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  1. My own pose of Orion Pax, he is a fun figure, well worth getting. The left picture is without the flash, the right with the flash
  2. Kup's not seen it all just yet -
  3. No matter where you go, there is always a fanatic or two, or more, being annoying -
  4. Isn't it about time that this was done to Bumblebee? Annoying shelf hogging cash cow.
  5. And another picture comic - Some 'Cons really should even bother trying.
  6. Masterpiece-01 has finally been ousted, behold the new Masterpiece-10 ~ Die cast isn't so great.
  7. Even Decepticons can be scared of the dark:
  8. Still no word from Hasbro on any news of Masterpiece-10 Optimus Prime being released here in the UK, it's looking more and more likely that they'll cancel him just like they did Thundercracker. There is no way I'm paying scalpers prices for him, Amazon UK even has him for upwards of £900 plus! I can't afford that, £100/£120 is the most I can manage for him. All I ever find is Bumblebee here.

    1. FREEFALLL666

      FREEFALLL666

      Look in Toys'r'Us.

    2. Smokescreened

      Smokescreened

      I managed to get one back in February, he's amazing.

  9. The poor, poor jelly babies -
  10. Human Alliance Barricade: I could just go the short route and say that he's quite the addition to the collection, but that would be pretty lazy. HA Barricade is a very good addition to a collection and well worth getting, if you are lucky enough to find him for a good price. The alt mode is as expected, it looks as powerful as it did in the 2007 movie and the little details fairly add to it. The ground clearance isn't great so it's best not to go rolling him along any carpets, but then all of the larger HA Transformers don't exactly have great ground clearance. Transformation is simple and you won't have any problems with it, it's almost like the 2007 deluxe of him with just some differences. The bot mode is great, a little modification on his upper thighs and he has better balance than without the modification. Basically the modification is just to snip off two blocks of plastic that prevent his legs from fully moving upwards in transformation, limiting his articulation. Those can be removed with a pair of flush cutters. Once done he has better leg articulation. The details are as good as hoped for, he's almost as tall in regards of head height as HA Bumblebee. Sadly he only has one hand while the other arm has a spinning blade, I've seen some people do modifications to give him two hands. The HA addition is nothing special really, just a small missile rack on the shoulder of his right arm and two gun like things that come out from beneath his torso. Frenzy, who comes with Barricade, is nothing special. He's one of the articulate HA additions but he's best just turned into his folder/engine block like mode and placed into Barricade's chest to fill a gap. I would go into more detail but I don't think that will be required, I'm sure others have read reviews of him and seen reviews of him. If you can find him, get him, he's worth it. But only buy him for a low price. Rating: 9/10 Human Alliance Soundwave: If there's a Transformer that could be considered a modern 'Holy Grail' for collectors, not all but those who very much would like to get him, it might just be HA Soundwave. We all know the story of why he's so hard to find so there's no point in my going into that. He's a rare one for sure and not easy to find for a fair price. The alt mode is great, the doors open in the gull wing style, the details give just enough detail without giving too much. The rear plate saying 'Superiour' is a cute homage, but seems out of place. The inner detail, like the larger HA line in general, is nicely detailed. He does look very cheap due to the dull grey used, but he doesn't feel cheap thankfully, he feels solid in alt mode. The transformation is daunting at first, but once you've done it once or twice it becomes pretty easy as long as you're careful not to rush the transformation. The bot mode is great, there's a lot of detail in it although he does seem to have an ape like appearance due to the size of his arms compared to his spindly looking legs. He does have some light balance issues, the tripod feet don't help much but with effort you can get him to stand just fine. He has a fair amount of articulation, much like Barricade does after the thigh mod, although his HA mode is little more than Laserbeak turning into a missile launcher. Laserbeak is nothing special, he's detailed but in all honesty he's pretty useless. Other than turning into a missile launcher, which the human character can stand on and use, he has no real use. He can sit somewhat okay on Soundwave's arms, if you're patient with balancing him. His missile launcher mode tends to make Soundwave pretty top heavy though and in Soundwave's alt mode he can't be stored anywhere unlike Frenzy can with Barricade. He just sits there getting up a little room. Finding Soundwave is not easy, but if you can get him for a good price then take the chance to get him due to how rare he is and how hard he is to find. He is smaller than most of the larger HA figures, only taller than HA Skids and I would guess Mudflap as well - not sure on Mudflap since I can't find him anywhere for a fair price. If you do get the chance though, and don't mind his balance flaws, then get him for your collection. Despite his balance flaws, Soundwave really is a great figure and worthy of being in anyone's collection. Rating: 9/10
  11. Human Alliance Barricade and Soundwave arrived today, a lot sooner than expected. They are excellent, well worth the waiting and hunting for them, now I wait for the flush cutters to arrive so that I can chip away those plastic blocks on Barricade's upper thighs and give him better balance. Would be nice to find HA Mudflap and Reverb for decent prices now.

  12. I finally did it, after so much searching and waiting, I've finally got Human Alliance Barricade and Soundwave coming in the post! Barricade for £41 and Soundwave for £48.49! AT LAST! Now to wait for them to arrive

    1. Sparkless

      Sparkless

      Not a bad price my friend. My TRU MP Prime got here today...Oh yes. Awesome

       

    2. Smokescreened

      Smokescreened

      Nice! I'm still waiting on word on his UK release, so far nothing.

  13. I wonder if I should buy Human Alliance Skids next week while he's cheap enough. Love my Human Alliance Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe - Although Jazz is the best of the three. Would still love to see an HA Ironhide appear.

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    2. Smokescreened

      Smokescreened

      I would have liked to get Barricade, but he's being priced at upwards of £130 now. A tad much to say the least.

    3. Shadowpanther

      Shadowpanther

      HA Barricade is so high due to HA bumblebee clogging shelves & preventing HA barricade from getting stocked on shelves.

    4. Blitz-Wing

      Blitz-Wing

      This should be a forum thread, not a status post.

  14. Human Alliance Jazz is amazing, I wonder if an HA Ironhide would be as good. If one is ever made.

    1. hthrun

      hthrun

      I use the leader Ironhide, with several mods, with my HA toys...

  15. I seem to have bought more Powercore and Generations/Reveal The Shield than anything else this year in regards of Transformers. I hope more appear!

    1. jeffafa

      jeffafa

      I skipped the Powercore, but Generations and RTS were too good to pass up.

  16. Powercore Heavytread and Skyhammer are quite impressive, I think I'll regard them as additions to the Classics/Universe/Generations/RTS line along with Huffer, Smolder and Leadfoot

  17. Two new pictures, one a combination of two pictures, another a seperate one. What do Transformers do outside of the battlefield? Starscream and Grimlock might be one example. Starscream is about to play Age Of Empires 2 on the DS. In the second picture Grimlock is playing the 360 - Once again Megatron's plans hit a problem, he really should think ahead more often -
  18. Couldn't resist, I can still remember the Bill and Ted movie the quote appeared in -
  19. Has it really been 26 years of Transformers? Where did all the time go?! I want my youth back! And a few hard to find TF's to go with it. (Hint hint, Hasbro, hint hint)

    1. TheTfboy

      TheTfboy

      Yes, 26 years of "awesomeness" has passed. 1984-2010.

      26 years and still going on strong!

       

    2. Smokescreened

      Smokescreened

      Hard to believe, barely seems like it was all that long since I got my first TF back in the 80s.

      Makes me think of that comment in the Simpsons movie - "All my life has been dedicated to collecting comic books...a life well spent!"

       

      So many years of collecting and playing with TF's, and I don't regret any of it.

  20. Why is it that the best Transformers are always the hardest ones to find? Finding any more Generations in the UK is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

  21. Oh look, it's the Bad Marketing Department Combiner Force. Their next trick, colouring Megatron in pink and calling him 'Fluffatron' As part of a Disney range.
  22. 2009 Movie Leader class Prime is quite something, but his voice chip is a pain. Maybe the other Autobots feel the same way -
  23. I would have added an 'eep' from Prime there, followed by a somewhat hammy, if I were good enough to manage that, anime like thing from Prime 'Super Duper Prime Mode!' and had him appear as his Masterpiece version with Bumblebee looking on, sulking with the words 'Not fair, they get oversized versions, what do I get? A deluxe and Cliffjumper looking like me'
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