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william-james88 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:I see. Thanks for the info. Bit.... random a choice but hey ho. I still want that Airrazor. More than that Megatron.

Wait a sec, there is an homage to Red Dragon Beast Wars Megatron and it's not your most wanted item? Wouldnt this be the ultimate toy for you?

It's a beautiful lookign figure, and I do want it, but my ultimate figure was and always will be the X-9 Ravage figure, whom I got from AA 2 years ago. From this set, my most wanted item is the Tripredacus Council. I literally exploded with joy when they were revealled. Show 'accurate' figures of those three are the one item I thought I would never get.

I get more excited over characters that were actually in the show over homages. Hence, I do want Airrazor and Megs, but I have their original toys, so the excitement is a little lower.



Also, I want to point out a major flaw in the bios of the council. It states they were all active during G1. This is wrong (unless you go for alternate universe in which case, all bets are off) as Ram Horn states that the Autobots defeated their Decepticon ancestors. That wouldn't make sense unless the council members were sparked AFTER the Great War ended.


And yeah, Unit 3 does look nice. Very nice.

Insurgent wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:I see. Thanks for the info. Bit.... random a choice but hey ho. I still want that Airrazor. More than that Megatron.

Wait a sec, there is an homage to Red Dragon Beast Wars Megatron and it's not your most wanted item? Wouldnt this be the ultimate toy for you?

It's a beautiful lookign figure, and I do want it, but my ultimate figure was and always will be the X-9 Ravage figure, whom I got from AA 2 years ago. From this set, my most wanted item is the Tripredacus Council. I literally exploded with joy when they were revealled. Show 'accurate' figures of those three are the one item I thought I would never get.

I get more excited over characters that were actually in the show over homages. Hence, I do want Airrazor and Megs, but I have their original toys, so the excitement is a little lower.



Also, I want to point out a major flaw in the bios of the council. It states they were all active during G1. This is wrong (unless you go for alternate universe in which case, all bets are off) as Ram Horn states that the Autobots defeated their Decepticon ancestors. That wouldn't make sense unless the council members were sparked AFTER the Great War ended.


And yeah, Unit 3 does look nice. Very nice.

That easily could have just been a usage of speech....several decepticons and autobots carried over to the new factions ....predacons and maximals....

So it is just as believable that the council were decepticons or autobots that were active in the great war....

(the bio cards tease that council members could have been autobot or decepticons)

It's the usage of the phrase 'Our Decepticon Ancestors'. If they were there, why not 'Our Decepticon Brothers'. If it was phrased as "Ever since the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, we have been working towards the day when we shall rise up". That implies anything. But he implicitly states "The Autobots defeated our Decepticon ancestors."


So we know the Tripredacus council, and Tarantulas, came from Decepticons not on the Ark, and were defeated by the Autobots at the end of the Great War. So, Shockwave, any of the new guys from season 3/4, Jihaxus and his crew, someone on Cybertron we haven't seen.

That Bot wrote:

Why the living hell didn't FunPub test the credit card machines until four hours into the start of the show? In 2016, and with a ROOM full of dealers who can use credit cards, there's no reason to accept that.

Oh dear. What's going on?

The Club store didn't accept credit cards AT ALL until around 8:30 due to a litany of reasons ranging from "Our equipment is 2G and this network is 3G" to "The walls are too thick to get a signal" to "Trust me, it works in Texas!" Finally, they decided it might be possible to manually input card numbers on an iPad, and they warned, "It'll be slow! It might be faster for you all to run down to the ATM and get cash!"

So, after standing in line for a few hours, I was finally allowed to pay for my stuff with technology available to local art fairs...

Brian said that they MIGHT have card readers up and running by Saturday afternoon, but that cash is better.

Psychography wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Why the living hell didn't FunPub test the credit card machines until four hours into the start of the show? In 2016, and with a ROOM full of dealers who can use credit cards, there's no reason to accept that.

Oh dear. What's going on?

The Club store didn't accept credit cards AT ALL until around 8:30 due to a litany of reasons ranging from "Our equipment is 2G and this network is 3G" to "The walls are too thick to get a signal" to "Trust me, it works in Texas!" Finally, they decided it might be possible to manually input card numbers on an iPad, and they warned, "It'll be slow! It might be faster for you all to run down to the ATM and get cash!"

So, after standing in line for a few hours, I was finally allowed to pay for my stuff with technology available to local art fairs...

Brian said that they MIGHT have card readers up and running by Saturday afternoon, but that cash is better.

It probably is better then that the FP clown dept is not doing conventions after this year....seriously, what company is not prepared to have payment methods available to the people attending their convention?

It's as absurd as going to a Taco bell and being told " sorry we are out of taco shells!"

(yes this has happened to me)


anyway. I sincerely hope that Hasbro or it's chosen partner going forward does a much nicer job @ hosting and throwing transformer conventions.

I will miss the exclusives some but not enough not to cheer those FP idiots getting what they have deserved for quite a while now....the boot to the ass.

Rubber Ducky, you're the one...

Tarantulus looks pretty good, but that Terrorsaur is easily my favorite of this entire group. He looks awesome! the rest don't appeal to me.

I WANT THEM ALL!!!!

Nemesis Maximo wrote:(c) If you're already paying $90 for the figure, surely the cost to make the new head and paint-job is recuperated after only one or two sales,

Can't comment on the other flaws (eyeballs thing is plain weird), but tooling a mold for mass-producing new components typically costs thousands.

Man... Unit-3 is AWESOME. Between him and Unite Warriors Armada Thrust, there are now two very expensive, difficult to purchase Combiner limbs I'd love to own.

me want ALL of them!!!

ultraprime0914 wrote:I WANT THEM ALL!!!!

ultraprime0914 wrote:me want ALL of them!!!

So what you're really trying to say iiiiisssssssss....?!



It's difficult not to want them all, but much like Pokémon, I just don't feel the urge anymore.

To catch 'em all that is.

william-james88 wrote:Woah woah wait wait wait... The Dragon heads on megatro have no eyes painted? WHAT THE ****!!!!!!!!



89$ and no eyes, 89 $ AND NO **** EYES!??!!??!

I am now wondering if this is a deal breaker, what do you guys think?

No eyes?


Seriously?!?


That's freaking lazy FunPub, REALLY lazy. Part of me hopes that my contact isn't able to acquire one for me now.


A very small part of me.

Microraptor wrote:Rubber Ducky, you're the one...

I'm really glad someone finally said it.

16/5 stars for that Megatron!!!

william-james88 wrote:Woah woah wait wait wait... The Dragon heads on megatro have no eyes painted? WHAT THE ****!!!!!!!!



89$ and no eyes, 89 $ AND NO **** EYES!??!!??!

I am now wondering if this is a deal breaker, what do you guys think?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Well, you can always paint them on yourself, I guess. <sniff> <sniff>

I'm not very familiar with exclusives and such. Will there be a chance to buy any of these elsewhere? Specifically Terrorsaur and Tarantulas. I see some on ebay, but those prices seem a bit ridiculous.

Mr Skram wrote:I'm not very familiar with exclusives and such. Will there be a chance to buy any of these elsewhere? Specifically Terrorsaur and Tarantulas. I see some on ebay, but those prices seem a bit ridiculous.

If they don't sell out at the event, they'll go on sale at the club store.

Although, as I understand it, you need to be a member of the Club to purchase from the Club store and they're no longer taking applications. So you're going to have to hit up the secondary market.

Diem wrote:If they don't sell out at the event, they'll go on sale at the club store.

That Bot wrote:Although, as I understand it, you need to be a member of the Club to purchase from the Club store and they're no longer taking applications. So you're going to have to hit up the secondary market.

Thanks. And also darn!

Mr Skram wrote:

Diem wrote:If they don't sell out at the event, they'll go on sale at the club store.

That Bot wrote:Although, as I understand it, you need to be a member of the Club to purchase from the Club store and they're no longer taking applications. So you're going to have to hit up the secondary market.

Thanks. And also darn!

Or, you know, ask someone who is a club member to grab one for you.

Mr Skram wrote:

Diem wrote:If they don't sell out at the event, they'll go on sale at the club store.

That Bot wrote:Although, as I understand it, you need to be a member of the Club to purchase from the Club store and they're no longer taking applications. So you're going to have to hit up the secondary market.

Thanks. And also darn!

Well, Tarantulas is part of the boxset, that will NEVER be broken up by the club, if you want him by himself, you will have to go through scalpers on ebay, and at that point, buying the whole boxset would probably be cheaper.

Not too miffed by the unpainted dragon eyes, I always hated that mode. Is he using the devil gigatron mold? Can he pull off all 11 modes? I would keep him in the majestic 'Griffin' mode myself

Glad I bought Megatron early. His after market prices are insane.

Just gonna wait and seize an opportunity on Terrorsaur. The rest of the stuff I expect will make it to the club store, save possibly Reflector.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Not too miffed by the unpainted dragon eyes, I always hated that mode. Is he using the devil gigatron mold? Can he pull off all 11 modes? I would keep him in the majestic 'Griffin' mode myself

You're counting the Ostrich, aren't you? And the Devilsaurer mode just rocks!

And yes, the Devil Gigatron retool is a permanent change to the mold, so all Hasbro versions of the toy can do at least 10 modes. The Bat mode is iffy, as the muzzle piece was removed from Deathsaurus due to space limitations... Can anyone confirm the same happened with Megatron?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Not too miffed by the unpainted dragon eyes, I always hated that mode. Is he using the devil gigatron mold? Can he pull off all 11 modes? I would keep him in the majestic 'Griffin' mode myself

You're counting the Ostrich, aren't you?

Yes, as it is majestic and awesome