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  1. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Ironhide/Mirage and W.A.R.S./Crosswise too: For comparison: Restickered American packaging for W.A.R.S./Crosswise as distributed in the UK: And for the record: The translations/localizations for "Wicked Attack Recon Sports Car" are as follows: French - Voiture de sport à attaque maléfique...
  2. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Jumpstarters, part 2! Here are scans from a 1985 French Prisunic catalog (source of the scans: Nathalie NHT). Why is there a red-limbed and red-headed version of Topspin on the cover? It's not the Diaclone version, which looked like this: And the toy released in Europe by Milton Bradley...
  3. Transformers Legacy toyline

    I have no idea how Pulse handles it, but I know that Amazon has some very intricate logistics set up for "multi" orders (i.e. orders that contain more than one item per customer). It's considerably more complicated and involves several additional steps compared to "single" orders (one customer...
  4. Transformers Legacy toyline

    So we knew there was a Needlenose coming since June. https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/06/24/2023-transformers-listings-discovered-legacy-year-2-velocitron-wave-2-458449 Something weird is happening: This listing for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Hyena Bomber has the correct product name on Amazon...
  5. Police behaving badly

    The source is a single image of a masked cop?
  6. New Swoop figure?

    The hollow thighs are unlike anything Turd Party companies would do. Then again, none of the Studio Series Dinobots thus far have hollow thighs either, so...
  7. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    If you're copying the Russian model, you know you're doing something wrong.
  8. Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection - Transformers: Legacy subline at Walmart

    https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-2023-legacy-and-velocitron-wave-2.1233965/page-341#post-20603838 Wave 2 Shadowstrip (Dragstrip redeco) found at Kmart in New Zealand, of all places: Also, Crasher.
  9. Buzzworthy Bumblebee - the "everything goes" toyline

    Bump. Got two four five product codes, so I updated the post and my quote to avoid anyone doing unneccessary extra work that has already been done.
  10. Police behaving badly

    They enjoy learning how the police catches criminals, and thus how to avoid making the same mistakes!
  11. (Potentially) Stolen Transformers (& the YouTubers that Review Them)

    I mean, it took them like 35 years to realize the texts on their toys' packaging were being translated to French twice, once for Canada and once for Europe...
  12. Police behaving badly

    What happened to "it's just entertainment"?
  13. Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine

    Use them and let's start trying... https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blinken-visits-ukraine-pivotal-moment-kyiv-claims-gains-2022-09-08/
  14. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    What excactly? - The "Double Peel" sandwich board? - The guy with the orange bag wearing his glasses on his forehead? - The oversized Tardis? - The UK flag? - The image of the Colonel above the entrance to the KFC restaurant? - The true believer on the back of the red truck?
  15. Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine

    And these are the hands we're given... https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/09/lawmakers-putin-impeachment-censure-war/
  16. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Okay, quick one: I've compared various early catalog images of the Jumpstarters, and there are some odd sticker variations going on. These are the Diaclone Baku-Ten Attack Robos "Jet Type" and "Drill Tank Type" in both color variants, scanned from the book The Official Guide of Takara SF Land...
  17. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Glad I don't live in a monarchy.


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