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by Denyer
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 211
Views: 5248293

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Heavily clearanced Ultimates things (and everything else) including TFs, Thundercats, etc. Bombshell and Banzaitron thirteen quid delivered each or the full wave one for less than the original price of one figure. https://www.comicsandcocktails.co.uk/store/TRANSFORMERS-c142287586 And they still won'...
by Denyer
Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:54 am
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

The G2 trooper head isn't quite a full head, if it isn't clear from the instructions. The top sort of slides off. Very annoying that it isn't simply a ball joint and two full heads, but only intended to be usable on one figure.
by Denyer
Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Sounds like a load of inventory has come in at the same time and they're trying to shift it before it becomes a problem. Even higher mark down with other sellers on some Thundercats Ultimates minor characters, which was nice insofar as I picked up a Mandora for about half price (including internatio...
by Denyer
Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1650
Views: 1050342

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Not something I've bought and Star Wars isn't particularly my thing but eBay insists on promoting this for some reason, and I totally would buy one if money was no object and I had space. Plus if money was no object, one for the stranger this immediately reminded me of. https://www.collectorfreaks.c...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World events are doing wonders for my mental health
Replies: 6
Views: 14634

Re: World events are doing wonders for my mental health

tIrOGH3MUw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIrOGH3MUw0 As always people are generally welcome if they're smart enough to get through the registration questions and abide by the same verrry limited standards as everyone else. Lower Decks is genuinely the best Trek I've seen in years, although Stran...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World events are doing wonders for my mental health
Replies: 6
Views: 14634

Re: World events are doing wonders for my mental health

Thought that the first series was alright apart from needlessly complicating the Klingons, and comparable to if not more interesting than the Star Trek: Vanguard books, but gave up before the mirror universe arc in series two. I really hate alt-universe and time travel stuff unless it's playful idea...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 34344

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Loose consensus seems to be for invading https://forum.hemanworld.com/ (vB6) and https://foreternia.com/community (bbPress) -- the owner of HMW has been reaching out and inviting people, and that site's been around a decade or so. At a guess, any influx of people at this stage won't cause them bandw...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 34344

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Mmm. The site thread's into mud-slinging by now, but apparently some form of archiving is still planned. Believe it if it happens. If it's a static archive that should get it crawlable by Google (the current broken state of searching seems to be to do with a third-party "Sphinx" search plu...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Not exactly new, more newly out of box. I was thinking about using Transformers Generations Legacy Selects Lift-Ticket (breathe...) as a stocking filler after getting it from Hasbro's clearance eBay sale earlier in the year, but then I looked at some reviews, and I think I'm going to need to find si...
by Denyer
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 34344

Re: He-Man.org closing in a week

Yeah, the forum is still active. So the fact nothing's being worked out with other people to take over is a bit... well, what I'd expect to be honest. Val/JVS3 originally took on the site from someone else who's popped up in the comments (can't load the thread from where I am currently) and apparent...
by Denyer
Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He-Man.org closing in a week
Replies: 6
Views: 34344

He-Man.org closing in a week

Well, I assume it's the site as well since the collecting resources have been offline for a while and redirect back to the forum (also a shame, the photos and minicomic scans were useful). I think they're running vBulletin 4.2.5 so would suspect the PHP versioning on top of everything else might hav...
by Denyer
Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 14463

Re: Hey

There's not much to really be a newcomer for... movies have been diminishing returns for years, and IDW killed their comics continuities first by accepting Hasbro's shared universe wants with the Furman/Roberts continuity and then a generally lacklustre follow up continuity. The toys have become a s...
by Denyer
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 14463

Re: Hey

Cool. Glad people are bearing up.

Can't say I look back much on the past, except in the rather literal sense of being surrounded by 80s and 80s inspired stuff, but we're aiming to keep things running and if Brendan gets sick of it hosting's gotten a lot less expensive over the years.
by Denyer
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 14463

Re: Hey

Creeping towards thirty for those who remember the 1996 site. Can't find an older snapshot than a few years after that, though: https://web.archive.org/web/19990508233642/http://www.tfarchive.com/ On at least the fourth forum, no-one's got any time, etc, but still likewise checking in. Anything inte...
by Denyer
Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey
Replies: 15
Views: 14463

Re: Hey

Still here. Not sure how many faces around you'll recognise, but quite a few people are on social media if you go by real names.
by Denyer
Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Dinoking is fairly logical, slap some vaguely appropriate colours on the shapeless Rock Lords -esque mass and call it a day. Might even be tempted at a clearance price. Monstructor I think you'd need something like the POTP Terrorcons to use as a base unless we're talking retool in the sense of a si...
by Denyer
Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Possibly different strokes... IMNSHO, ball joints can be okay at that scale, but making them part of the transformation (plus all of the limbs having lizard scales on etc so they're really obvious in the alt mode) makes Iggy feel cheaper and more KO-ish. I particularly dislike ball joints on things ...
by Denyer
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7435
Views: 4877650

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Sneaky f*ckers. The empty thighs and that split tail at head height look awful, too. Plus are the hips moulded red? If so there's no excuse for not doing the sword in red too.
by Denyer
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 211
Views: 5248293

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

At the Commander class price point, the honeycomb hollowness of Magmatron is shockingly bad, isn't it? The dino necks are enough to put anyone off, even though it looks like some of the parts could be rotated around for display. Shouldn't need 3P filler parts to not look shit at around a hundred buc...