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I had a friend who had family living in Canada, and he'd get TFs that were never released here in the UK - I remember being incredibly jealous over Blaster and Sky Lynx! Worse thing was, he didn't take care of his toys and they'd invariably end up broken (whereas I've still got 99% of the Transforme...

My most eagerly anticipated parcel of the year finally arrived today - MP's 12, 17, 18 & 19 :-) Already got Red Alert so I knew what to expect from Sideswipe. The Datsun moulds are new to me, so I've spent most of this evening fiddling with them. As expected they are gorgeous to look at, Prowl i...

So, as mentioned above, TRU UK are getting both MP Soundwave and Acidstorm in stock (according to the website in mid to late August). Considering that Grimlock, Rodimus and to a lesser extent Prime all shelf-warmed after the initial scramble to snap them up, is this a wise decision? Why release 2 MP...

Picked up a Henkei Megatron for cheap; it's amazing how much better the figure looks with a G1 colour scheme as opposed to the awful Classics Nerf gun we got over here. Of course the first thing I did is remove the ridiculous "wings" - I now have a reasonable representation of Megatron to ...

They had the entire wave - Orion, Trailcutter, 'bee & Megatron. They didn't come packaged with the comics though. Trailcutter was the only one I was interested in. Megatron looked good, but is way too small. When are we going to get a decent voyager scale Megatron? He is the leader of the Decept...

Picked up FOC Grimlock and Generations "Trailcutter" from Toys R Us today - first time I've seen either of these at UK retail. On first impression Trailbreaker is a nice design, although not convinced yet on the shield/gun accessory. As with most recent deluxes he does seem a tad small. Gr...

MP10 is now at retail in the UK. I popped into my local TRU and they had 2 in stock. Priced at £99.99, I nabbed him straight away as I doubt I'll find him cheaper anywhere else. I've not handled the Takara version so I can't really compare, but the Hasbro version is a really nice figure. Haven't mad...

Had a mad spree in HMV and picked up the following on DVD

Seven Samurai

Ip Man

Chronicle

Drive

Picked up a FOC Shockwave at Toys R Us. First time I've seen these at retail in the UK, and I know they've been going for stupid money on ebay so I couldn't walk away. Mixed feelings on this one tbh; overall he's a nice figure and a good representation of Shockwave to join my NeoG1 Deceps, but my Go...

It'd basically need an entirely new, more in scale, Zarek toy wouldn't it? Have any of the Encore changes been that excessive? Though I suppose they might get away with a more convincing hat. I've always thought they should simply change the Scorponok face design on Zarak. He's been designed so he ...

I would say the biggest con of modern action films is that Hollywood has simply run out of ideas. That's why there has been such a glut of remakes, reboots etc over the past few years. Hollywood producers take the safe bet and stick to formulaic scripts, with little or no character development, and ...

Star Saber is pure awesomeness. A big G1 brick, and unashamedly so. I'm not so sure they'll bother reissuing him though, he wasn't a popular character even in Japan (any G1 bot post TF:TM also falls into this category over there) and I'm sure Takara learnt their lesson after Stepper sat shelfwarming...

I got them via kotoys - but last I looked their website appears to have run foul of the authorities.

My KO Gurafi & Noizu arrived this morning - I now have a complete set of dino-cassettes! Yay! And I didn't have to remortgage my house to get them :clap: Quality wise these are as good as the previous set of Dial & Saur; that is to say they're a good quality KO, but don't expect to get away ...

Picked mine up from the post office this morning. 1st impressions? Not too bad. For a KO the quality is pretty good, there is some excess flash that needs to be trimmed off, and some of the paint is a bit iffy, but I have seen much worse. The joints on mine are pretty good, but I have the same issue...

I've already got Exgraver (Scavenger) and am waiting for Heavyload (Long Haul) to arrive. Exgraver is a nice figure, equal to anything HasTak are producing at the moment. I originally thought I would pick these up as they come out, hang on to them for a bit then scalp them on ebay when the price ine...

Got me a Masterpiece Rodimus Prime from TRU. Man that's a fiddly transformation! Overall I'm happy with him, he has loads of nice touches and comes with a lot of accessories. I much prefer him as Hot Rod, rather than Rodimus Prime, and this will be the mode I display him in. Car mode (once you get h...

G1 Sparkstalker. Just kidding! My initial thought was to nab Artfire, but as I can see him being on the reissue list at some point in the future, I reckon I'll go for someone less likely to be making a reappearance. Can I have a combiner team? If so I'll take Dinoking - godawful altmodes, miniscule ...

If you could dictate to Hasbro/Takara which toys you would like them to release, what would they be? For me it would be the following: Movieverse - Leader Class Blackout; the voyager scale does not do this character justice, he's too small! Generations/Classics - A decent Voyager Class Megatron; we ...

My holy grail is to complete my vintage G1 collection. I am missing the following figures: Rewind, Wreckgar, Punch, Chromedome, Slamdance, Groundbreaker, Splashdown, Skyhigh, Crossblades, Barrage, Ransack, Gnaw, Weirdwolf, Misfire, Slugslinger, Needlenose, Spinister, Bugly, Iguanus, Finback, Bludgeo...