http://cgi.ebay.com/Masterpiece-20th...QQcmdZViewItem :hsugh:

what a stupid freakin' "safety feature"..

 

on my opened one, the chest never stays fully shut, it's always cracked open half a mm.

 

Yep. Cybertron Starscream was based off this design:





comic book

 

Trainee007 is flashing some repro'ed pieces
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtrainee007QQhtZ-1


Derry had some of this too ... but no Dinobot parts.

 

^ Derry & his KO manufacturer could have been in the pre-production stages of KO-ing the dinobots. These could be test presses.

Trainee007 ... could you imagine if he was actually Trainee #007 when he was hired at the KO factory? This guy probably is stealing these off the line, and trying to make himself an extra yuan.

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Ham, I couldn't find any TF baloons. I went to the card & party shop and they didn't have any. The local retailers didn't have them. Sorry

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So I was at ToyNK today, getting Andrew a birthday present. I found a Sunstreaker! I couldn't get one because it was waaay too expensive. Even Monk would have a hard time with this one...err...gold & silver coins...maybe not...but still.

[spoiler=Sunstreaker Picture]

:chuckles:

Amazing. It belonged to one of the 4(?) partners that own ToyNK. This is the firs time I've seen the Lotus there. Usually you'll see a white with tan top converible 350 Z or the BMW M5 parked there. These guys just sell toys! I'm in the wrong business. Me and Andrew should start up our own shop. [/spoiler]

 

Holy crap, guys - I'm going to be in Lincolnshire tomorrow! I'd give up redfoot Prime to say hi, but I'm stuck in meetings and don't have a car to get away for lunch. Next time.

 

^ Next Time. It would have been cool if the red-foots were here. We could have just handed it to you before you left town, after your meetings.

 

Thanks for checking on the balloons. I wasn't able to find any either so I'll just get some plain purple and red ones.


:wtc: I want to sell toys and buy fast expensive cars too.

 

^ I talked to one of the owners. They started out real small. They were renting one of those small carts in the mall. He said that over time, their business outgrew the cart. They rented out a warehouse and decided to sell online. Their customers followed.

BTW.

If anyone here wants to get a THS-01 Hybrid Galaxy Convoy, don't go through ToyNK. The owner was super cool and let me go through their entire stock of them. I only found two good boxes, and you know where those went. The rest had crushed corners, dings in the flaps, or scuffed windows.

 

i was just looking at that! my room is too cluttered for any new statues though. :wtc: