I've always been intrigued by the steel books but don't have any yet. I got it at a wholesale club, BJs. They are usually pretty cheap the first week after they come out, but then go back up in price.

Steelbooks just need to become the standard in disc storage.

Agreed. I've got the Dark Knight Rises steelbook and keep all three movies in it.

What the hell is that orange cat aror from?? I feel that I need three of them

Here’s what I’ve picked up lately since my last visit:

I bought some new reading material since B&N has a buy 2 get 1 free special on graphic novels running until the first part of next month:

Elektra Assassin

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Elektra Bloodlines

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Amazing Spider Man Volume 1 The Parker Luck

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And I also picked up these two items:

Star Wars The Black Series Jabba’s Skiff Guard

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DC Comics Multiverse Arkham Knight Harley Quinn

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Aside from the fact that I've always felt like DC's 3.75 figures look like high end happy meal toys, I think its kind of tacky how they put ADULT COLLECTOR on top like that. I can't wait for that game, though.

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$12.99 each at Target (original price $24.99 , first time Target priced higher than TRU) , seasonal employees dont care where they put stuff at.

And here I thought the 30% the ones at Barnes and Noble have was pretty good. I know nothing about Magic the Gathering anymore but the figures looked pretty nice. Might have to swing by Target here and see if I can score a good deal as well.

ok finally said F it and decided to upload w/ photobucket! anyways, the other day I took a break while in Shreveport and noticed these things on sale at Hobby Lobby (of all places). The books weren't too heavy and had a huge square hole in the middle of it! maybe big enough for a nice Superman figure or w/e :D didn't buy anything that day but might go to the local one here tomorrow and buy something *shrugs*

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Found this at Ross today.
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God damn Barnes & Noble and their coupons:

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I got Kiryu 2003 for $85 and the Doctor Who BD set for $60 (and I still needed to buy S7 and the two specials, but this was the better deal).

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Dem Mecha-Gs!

It came with that Batman in the black, red, and orange. It's "Batman & Tiger Claw" from the Unlimited line.

I was supposed to be finalizing my Christmas shopping for my friends and family, but I couldn't help but pick up a few things for myself:

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I believe it was Arker TimothyR who was talking about the diminishing quality in all of the TF series, even Generations, and I have to agree. Arcee and Chromia are tolerable. Adequate at best. I'm glad to have a Gen 1-styled Arcee, but she leaves a lot to be desired. Chromia is a little more disappointing. When compared to the Prime version of Arcee, who Chromia's body was "borrowed" from, Arcee is much more substantial and feels like she is just of a higher quality.
Oh well, I still like them, I'm just not blown away, or even really impressed, like I had hoped.

Conversely, I was exceedingly paranoid about the durability and quality of the Robocop Vs. Terminator Endoskeleton Gunner, but he is AWESOME ! I want to get the rest of the line now, I'm that happy with him. I have mixed feelings about NECA, due to their hit-or-miss QC, but this guy, although slightly delicate, is quite impressive.

Also picked up some Hot Wheels, but I'll post them in the HW/Matchbox thread.

I love NECA, I have honestly never had a single major QC issue. Furthermore, I love having that Endoskeleton. He feels fragile but if you're careful there shouldn't be any problems. I'm skipping on the RvT Robocops in the hopes they make one based on Frank Miller's comics.

There's no hobbylobby in my Province, check how much those IronMan metal signs are, would love something like that for the side of my desk, or put a few on my comicbook stand. please and thanks :)

Thanks for posting this. I found those at one of my local Hbbby Lobbys but decided to pass on them even though the sale ends today. I also found this there for $10:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/pictur...ictureid=13241

I also got lucky and found these at a Target this morning:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/pictur...ictureid=13240

I think it was like $20 ( i might be wrong) but after 50% off it would be $10!! dont quote me on that tho heh
crap! i didnt see any TF related signs up there or else I woulda jumped on it!! >.< all i bought was a hamburger and a pepsi metal sign for my kitchen haha

My recent pick-up of R.I.D. Grimlock motivated me enough to go back and finally cross this guy off my bucket list.

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I miss the days when I actually felt good about spending 15 bucks on a transformer...

Do you have all the Starscream clones from the Animated series?? Thundercracker, and Sunstorm. I only ever got the Dinobots and Blurr, Hot Rod, and Arcee from Animated.

I have Starscream and now Skywarp in Voyager class. I will probably be picking up Sunstorm soon if I can find him somewhere at a decent price, although I'm considering chipping in the extra dough to get the Takara version...because I really dig the gold on top of the orange. I don't have Animated Thundercracker because he was only made as a Commander/Legion/Legends class. I really wanted the subscription Slipstream, but unfortunately she is a TF Prime version, and would feel somewhat out of place in my TF Prime collection (being that I only collected characters that actually appeared in the show...) although she's still a possibility, because you can never have too many fembots.

The Seekers are far and away my favorite characters from the series over the years. Outside of my Prime collection, the majority of my TF collection has been of Starscream and his cohorts.

there are a couple voyager thundercrackers floating about.. but i'm sure they're ridiculously pricy.

i LOVE the animated line.. it's a shame the new RID line isn't similar in quality.

I picked up a few new pieces for my TMNT collection that I've been looking for, I picked up High Octane Bumblebee too - the only TF I own! And the Clone Sergeant, who out of this wave is only one of two I want - just want the TIE pilot next.

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I actually didn't know one of him was ever made. I search eBay daily and all I ever find are activators. Wasn't until your post that I actually dug a little deeper and saw that there was a voyager version of him, just that it had been cancelled and therefore never made it to shelves. That few that "fell off the trucks" now lies in the hands of super-collectors with tons of expendable income, and are valued in the $700-$1000 price range. Shame, because he was a beautiful figure, probably the best painted seeker of the bunch.

That said...eff that noise. No way am I dropping car payments on a voyager class figure. If that were the case, I would have picked up iGear's Raptor Squad by now...lol.

There's always the option of going to a guy like Cheetimus Prime and asking about a commission, but I'm sure that would be expensive as well, especially for a bucket list completeionist item.

Not sure a good place to ask this but guess this is as good as any. These new Former combiner war figures, are they a continuation of Generations or something new/rebooted? Just wondering. They do look good from the pics I've seen.

If you haven't had a major QC issue with NECA figures then you should consider yourself lucky. I've either had or seen several major QC issues with their Predator figures. There are instances of warped wrist blades in package, broken joints in package or hip and knee joints that just won't hold a pose no matter how careful you are with them.

And of course there are minor issues with paint apps. I know that goes on with nearly every figure line that's out there but some of the instances I've seen on NECA's figures have been so horrendous it makes me wonder how they could allow something like that to be shipped out to be sold at a retail store.

I've noticed they're increasing the price on the forthcoming series 13 of Predator so at this point I have to say that I've had enough of NECA's products. And if I've had or observed that many problems just with their Predator line then I know I'm not the only one who has had problems with them.

NECA has had more than enough opportunity to straighten out the ongoing QC issues but it seems pretty obvious that they care more about their profit margin than turning out a quality product. I can't say I'm surprised they're going that route because that's what it's all about in the corporate sector: money over quality.

Best of luck to you in continuing to successfully avoid the QC issues.