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Well so far this within the last couple months I've pre-ordered MP-12 through 14, the new mini-warriors, United Artfire, and puchased SDCC FOC Bruticus, FOC Optimus, FOC Jazz, 2x FOC Shockwave, 2x RID Vehicon, and 2x Arms Micron Jet Vehicon. So what's on everyone's checklist to have preordered or in hand by the end of the year? Mine are as follows: TRU MP-10 TRU MP Thundercracker FOC Blastoff FOC Vortex TFC Project Uranus My list may change with new announcements, however as things stand currently these are what I want by the end of the year :-) Also really hoping for new info on Terminus Hexatron very soon (like preorders and such)

News update, rumor has it that the character BANE in the new Batman RISE movie was voiced over by none other than our own G1 Cyclonus! That’s right, just a “Mighty Galvatron” away from lending his awesome voice to one of Gotham’s greatest villains! Originally the character BANE was a Mexican drug lord, with 'Montobon' like accent, but for this movie, they went darker, meaner and more Cybertonian. Galvatron was not available for comment...

I have heard some complaints about repeat news postings etc, should we merge the new section with general discussions so they are all in one place? Please vote in the poll.

Ok so I saw some Transformers I want on ecrater. Well they allow you to buy them with paypal or google checkout. I can't use paypal cause I met my spending limit with them and I don't want to "Share" my bank account number with them. I clicked to pay using the google checkout and it asked me to start up a google wallet thing. So I am wondering if this is a legit thing? Or will I get some weird charge on my CC if I use them? Also this isn't the first time I have seen these google checkout thing. I also saw it as an option on a guys personal website that could be used to buy his stuff. So I figure anyone can use them as a payment option. So does anyone have any horror stori…

Well, I'm sure just about everyone wouldn't mind having a Bruticus in one variation or another, but I'm wondering if there was another figure (possibly seen from BotCon) that you're excited about getting? Mine, actually would be two repaints (personally, I think the repaints do the figure more justice compared to the original paint scheme & name, buts that's just me), FOC Ultra Magnus & FOC Blaster. Anyone else w/ other figures on the mind?

Slagacon.com is going to offer 30% off one day and weekend passes this year to Slagacon 2012! We are also going to offer 35% off to dealers for booths. That is right instead of paying $30.00 for a two day pass, it will only be $20.00! The sale will start Monday July 16th, 2012 and last till Friday July 20th, 2012. Do not miss out on a great chance to come meet Scott McNeil, Neil Kaplan, Flint Dille, Jon3.0, Rob Shum, Jake Isenberg, Mark LeMieux and FrenzyRumble! Also, take the chance to get signed up for the pre-show trip to the Indianapolis Children's Museum to see one of the Bumblebee statues used in the first movie. There is also still spots available in both …

Edit: Changed topic title since the site isn't down. :P For anyone wondering why your dynamic signature images are not showing up (Puma, Breaker, etc), Shmax.com has been down since yesterday. There were some bad database errors, which still show up if you visit the forum part (from a bookmark) but the front page has been changed to this message: I don't know any details about whats going on other than that. Maybe if we are lucky a backup could be restored. :tfsad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10rZr9byvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Ww6n5OYpE More awesome stuff from SavCon 2012.

I recently sold a rare item to someone for ~$600. I was honest with my description and had a accurate photo in the listing. After about a month week after the buyer received the package they have started complaining of a smoke oder, saying the guidebook is "stained", and that the game cartridge has been dropped and now rattles. This person also drops in the info that they have gotten several copys of said game from creigslist. Now I don't smoke and even had this item sealed in a airtight container untill the point I preped it for shipping. The rest of the game was in really good condition and had none of the issues he is stating. I have many many pictures to back …