I WANT A ROOM LIKE THAT!!!!!! :eek

A couple of recent additions, and a story.

 

Thanks to Alphie of the 2005 boards, I scored both a Leader Prime and Megatron last night. I walked into the aisle of the LS Target and there was Prime just sitting there. Then up walks a couple carrying what I thought was the other Prime, but lo and behold it is Megatron. The husband puts him down so I casually ask, "um are you gonna get that?" to which they respond, "no, it is ringing up at $45, we are going to wait", so I ask if they mind if I get it and when they say "go ahead", he is then mine, muh hahaha. Anyway, we strike up a conversation and as soon as she said she collects TFs oddities, I knew it was Alphie. Anyway, long story, but I now have both Leader Prime and Megs thanks to Alphie, the fact that my girlfriend wanted to pick up some food from the store and what was probably a mistake by a stocker.

 

Oh and those were the only ones there, although they had all the wave 1 basics.

 

 

 

This picture is missing a broken Bumblebee, but I have another coming from HTS sometime after the 2nd.

 

Update:

Prime is awesome and completely rock solid in both modes. Fun transformation and pretty good articulation. He also doesn't look as boxy in person as in pics. Best Prime in many many many years. Get him and get him now.

 

Megs is pretty good in bot mode and total junk in alt mode. I think I may have strained his feet when I was transforming him b/c now it kinda hangs loose a bit. The instructions (yes, I had to resort to the inst to transform him) are nearly worthless. They aren't clear in more than one place and I think contributed to me almost breaking him. I will say that the colors work better in person than in pics. The "red" flames/blades/whatever really are pink though, but it is passably acceptable. I still would recommend getting Megs b/c he is Megs, but as a TF, he really isn't all that great.

One more teaser before I post the entire updated collection in detail next week.

Damn I love leader prime :drool

Cool! I like the new Megatron more and more..

Damn I love leader prime :drool

Me to. Best mainline Prime ever. Second only to MP Prime. He is damn near perfect in all aspects.

I can't get enough of your collection, its simply beautiful!

Yes. It's amazing to see that many in such great quality. :tflaugh1 You should find a way to light up each shelf. If anything needs more lighting! :thumb

Ok, so I am finally done putting everything where it is supposed to be.

 

One last teaser pic before I upload all the detail pics later tonight (most of them are taken I just need to take a few more and then post them).

 

 

Ok, so I lied, here are some more pics. These were all taken w/ a flash obviously, so you can see in a bit more detail (but I hate how pics w/ flash turn out, even if you can see more clearly). It is amazing how a bunch of bots just kind of magically appear on camera when you turn the flash on. Either way, I still like the ambiance when it is just the spotlight and the lights from the cases.

 

 

 

 

 

Shelf by shelf shots coming next....

Let's start w/ G1 and work our way up.

 

1984:

Complete w/ all figures released in the US. Wheeljack in particular is almost pristine. Prime and Megs are in great condition as well.

 

'84 Autobots

Seriously, check out Wheeljack

 

'84 Decepticons

Starscream is the Takara reissue and he replaced my crappy original SS.

 

1985:

Complete w/ all US releases, except for the mail-away Powerdashers

 

'85 Autobots

Omega Supreme is absolutely flawless. I got him MIB w/ unapplied stickers (which I then carefully applied). All the electronics work great. Grimlock is also in fantastic condition. Jetfire was the first G1 bot I purchased once I got into collecting. I paid way too much, but he was worth it.

 

'85 Decepticons

Shockwave's hose is in excellent condition w/ no deterioration. His electronics work great and are very loud and annoying. Devastator is one of my favorites and looks great as well. Same w/ Blitzwing. I love tanks, and I love triplechangers. What's not to like about that guy?

 

1986:

Again, complete w/ all US releases (it took a long time to do that).

 

'86 Autobots

Sky Lynx works just fine and is in great shape w/ almost no yellowing. Ultra Magnus is the nicer rubber wheels and painted face version, which I strongly prefer (I have the other version if anyone is interested).

 

'86 Decepticons

Predaking is a reissue, but I got a great price. I haven't put the stickers on yet for some reason. Gnaw took me a long time to get for a good price, but he is complete w/ the hard to find tail/mace. Reflector is in awesome shape and was a steal from another collector. Another one of my favorites. Galvatron is in good shape but w/ some major sticker wear. I might need to visit reprolabels.com. His electronics work great and are even more annoying than Shockwave's.

 

'85 and '86 Citybots

I do love these guys. All are complete or 99% complete w/ maybe one small gun missing. They are all in fantastic shape w/ Fort Max having no yellowing at all, but 2 misplaced stickers on his feet. Otherwise, he is perfect.