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04-05-2013, 05:25 AM | #5361 |
Bovine Excrement Viper
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But you'll need it for your new shelves!
Anyway, what you got planned? I miss having my stuff out on display. So... judging by the insane ebay prices, a lot of people seem to think the club hit another home run. I'm not particularly impressed with anything except Freestyle. The only bummer is that it's yet another use of that Scarlett head. Chuckles is still a skinny smiley dude. Steeler is meh, though it's cool to see a proper visor. FLAK? Really? Lady Jaye is fugly as hell, and Iceberg looks terrible. Night Boomer is cool, I guess. Not $150 cool, and certainly not $300 cool. With any luck the scalpers (and there's nothing else to call someone who has 10+ of these for sale on the first night of the con) will be sitting on piles of 'em for years. And in that vein, seeing ebay flooded with the exclusives on day 1 is really depressing. Especially when there's only a handful of true auctions and a shitton of inflated BINs... which admittedly, some crazy people are paying. It just seems like every year it gets worse. As for the con set itself... man, did Destro get a bad batch, or are they all that sloppy? And is it REALLY that hard to sculpt a female face that doesn't look like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down? Asp looks terrible. And hey! Kreo! Irid is thrilled I'm sure. Anyway, if any of you gentlemen happen to acquire a Freestyle that you don't need, I'll be happy to give it a good home. I'm not buying from ebay at current prices... hell, I could get an opened, good-paint MP Sideswipe for that. And Sideswipe wouldn't come with a useless Chuckles figure. If prices don't come down, and I can't work a trade, I'll just have to do without. Though I get the feeling that after the initial rush, things may settle down a bit. |
04-05-2013, 08:15 AM | #5362 |
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I'm hoping they do settle out. I do like that Freestyle figure, although I'll probably just use the parts selection and make my own with a different head sculpt.
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04-05-2013, 08:21 AM | #5363 |
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One of my friends at the Con is getting me the Kre-o 6-pack and parachute figure. Otherwise, I only bought a few figures:
Psyche-Out Repeater Cobra Mortal Frag Viper x 1 SAW Viper x 1 The other stuff doesn't really interest me. I'll get a free Iceberg, but he's not really that great.
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04-05-2013, 02:25 PM | #5364 |
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He's fucking terrible. But I already know the club response: "We sold out of them, so it must be awesome!"
Going through the new close up shots posted today, the paint apps are fucking lazy. On everything. Go look at any set of goggles or visor. Straps. And eyes. Holy crap. This shit was haphazardly done and it's commanding top dollar just because it's rare. Sounds like MP Sideswipe. edit: since I had the copypasta handy from another post: Last edited by Hellion42; 04-05-2013 at 02:36 PM.. |
04-06-2013, 08:47 AM | #5365 |
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Nuts to the paint... look at Iceberg's head. That's just awful. No details in the ear and nose...
You know what, I think they just cast the molds from the original toy's head and adapted it. That's horrible. I hate being the guy saying this but I'll stick with my custom. Last edited by Hicks_Royel; 04-06-2013 at 08:50 AM.. |
04-06-2013, 01:18 PM | #5366 |
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Nuts to the paint... look at Iceberg's head. That's just awful. No details in the ear and nose...
You know what, I think they just cast the molds from the original toy's head and adapted it. That's horrible. I hate being the guy saying this but I'll stick with my custom. |
04-07-2013, 02:18 AM | #5367 |
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So I saw Retaliation. Meh. At least I could look at a scene and identify it as GI Joe for the most part. With ROC the o ly way that was happenening was if Snake Eyes (or maybe Storm Shadow) was in the shot.
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04-08-2013, 02:25 AM | #5368 |
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04-08-2013, 04:57 AM | #5369 |
Bovine Excrement Viper
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You're a jerk. Seriously, two MP-10s, one in vehicle mode, and no trailer on display? What kind of... you have 4 Sideswipes.
I kid, I kid. I had the same opportunity to pick it up that you did, and chose to roll the dice. We'll see what happens. Though, if some of those are for customs, a Tigertrack should theoretically be just as good, right? |
04-10-2013, 03:59 PM | #5370 |
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I can't... find the trailers at the moment. I know I have them somewhere. The intent was to customize the Lambors. Given the way things are for now, however, I'm holding off. I am starting to think that it's only a matter of patience though before more MP-12s and 14s are available.
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