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Fresh Kills - August


New month, but not a lot of new stuff hitting stores. MP 2.0 Screamer and Bluestreak, but outside of that. Meh.

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Been in a TMNT craze.

Water tower zip line set
Billboard zip line set
Razhar
Robotic Foot
Newtralizer
Krang (Finally!)

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It's Rodimus month for me!

- Combiner Wars Rodimus (with spoiler from Shapeways on it's way)
- Hero Mashers Rodimus
- Rodimus sketch card from Josh Burcham (Apparently a Sarah Stone card is enroute.)
- Cyberverse Ace Vehicon
- Combiner Wars Quickslinger/Slingshot. Superion is now 100% jet. :)

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Boston Comic-Con haul.

Manu Bennett and Thomas Jane. Manu was super friendly and won over the crowd by wearing a "FREE BRADY" shirt.

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Mark McKenna and Hayley Atwell.

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Frank Cho

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Stephane Roux and Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti

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I'm pretty sure Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez had no memory of drawing this comic in 1976 because he had to open it and check the credits.

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There was also a nice, old guy there signing autographs.

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"They're not cameos. I like to think of them as "leading rolls." Sir, you're 92, you call them whatever you like.

I also probably picked up a half dozen communicable diseases wading around in that hot, crowded, sticky human soup for 8 hours.

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It's Rodimus month for me!

- Combiner Wars Rodimus (with spoiler from Shapeways on it's way)



You'll have to let us know how that spoiler works. I've considered one for Blackjack and Menasor myself


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Combiner Wars Devastator

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You'll have to let us know how that spoiler works. I've considered one for Blackjack and Menasor myself



So after getting the Rodimus spoiler and Nightbeat chest yesterday, I thought I'd give my opinions on the pieces for those curious about Shapeways materials but are on the fence about them. These are my honest and blunt opinions and just indicative of my experience with these accessories and may not reflect yours.

Quality of plastic for both of these... It's not the same type of plastic that your average Transformer is made from, but it's durable enough. I think we've all have had a toy that's had this texture and straight of toy. I'd say it's similar in quality to some of the higher quality knock offs are made from. I wouldn't give it to a little kid, but us adults? The quality is fine. There's a bit of a grainy texture to it, which is the price you pay for 3D printing, but unless you're getting REALLY close, licking them or something stupid... You shouldn't notice it too much. So let's get individual here..

Nightbeat chest piece: I got the chest piece that is based on the IDW design. Aesthetically, it look perfect. It's the same color as the yellow used on his weapons, and it matches him perfectly. It seems perfectly fitting to be on him and there's a bit of flexibility that you don't have to worry about breakage over the years. So visually, it looks amazing. Functionally though? It's REALLY loose. How loose? It's not so much clipping to him as it's just resting on the toy. I can knock it off the toy with a few good shakes, and I'm not sure how to secure it more without glue or double sides tape. If all your Nightbeat is doing is sitting on the shelf and not being played with, then it'll be fine. But if you're wanting to take it down and play with it? You're sadly better off just painting the blue chest yellow. For my purposes, it'll be fine. But I won't lie, if I knew about it? I would have not bought it. Once again, this is my experience with it, and your mileage may vary.

Rodimus spoiler/weapon: Like Nightbeat, this accessory looks and feels fitting on the toy. The spoiler really pops out the "Rodimus" in him. To be honest, it's a great. GREAT accessory. The axe can split in two ad the andle becomes a blaster for Rodimus (which looks a lot like his classic winged blaster from G1) and the spoiler clips to his back, via that little peg hole on the toy. In car mode, the blaster can clip underneath Rodimus and becomes a more secure holding point for Menasor or Optimus Maximus. So if you're wanting Blackjack to fit onto Motormaster better, this is for you. (I really don't care too much about Rodimus combining to care really.) The weapon holds securely into 5mm hands. If you're ever wanting to get weapons from Shapeways, do so with no concerns at all. It'll work wonderfully.

The one problem I had with it is noting to do with Shapeways' accessory, but with Rodimus himself. The spoiler isn't that secure onto his back, and that's because Rodders only has the one peg hole there. If there was two, it'd be perfect, but the one makes it a little loose. (Not as loose as Nightwing's chest though.) But a little clear nail polish on the peg and the hole strengthens it a lot and makes it much more secure. And it LOOKS great.

So yeah, Nightbeat chest? Not highly recommended. Rodimus spoiler? Recommended.

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Well, that's good to know. Now if I can just find Rodimus at a decent price (all the online places have him at $15+ before shipping, aside from HTS, who's $10 before shipping) Hoping prices go down eventually.

In the meantime....

- Combiner Hunters 3-Pack of Arcee, Chromia, and Windblade

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- Combiner Hunters 3-Pack of Arcee, Chromia, and Windblade




I just got this in myself! emoticon I also just posted a full review of it too here: http://bdeinonychusden.runboard.com/t18632


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It's been a long time since I posted my hauls...I forgot all about it! Though to be fair, I haven't bought much recently...

Over the last few months:

-- Figma Kirito GGO Version
-- Nendoroid Customizable face (x2) (from Anime Expo 2015)
-- Alisa Southerncross art print
-- Alisa Southerncross 3D pixel figure (from Anime Expo 2015)
-- A signed calendar by Yumiri Hanamori, the voice actress of Uri-tan from Etotama (from Anime Expo 2015)
-- An Etotama shirt (from Anime Expo 2015)
-- A Dead Master shirt from BRS (for Anime Expo 2015)

There might be something else I'm forgetting atm, but it's probably not much. :P

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It's REALLY loose. How loose? It's not so much clipping to him as it's just resting on the toy. I can knock it off the toy with a few good shakes, and I'm not sure how to secure it more without glue or double sides tape. If all your Nightbeat is doing is sitting on the shelf and not being played with, then it'll be fine. But if you're wanting to take it down and play with it? You're sadly better off just painting the blue chest yellow.



Blu Tack is a modeler's best friend. I use it to keep models and figures standing by sticking them to the shelf, for attaching pilot figures to their mecha's display base, for keeping guns in hands, masking small areas for painting, all kinds of !@#$. It sticks well enough to do what you want, but comes right off without hurting anything when you're done with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Blu-Tack-Reusable-Adhesive-75g/dp/B001FGLX72/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438863000&sr=8-1&keywords=blu+tack

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