February Hauls

[Dominic]

Sparky and O6, check Wal*Marts and Kohl's for new figures. With Target's recent price bumps, Walgreens is less than a dollar extra.

All we need now is Star Tours.

And, "Terminator 2.5".


Customizing yielded a black RTS Tracks figure. And, a mishap while removing the sigil necessitated a modification to my RTS Hotrod figure, (removing the sigil from that figure to replace the one missing from Tracks), meaning I now have a HotRod with a full color, (reprolabels), sigil.


And....Chris Jericho's "Undisputed". (Yeah, I am going to get around to reading this....sometime in the next year or 2.)


Dom
-actually did finish "Prospero Burns" over the weekend.

[Onslaught Six]

Sparky and O6, check Wal*Marts and Kohl's for new figures. With Target's recent price bumps, Walgreens is less than a dollar extra.

I don't have a Kohl's or a Walgreens around me, unfortunately. And my Wal-Marts never, ever update. (The one closest to where I live now, in Clearfield, *finally* put out the Dirge/Skullgrin/Cliffjumper wave. Might buy Dirge.)

All we need now is Star Tours.

And, "Terminator 2.5".

I dunno how much that'd work without the live action element of it. Are they still running that attraction? I'd love to go back to Universal one of these days; I haven't been since I was eleven.

Customizing yielded a black RTS Tracks figure.

Hooray! The one without a name! Did you paint his head white and gold?

And....Chris Jericho's "Undisputed". (Yeah, I am going to get around to reading this....sometime in the next year or 2.)

You hear the Rock's back?

So, I hit up the used game stores the other day and picked up "The Thing" (again) and "Devil May Cry". So far, "DMC"'s pretty okay. I just gotta learn how to play this thing right, but I like where it's head is at overall. Haven't tried out "The Thing" yet, but if it's anything like the movie (and if this one works), then it oughtta be a good time.

The very same?

[Dominic]

Why would I have painted head on black Tracks gold? The pictures of the original toy I have seen show the head as being blue and grey.


I have no idea if T2.5 is still running.


Dom
-actually going to *2* local wrestling shows this weekend.

[138 Scourge]

So, I hit up the used game stores the other day and picked up "The Thing" (again) and "Devil May Cry". So far, "DMC"'s pretty okay. I just gotta learn how to play this thing right, but I like where it's head is at overall. Haven't tried out "The Thing" yet, but if it's anything like the movie (and if this one works), then it oughtta be a good time.

The very same?

Yyyyeah. Well, now I'm less excited about it. Though, his is the PC version, for whatever that's worth. Still gonna play it, don't care.

In other news: I done bought Generations Scourge.

I feel a little dumb about it, because I already have the whole wave with him and Thundercracker and such preordered. But that's taking awhile, and I saw Scourge on the pegs and thought "Fuck it.". It's not like I wouldn't have an excuse for multiple Scourges, I guess. And besides, it's god damn proper G1 mustache Scourge, how could I resist? And why would I resist?

[Sparky Prime]

Sparky and O6, check Wal*Marts and Kohl's for new figures.

Kohls is actually where I found Tracks. But they're much more expensive than other stores with deluxe figures at $14.99 instead of $11.99. The Wal-Mart's in my area haven't gotten anything new in 2 months now, and recently shrunk their Transformers section. Target seems to be the most reliable for me. That's where I've seen the latest wave of RTS figures already.

[Dominic]

Expect a real price-bump at Target if it has not happened in your area already.

The difference in price between post-bump Target and Kohl's/Walgreens is small enough to be balanced by the greater reliability the latter stores.


Dom
-has pretty much given up on Target.

[Sparky Prime]

Expect a real price-bump at Target if it has not happened in your area already.

$11.99 for a deluxe Transformer was the price bump I've seen at Target. It was $9.99 in December. I've seen more dramatic price increases with other size classes though. And like I said, Target is generally more reliable in my area.

[BWprowl]

Yeah, I dunno why Dom's getting so hung up on this price bump. It's no worse than anything we've seen before.

In other news: I done bought Generations Scourge.

I feel a little dumb about it, because I already have the whole wave with him and Thundercracker and such preordered. But that's taking awhile, and I saw Scourge on the pegs and thought "Fuck it.". It's not like I wouldn't have an excuse for multiple Scourges, I guess. And besides, it's god damn proper G1 mustache Scourge, how could I resist? And why would I resist?

I would *gladly* take that extra Scourge off of your hands.

Speaking of that wave though, I managed to find a lone Kup sitting on the shelf at Target tonight. Of course I bought him! I'm glad I did too, since I've had this toy open for only a few minutes and I already really like him. The transformation's engaging and clever, but not too finicky or frustrating; I can do it pretty smoothly and quickly. And the gun is awesome. Ooh ooh, and his tailgate can fold down in vehicle mode, that's boss. Facesculpt is a bit derpy, but I'm pretty set on ordering one of those iGear heads with the cy-gar, so that won't be too much of a problem.

[Shockwave]

A new laptop, a PSP, an external hard drive, and 8GB memory stick for the PSP. Replacement stuff from the theft. The external drive has 1TB capacity. The one that was stolen only had 640GB and this was only $10 more so hey.

[Dominic]

Deluxes are damned near $15.

That is a real bump.


Dom
-$15....