the vynsane asylum

Got Walrusman and the Hoth trooper today from Kmart of all places.

TJ Maxx was next door. I got a mini Reveal the Shield Prowl. They had several others: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Trailblazer (but they called him something slightly different), and maybe one or two more. All of them except for Bumblebee looked like they were in their vehicle modes were their original 80s forms. Bumblebee was more of a sports car than a VW Bug.

Holy shit--were these the small ones, where Megatron's a gun?

I need to hit Marshall's and TJ Maxx. I need Trailbreaker, even if he's way out of scale.

I think all new Bumblebees are mute sports cars, just like all new Ripcords are black.

Got Tom 4 cw figures for his stocking & some more lego - 2 sets from the Alien Invasion as TRU was doing bogo 1/2 off. His main (& maybe last "Santa") gift will be the Alien Defense truck thingy - it's pretty righteous & he's really wanting more Alien Defense guys to combat his aliens. Space Police don't cut it, apparently.

jjreason wrote:His main (& maybe last "Santa") gift will be the Alien Defense truck thingy - it's pretty righteous & he's really wanting more Alien Defense guys to combat his aliens. Space Police don't cut it, apparently.

it's an awesome set, lots of playability, and the 'vic viper' starfighter it comes with is a great little swoosher.

Good to hear. He's been really excited about that set lately, but he's so fickle - I just hope when it arrives he's pumped. I'm sure he will be.

vynsane wrote:

jjreason wrote:His main (& maybe last "Santa") gift will be the Alien Defense truck thingy - it's pretty righteous & he's really wanting more Alien Defense guys to combat his aliens. Space Police don't cut it, apparently.

it's an awesome set, lots of playability, and the 'vic viper' starfighter it comes with is a great little swoosher.

Mine is still sitting built in front of my TV. The AC fellas are having a "jurisdictional dispute" with the Star Justice boys.

anarky wrote:Holy shit--were these the small ones, where Megatron's a gun?

I need to hit Marshall's and TJ Maxx. I need Trailbreaker, even if he's way out of scale.

I think all new Bumblebees are mute sports cars, just like all new Ripcords are black.

I got Optimus Prime and Megatron today. If you can't find them, let me know. Saw Bumblebee again. His vehicle mode looks kind of like a Chrysler 300 station wagon.

Forgot to mention that Marshall's also had the half-track version of Perceptor for $7.

I found a bit of a shocker at WM tonight, not on sale, but quite unexpected....

Transformers Generations Sky Shadow!

I wouldn't have gotten him, since he was a Japan-only but he looks fucking badass and I always hate the way there are seven Autobots for every Decepticon. Just a repaint of Thunderwing in black with a new head (that looks sorta like Galactus'). The shocker is that I didn't know his wave was getting a US release (though it appears from looking at TF sites that he's been out for a couple of weeks).


The biggest news here is, even though I didn't see him, Junkheap is available. The first non-Wreck-Gar G1 Junkion ever to see an official release. Fuck yes.

And Junkheap is mine! Much easier to score this wave I didn't know existed than a lot of earlier waves.

I'll try to pose Wreck-Gar and Junkheap in action and post a pic or two.

Are you going to pose them homoerotic style with one riding the other's Cycle mode?
Junkions. The first openly gay Transformers.

But not the first gay Transformers. Starscream was clearly a closet self loather. And the way he bickered with Megatron, well, clearly those two had unresolved 'bedroom issues'.

Had a 20% off at HTS and they had free shipping yesterday. They were sorta cleaned out, though. I ordered the Renegades Cobra VTOL chopperplane thingy. And, since it was marked down to $6.99 (same price as Ross) and was an additional $1.40 off, I tacked on yet another pack of MARS Troopers. That's about $1.60 a figure. Tough to pass on a deal like that for what's basically armored Cobra Troopers without the sigil.

TRU is having a BOGO sale on GIJoe figures and vehicles. Might be a good time to build a squadron of SkyStrikers if one was so inclined.

Amazon has the Skystriker for $23 today as well, IIRC.

I might hit up TRU. Too bad the local ones ain't got shit. Might be able to get Renegades Duke and Snake Eyes for a cheap price.

Bought my first toy in forever. I finally found a DC Universe Joker.
I've been looking for this sonuvabitch since he was a Wal-Mart exclusive a couple of years ago. I hated paying that much for him (didn't these bastards used to be like $10?), but damn, I wanted it.

I'd also like to get the 8 inch movie Cap, Nick Fury and Thor at Wal-Mart to go with my Iron Man, but $45 seems like a lot to drop on toys these days.