Spring 2023 Hauls
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Spring 2023 Hauls
Spring is almost here, so how about a new hauls thread? The Greenwood Wal-Mart had a nice selection of Transformers from various lines, and a number of them appealed to me, though given how much these things cost now, one was all I walked away with. Picked up Studio Series 86 Perceptor, since these cartoon accurate figures really do hit all the right collecting spots for me. Coming in close seconds were Skids, Drag Strip, and if I'd felt like spending $55, coronation Starscream and Dinobot Sludge. Nice to see the Dinobots at such a large size.
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Re: Spring 2023 Hauls
I go months without buying a Transformer, and end up buying two in the same weekend. Found the Wal-Mart reissue of G1 Starscream with movie branding and colors, so of course I find it hard to resist a G1 reissue. The new "plastic free packaging" is annoying though, since you can't see the figure and have to trust that the photos are accurate, which isn't always the case. Nice art on the front of the box though.
Re: Spring 2023 Hauls
Been a while since I was on here and I've got some stuff!
Legacy Galvatron (purple): I found this at a toy store for $30, so I figured I'd get it so I could leave my GS version in bot mode and not have to worry about the stickers anymore. And I'm glad I did. I don't regret getting either figure.
Beast Wars Transmetal Optimus Primal: Yeah, the original from 1990something. From the same toy store, and it's in brand new shape, and it was only $20!! So now I have a version of all three modes we see in the cartoon: Kingdom Primal, Transmetal Primal and POTP Primal. They all look great together.
Core class figures:
Studio Series Laserbeak: Pink repaint of Bumblebee. It sucks, the arms fall off if you look at them funny.
Core Class Slag: It's pretty decent. There were some concessions made for the combined mode, but it works pretty good and does what it needs to at that scale.
Core Class Sludge: Oh boy, this one is rough. They totally screwed up the legs on this and they didn't have to. Looks pretty good in dino mode, but too much was sacrificed to the robot mode in service of the combined mode. Dear Hasbro: Stop making the Dinobots comine! They don't need it! Robot dinosaurs are cool enough without it!
Studio Series Arcee: A pretty good Arcee figure. Looks decent next to Core class Hot Rod.
Core Class Thundercracker: If you have the other two, you know how this is. Now available in blue. Seriously though, it's nice to get a consistent set of the original three seekers not be exclusive to somewhere.
Legacy Jhiaxus, Elita-1, Inferno, Leo Prime. Elita-1 is the only one that is a bit of a let down. Shell forming and something we ABSOLUTELY DID NOT NEED: Faux visible head sindrome!! Yeah, that part that we THOUGHT was the head sticking out of the top of alt mode? No, it's a separate piece that pegs on top of the alt mode! It does not need to look like that! Ugh. The others are all pretty decent though.
Origins Jazz: The sock looking thing. Not bad. They just need to do Wheeljack and Lazerbeak and we'll have toys of everyone from the first episode of the cartoon seen in their alt modes.
Commemorative series Hot Rod: It's G1 Hot Rod.
Legacy Windsweeper: Figure is good, wish the Targetmasters were better. Especially since every targetmaster for the last ten years has been way better. Probably longer than that if you want to include weapon mode Minicons from the UT. Which I do.
Legacy Galvatron (purple): I found this at a toy store for $30, so I figured I'd get it so I could leave my GS version in bot mode and not have to worry about the stickers anymore. And I'm glad I did. I don't regret getting either figure.
Beast Wars Transmetal Optimus Primal: Yeah, the original from 1990something. From the same toy store, and it's in brand new shape, and it was only $20!! So now I have a version of all three modes we see in the cartoon: Kingdom Primal, Transmetal Primal and POTP Primal. They all look great together.
Core class figures:
Studio Series Laserbeak: Pink repaint of Bumblebee. It sucks, the arms fall off if you look at them funny.
Core Class Slag: It's pretty decent. There were some concessions made for the combined mode, but it works pretty good and does what it needs to at that scale.
Core Class Sludge: Oh boy, this one is rough. They totally screwed up the legs on this and they didn't have to. Looks pretty good in dino mode, but too much was sacrificed to the robot mode in service of the combined mode. Dear Hasbro: Stop making the Dinobots comine! They don't need it! Robot dinosaurs are cool enough without it!
Studio Series Arcee: A pretty good Arcee figure. Looks decent next to Core class Hot Rod.
Core Class Thundercracker: If you have the other two, you know how this is. Now available in blue. Seriously though, it's nice to get a consistent set of the original three seekers not be exclusive to somewhere.
Legacy Jhiaxus, Elita-1, Inferno, Leo Prime. Elita-1 is the only one that is a bit of a let down. Shell forming and something we ABSOLUTELY DID NOT NEED: Faux visible head sindrome!! Yeah, that part that we THOUGHT was the head sticking out of the top of alt mode? No, it's a separate piece that pegs on top of the alt mode! It does not need to look like that! Ugh. The others are all pretty decent though.
Origins Jazz: The sock looking thing. Not bad. They just need to do Wheeljack and Lazerbeak and we'll have toys of everyone from the first episode of the cartoon seen in their alt modes.
Commemorative series Hot Rod: It's G1 Hot Rod.
Legacy Windsweeper: Figure is good, wish the Targetmasters were better. Especially since every targetmaster for the last ten years has been way better. Probably longer than that if you want to include weapon mode Minicons from the UT. Which I do.
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Re: Spring 2023 Hauls
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Re: Spring 2023 Hauls
Legacy Core class Nemesis Prime. It's evil Optimus Prime with an axe instead of a gun. Could have used more green for the details/edges, but otherwise, pretty decent.
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Got a 250.00 Amazon gift card from work and decided to get some of the '86 movie characters. I already had both versions of Kingdom Galvatron and wanted to round out some of the rest of the cast. So I got Commander class Rodimus Prime, Kingdom Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, and Studio Series Scourge. Also went to a retro toy store and got Studio Series Kup and Blurr for $30 total. I'd already has Cyclonus and Scourge and Blurr, and Siege Ultra Magnus, but the rest were new to me and I like them. They all look good in their various modes and are mostly fun to transform.