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well, not particularly a dramatic haul, but, because of 6's review, I decided to cave and get dirt boss (still having issues wrapping my head around his name for a forklift, get one in any sort of dirt, and they get stuck, REAL EASY)

and in the mail same day I got an energon Rodimus guns and movie Bee launchers.
All for customs of course.

O6 wrote:You make me sick. First you get disenfranchised with the franchise (Ha!) and now you buy figures from awful video games that I have a grudge against because they are the cancer that is killing the industry.

If I never see another grizzled space marine in power armour fighting in a bleak post-apocalyptic future that is coloured primarily in shades of gray and--if we're lucky--brown and green, it'll be too soon.

Psh, there's a shortage of kickass co-op games to play with the girlfriend. She already had GoW 1 and 2, so don't go looking at me. Grizzled space marines in power armour with chainsaw guns, man! Chainsaw guns! It's not Worlds Of Amazing, and yeah, it's all grey and bland, but it was pretty fun. Fun enough to buy a 12" space marine in power armour with a chainsaw gun who lights up blue.

Plus, he looks good next to Master Chief. What?

Prowl wrote:the other new character, Dampierre, is so freaking fantastic. Seriously, the first pictures that surfaced of this guy sold me on this game instantly. Google him.

Everybody who hasn't googled this, do so now.


Anyway, I got Moar Stuff.

- SWTF Magnaguard starfighter: Fuck yeah new SWTF! Unfortunately they managed to bring in the wave that's almost entirely rereleases, with TIE Vader, X-Wing Luke, Ep2 Starfighter Anakin, retool of said Starfighter as Ahsoka, and the Magnaguard as the solitary new mould. It's a lovely shade of purple and a really cool design, has awesome twin pistols and an impressive four-piece staff, but the elbows pop off with ease, and he legoforms. Legoforming is pretty much a dealbreaker. Still, looks cool.

- Marvel Crossovers Captain America: Every time I look at him I think of Abridged Yu-Gi-Oh. IN AMERICA! They finally got in more Marvel TFs too, after nothing here since wave 1. We got Brown Wolvy/Cap/Carnage/a weirdass third Spidey Bike repaint. Said Spidey Bike is just in darker blue and red, and that's kinda strange. It does look way better than the bright blue and red original release, but I had my heart set on the black one that never came here. Plan to get Wolvy too, since I hear great things about him (JT's review sold me, if memory serves). Grabbed Cap first because I couldn't remember which got the better write-ups, and Cap has a neat reverse Prime deco going. He's a solid piece of work, I dig the sculpt and transformation, pop-out shield is great. His shoulders suck for no necessary reason, it perplexes me.

Also found piles of knockoff TF crap! I love random knockoff TF crap.

- Bizarre Pencil Case Wallet Thing: It has 'Bee, Ravage, and this kickass piece of Ironhide stock art I've never seen on legit merch. It's pretty crap, but I bought it for the text. "Transformers 2: The planet's first look at Will Smith Blood, Diamond Beyonce, Hobbit Hell!"

HOBBIT HELL.

Yes.

- Knockoff Movie Skids: Really awful and simplified, but it has ClaBee's head! In green! And comes with a giant sword and nifty gun. How could I resist? Looks better than real Skids thanks to said head. Alas, it won't fit on real Skids' neck. I may customise this to work.

- Kickass TF diary/notebook: Comes in a cardboard die-cut case thing with tacky plastic lock. There were a bunch, bought two. One's fantastic with Starscream, Fallen, and Ravage on the front, and has Fallen and Dev on the case. The other has Megs and Barricade with 'Bee on the case. There are pink flowery pages inside. Hahah.

They had hoedown pose Prime crayons too, decided against those.

Also made myself a legit utility belt from four cheap camera case things. A winner is me.

BWprowl wrote:Custom Robo sucks.

Whaaaat? Why? Ridiculously over-the-top anime designs that I SWEAR have to be parody, kickass Gundammy robot designs, RPG shonen go-get-the-bad-guys storyline, real-time combat? What's to dislike?

onslaught86 wrote:Plus, he looks good next to Master Chief. What?

I'm not talking to you anymore.

- Marvel Crossovers Captain America: Every time I look at him I think of Abridged Yu-Gi-Oh. IN AMERICA!

Disregard the previous statement.

Onslaught Six wrote:Whaaaat? Why? Ridiculously over-the-top anime designs that I SWEAR have to be parody, kickass Gundammy robot designs, RPG shonen go-get-the-bad-guys storyline, real-time combat? What's to dislike?

Oh yeah, all that stuff's good and entertaining, but when the actual *gameplay* is sheer crap, you can't do much to salvage the project. Oh yeah, I just love the homing missile barrages that make it stupidly difficult to pull off useful maneuvers, or how it's utterly impossible to accurately control your robot or shoot straight with the camera CONSTANTLY ROTATING outside of your control! Or the slippy-slidy robot controls? Or the amazing technicolor battlefield making it squintingly hard to tell what's going on? I'm telling you, this game sucks.

BWprowl wrote:Oh yeah, all that stuff's good and entertaining, but when the actual *gameplay* is sheer crap, you can't do much to salvage the project. Oh yeah, I just love the homing missile barrages that make it stupidly difficult to pull off useful maneuvers, or how it's utterly impossible to accurately control your robot or shoot straight with the camera CONSTANTLY ROTATING outside of your control! Or the slippy-slidy robot controls? Or the amazing technicolor battlefield making it squintingly hard to tell what's going on? I'm telling you, this game sucks.

Huh. I disagree, I'm not finding it any harder than I found the DS game--which, I will admit, had much better battlefield layouts that were easier to see. It controls almost nearly the same, though, so I'm not surprised. Maybe it's my eternal video game strategy of run up to the bad guy and shoot it until it dies that usually works out for me. The camera also doesn't rotate that much, it mostly just pans around so you can see. I only ever found it hindering in the 2-on-2 battles so far. Plus, it's not much of a matter of shooting straight since you're always pointing at the other guy anyway. And I'm usually using a 3-way or 5-way gun anyway.

Onslaught Six wrote:Huh. I disagree, I'm not finding it any harder than I found the DS game--which, I will admit, had much better battlefield layouts that were easier to see. It controls almost nearly the same, though, so I'm not surprised. Maybe it's my eternal video game strategy of run up to the bad guy and shoot it until it dies that usually works out for me. The camera also doesn't rotate that much, it mostly just pans around so you can see. I only ever found it hindering in the 2-on-2 battles so far. Plus, it's not much of a matter of shooting straight since you're always pointing at the other guy anyway. And I'm usually using a 3-way or 5-way gun anyway.

Eh, just different tastes we have, I guess. I dunno, I like Link to the Past better than Ocarina of Time anyway, so what the hell do I know?

I bought too much manga:

Maria Holic Vol. 1
Higurashi~When They Cry vol. 4: Cotton Drifting Arc vol. 2

BWprowl wrote:Eh, just different tastes we have, I guess. I dunno, I like Link to the Past better than Ocarina of Time anyway, so what the hell do I know?

Me too, although that's mostly because Link to the Past is better to play as just a fun relaxing game. If you want to imerse yourself completely in all things Zelda, Ocarina of time (and by extension, Majora's Mask) are the ones for you. Personally, I think true 3D control has a long way to go, which is why I find the 64 titles frustrating. And I haven't even played Twilight Princess.

TP is amazing. It's everything that OoT was and more. But play it on a GameCube. (Or get the GameCube version, play it on a Wii, and use a GameCube controller.) Seriously, I used to just spend hours in TP riding Epona.

What the hell's a GameCube?

Very funny. (I still own no current-gen system. Screw upgrading.)