Post Pictures of your Transformers, Let's see 40 years worth of Transformers!

[Gizmoboy]

Been working on my new custom WfC seeker to give Hotlink a third member to his squad. I like all my seekers to be in squads of 3.

Now I just need to come up with names for Sparkless Seeker and my custom.

Well... after seeing some other customs on Discord that people have done with their extra Sparkless Seekers, I realize mine was way too plain. I've decided to do a more aggressive repaint on mine in lieu of what I've shown above. I've started by painting the entire body with a metallic black paint. I'm now going to start adding Lavender-ish, Red, and Silver accents to bring out a whole new character. DarkStorm will be her name.

 

[Haywire]

That's a great line-up! Makes me regret not getting Steam Robo and Buggy Robo.

 

[Agent X]

Nice! What were you able to snag Guardian Robot for?

 

[Agent X]

Thanks to the 40th Anniversary Presentation, I can technically fill in spots in my copy of the Ark, and BotCon presented the opportunity to do so.

I started taking "The Ultimate Guide" to conventions to get signatures back in 2004, this past weekend I finally got Alec Willows.

BUT WAIT! There's MORE!

 

[Sabrblade]

True story: this vendor was also selling tons and tons of Legacy Titan class Cybertron Metroplex for a measly 80 bucks. That's less than what Commander class figures go for nowadays. And people were apparently buying them because they kept running out and were restocked at the booth each day.

 

[Agent X]

True story: this vendor was also selling tons and tons of Legacy Titan class Cybertron Metroplex for a measly 80 bucks. That's less than what Commander class figures go for nowadays. And people were apparently buying them because they kept running out and were restocked at the booth each day.

 

[LordGigaIce]

I really loved the Deluxe class figures we got out of the Legacy G2 capsule. The unreleased decos. The ToyHax sets that were made for them? Not so much. In addition to mummifying the toys in stickers... the designs just weren't very good. They often replicated the themes of the original deco but turned the dial up to 11. Which maybe appeals to some people, but not me. I liked the decos as we got them!

But for all the shortcomings of the ToyHax sets... the smaller detail stickers were fantastic. And after biting the bullet on sets where I wouldn't use the majority of stickers in each one.... yeah they look nice if you just keep to the finer details. Most of the nonsense behind their new decos? pfft I tossed that money down the drain. But I really like how HASBRO's decos look with just a little bit of extra pop from ToyHax's sets.

And here's a Jazz comparison...

 

[Agent X]

You cannot imagine how displeased I was when they did *their* G2 Jazz set for SS86 Jazz. I had even obtained an additional SS86 Jazz for the inevitable set.

A set I KNEW was going to be excessive, but I didn't think they get it absolutely wrong.

 

[LordGigaIce]

You cannot imagine how displeased I was when they did *their* G2 Jazz set for SS86 Jazz. I had even obtained an additional SS86 Jazz for the inevitable set.

A set I KNEW was going to be excessive, but I didn't think they get it absolutely wrong.

With the G2 decos, the craziness was already there. ToyHax seems to think they need to use the actual deco's craziness as a baseline for even more craziness, and it's like... no. No. The actual decos are perfectly fine. I'm a huge fan of synthwave, vaporwave, that whole scene. And the decos Hasbro gave us were perfect! I just needed the sets for a few small details to pick out to make everything pop a bit more. I didn't need their over-designed toy wraps.

ofc I could say I wasted the money, and I kinda did... but I do like how they look with the detailed bits here and there, so if I'm happy then... yeah it was worth it.

I just wish ToyHax would realize that less is more sometimes. Especially with G2 decos where the "more" is already built into the base concept. You don't need more on top of the more that's already there!

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Sunday BotCon haul!

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Dang, they still haven't sold through all those BotCon 2000 plates yet?

I kinda want/need that orange Jazz. Or regular Jazz. But man, I love me some orange...

 

[Thunderclash]

My 10-years old toys

 

[Gizmoboy]

True story: this vendor was also selling tons and tons of Legacy Titan class Cybertron Metroplex for a measly 80 bucks. That's less than what Commander class figures go for nowadays. And people were apparently buying them because they kept running out and were restocked at the booth each day.

That makes my heart hurt. I would have probably picked up each of them at those prices. Then again, I am always more tempted to spend money at a convention than I am if I find the same deal somewhere else.

 

[Gizmoboy]

Well... after seeing some other customs on Discord that people have done with their extra Sparkless Seekers, I realize mine was way too plain. I've decided to do a more aggressive repaint on mine in lieu of what I've shown above. I've started by painting the entire body with a metallic black paint. I'm now going to start adding Lavender-ish, Red, and Silver accents to bring out a whole new character. DarkStorm will be her name.

I need to put the final coat of Purple and Silver on to try to smooth out the paint, but she's basically finished. Meet DarkStorm.

The whole battalion.

 

[Sabrblade]

That makes my heart hurt. I would have probably picked up each of them at those prices. Then again, I am always more tempted to spend money at a convention than I am if I find the same deal somewhere else.

In addition to all those Guardian Robots and Cybertron Metroplexes, The vendor was also selling a ton of the Nemesis, but not for a price as low as those two were sold. I don't remember the exact price (my gut is thinking 220, but I could definitely be wrong about that), but it was just high enough to keep me from purchasing one.

 

[Sabrblade]

In addition to all those Guardian Robots and Cybertron Metroplexes, The vendor was also selling a ton of the Nemesis, but not for a price as low as those two were sold. I don't remember the exact price (my gut is thinking 220, but I could definitely be wrong about that), but it was just high enough to keep me from purchasing one.

Yep. Just got confirmation from our Discord. Nemesis was being sold for 220:

 

[Sabrblade]

I think this was one of those online retailer booths, who brought their stock they had bought from Hasbro directly. These probably weren't selling so well online, and so brought them there to sell at discounted prices. Metroplex sold like hotcakes.

 

[Gizmoboy]

I might actually buy any of them right now for the prices listed if I knew which retailer to look at.

 

[Sabrblade]

I might actually buy any of them right now for the prices listed if I knew which retailer to look at.

Looking closer at the pic, I think it was Toynk.

EDIT: Looking at their site for Transformers toys, some of their prices are kinda yikes.

 

[Gizmoboy]

Looking closer at the pic, I think it was Toynk.

EDIT: Looking at their site for Transformers toys, some of their prices are kinda yikes.

Ummm... yeah. Must have been convention exclusive pricing or something.

 

[Sabrblade]

Ummm... yeah. Must have been convention exclusive pricing or something.

Definitely. The price signs said "BotCon Incredible Deal".