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Actually it didn't. There are many BL sellers out there that will sell parts that don't come in any set, or rather normal parts that come in irregular colors. They come from one of two sources: 1. Prototypes. These are usually made in red or trans-clear, and are made to see any stress marks from the mold. These are extremely limited in number 2. Special occasions. These are made for LUG meetings by TLG. These are where most of the rare colored parts come from since they're made available to regular people in large quantities. Whenever you see a part that shouldn't come in that color, it's from one of the two sources mentioned above that got leaked to BL

I finally got my hands on the classic Red Ghost shroud (the part that got me into collecting), as well as a clear ghost shroud *wub*

But you have a signature...

One week?! Gah, it's really coming down to the wire here :'-( Good thing I've know what I want to do for a month already :-D

Not after I make my whacking MOC, that's why we're having a poll! It's fair that way. God the staff on this site are so corrupt :-| :-P

Hinckley, the ultimate suck up :-P

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Well I'd like to discuss something in PM with someone who knows about rare parts, especially rare castle parts. The problem is I don't know who would be an expert in that stuff :-D If you know about this stuff, and wouldn't mind lending me a hand, I'd really appreciate it. Either reply here or shoot me a PM. When it's resolved I'll close this. Thanks for anyone who helps!

It's come to my attention that you didn't get permission from the person who took these pics to use them. Until you get consent or take your own pictures, I'll have to close this, and remove the pictures from the first post.

Great review, thanks for posting! And gold coins? We haven't seen actual coins for a long time, have we? How does the color chrome compare to the older coins?

I'll be going home on Friday, so the bricks are almost back in my hands ;-)

Don't rub it in :'-( Sure, it's the computer's fault :-|

So Norrington, how's that vacation going? :-P

Eh? He wrote 4, 5, and 6 (didn't really write 5). Then back in like '97/'98 he wrote Ep 1. He didn't have any "grand vision" and the plot has changed more times than you want to count. He's making it up as he goes along. Well I'm not saying special effects are a bad thing, they're just a bad thing if they cost so much that you need to start selling out to product placement to cover the cost :-P That was because Optimus was one of the few who was kept somewhat recognizable, if you randomly saw a transformed Megatron, would you have recognized him right away? Take pics :-P

Ah, but I do >:-) Only one more week until it's posted...well, I should be able to build it in a night 8-|

Cheaper Actually it matters a great deal. A fan knows what Transformers should be, any old director just knows "hey, this sounds like it might look cool lol" Actually it makes perfect sense...he made the first three. Then he changed and became one of the very kinds of directors that he hated. He then sold out and made what "lol that sounds cool", completely disregarding both the fans and his former creative process. He made what he thought would appeal to everyone, rather than what Star Wars was supposed to be. No, even back then it was really cheap. It's sad to me that you think that way, there are many, many good movies out there in the science fiction genre that don't rely on high-tech CGI. Something doesn't need to be crappy with lesser cost you know. Then that's why you don't get it, you're walking into it with a "lol this was a kids cartoon, let's make it CGI, then it will be hardkore lol" attitude. It makes me wonder how much of a transformers fan you are, since you mentioned earlier that it brought you back...but you seem to look down upon the original cartoon. You can be, but that's the point. You can be a classic transformers fan and a movie transformers fan, a classic transformers fan, or a movie transformers fan. They are separate things.

I can never tell when you're being serious :-(

So much for keeping MOC identities a secret :-|

Well it calls them "bag charms", so maybe they're more meant to be hooked onto straps and whatnot than in your pocket? Edit: Moved

I wasn't confused about anything, I only said the plot was too focused on the humans IMO. Wait, wait. Since when do big-name actors automatically make better actors? Many of the real quality actors of today (such as Harrison Ford) were relative nobodies that were dragged onto stage. Shia isn't exactly a great actor IMO, and they would have been better off with a much less-well-known actor who was just as good or better. You know that the more famous an actor is, the larger his paycheque becomes...that drives up price too. As for a 'B' movie that goes right to DVD? That isn't because of visuals, no matter what the visuals are, a quality script can make any movie a classic. Movies aren't determined by their special effects, they aren't made successes by the amount of money poured into them, the truly good, 'cult classics' are made good by suburb acting and a beautifully-written script. This movie made money off of the brand name and a lot of lights. Not at all, if you think a movie has ever been made great by the special effects... Bay should never have been directing it. He's not a Transformers fan, he did it for the money and fame. Whoa, he didn't try to please the fans with the prequels. The fans wanted Jar-jar dead. Lucas kept him alive. The fans wanted to see Anakin slaughter the Jedi, we got that taken out. The fans wanted less CGI and Lucas put more in. The only thing the fans have gotten that they've wanted was the release of the Untouched Original Trilogy. Everything else that Lucas did was his own mission to make more money, and it turned out horribly. It was pretty, it had lots of nice lights and special effects, but it had wooden acting and a crappy script. The movie did well for the script, the acting, and the novelty of it all. Sci-fi flicks weren't being shown back then, Star Wars was a breath of fresh air. The visuals were nice, but they didn't make the movie. It's possible to have both an excellent movie based on script AND special effects ya know...and Star Wars didn't even cost that much to produce if you remember. Something a little more epic would've been nice. Because there are still some good actors out there. They should have focused on the story rather than the special effects, that's all I'm saying. You can't just say: and make it an excuse for a movie to not be all it can. Either you make a movie for the sake of the movie, or you make a movie for the sake of making money. Bay did the latter. Should I mention that I'm not a Transformers Fan? I mean I liked the series well enough, but I never really cared all that much about it. What bugs me about this is that it's another instance of some big producer coming into something he doesn't care about, and taking it in an entirely different direction for the sake of money They should, but they should place the art above the profit, otherwise hand it to a more able director who can do both. Edit: And I want to clear something up, I wasn't trying to tell you that you're not a Transformers fan, but with that statement distinguish the difference between classic Transformers, and this new movie loosely based on them :-P

That's really confusing...but if you mean what I think you mean, you want to know which picture in a folder is displayed to represent the folder? It's always the first image of the folder, so if you want it to be first, name the image "1" or something

So in Robotech, giant robots that turned into fighters...they're transformers? :-| You need to realize that while it carries the label of "Transformers", the radical departure in terms of focus makes it more "Man's struggle to survive...with Guest Stars: the Transformers". And besides, transforming robots is hardly a transformers-only thing. I can list half a dozen other shows that have used the exact same thing, the thing that made transformers unique was making the robots the focus, which was lost here.

Welcome to EB, I'm sure you'll have a great time here :-)

Curiosity begs me to ask what you paid? If you don't want to say that's entirely understandable, I'm just curious about what a reasonable price for one is these days...I may have to resort to buying one eventually, so I want to know how much I need to get together for it.