struggling with the demands of makin...
by Skyquake87
Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ye Olde Doctor Who Thread.
Replies: 876
Views: 226977

From the handful of Pertwee stories I've seen, the length does grind things to a halt. Its like 'action action action!' and then... a lot of faffing about having arguments (normally in a labortatory or similar) before anything happens. Anyway, HOFR part 2 - livened up by some additional marooned cha...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ye Olde Doctor Who Thread.
Replies: 876
Views: 226977

Thank you for the spoiler warning :wave: i has not peaked. Very impressed with the opening episode. Is it all filmed on Videotape? If it is, its one of the few instances of that format giving the thing some atmosphere without flattening everything, although the superb lighting really helps too. The ...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:07 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Articles by Maz [ rarities & pre-TF figures ]
Replies: 116
Views: 23214

Not really keen on Sideswipe. The sexy black and red of his g2 release is much better. Mirage is ... awful. mainly because the pink would work better if it were woven through the rest of vehicle mode, rather than just on the nose. it would still make your eyes hurt, but would have looked a bit bette...
by Skyquake87
Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:54 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: The Vault.
Replies: 4
Views: 1746

I have this too, and like it for exactly for the same reasons. I would have liked more toyline pictures, myself, but that's just me. Its nice to have all this info (finally) collected in a book (I've endless scraps of this stuff complied from old issues of Toyfare and Lee's Toy Review and whatnot. A...
by Skyquake87
Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ye Olde Doctor Who Thread.
Replies: 876
Views: 226977

Aye, these things weren't made with the unforgiving march of technology in mind ;) I kind of like seeing things in their original broadcast format. I don't particularly care for the endless turd-polishing that new technologies inevitably bring with them, keeps people in work though, I guess. For my ...
by Skyquake87
Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: iGear are at it again... -_-;;
Replies: 26
Views: 7408

Hmm. I don't like these third party things. I understand why they exist, and if you've got £100s to throw away on these hidings to nothing, then good luck to you. Where Hasbro and Taktom are missing a trick, rather obviously, to me is in making these toys themselves. They have that overpriced Collec...
by Skyquake87
Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:32 pm
Forum: Transformers Media / Fandom
Topic: Are we excited at the idea of a Marvel #81?
Replies: 45
Views: 9909

Hnf. As with the Classics toys, revisiting the past is a very bad thing. Sure, a nostalgia fest such as #81 would shut up the endless cavalcade of bleating 'geewun'-ers on Seibertron and maybe give IDW some peace for five minutes, but really what is the point? Will it add anything new to what we alr...
by Skyquake87
Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

I really enjoyed a good man goes to war. As a mid season finale, it was a good 'un. i liked just being thrown into the thick of an ongoing adventure. Rory confronting the Cybermen was an excellent wee scene "Would you like me to repeat the question?" The Headless monks were a horrifically ...
by Skyquake87
Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:11 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Lucky SOB or ignorant bastard?
Replies: 6
Views: 2135

Brawn was one of the best figures of ROTF, I thought. Fallback is on clearance in the UK if you fancy a punt on the mould. Asda and pretty much every supermarket have him on clearance for around £6.
by Skyquake87
Sat May 28, 2011 8:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

I know! Poor Amy!!!! And Baby and stuff!! Woooooooooooooooooooooo!:swirly:
by Skyquake87
Thu May 26, 2011 7:03 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: United/RTS Rumble & Frenzy
Replies: 7
Views: 2108

Eh, they're just two more Decepticons that turn into tanks ... and we've had enough of those lately. Plus, they're pretty ugly looking things. I'd guess that their release has just been pushed back / put on hold now that the DOTM merchandising juggernaught has swung into action. Pretty much anywhere...
by Skyquake87
Wed May 25, 2011 11:26 am
Forum: Site Reviews
Topic: Toy Review Archives
Replies: 3124
Views: 617264

I have the earlier Takara Transformers Collection Series release of these toys, which did come with some nice bright pink squishy energon cubes, and i love them. Sure, they're not much bigger than a Mini-bot and have no articulation , but that black, purple, yellow and chrome colour scheme just has ...
by Skyquake87
Wed May 25, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ye Olde Doctor Who Thread.
Replies: 876
Views: 226977

Just finished Battlefield. Enjoyed it a lot more this time around. As with the earlier 'Face Of Evil', its nice to see some hints of adventures we've not seen and the consequences of those. Everyone puts in spirited performances, although - and I'm sorry to say this - both Ace and Chun-Lee are a bit...
by Skyquake87
Wed May 25, 2011 10:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

All true, but then they get used for silly sh*t too, like Fred Goodwin using one to prevent him being termed as a 'banker' in the press. There's also the silly situation of everyone discussing Ryan Giggs and his super injunction being, er in breach of the super injunction and effectively breaking th...
by Skyquake87
Wed May 25, 2011 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

This has bugged me for a while- what exactly makes a super injunction different from a common-or-garden one? The person who's taken out the injunction can't talk about it, neither can the person whose being gagged and anyone that both parties know. More importantly, the press can't even report / me...
by Skyquake87
Wed May 25, 2011 8:33 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Masterpiece Prime is bloody awesome, though, isn't he?
Replies: 8
Views: 1926

TRU have been restocking MP Grimlock's up this neck of the woods. Still £60 a pop, but that's cheaper than import. My only gripe with Grimlock is the loose feeling chest mechanism - required for the essential waggy tail tiltly head mechanism in beast mode. That and he's pretty much identical to the ...
by Skyquake87
Mon May 23, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

pfft. super injunctions. grr.
by Skyquake87
Mon May 23, 2011 6:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and 2011 Season(s?) Thread.
Replies: 148
Views: 32008

To your question...the latter I think, although Rory's experience may make him sympathetic...However, is he still plastic? There was a small line of dialogue in 'The Big Bang' where he's saying to one of the wedding guests "How could we forget the Doctor....I was plastic...". So is he huma...