Recent content by Platypus Prime

Weirdly, I got my nephew the BB/Megatron pack partially because he loves trains, partially because outside HOS, this Megatron will work well with the Devastation Prime he likes, scale-wise.

I love the art but without dialogue it is sort of strange. "Hi there, I'm Optimus Prime! And when I'm shooting up the street for no reason and the neighbors are all yelling at me, it's nice to know the people at Mutual of Omaha are..." -sorry, Marlin Perkins flashback...

Well, seeing as they're charging for an extra half bot per bot, I imagine revenues will be up considerably...IF people keep buying...and it does lead to the question of why prices jumped AFTER they had this information, which you would think would justify keeping prices where they were to avoid...

This is actually why I am so hesitant to ever go near the high-end stuff with batteries. Bad enough that both laptops and cars now have non-user-replaceable lithium packs, it means that even things like Transformers to Lightsabers can have built in obsolescence where the life of the product is...

Looks like I got another 'replacement part on the way' note from Pulse, and if it's like what others have gotten (I paid more attention this time!) it'll be the cab of Prime, with a questionable amount of sanding done with no guarantee that it works. I think I may be best off just checking it...

No, Mat got laid off in the last round...

A rerun in honor of Wombat Day which is apparently a thing? No wombats were harmed as none appear.

That would be awesome to find, especially if multiples could be had to get some decent color matching, and a bonus foot soldier, too. Thundercats HeMan does make a really good 200x Grayskull, for my zero-effort kitbash I just gave him a different sword with the white Sorceress that came with...

Seeing as Hasbro let Mattel make an actual transforming Optimus which usually is a licencing no-no, I don't see what the limits are anymore. Also, Omega Supreme is in at BBTS. $200, not as bad as expected.

What's truly bizarre is watching Minus One, then watching Minus One Minus Color. I'm not joking, different things show up better in one version more than the other, both ways, making it almost like watching two different movies, not a recoloring of one. I'm not sure how to explain how weird the...

Where did Megabull's arm cannon come from?

Perceptor: "A cursory evaluation of Takara's recent reveals indicates a distinct chromatic inversion." Ultra Magnus: "In other words Perceptor?" Springer: "You're recolored."

Nothing bad was said! Nothing was even suggested! But Sir Topam Hatt was very cross that day...

I do find this odd that it keeps happening for me with the Combaticons. In Energon days I got a few of the team, rounded it off with a couple other limbs, never did have a 'complete' Bruticus Maximus. Missed out on the game Combaticons in every color, just got CW Swindle now, had an Amazon...