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I think it's a Japanese grammar thing? The katakana for "kya" in "carry" becomes "gya" with the addition of the dakuten ("), probably due to the sounds its following? (It has been many years since I actually studied Japanese) Machine Robo has the Jet Garry and Machine Robo Rescue had Siren...

I didn't buy a lot of mainline Prime stuff, but I can confirm the Cyberverse Commander figures had clear plastic bits to interact with the light up functions on a couple of the vehicles.

There is no strong coffee, only weak people...

The only real issue I have is that these are the "Track Fleet" series, which is not as widely available as the "Super Rigs" that are carried at almost every Walmart and Target around. Otherwise, they're kind of cool little bits of merch!

I want to try an albino deco, based on a Rankin-Bass movie called "The Ivory Ape", with maybe magenta robot accents. Not sure how it will come out, but it would be visually distinct from the original.

I like the artwork, but the money I would spend on cards is the same money I spend on TF figures, Lego, movies, and comics. Gotta draw the line somewhere...

Use the Razorcrest, and then retool it into the Serenity...

I have had preorders for blonde Cover Girl and Comic BAT in since BBTS listed them early way back when; put in a preorder for the Extensive Enterprises twins today. Classified figures look cool, but I grew up on o-ring Joes, and I'm excited to see what other figures Super7 has in store. (Hoping...

Tessho Genda just has one of those voices that works for Convoy. I grew up with Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime, and Genda's Convoy still sounds right! (Incidentally, I still think we need a City Hunter/Transformers crossover with Optimus and Umibouzu teamed up!)

Energon Strongarm could finally get his gauntlets!

With a touch of Venom or Carnage thrown in...

The app is not ideal, no. The way I see it, it can give a false negative, but if it brings up a positive in-store hit, there is probably something there to look for (when I found Lockdown, it said they had Filch as well, but no dice). We have 4 major and 4 minor Walmarts within a 45-ish mile...

I agree 100% with this. The issue (I think, based on anecdotal evidence) is retailer buy-in for shelf/hook space. Target has carried Core pretty consistently, but Walmart has been extremely hit or miss, and (when they do have them) their annoying habit of overloading on 3-5 figures at Christmas...

I don't think they're getting dedicated hooks this go-around; I think that was the reason behind them having normal United packaging? When Ferak hit our nearest Walmart, I scanned it with the Walmart app to see what it's listing read like; seems like "Star Raiders" is the keyword phrase to get...

Sweet Haul! Cy-Kill, Blockhead, Scourge, and Springer would be awesome enough, but I don't think I've EVER seen the Commandrons on cards with their comics in the wild! Very Nice! (Also, for some reason, I thought there were only 3, so I need to verify what I have and maybe hunt down the fourth one!)

Snagged a Filch on an outing today! Gotta get her home and get some pics, but now Cannonball and the Thundertron set are the only Star Raiders I haven't seen in the wild! (Also found a vintage Twin Twist and Astrotrain, but this isn't the thread for that...)

Those touchups look great! I picked up several of these cheap at Aldi after the holidays, with the intention of trying different decos, but you really made the original pop!

I have Toxitron Grimlock, but only because he went on clearance at a Walmart for $30. Unless a Selects G2 Dinobots release went on a similar clearance, I could not afford 4, or even 2, Leader class figures in one shot. I would dearly love to get Sludge and Swoop in their G2 guises, and a Slag...

It's like that old Toyfare Magazine feature, "It's Evolution, Baby!"

What about a quest-style story? A Cybertronian (Optimus/Megatron/Bumblebee/Swerve) has to assemble a cross-factional team, each with unique abilities, to find/defeat a MacGuffin/EndBoss and Save The Prince(ss?)/Village/World/Universe/Christmas. Maybe a few more members join along the way, and by...